How can Jesus have so many faces ?
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artistic license.  What Jesus actually looked like is unknown.  He was definately of Middle Eastern decent.  He most likely was unshaven.  He probably had shorter hair (as was the common jewish style at the time) unlike the long haired interpretations.
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The view from history would be "yes."  Many of the historical Jesus' teachings were related to reforming the practice of Judaism to be more assimilationist with the predominent Roman/Hellenistic culture in the region during the period of his life.\n\nSince he was interesting in reforming practice to "fit in," he might also be interested in reforming his looks to "fit in," as well.
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A couple of reasons:\n\nFirst, Jesus is the Savior of all mankind, so people tend to depict Jesus as one of their own, whatever race. It makes Him easier to relate to, perhaps.\n\nSecond, because the Bible says that Jesus was a descendant of King David who, as a boy was described this way:\n\n"He was ruddy , with a fine appearance and handsome features" (1 Samuel 16:12).\n\n"Ruddy" indicates a rosy appearance. How many races of people have that? As well, in Genesis 25:25 it is recorded that when the twins, Jacob (ie, Israel) and Esau, were born, Esau was covered with red hair. Same question. \n\nNow Jesus was way down the family line, and his lineage mentions people from other groups marrying into the tree, so Jesus could have been very white to rather brown. At the time though, he didn't have any appearance that set him apart from the appearance of his fellow Jews of the time.
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Dude, you've been smoking too many Dan Brown books. \n\n\nI've heard all kinds of crazy theories about Jesus but that doesn't mean they're true. Where's the documentation? Where's the historical proof? Where's the corroboration from witnesses? That's the problem with too many people: They hear something totally out in left field and believe it without any sort of evidence or even despite evidence to the contrary.
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Jesus was WHITE and had BLONDE hair!\nDon't you know anything?\nhttp://www.aciprensa.com/Banco/images/j-sagrado.jpg
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Your discription of Jesus is way off base. \nThe reason we will know Him is because we have already met and been intimate with Him.\nSo knowing Him at His appearance will be no biggie.\n\nHow can you not know someone you are ONE with?
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It would probably depend on the area of the world he came to.  If he were born as a child again,  and had A parent,  he would look like her.   If that be middle eastern again,  thats what he would look like.  \n\nWhat is funny is caucasian people could not accept the fact that Jesus was not white,  so they depict him with caucasian features.   Such arrogance and dishonesty detracts from the truthful nature of Christianity as a whole.   The least they can do is draw him correctly.  Second they could use his real name.
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Sure, Jesus was a prophet and we don't know what he looked like but there are lots 'pictures' of him around and people have played Jesus in movies. I don't think God gets upset about that if you have respect in your heart. I wouldn't want to adhere to a religion where you would be punished or executed for drawing a "likeness" of a prophet.
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Jesus was certainly colored. Many documents state that he was bronze-colored and others that he was reddish colored.
1108847
Many people  to accept Jesus.
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No way and here is proof\nhttp://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=Jesus+alou&ei=UTF-8&fr=ks&x=wrt
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People want Christ to look like them, so they can relate. I don't know what He really looked like, but I think when we see Him again, everyone will recognize him. Since the Bible says we are made in the image of God, perhaps we will each see God the way we want.
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Are you kidding?  Look at the long hair, the beard, the message of peace and forgiveness...Jesus was a hippie and he got high all the time, I am sure of it.
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I have sometimes wondered about how Jesus, being God, was able to contain the infinite wisdom and knowledge of God in the finite space of a human cranium. The best thing that I have been able to figure out is that He had access to the fullness of deity, but did not make full use of it in some ways. For example, Paul's letter to the Phillippian church  speaks of Jesus not clinging to his prerogatives as God, but emptying Himself. It seems that He did not retain all knowledge of the future and technology, etc., so that he would rely on the Holy Spirit to do His works, just as we are to relay on Him. Jesus' entire life on earth was a ministry, not only his passion and death and resurrection. He served as an example of how we are to serve. \n\nSo, when Jesus was faced with a situation, He drew on the power of the Holy Spirit to work miracles, to prophesy, to heal, not His own power. In a sense, he gave up the right to decide what was the best approach. He was led of the Spirit to a degree that probably nobody else ever was. He was fulfilling a specific mission in His life, which was to redeem us, not necessarily to establish schools, etc. (more on this in a moment.)\n\nThe miracles Jesus did were to establish credibility so that people would believe He was the promised Messiah. (He told people to believe on the basis of the miracles, if nothing else.) The specific miracles were unimportant in the sense that He could probably have just spoken and healed everybody in Judea at once. But that would not have led them to faith in Him. They had to be done in such a way as to get people's attention and for them to see.\n\nNow, as to schools, it has sometimes struck me that the book of Acts is, as it says in the first sentence, "...all that Jesus began to do and teach..." The book is sometimes called the acts of the apostles, but I think they would be the first to give Jesus the glory for all those deeds. \n\nWhen I reflect on what has been accomplished, with Christians over the centuries establishing schools, hospitals, orphanages, museums, beautiful and permanent works of architecture and engineering, I am sometimes amazed, and I say, Jesus did it all. It is all from Him, and this would never have come to pass without Him. So, in a sense, He did do all these things. I don't know why He didn't do them sooner. But I know He knows what he is doing.
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You can take or leave this answer as you see fit, but it is well researched and worthy of consideration.\n\nThe creature with four faces represents a year.  The faces represent the four seasons.  2000 years ago, the constellation we call scorpio was actually known as the eagle.\n\nThe four faces represent:\nlion = leo; summer \nox = taurus; spring\nman = capricorn; winter\neagle (today known as the scorpion) = scorpio; fall\n\nJesus' ministry lasted a year.  The 4 faced creature is Jesus.
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Okay, even if His DNA is on the Shroud of Turin, and even if science was far enough along to clone humans, we can't be sure than the clone would look like Jesus.  That cloned cat, CC, doesn't look like the original.  Also, how ethical would that be, really?  I don't know if God would allow it.\n\nAnd, Jesus probably looked Jewish.  Because He was a Jew.\n\nAnd, to the person directly below me, Jesus clearly EXISTED.  Even other religions admit that.  They just think that he was a "good man".  Christians, such as myself, believe that he was divine.\n\nBut, saying that he never existed is just idiotic.
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How are Christians supposed to know who he is so they can imitate him?  Trust me, if I wanted to know more about Jesus I wouldn't look at some Christians and assume he was like them.