“What Does Jesus Look Like?” — A Response Posting
“When I called at the door, I found Jesus gathered with his disciples. How impressive was his physique! His stature of more or less six feet infused respect. Yes, I know, six foot is not unusual today, but then he appeared like a true giant. I was also quite tall, but Jesus surpassed me.” — Judas of Kerioth, February 22, 2002
Hi Friend!
Thank you for your scriptural clues to Jesus' physical appearance while on earth.
John also gives us a description of Jesus in the Second Coming Messages from Spirit:
“I come to write a few lines on the display of what was supposed to be portraits of the Master and which you saw tonight… none of them is a correct likeness of him as he appeared on earth or as he appeared after his rising from the dead [in tangible spirit-manifestation] and made himself visible to his disciples and others… none of them bore any resemblance to the Master whom I knew and associated with, and saw after his resurrection from the tomb. None of them displayed the great spiritual light that shone from his countenance, even when he was suffering on the cross, and none of them gave a faint glimpse even of the spiritual beauty that was his when he associated with and helped sinners as well as his friends and disciples.
"...The Master, of course, like the rest of us who were his disciples, was a Jew, and it is quite natural to suppose that he had the features and hair and beard of the ordinary Jew; and as the Jews have continued to live ever since the time of the Master without much change in appearance or otherwise - I mean in his native land - the artists who conceived him to be a Jew, based their supposed portrait of him upon the appearance of the Jew as they saw him at the time that they painted the pictures.
"And while Jesus was a Jew, he was not what may be called a typical Jew in appearance any more than in other qualities, for he had in him that condition of soul that to a large extent determined and fashioned his appearance. His eyes were not dark or brown but a violet blue, and his hair was light and inclined to the auburn; his nose was prominent and somewhat long, and his beard was of the color of his hair, and worn not so long as was the custom of those days, and he never had a razor on his face. His forehead was not so very high or broad, but was well shaped and somewhat effeminate, and indicated that there was not so great mental development as might be supposed, for I must say here, that his knowledge was not so much the knowledge of the brain as of the heart and soul; and as you know, and as all men may know who acquire the proper soul development, the soul has a brain (mind) of its own which is used for the disclosure of the knowledge of that which pertains to the spiritual truths. Mortals may not quite comprehend the meaning of this assertion, but I must tell them that in certain circumstances and conditions the brain, or, to be more exact, the mind of the natural man becomes entirely absorbed in the mind of the soul.
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“So that, I say, it is not a correct conclusion to suppose that Jesus, because of having all the wonderful knowledge of the truths of God - his Father, as he preferred to call God - must have had a large development of those portions of the brain that is ordinarily displayed by a large or prominent forehead. His head, in fact, was not very large, but compact and beautifully shaped. He wore his hair parted in the middle and reaching to his shoulders, and it was somewhat curly - a beautiful head of hair which seemed to be full of life. No artist has had a correct conception of his appearance and no portrait or sculpture conveys a near likeness of him. But as the people realize how beautiful he was within they can possibly in their own imaginations see a clearer conception of his appearance than any painted portrait gives to them.
“I sometimes wish that there was on earth a true likeness of him, as he appeared during the time of his great work of Love on earth, so that those who love him could have the further pleasure of realizing his physical appearance; but that may not be so, because as mortals naturally worship the pictures of the saints, and through the picture, worship the originals, the danger would be that if there were a picture of the Master, mortals would worship him, even more than they do now - all of which worship is very distasteful and displeasing to him, and as he has said, blasphemy. The Master should be loved, and his presence longed for, as such presence has in it a wonderful Love and influence to help and make happy those who are in condition to realize his presence; but he should not be worshipped..." John the Beloved, June 3, 1917.
Thank you, my friend!
Pray for the blessing of the Father's Love to enter your soul. Ask for this Gift! 💖😌💖
Messages of Divine Love and Truths for All People (1914–present), soultruth.ca | new-birth.net
Love, peace and blessings to you and yours for the coming year, no matter what the world brings. And may God's Love reign in souls—and on Earth—as It does in His Kingdom. 🌿🙏
Jesus Says His Mission in Writing These Messages Is—His Second Coming on Earth
“...My coming to you is really my second coming on earth, and the result of my coming in this way will satisfy and fulfill all the promises of the scriptures as to my second coming…” Jesus, 12/2/1915
“Thus far I have spoken to you only in parables [about the soul-rebirth to divine men, women, angels]... but a time is coming when I WILL TELL YOU PLAINLY ABOUT THE FATHER.” — Jesus, John 16:25
Be like the Bereans! 😊
