Pictures of Jesus?

Timothy!

You mean those pictures we sometimes see in our Sunday School classes--or in the hallways of church--or some analogy we see through scripture?? If an analogy or type of Jesus in scripture--lets study it and rejoice in the glory!! Lets go from glory to glory!! But pictures in a hallway or a Sunday School class--or a statue set up in a worship center--means nothing to me--there's absolutely no power provided in those sort of objects we hang on walls or place on a platform.

Your friend,
Blackbird

 

I don't put up pictures of Jesus in my home. Almost every picture of Him that I see is of a different man. There is probably a picture out there that is the true likeness of Him because He did live among others in man form that may have sketched His photo. The pictures that are hanging on most walls, I am sure are not the true Christ. I don't know what kind of man posed in the pictures we see so I for one will not have them in my home. I believe that the Lord is warning us of things like this in the scriptures. ~Sheila~

 

The context of the prohibition against graven images is making them to Worship. Certaintly the cherubuim in the Temple were images but did not violate the commandments since they were not made to worship. If one takes the belief otherwise then even driver's licence photos,the Iwo Jima memorial etc...are sinful.

 

Scripture always has to be taken in context, otherwise the interpetation isn't going to be correct.

 

How about those things you can get--where you look at little dots or lines or curves on a piece of paper for a given amount of time and then the instructions say, "Now, close your eyes and see the image of Jesus!!??" That always boggles my mind--how my eyes can do that--make that object thats really not there--appear and move around my sight frame with my eyes shut!! Really!

Your friend,
Blackbird

 

Those done by artists, for sale as originals or
prints, are awfully silly, in my opinion. I have
yet to see one of a truly Jewish Y'shua--it is
as though someone wants to whitewash His
Jewishness away. But then people have
been whitewashing His Jewishness in all
kinds of media, as though our God made a
mistake when He chose that culture to birth
our Messiah.

However, I have no problem when He is
depicted correctly in children's books for
the idea of visually promoting an idea.

 

I don't like em. I have a problem with the pictures of His with long hair. It makes Him look like a hippy. The Bible has scripture about it not being right for a man to have long hair. Now why would He have long hair, and then have wrote something against it in the Bible? That's contridicting, and and that makes me mad.
Oh, needless to say, no one knows what He looks like. One day in Heaven we'll see Him, but not untill then.
Ãbby

 

Timothy,

I have great respect for Dr. Packer but a picture of Jesus suffering on the cross or a crucifix are not designed to give a full picture of everything about Christ but is attempting to give a visual representation of the agony Christ endured. It generaly is not intended to give a literal representation. Packer fails to mention that if we apply the ban in the way he wishes, it would include photos of himself and his family, or any other respresentation of anything. He can't have it both ways.

If someone was to point to a picture, manger scene or crucifix and say that is what Jesus looked like then he would have a argument. Pictures, crucifixes etc... are just visual reminders of Christ Incarnation, passion, death and resurrection but are not intended to be literal representations.

The reason Jesus is shown in most art as a Europeon is that Europeon Caucasians identify with Him visually in such a picture, that His death and love is for them. I saw a African picture of Jesus on the cross in which he was Black and those surrounding the cross were African tribes people. Once again Jesus is pictured that way because they identify with Him visually in such a picture. I have seen similar pictures of Jesus as Chinese. The art is not intended to be literal but that His death and love is for them. I am reminded by such art of 1 John 2:1-2 that Jesus death was not limited to one race but His atonement was for people of all races and nations.

I respect those who disagree but I know of nat anyone who seens a picture or Icon of Jesus and actualy believe He looked that way.

 

We all recognize that the varying "Jesuses" are
attempts for various peoples to "own" him,
but I find it interesting that No One in the
modern day paintings is bothering to paint h\
Himm even close to what He was! We are no
longer living in the days when people were just
ignorant or when people did not know the truth
of His heritage, yet I have yet to see a sincere
attempt by a quality artist to address His
Jewishness. This is what irritates me. 8o)

By the way, someone brought up the models
used by a popularr artist to paint our Lord. It i
s said that years after one model was usedto
paint our Lord, the same model was used to
paint satan.

 

In my opinion, there is a simple reason why we don't have an accurate picture of the Lord Jesus.

There have been enough pieces of the original cross found to re-build the Queen Mary. Enough nails from the cross found to erect a palace. These were all sold as artifacts. Imagine the value of an original picture of the Lord Jesus.

I have tried many times to paint a verbal picture of Christ, and frankly, I come up short each time. I cannot begin to imagine what God looks like, or the Holy Spirit. This one thing I do know, the Jesus of the Bible, loves me and is the magnet of my faith, and when I see Him, I will know Him because He will know me. Does anything else matter?

Cheers,

Jim

 

Read the Commandment carefully: IT's a two parter: (1) to make the image in order to (2) worship it.

Making graven images is not banned. Worshiping graven images is.

 

Are you then against any portrayal of Jesus in a movie such as the "Jesus" film?

Karen

 

Okay. I got a little sleep and am awake now.
Ssure, it is irritating, but 8o) so what? When Ii
am awake, it is admittedly a little less irritating.
8o)

 

What expression would you paint on the face of a sinless man?

It is beyond human ability and inevitably results in a profaned picture of Christ.

 

Funny thing. Most portraits of Christ are of a serious expression. As of late, Ive seen a few portraits, and even statues, of Christ with a joyous expression on his face.