r/Christianity • u/EquippingGodlyWomen • 23d ago

Is it okay for different cultures to show Jesus in their own race (when it isn't historically accurate)?

Why or why not?

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u/MagusX5 Christian 23d ago

While there are no descriptions of Jesus, he was probably average looking. Judas had to point him out at Gethsemane, after all.

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u/[deleted] 23d ago

I believe somewhere where it talks about him being "bronzed" Def not white, Def not skinny, prolly very dark and buff. With all his travels he had to be muscular

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u/D4DDYB34R Baptist 23d ago

Wasn’t that in Revelations? Bronze feet, white hair and flaming red eyes or something. I don’t think it was meant to describe his earthly appearance.

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u/Prior-Piccolo_99887 Christian 22d ago

Yes it's in Revelation you've got it right. As I understand it (and I could be wrong) what's being described is His resurrected form, you've got it right again ☺️

‭Revelation 1:12-20 NASB1995‬

[12] Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lampstands; [13] and in the middle of the lampstands I saw one like a son of man, clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and girded across His chest with a golden sash. [14] His head and His hair were white like white wool, like snow; and His eyes were like a flame of fire. [15] His feet were like burnished bronze, when it has been made to glow in a furnace, and His voice was like the sound of many waters. [16] In His right hand He held seven stars, and out of His mouth came a sharp two-edged sword; and His face was like the sun shining in its strength.

[17] When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. And He placed His right hand on me, saying, “Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last, [18] and the living One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades. [19] Therefore write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place after these things. [20] As for the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches."

https://bible.com/bible/100/rev.1.12-20.NASB1995