"Eyewitness News"

 "This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things, and we know that his testimony is true." (John 21:24 KJV)

  "This salvation was something even the prophets wanted to know about when they prophesied about this gracious salvation prepared for you. The wondered what time or situation the Spirit of Christ within them was talking about when he told them in advance about Christ's suffering and his great glory afterward. They were told that their messages were not for themselves, but for you. And now this Good News has been announced to you be those who preached in the power of the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. It is all so wonderful that even the angels are eagerly watching these things happen." (1 Peter 1:10-12 NLT)

 To be clear, this is the disciple John, the one who leaned on Jesus, asking Him, "Lord, who will betray you?" This is the one who followed Jesus with Andrew, before Andrew went to tell Simon (Peter) about having found the Messiah. This is the disciple that Jesus spoke to from the cross, "This is thy mother," speaking of His mother, Mary, the one that brought Him forth as a man! 

 These things are true, because they have been recorded in ancient history; Jesus the Christ, was nailed to a cross and crucified, there are written accounts in the journals of writings from all over the world. History records the darkness that covered the earth when Jesus died; too long of a period of time for it to have been an eclipse. Roman soldiers that witnessed it, wrote about it, as well as the earthquakes that happened at the time of His death.

 The curtain, which was torn from top to bottom, in the Temple was recorded and listed as something of a great mystery of how it could have happened. Dead people came to life, walking around the city, going into the Temple, making the news, as if nobody knew how to explain it; but to say, it just happened!   

 And then, we have the eyewitness account of His resurrection! This disciple was the only one who did not get killed for his testimony for the resurrection of Jesus Christ; all the other disciples, as well as many others, were killed because they knew full well that He was alive! They could not deny it, and wouldn't deny it, because they knew it was true! There is life after death! 

 If you have come to this conclusion, don't ever turn away from or deny what you know to be the truth, no matter how much you pressured to do so, you will regret it if you do! John may not have been killed, but that doesn't mean that they didn't try, because they did! 

 That too is another testimony of the truth, as he survived his torturing because the Lord wasn't done with him yet! If it's not you time, your time is not up; period...

"We proclaim to you the one who existed from the beginning, whom we have heard and seen. We saw him with our own eyes and touched him with our own hands. He is the Word of life. This one who is life itself was revealed to us, and we have seen him. And now we testify and proclaim to you that he is the one who is eternal life. He was with the Father, and then he was revealed to us. We proclaim to you what we ourselves have actually seen and heard so that you may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. We are writing these things so that you may fully share our joy." (1 John 1:1-4 NLT)