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It would be a disgrace to his memory to keep insisting on a false image that we knowingly portray.
Why does everyone here seem to think you have to be pale to be Jewish. Oh, and the Middle East is in Africa by the way.
I'll be the first one here to admit that I'm no Christian and probably should have no say ,but if I were I think I'd like to have what we are able to acurately displayed displayed and that would mean, of what we do know, let's go along with that and let faith fill in the rest.Should the false white images of Christ be removed from Churches?
Jesus was the son of Mary and I find no Black or White or any other race but Jewish in him. His father was not of this world. The Holy Spirit has no prefered race or color. Hopefully niether should you.
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The middle east is in ASIA,not Africa,but make up your own map.It's real easy to verify.That is,if it is TRUTH you want,and not an agenda.Look at a map.I don't believe he even existed,I just do not like incorrect information being spread.
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Guys, stop arguing and go study some geography. Middle east is in Asia and North Africa. Jesus lived in the area of Israel/Palestine, Lebanon, and sorrounding areas. that is he lived in western Asia. he was born in Bethlaham, that is in Israel.
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Anyway the people of those areas are not indian or asian in race, neither are black. They are white and tanned colored. And why does his color affects your belief or faith if you have one?
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Personally, I don't pay that much attention....and I don't care what color Jesus' skin was while on earth or what color His eyes were, or what kind of sandals He preferred. What matters is that He is the saviour of the world.
What don't actually know anything about the lineage of a historical Jesus.
Isaiah 53
1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?
2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
Jesus may not have been black, but he wasnt white either. no one can live in the middle east and keep a white complexion.
and where did you get that from ...What Bible are you reading from he was a JEW !!!
probably oilived skin . He was not born in Africa of from African parents.The middle east !! Do you need a map ?
If you read your bible instead of praising yourself you would know that !!!
Jesus was born and lived in the area of Israel, and people there if you know that are not black or asian like, they have a tanned and white color skin.
It will never happen due to the fact that this society is so entrenched with whiteness being a good thing and darkness being a bad thing. I however must hand it to the Catholics. In their churches that I have been too their representations of Christ is of a darker person and when they have their celebrations of various saints, they dont seem to be ashamed to parade statues of those deemed to be darker and this even includes certain aspects of the Madonna.
No because it is easier for some people to worship those that look like themselves.
besides, its just an image. if you think God is purple and has blue polka dot hair and you want to worship go ahead.
remember, God created us in his image and likeness so we all look like Him.
We know this? How?
And here I thought He was Jewish. A descendant of King David, who was described as a redhead.
Grace unto you, and peace,
from God our Father and the Lord Jesus--%26gt;Christ.
Allegory is not meant to be taken literally at all,
and mystery is also meant to solved peace-fully;
Unless off course, you're one of them vs them,
who oppose them-selves with such law vs law.
The operation of God removes all law law,
and from all of the bewitched churches;
But if need be, it's by a consuming fire,
which only consumes such law law,
leaving you all grace us also.
The GRACE of our Lord J--%26gt;C with you--%26gt;all. Amen.
nobody really will ever know if thier ever was a Christ and last of all what he looked like. I dont think any image of him should change. People who believe can make their own image of him in their head.
The average image of Christ shouldn't bother anyone.
No, not really.
he was middle eastern not black,Asian or white.
let's remove the gory ones with Jesus bleeding on the crucifix...It's too traumatizing for kids....
If the Lord tells the Church to remove a white image, then the Church should obey. If the Lord doesn't care, then it doesn't matter.
I had a family 'last supper' copy %26amp; the Lord told me to give it to charity. The Lord didn't like it. So. I obeyed. This was before the DiVinci Code came out. Jesus doesn't like the 'last supper' because it doesn't do Him justice.
The fact we know is that Jesus is Jewish, and is also the Son of the Living God. And now is raised up %26amp; standing/sitting at the right hand of the Glory of God. Jesus is very 'bright'.
It is written that God doesn't give his glory to images. So any spirit around an image isn't God.
good luck with that.
why stop there - we all know he most likely didn't even exist - why not remove ALL images of him?
Jesus was Jewish how you could not know that is a question for all time, and yes there should not be any ';pictures'; of Jesus.
What difference does it make?
You are wrong about His lineage. He was a Jew, a descendant of King David. Wholly Jewish and 100% Kosher. The Jews, if you care to take a good look at us, are as caucasian as most white Americans, so your ';Afro-Asiatic'; nonsense is WAY off mark. He wasn't called the ';Lion of the Tribe of Judah'; just for the fun of it.
We are to have NO IMAGES whatsoever, so yes, the images must go. The color of the image has no bearing on it's legitamacy.
Christ was a Jew but all of us should see Him in our own ethnicity. In reality he should look like the Bedouins inhabiting the Middle East. I remember my grandmother had a picture of The Virgin Mary with the Infant Christ as a Japanese woman and child that was sent to her by a priest she sponsored in Japan. She saw nothing wrong with that just like I saw pictures in Russian Churches of Christ and Mary appearing as Russians. There is nothing wrong with that.
Almighty God says, ';Thou shall have no other gods above ME. Thou shall not create or worship craven images.';
Any church that has images or sculptures of what man perceives Almighty God %26amp; Jesus to be, and bows before them and worships them, are not worshipping Almighty God nor Jesus Christ, but are worshipping craven images.
Jesus Christ died once on the cross. He was taken down from that cross on Calvary, buried in a tomb, and was resurrected to new life three days later. Jesus is NOT still on that cross. He is alive.
I do not know what or where you heard or read that Jesus Christ was black or Afro-Asiatic, but Jesus Christ was a Galilean Jew.
Do you really belive that info? Jesus had a human appearance and that's all that counts. We don't pray to the image in the church, but to the spirit behind!
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Jesus was Jewish! He came to His own and His own received Him not......He picked it and that is who He is. Remember now His face is as bright as the sun. So when we that love Him look on His face, we will see ourselfs as He is.
Then they would have to remove all the Chinese images of Buddha given the fact we know he was actually Indian. Does either instance really change the message of either man.
If you want to be technical,ANY image should be removed,because ,you DON'T KNOW shyt about Jesus,even if he existed.You buy the whole ';God in the flesh,crucified,rose from the dead part';and you want to argue his ethnicity?Brilliant!
';Afro-Asiatic'; is that a fancy word for Jewish?
I personally am against all images, there should be no images anywhere not ever, these tend to become iconic and we tend to worship the image.
what facts do you have to support that?
Jesus was Jewish and that is that.
Thou shall not make for yourselves any carved images.
Jesus was a honky?
No, because you're bringing up the consideration that it matters what ';color'; Jesus was.
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