Although many artists and sculptors have created images of "a Jesus" no one knows what the real Jesus looked like.
The late great Dr. E.V. Hill was once asked if he thought Jesus was Caucasian as depicted in paintings. This was his reply:
“I don't know anything about a white Jesus... I know about Christ, a Savior named Jesus. I don't know what color He is. He was born in the brown Middle East; He traveled to black Africa; and He was in heaven before the gospel got to white Europe. So, I don't know what color He is.”
“I do know one thing: if you bow at the altar with color on your mind, you'll get up with color on your mind. Go back again - and keep going back until you no longer look at His color, but at His greatness and His power - His power to save!"
We don't even know the exact date
of his birth. The Bible does not reveal this information. In fact, for a man as famous as Jesus there
is very little evidence outside the Bible that he ever existed. Bible
believers must take Jesus solely on faith and accept the eyewitness
accounts of his birth, death, and resurrection as recorded in the Bible.
So the Question Arises, Who is Jesus?
Based on the biblical record, did you know...
-- Jesus was a tax paying operator of a family business?
-- he was so ordinary looking he couldn't be picked from a crowd?
-- he was a man who could laugh freely and see the humor in human frailty?
-- he knew moments of temptation just like any man?
-- he wined and dined in the homes of the wealthy, as well as slept on the bare ground?
-- he cast out demonic spirits and raised people from the dead?
-- Jesus was not born, on or anywhere near, December 25?
-- he owned at least one nice home in Nazareth and probably another home in
Capernaum?
-- he was a member of a family with at least four brothers and two sisters?
-- he was strong, athletic, well-muscled and rugged?
-- he had known the families of most of his disciples for years?
-- Jesus may have worked for his great uncle, Joseph of Arimathea, to save up money for his ministry
-- he tried to back out of the crucifixion three times?
-- he died in agony and cried out in pain?
-- he did not die on "Good Friday" and was not resurrected on "Easter Sunday?
-- Jesus is alive today and preparing for a return trip to earth as King of kings and Lord of lords?
These
are only a few of the insights that emerge from scripture about the
life and character of this man Jesus. Some of these questions may insult
you, shock you, please you, challenge you, surprise you, inspire you.
But one thing for certain, Jesus will never bore you.
As it is
written: "And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which if
they were written one by one, I suppose that even the world itself could
not contain the books that would be written." Amen. ~ John 21:25
If you would like to know more about Jesus,
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The purpose of this post is to get people to think about what they believe and why they believe it, not debate who's right or wrong. To learn the revealed truth of God we must know and understand the true meaning of the words God inspired to be written. Use Strong's Concordance to check the original word before it was translated. Do your own research, make up your own mind, rely on the Holy Spirit to guide you.
