Faces of Jesus Christ 2017-35
There are many renditions of artist interpretations of what Jesus Christ looked like, and these have been portrayed through the ages. One of the most common pictures is the “laughing Jesus” that is shown with Him laughing about something and it shows him with flowing hair on his head, facial hair, and features, very much like an everyday guy you would see in the streets of America , with long hair.
Lately, artists have given us examples of what a typical mid-eastern man would look like who lived in the then Israel of the 1st Century. It is different than the laughing Jesus, and looks Arabic to a degree. These pictures show a ruddier complexion, shorter and darker hair, larger nose, etc. that could be more accurate of the then Jesus.
Since, Jesus is not described in Scripture of the Bible, any rendition could be accurate. It does not matter, because that was then and he fit in as a native of the area, when he lived in that area.
I have this scenario for consideration.
When I made a statement about someone who I was trying to convince there was a God, and Jesus Christ as the son of God, I stated that “If Jesus Christ were to knock on the door, he would probably go and answer it and tell the beggar to go elsewhere.”
I wonder if I was suggesting that Jesus would look like the typical picture that was common and would have come dressed as he would have when He was alive? Or, would he look like a modern-day man with a suit on, with shoes and overall garb that made Him fit in today of the 21st Century?
That got me thinking.
What if Jesus were to make himself known to individuals or a gathering of people today; how WOULD He look to each of us? I don’t know, but it would be neat to experience that moment again.
I have presented my past experience years ago, of meeting Jesus in what I titled, “The Happening”, but I do NOT recall or remember what Jesus looked like then. That was not the crux of the experience really, and how He looked was not the important part of the moment then.
My point is this. What if every person of any nationality, creed, ethnic background, could see Jesus in THEIR minds how He would look like, to them, and each of us could accept how he looks as our own. A white man would see a white man, a black a black and an Asian an Asian, etc.
Why not? There would be discourse because each would argue that Jesus looked like them, and not the other, but that is a minor thing.
I read in Scripture, about a meeting of various people in the Bible got together with the Holy Spirit in Acts 2:1-13, those in attendance all spoke their own language and could understand each other, that was an example of how looks could be the same thing in acceptance.
Den Betts
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