Will Christians accept or reject the very Jesus they are waiting for ?
For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am the Messiah,' and will deceive many. (Matthew 24:5)
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So the question is how would a Christians recognise the true Jesus? What explicit description do they have to recognise the true Messiah
One wonders where to starts from and what better place than the book of Revelations. Let's find out what clues it gives to recognise the true Jesus. We will also cite from the book of Daniel and and Josephus Bin Matthias
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And in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest. The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire,(Revelation 1:13-14)
His feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters.(Revelation 1:15)
I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and wages war.
(Revelations 19:11)
His eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many diadems; and He has a name written on Him which no one knows except Himself. He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God.
(Revelations 19:12-13)
Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. "He will rule them with an iron scepter." He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty.
(Revelations 19:15)
On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: king of kings and lord of lords. (Revelations 19:16)
“As I looked, thrones were placed, and the Ancient of Days took his seat; his clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames; its wheels were burning fire.(Daniel 7:9)
I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, a man clothed in linen, with a belt of fine gold from Uphaz around his waist. His body was like beryl, his face like the appearance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of burnished bronze, and the sound of his words like the sound of a multitude. (Daniel 10:5-6)
How about his height?
From a variety of sources we know that Jesus was small in stature; this in a time when the average male measured 5’1” and weighed 110 pounds.
The first century historian Josephus reports him being approximately 3 cubits tall (4 feet 6 inches).
The Gospel of Luke (19:3) describes Zaccheus’ attempt to see Jesus while he preached in a crowd: “And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and he could not for the crowd, because he was low of stature.” Luke may be referring to Zaccheus rather than Jesus, but the idea that Jesus was slight can be seen again in the Acts of John v. 90: “…I was afraid and cried out, and he, turning about, appeared as a man of small stature…”
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My comment:
This is a joke right? Can you believe that's the biblical description of Jesus a Messiah ?
His face like lightening?
His Eyes like flames of fire?
Hair on his head like white wool?
Sword coming out of his mouth?
Kings of kings written on his thigh?
His feet like burnished bronze?
His voice like a roar of many waters?
He will be a horse rider not donkey ?
His robe dripping in blood?
Short like a dwarf ( with all due respect to dwarfs )
ONE WONDERS IF CHRISTIANS WOULD FOLLOW OR RUN AWAY FROM SUCH A FIGURE WHO LOOKS LIKE THAT!!!
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