Think about this Scripture today and about
what Jesus looks like to you.
Afterward he appeared in a different form to
two of his followers who were walking from Jerusalem into the country. They
rushed back to tell the others, but no one believed them. Still later he
appeared to the eleven disciples as they were eating together. He rebuked them
for their stubborn unbelief because they refused to believe those who had seen him
after he had been raised from the dead. And then he told them, "Go into
all the world and preach the Good News to everyone. Anyone who believes and is
baptized will be saved. But anyone who refuses to believe will be condemned. Mark
16:12-16
Jesus appeared in a different form…different
from what, from whom? After His crucifixions He appeared to Mary Magdalene and
a couple of other followers.
"Dear woman, why are you crying?"
the angels asked her. "Because they have taken away my Lord," she
replied, "and I don't know where they have put him." She turned to
leave and saw someone standing there. It was Jesus, but she didn't recognize
him. John 20:13-14
That same day two of Jesus' followers were
walking to the village of Emmaus, seven miles from Jerusalem. As they walked
along they were talking about everything that had happened. As they talked and
discussed these things, Jesus himself suddenly came and began walking with
them. But God kept them from recognizing him. Luke 24:13-16
Jesus looked different. Imagine how messed
up His face became after being beaten and scourged. No wonder He wasn’t recognizable.
That was predicted in the book of Isaiah.
But many were amazed when they saw him. His
face was so disfigured he seemed hardly human, and from his appearance, one
would scarcely know he was a man. Isaiah 52:14
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| The Heavens opened |
No one really knows what Jesus looks like. What
do you think? Tall, short, handsome, rugged, smooth, sleek? Is He just a baby
in a manger to you? Is He a prophet, a teacher, a rabbi, or a healer? Do you
imagine Him seated on a huge golden throne or riding on a majestic white horse coming
to save the world?
Then I saw heaven opened, and a white horse was standing there. Its rider was named Faithful and True, for he judges fairly and wages a righteous war. His eyes were like flames of fire, and on his head were many crowns. A name was written on him that no one understood except himself. He wore a robe dipped in blood, and his title was the Word of God. Revelation 19:11-13
So who is Jesus to you…no matter how He
looks. Is He your Lord and Savior? Think about it and decide while there is
still time.
Prayer
~ Lord Jesus, on the night You were arrested the Roman guard came looking for
You. They didn’t know what You looked like.
Jesus fully realized all that was going to
happen to him, so he stepped forward to meet them. "Who are you looking
for?" he asked. "Jesus the Nazarene," they replied. "I AM
he," Jesus said. (Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them.) As
Jesus said "I AM he," they all drew back and fell to the ground! Once
more he asked them, "Who are you looking for?" And again they replied,
"Jesus the Nazarene." "I told you that I AM he," Jesus
said. "And since I am the one you want, let these others go." John
18:4-8.
Help
me to see You for who You are and know You more deeply day by day. I love You.
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