Different images of Jesus
You may have seen many, many images of what Jesus Christ looks like. Youve seen pictures hanging in churches, in artwork, magazines etc. that attempt to depict His life. Maybe you have a portrait of Jesus in your own home or office? The images of Jesus we so often see are the typical sad looking tall slim effeminate white man with long brown hair. Is it a true or just imagination ? We cant really answer this question as everyone think of Jesus differently. Every country has different image of Jesus so we cant say that a certain image of Jesus is wrong or right because we dont know which one is correct, or maybe none of them shows the real Jesus.
Every country have different views on Jesus, for example people in Africa are dark skin, so they present Jesus with dark skin , people in Europe are white skin, so they think of white skin Jesus. Every picture of Jesus is different, but each of them teach us and tell us more about Jesus, about his personality. We can also learn how different cultures represent Jesus.
In my opinion all those pictures showing Jesus are the best, as bible says : He has no form or comeliness; and when we see Him there is no beauty that we should desire Him. What this verse is saying is that Jesus was an average looking man, its not saying that He was ugly, but rather, He looks just like every other man of His time. In other words, you could not pick Him out of a crowd and know that He was the Messiah. Also all those pictures tells the true about the Jesus and maybe one of them shows how Jesus really looked like, but no one really knows that .
We can learn a lot of interesting stuff from those images, but they can also cause problems and tensions as we cant really see or know how actually Jesus look like.
Those pictures help people in their faith and worship with Jesus, because they shows what people believe in, like : crucifixion for peoples sins, his baptism as Christian and their faith in Heaven. Those pictures made me even closer to God.
Every country have different views on Jesus, for example people in Africa are dark skin, so they present Jesus with dark skin , people in Europe are white skin, so they think of white skin Jesus. Every picture of Jesus is different, but each of them teach us and tell us more about Jesus, about his personality. We can also learn how different cultures represent Jesus.
In my opinion all those pictures showing Jesus are the best, as bible says : He has no form or comeliness; and when we see Him there is no beauty that we should desire Him. What this verse is saying is that Jesus was an average looking man, its not saying that He was ugly, but rather, He looks just like every other man of His time. In other words, you could not pick Him out of a crowd and know that He was the Messiah. Also all those pictures tells the true about the Jesus and maybe one of them shows how Jesus really looked like, but no one really knows that .
We can learn a lot of interesting stuff from those images, but they can also cause problems and tensions as we cant really see or know how actually Jesus look like.
Those pictures help people in their faith and worship with Jesus, because they shows what people believe in, like : crucifixion for peoples sins, his baptism as Christian and their faith in Heaven. Those pictures made me even closer to God.