Is This An Image Of Jesus?

We hear it all the time.
"Jesus was a fictional character."
"None of the things written in your little book of fairy tales actually happened."
"You have no proof at all."

Even the accounts of Josephus are discredited as being the work of a later author.
Dead Sea Scrolls are written off as the works of some bizzare Jewish cult.
There is seemingly no concrete evidence that Christ ever existed, much less did the things written of him.

But a new discovery might change some of those perceptions.

From the UK Daily Mail

The image is eerily familiar: a bearded young man with flowing curly hair. After lying for nearly 2,000 years hidden in a cave in the Holy Land, the fine detail is difficult to determine. But in a certain light it is not difficult to interpret the marks around the figure’s brow as a crown of thorns.
The extraordinary picture of one of the recently discovered hoard of up to 70 lead codices – booklets – found in a cave in the hills overlooking the Sea of Galilee is one reason Bible historians are clamouring to get their hands on the ancient artefacts.
If genuine, this could be the first-ever portrait of Jesus Christ, possibly even created in the lifetime of those who knew him.

Even more convincing, is the fact that among the limited amount of text on the books, the phrase "Savior of Israel" has been translated from the Phoenician (Paleo-Hebrew) script.


I think this discovery, if genuine, proves that the existence of Christ was not only known by many who lived during his time, but he was regarded as the savior.
The crown of thorns indicates that this savior was also the slain lamb of God, thus confirming and fulfilling Psalms 22, Isaiah 53, as well as many other Old Testament prophecies