Jesus was an Oriental in west Asia

[Arthur81]

The magazine Christianity Today has stirred up the social media with their article about photos depicting Jesus looking like an Oriental. Well, Jesus was from west Asia, the Orient. Why was it more offensive to portray Jesus as looking like a Chinese than depict him looking like white European?

1828 Webster's English Dictioanry -
"ORIENT'AL, n. A native or inhabitant of some eastern part of the world. We give the appellation to the inhabitants of Asia from the Hellespont[Dardanelles] and Mediterranean to Japan."

Encyclopedia Britannica
"Near East, usually the lands around the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea, including northeastern Africa, southwestern Asia, and, occasionally, the Balkan Peninsula. The term Near East was used by the first modern Western geographers to refer to the nearer part of the Orient, a region roughly coextensive with the Ottoman Empire. Since World War II, the name has been largely supplanted by Middle East (q.v.), though frequently they are used interchangeably."

Bible commentaries often refer to Israel as an Oriental nation. I suppose Jesus looked like most men in Palestine today, adjusted for typical clothing, beard and hair styles of the 1st century. Maybe it is good the Bible did not give us a description of Jesus so we can picture him exactly.

 

[Ronald Nolette]

The magazine Christianity Today has stirred up the social media with their article about photos depicting Jesus looking like an Oriental. Well, Jesus was from west Asia, the Orient. Why was it more offensive to portray Jesus as looking like a Chinese than depict him looking like white European?

1828 Webster's English Dictioanry -
"ORIENT'AL, n. A native or inhabitant of some eastern part of the world. We give the appellation to the inhabitants of Asia from the Hellespont[Dardanelles] and Mediterranean to Japan."

Encyclopedia Britannica
"Near East, usually the lands around the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea, including northeastern Africa, southwestern Asia, and, occasionally, the Balkan Peninsula. The term Near East was used by the first modern Western geographers to refer to the nearer part of the Orient, a region roughly coextensive with the Ottoman Empire. Since World War II, the name has been largely supplanted by Middle East (q.v.), though frequently they are used interchangeably."

Bible commentaries often refer to Israel as an Oriental nation. I suppose Jesus looked like most men in Palestine today, adjusted for typical clothing, beard and hair styles of the 1st century. Maybe it is good the Bible did not give us a description of Jesus so we can picture him exactly.

Well as He was born from very Jewish parents, he did not have the slanted eyes of rough hair of most Orientals. He was a middle eastern looking Asian.

 

[Pierac]

I found his picture....

Jackie Jesus....

 

[Windmill Charge]

It comes as a shock to the uneducated that Jesus didn't speak English, wasn't blond with blue eyes, that he lived, yes he is a real historical character, in what we call Israel.

Watching the news and seeing Palestinians on TV, many look very similar to the average westerner.
I wonder just how different would ne have appeared?

 

[Lambano]

It comes as a shock to the uneducated that Jesus didn't speak English, wasn't blond with blue eyes, that he lived, yes he is a real historical character, in what we call Israel.

Watching the news and seeing Palestinians on TV, many look very similar to the average westerner.
I wonder just how different would ne have appeared?

I read in National Geographic that some computer whiz kids took a program that analyzed the facial attributes of men of Jesus's age (~30 when He began his ministry) who live in that part of the world and had it generate a generic picture of what Jesus may have looked like:

He has no form or comeliness;
And when we see Him,
There is no beauty that we should desire Him
(Isaiah 53:2b, NKJV)

 

[Pearl]

I read in National Geographic that some computer whiz kids took a program that analyzes the facial attributes of the men of Jesus's age (~30 when He began his ministry) who live in that part of the world and had it generate a generic picture of what Jesus may have looked like:

He has no form or comeliness;
And when we see Him,
There is no beauty that we should desire Him
(Isaiah 53:2b, NKJV)

Great minds think alike. I came on to post this pic and you had already posted it. I remember somebody came up with this image based on His Jewish ethnicity and age.

 

[Lambano]

Some AI program generated this one based on the image on the Shroud of Turin:

 

[CC7799]

Jesus isn't Oriental.

Came from Nazareth. Was of Israel.

Its false doctrine.

Anna of luke chapter 1 was of tribe of Asher.

Some stock of Israel was in Judah and Samara.

Only person who is deranged woukd suggest this.

Arthur has no proof. A doctored up pic of Jesus. On speculation.

Only a subverted mind would contrmplate this.

Satan loves to use false brethren to contaminate God's word.

Colossians chapter 2
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and empty deciet, according to traditions of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.

Total disrespect for the Bible and Jesus..
Manipulation and lies.
He serves Satan.
Even the heathen know God's word as well as Christian teachers.

Phillipines chapter chapter 2

For many walk, of whom I have told the you often, and now tell you even weeping, that They are enemies of the cross of Christ. Whose end is destruction, whose god is there belly and whose glory is there shame, who mind earthly things.

Fake shepherds. Twisting God's word around. They attack like deceptive snake on those who tell the truth.

Zamam in Hebrew means - plot evil. False shepherd's have mentality of Satan.

Exaleipho in Greek means - blot out. On judgement Day, the false shepherds have destiny with fire. To perish.

Echidna in Greek means - poison. That's poison pills from false brethren.
Pseudonumos in Greek means - falsey called. God didn't call the false shepherds or send them.

Shalalh in Hebrew means - mislead, deceice.

Chrisma in Greek means - Holy Spirit. False shepherd's don't have holy Spirit. They have unclesn Spirit.

Pthaltol in Hebrew means - crafty. The false shepherds have access to Bible dictionary and concordance. They know how to distort and decieve people.

Dakka in Hebrew means destruction. Judgement Day. Hell.

Carah means - rebellion. False shepherd's signature. Keep people in bondage. Devoid of the truth.

Apoleia in Greek means+ destruction, perish.

Galatians chapter 5

:5:17. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh, and these are contrary the one to the other, so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
5:20. Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, stife, sedition, Heresies.

Idol is in form of traditions of men and false doctrine.

5:21
Envying, murder, drunks, reveling, and such likes, of the which I tell you before, as I also told you in time past, that They which do such things shall not inherit kingdom of God.

Reprobates on judgement Day Will hear the hammer drop. Condemned.

2 Corinthians chapter 5

Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persaude men, but we made manifest unto God, and I trust also are made manifest in your conscience.


Reprobates enjoy plotting evil,and distorting God's word. Reprobates will face Jesus on judgement Day.

Luke chapter 18:7.

And shall not God Avenge his own elect, whivh cty Day and night unto him, thou he bear long with them?

18:8
I tell you that He will Avenge them speedly.

Psalms chapter 9

Wicked go to Hell.

At the 7th Trump, Jesus cleaning house. Reprobates, false brethren, go to sheol, called hell. There Will be terror. Waithjg for judgement Day. The torment is within.

Psalm chapter 37:1

Fret not thy self of evil doers, neither be thou envious against workers of iniquity.
37:2
For they shall soon be cut down like he grass.

37:10
For yet little while, and the wicked shall not be yea, thou shall diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.

Messing with the Election, carrys heavy price. On judgement Day. The wicked will be on there knees. Teaching traditions of men and false doctrine. Its double blow.

Vengeance belomgs to Jesus. They Reprobates and wicked will pay on judgement Day.

37:20
But the wicked shall Perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be as fat of the lambs, into smoke they shall consume sway.

This is lake of fire on judgement Day.

I'm not judging anyone.

Jesus is the judge.

I moved on to other subjects.

I won't respond .

 

[RedFan]

Jesus isn't Oriental.

Came from Nazareth. Was of Israel.

Its false doctrine.

It wasn't presented as doctrine. Don't you bother to actually read with care the posts you respond to? And isn't it obvious that you and Arthur have a different notion of "oriental" here (Far East for you, Asia for him)?

Only person who is deranged woukd suggest this.

Arthur has no proof. A doctored up pic of Jesus. On speculation.

Only a subverted mind would contrmplate this.

You just accused a brother in the Lord of being deranged and having a subverted mind because of his passing on an interesting tidbit from Christianity Today. That insult would be offensive in itself, but is made more so by the fact that Arthur neither claimed proof of (or even assent to) that tidbit, nor did he present any "pic of Jesus," doctored or otherwise, nor was he advancing his own speculation.

 

[CC7799]

It wasn't presented as doctrine. Don't you bother to actually read with care the posts you respond to? And isn't it obvious that you and Arthur have a different notion of "oriental" here (Far East for you, Asia for him)?


You just accused a brother in the Lord of being deranged and having a subverted mind because of his passing on an interesting tidbit from Christianity Today. That insult would be offensive in itself, but is made more so by the fact that Arthur neither claimed proof of (or even assent to) that tidbit, nor did he present any "pic of Jesus," doctored or otherwise, nor was he advancing his own speculation.

Your defending your lost brethren.

He tried to trash my thread, and used derogatory language.

He tried to set me up.

Don't lie for him.

His presentation is lie.

Your jerk like he is.

He accused me, and derogatory language.



You came on my threads to try to set me up.

You know what im talking about.


You're nobody to me.

Not wasting my time with you.