AntiChrist RZ 12/02 - Tomorrow's World

The Ten Commandments
Pictures of Jesus
Thousands of professing Christians employ representations or
pictures of a so-called Jesus Christ in their worship—and even
display them in their homes. What does your Bible say about such
pictures? First of all, the second commandment itself obviously
prohibits the use of anything that represents God or could easily
become an object of worship. Certainly, since Jesus Christ is God
(Hebrews 1:8), this would directly prohibit any picture or likeness
of His person! In addition, for those who might wish to “reason”
or argue about this point, these so-called pictures of Christ have
no similarity whatever to the way Jesus Christ really looked!
Jesus—when in human flesh—was a Jew (Hebrews 7:14). The features
in most of His supposed pictures are obviously not Jewish!
As the Word of God, Christ inspired the Apostle Paul to write:
“Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair,
it is a dishonor to him?” (1 Corinthians 11:14). Yet these pictures
invariably show a man with long hair, soft feminine features and a
sentimental, sanctimonious look in His eyes. This is not the Christ
of your Bible!
Actually, Jesus was undoubtedly very masculine in appearance.
As a young man, He was a carpenter—working outdoors.
And He continued spending most of His time outdoors even during
His ministry. So most crucifixes, pictures and images of Jesus
are in total opposition to every description given of Him in the
sacred Word of God! They give a false impression of the true Jesus
Christ in every respect. Jesus’ face must have had a rugged, sunburned
appearance. He was not womanish in appearance, but
rather had short hair like a man. He did not have beautiful, aristocratic
features, but as He inspired Isaiah to describe His human
appearance: “He has no form or comeliness; and when we see
Him, there is no beauty that we should desire Him” (Isaiah 53:2).
As a human being, Jesus was a normal, healthy, perhaps somewhat
rugged looking young Jewish carpenter in His early thirties. With
earnestness and conviction, He began preaching the message of
God’s soon-coming Kingdom or rule over this earth. However, if
we think of Jesus’ appearance at all, we should think, in general
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