He has no form or comeliness; and when we see Him, there is no beauty that we should desire Him. 0 Isaiah 53:2When I was young, I thought I knew exactly what Jesus looked like. After all, I saw Him every day whenever I looked at some pictures in my bedroom. One showed Jesus knocking at a door and the other depicted Him as Shepherd with His sheep.
What I didn't know was that a mere decade before I was born, those pictures of Jesus didn't exist. Warner Sallman painted the well-known "Head of Christ" and other portraits of Jesus in the the 1940s. Those images were just one man's idea of what Jesus might have looked like.
The Bible never gives a physical description of Jesus. Even the men who saw Him every day didn't tell us what He looked like. In fact, the only clue we have is a passage in Isaiah that says: "There is no beauty that we should desire Him" (53:2). It seems that Jesus' human form was deliberately de-emphasized. He looked like an ordinary man. People weren't drawn to Him because of a regal appearance but because of what He said and did and because of the message of love He came to give (john 3:16).
But the next time Jesus comes to earth, it will be different. When our Saviour returns, we will recognize Him as the sovereign King of kings and Lord of lords! (1 Tim. 6: 14-15). - Cindy Hess Kasper
The more I see His beauty,
The more I know His grace,
The more I long, unhindered,
To grace upon His face. - Anon.
To see Jesus will be heaven's greatest joy.
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When I was a new born baby, my mum says both my legs were on my shoulders... it is quiet unusual... but I dunno how is the condition due to I am not really believe it... but, my mum said one night, an old man in all white, heal my legs... and my legs back to normal like others...
Then when I read the Heavenly Man, Brother Yun mentioned that he saw an old man in his dream... it is when he asked for a Bible...
Later on I think about what had my mum said... and I come out a question that, "is God an old man?" ...
Well, no matter what kind of image He looks like, that's not important... I guess... this is because... we worship Him is not because of how He looks like... so, no matter how He looks like, we as His children will still continue worship Him... nothing will change...
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