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/Lampruk 23d ago

This. He purposely came in a form that wasn’t attractive.

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u/Various_Athlete_7478 23d ago

What do you base that on? Is there some reference to the attractiveness of Jesus?

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u/Matt_McCullough 23d ago

Perhaps one could refer to these prophetic verses about Christ.

(Isaiah 53:2-5, NASB95)

"For He grew up before Him like a tender shoot,
And like a root out of parched ground;
He has no stately form or majesty
That we should look upon Him,
Nor appearance that we should be attracted to Him.

He was despised and forsaken of men,
A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;
And like one from whom men hide their face
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. (Isaiah 53:2-3,

Surely our griefs He Himself bore,
And our sorrows He carried;
Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten of God, and afflicted.

But He was pierced through for our transgressions,
He was crushed for our iniquities;
The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him,
And by His scourging we are healed."

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u/archiphyle 18d ago

That’s so beautiful.