Who do you see when you picture Jesus?

[the_raven_1313]

I guess that with all of the movies, paintings and statues that there are that most people can't help but picture Jesus as a long haired person. When it ever gets brought up I can't help but think about what Jesus inspired Paul to write in 1 Corinthians 11:14: Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?

[peaches]

Most people envision THIS when they think about John the Baptist,

great pic Ovedya

i must say... i never imagined him looking like that!! to think of it....i never imagined him at all!! hardly do i imagine what Jesus looks like but when i do...i have the "regular" pic that hollywood fed moi.

[HUBIE]

Great responses guys. I guess we only can imagine what ours brains have been programmed in. Sometimes I try to think outside the box and imagine Jesus as more Middle Eastern in appearance....

He probably looks a little like Ravi Zacharias! Wouldn't that be hoot!

God told us we were made in his image, so I have to assume he looks something like us. Course, my mind blows like a cheap fuse every time I try to actually ponder God and his Glory. I can't make a decent bookshelf using all the best tools money can buy. He made the trees, the steel, etc..... So actually imagining him is beyond my frail capabilities. Wasn't one of the Psalms about the futility of trying to know the mind of God?

Joe

[Bolts]

Apart from the bibles description of him, I've imagined him as being rustic - the outbacks type. Mainly because of all the walking he did. I see him as seasoned by the climate and medum build because of his dietry intake (and all the walking).

[Bolts]

Apart from the bibles description of him, I've imagined him as being rustic - the outbacks type. Mainly because of all the walking he did. I see him as seasoned by the climate and medum build because of his dietry intake (and all the walking).

- and he takes after his fathers side

[nebula]

Well - whatever He looks(ed) like, I bet it was a Mid-Eastern look!

[yomotalking]

You know what's funny? Most people envision THIS when they think about John the Baptist, but they never consider that Jesus probably looked the polar opposite from what iconography portrays. In fact, He was probably just as unattractive.

Is it wrong to say that Jesus was physically unattractive? Some might consider it sacreledge.

The Lord Jesus was/is the most attractive man in the entire universes. But His attraction has nothing to do with physical appearance.

In Isaiah it says that nothing in his appearance drew us to him.

I "see" HIS hope.

I "see" HIS promise.

I"see" HIS love.

I "know" HIS HOLY SPIRIT>

Nicely put. I see a man with a beard. A smile so warm and loving. A spirit so warm and loving. I imagine it almost like the song "I Can Only Imagine" This I do know. Meeting Jesus will be more than can ever be imagined. Though I will give him such a hug.

Oh, and we'll watch Star Wars too.

You and Star Wars!

I guess that with all of the movies, paintings and statues that there are that most people can't help but picture Jesus as a long haired person. When it ever gets brought up I can't help but think about what Jesus inspired Paul to write in 1 Corinthians 11:14: Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?

But that was.how many years after?

The people of the Times wore long hair. unless their shawls gave the appearance of being long haired.

Well - whatever He looks(ed) like, I bet it was a Mid-Eastern look!

Of course.

Well, for me, I'd say that I used to think of only his neck and head.

Smiling.

White teeth.

With a crown, or not a crown on his head.

Wjite too.

And yes, giulty as charged thinking that John the Baptist looked like that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But now, in Israel, with so many traditional, misrable loking Jesus'...................then maybe I vary between the two.

Oh, BTW, why do they have Jesus looking like he'd just taken poision?

Jesus in my sense is happy, loving, and caring.............and with a....dare I say it...........a GRIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mikado5001]

I love Star Wars. That is one of G-d's greatest gifts in my life.

And maybe Jesus looks like Homer Simpson described him.

Homer: Perfect teeth. Nice smell. A class act, all the way.

[the_raven_1313]

The people of the Times wore long hair.

I thought that it was the only Nazarites that wore their hair long, or am I wrong?

[aaronjm]

I have a question relating to what Paul wrote in Corinthians about long hair. 1 corinth 11:14 "Does not the very nature of things teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him," I might be reading in to this wrong, but when Paul says something like this I would think that if Jesus did have long hair Paul would not have reffered to this as being a disgrace. Like I said, I might be completely off on this verse. Thanks for any clarification,

Aaron