What did Jesus look like ?

[Apple Sky]

I believe just having one of those idolatrous things was considered sin. Mere possession of an idol was forbidden.

Was, but not now.

 

[Aaron112]

Was, but not now.

But I'm not opposed to scripture.

Too often opposed to scripture.

guess again. or do not guess. God never permits what He clearly forbids as sin/ idolatry.

Many living today think they have got a way to heaven.

On judgment day, they are turned away, with no options.

 

[Apple Sky]

guess again. or do not guess. God never permits what He clearly forbids.

True, but an image of Jesus cannot be classed as an idol, surely ???

 

[Aaron112]

True, but an image of Jesus cannot be classed as an idol, surely ???

Yes, it is written exactly so in Scripture. Society and religion fell from the truth in the first few hundred years..... apparently little of original Scripture, truth, is known to more than a few.

 

[Apple Sky]

Yes, it is written exactly so in Scripture. Society and religion fell from the truth in the first few hundred yeads..... apparently little of original Scripture, truth, is known to more than a few.

And what is the original Scripture ?

 

[Apple Sky]

God never permits what He clearly forbids as sin/ idolatry.

Does God forbid laughter also ?

 

[Aaron112]

Mocking is sin, yes.

Does God forbid laughter also ?

 

[Aaron112]

Does God forbid laughter also ?

Do you care ? What are you in real life ?

 

[Aaron112]

The most vivid, apparently authentic Biblical Description of Yeshua and His execution
might be here:

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"But now their song have I become, Yea I serve them for a byword; they abhor me -- have put themselves far from me, and FROM MY FACE HAVE NOT WITHHELD SPITTLE! [They spit on him at his excommunication; Matthew 26:67; Matthew 27:30] BECAUSE MY GIRDLE [loin cloth] HE HAD LOOSENED AND HUMBLED ME [he had been hanged naked on the tree]; therefore the bridle [restraint] in my presence cast they off; ON MY RIGHT HAND THE YOUNG BROOD ROSE UP [the priesthood accused him and reviled him; Matthew 27:41-42], -- MY FEET [PUDENDA] THEY THRUST ASIDE, AND CAST UP AGAINST ME THEIR EARTHWORKS [STONES OF THE ROAD; I.E. THEY STONED HIM] OF DESTRUCTION; they brake up my path...NOW THEREFORE OVER MYSELF MY SOUL POURETH ITSELF OUT [Psalm 22:14; I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels; Isaiah 53:12]: night [sin] boreth my bones all over me [Isaiah 53:4; 2 Co rinthians 5:21], -- AND MY SINEWS FIND NO REST [NO COMFORT ON THE TREE; Psalm 22:15]; MOST EFFECTUALLY IS MY SKIN DISFIGURED [marred so that one might not tell he was a man at all; Isaiah 52:14-15], -- like the collar of my tunic it girdeth me about: He hath cast me into the mire [Isaiah 53:10], and I have become like dust and ashes. I CRY OUT FOR HELP UNTO THEE AND THOU DOST NOT ANSWER [Matthew 27:46 "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"]...FOR I KNOW THAT UNTO DEATH THOU WILT BRING ME BACK [Resurrection; Isaiah 10-11], EVEN UNTO THE HOUSE OF MEETING FOR EVERY ONE LIVING [the future Kingdom]...I arose in the convocation, I cried out for help; a brother became I to the brutes that howl, and a companion to the birds that screech ["sinners and tax-collectors"]: MY SKIN TURNED BLACK AND PEELED OFF ME, AND MY BONES BURNED WITH HEAT [the result of being stoned, his bones "stare back at him"; i.e. they are visible to him; Psalm 22:17]...A COVENANT I SOLEMNISED FOR MINE EYES [Yahvah’s will], HOW THEN COULD I GAZE UPON A VIRGIN [emasculation; Matthew 19:12]? OR WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN MY PORTION OF GOD FROM ABOVE? OR WHAT INHERITANCE OF THE ALMIGHTY FROM ON HIGH?...IF I COVERED LIKE ADAM MY TRANSGRESSIONS [Yahshua became the "Last Adam", the original perfect man], BY HIDING IN MY BOSOM MINE INIQUITY THEN LET ME BE MADE TO TREMBLE AT A GREAT THRONG, yea let the contempt of families terrify me, so that keeping silence I shall not go out of the door! OH THAT I HAD ONE TO HEAR ME, LO! [Behold] MY CROSSMARK [tav, tavah -- NAIL IMPRINT], MAY THE ALMIGHTY ANSWER ME! And would that a book mine opponent had written [i.e. he was without sin]! Oh! would I not upon my shoulder lift it, or bind it as a crown upon me [Yahshua did not die for his own iniquities] [Job 30-31]."

 

[Apple Sky]

Do you care ?

Yes I care.

 

[The Liturgist]

Mocking is sin, yes.

Not necessarily. St. Isaiah, the Holy Prophet, mocked idols. St. Epiphanios of Cyprus, the bishop of Salamis, likened each heretical sect to a noxious critter such as venomous snakes and employed various verbal puns, for example, an obscure group that rejected the Gospel According to St. John he called the Alogoi, which means “rejecting the Logos” but also “unreasonable” or “illogical”, and is quite amusing in the original Greek,

 

[The Liturgist]

Also, a fact check: the oldest, most widespread and most traditional depictions of our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ, the holy icons of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and the ancient Roman church and indeed most Roman Catholic and traditional Protestant (Anglican, Lutheran) iconography does not depict our Lord with blonde hair or blue eyes. The only imagery I have seen depicting him thus in a consistent way is Mormon / LDS.

Most icons of our Lord resemble the 6th century icon of Christ Pantocrator, which is one of the oldest surviving icons, and which is also a prototypical Orthodox icon. The variation in the facial expression of our Lord is intentional and refers to the Last Judgement, how some will be condemned and others will receive His mercy:

 

[JesusFollowerForever]

What Isaiah says;.

King James Bible
As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men: Isaiah 52:14

What the Media says.

Revealed: What Jesus REALLY looked like, according to experts

He is one of the most instantly recognisable figures in the Western world. But experts say that every image you've seen of Jesus is almost certainly inaccurate.

www.dailymail.co.uk

So what dou think ?

From memory Jesus looked like my avatar, I have found recently a web site with a reconstruction from the shroud of turin;

The first hyper-realistic body of Christ based on the Holy Shroud is on exhibit in Spain

An exhibition of the first hyper-realistic recreation of the body of Christ based on data obtained from the Shroud of Turin is at Granada’s cathedral this Holy Week.

www.catholicnewsagency.com

 

[Apple Sky]

Despite the doubts, the letter provides one of the earliest and most detailed descriptions of Jesus. Lentulus wrote the letter to ensure that the Roman authorities could identify and apprehend this figure who was making waves across the region. His account was likely meant to aid Roman soldiers in locating Jesus—an indicator that the man from Galilee had become significant enough to merit concern at the highest levels of Roman power. The letter begins with a straightforward report: “Lentulus, the Governor of the Jerusalemites to the Roman Senate and People, greetings. There appeared in these our days a Man of great virtue, called Jesus Christ, who is yet living amongst us, and the People accepted for a Prophet, but his own Disciples call him the Son of God. He raiseth the Dead and cureth all manner of Diseases.” (Letter of Lentulus). Lentulus’ description would have likely seemed astonishing, even unbelievable, to the Roman Senate. A man who could raise the dead? Cure diseases by mere touch? Such feats would have sounded closer to the realm of myth than reality. Yet Lentulus pressed on, detailing not only Jesus’ actions but his physical appearance—a crucial piece of information in a time when no portrait or image existed.

 

[Gregory Thompson]

What Isaiah says;.

King James Bible
As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men: Isaiah 52:14

What the Media says.

Revealed: What Jesus REALLY looked like, according to experts

He is one of the most instantly recognisable figures in the Western world. But experts say that every image you've seen of Jesus is almost certainly inaccurate.

www.dailymail.co.uk

So what dou think ?

What did Jesus look like?

The Father.

What did the Father look like?

Jesus.

What did Jesus look like?


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