And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
--Numbers 21:8-9
It was the offspring of the Sons of God (fallen angels) and human women who were the race of giants.
If Jesus was careful to wash his hands and feet, he surely also combed his hair. In any case, the traditional artwork is beautiful.
Notice the commonalities in all the images: Long, slender nose; low but pronounced cheekbones; heavy lower lip; long face; moderately heavy brow that falls towards the extremities; deep-set eyes.
The book about Colton is called, Heaven is for Real.
that one picture looks like Hulk Hogan
Notice how Jesus looks Italian in all the paintings? I always picture him as a young Billy Crystal.
Didn’t Judas have to “point” Him out to the soldiers? If that’s the case, maybe He didn’t stand out in a crowd and looked like other people did in that day.
Er, no.
Jesus wasn’t a Nazirite. He was the Branch (netser), which is the play on words Matthew is employing.
Jesus was about 6’2”, 195lbs. No little dweeb was going to get away with chasing the “money lenders” from the temple. The average 5’4” guy of the era would have taken one look at Jesus and said “YES SIR...I’ll LEAVE RIGHT AWAY.”
Another problem, this one involving the shroud of Turin - If Jesus’ beard had been plucked out, as we know it was and as you yourself agreed to, then if the shroud of Turin shows the image of Christ, then why does it have a beard?
*** Jesus probably did have long hair. The Gospel of Matthew states that the birth of Jesus “fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene (2:23).” In context, Matthew is obviously making a play on the fact that Jesus was born in Nazareth, but prophesy isn’t dismissed by a pun, and the prophecy plainly referred to the a Nazarite. ***
You are quite wrong here, and it falsifies your whole “Nazarite” concoction. There are no Nazarites mentioned in the New Testament. In the Old Trestament we have only Samson mentioned, and he was from the Danite city of Zorah, about half the way direct westerly from Jericho to the Mediterranean coast. The term “Nazarite” has absolutely no connection with any geographical location. And Jesus was a
_Nazarene_ (which means “from Nazareth”), from the Nazareth of Galilee. That is where he was raised, not where he was born. Furthermore, you need to be notified that this Jesus was born at Bethlehem, not Nazareth.
The “obviousness” of a “pun” by Matthew is your fabrication out of the whole cloth. The Bible is not a jokebook. Have you discussed this supposition with Matthew? or with the Holy Ghost guiding him?
Also the Holy Scriptures in 1 Cor. 11:14 says “Doth not even nature itself tell you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?” Regarding priests under the Law, “Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.” In addition, “Neither shall they drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.” (Ezekiel 44:20,21). You do wrest the Scripture
here, claiming authority to negate it (2 Peter 3:15-17).
Finally, there are 10 absolute reasons from the Scripture why, in fulfilling the law, Christ was not to, and did never make, drink, or give others, or urge any fermented wine (esp. nor did he use it in ordaining the remembrance supper). To think so illustrates complete ignorance of his character and his holiness.
Likewise, yes, he may have had a beard (every adult man does), but of its length of any particular day we do not know. It might have been longer after the forty day testing, eh? But immediately after, the angels ministered unto him. Did they perhaps not only prepare a meal, but also clean his clothes, trim his beard, and cut his hair? Hmmmm. He certainly usually had well-trimmed (not effeminate) hair, neither habitually shaven nor habitually overlong for the custom of decent appearance. I doubt that he looked or acted like a bum in the normal course of his ministry.
Am I mistaken in my Gospel writers here? Did St. Luke also paint?
Did he ever paint a picture of Christ?
Maybe so.
But the real question “Is this important?” Very interesting? Yes. But not something I would loose a lot of sleep over either way.
Was it the rev Jackson who said Jesus was black?.
Very interesting. Thanks, dangus.
