What Did Jesus Really Look Like? - "IN A LITTLE WHILE THE WORLD WILL SEE ME NO MORE"

Within the day that he uttered those words, Jesus was dead and buried.  (John 14:19) He gave his life as "a ransom in exchange for  many."  (Matthew 20:28) On the third day, God resurrected him "in the spirit" and "allowed him to become manifest" to some of his disciples.  (1 Peter 3:18; Acts 10:40)  How did Jesus look when he appeared to his disciples then?  Apparently quite different from his original appearance, for even his closes associates did not immediately recognize him.  Mary Magdalene took him for a gardener; and the two disciples on the road to Emmaus, for a stranger. - Luke 24:13-18; John 20:1, 14, 15. 

How should we picture Jesus today?  Over 60 years after Jesus' death, the beloved apostle John saw visions of Jesus.  John who did not see a dying figure on a stake.  Rather, he saw the "King of kings and Lord of lords,"  The King of God's Kingdom. who will soon conquer God's enemies, both demonic and human, and bring everlasting blessings to mankind. 

Next time: A Proper View of Mistakes 

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