Can some one please answerthis for me sincerely?

Question

In the bible it say Jesus had feet of "Burnace Brass" and "Hair of lambs wool". How come the pictures depicted of him today don't reflect that.

Answer 1

there are no pictures. There are only artist renditions and artists pick and choose what makes a good composition.

Answer 2

Pictures of Jesus today is innaccurate. The picture of today is really to glorify a particular race and as you might know Jesus wasn't white as some people claim him to be. Look at the people in Nazareth and around that area, that's what I believe jesus' skin color looked like. Oh, and noone has ever drawn or painted a picture of him back in his days so noone today could actually know what he really looked like. I think that would have went against his rule when he said don't make any engraving images and/or worship them. As for the burnished brass and hair like lambs wool think about that. Who has hair like that? You will know the truth. Oh, and I'm not white or black so this isn't a racist comment. I didn't even direct Jesus into my own race because I don't think that really mattered at the time or even today. What matter's is that he died for all of us whether jew or gentile.

Answer 3

People depict Jesus as either a helpless baby in a manger or as a man being put to death on a cross. No one stops the consider that Christ is at present neither of those things, but is in reality a King. (Revelation 11:15; Luke 1:32, 33; Hebrews 1:8, 9)

Answer 4

John was seeing a vision, it says his feet were "like" bronze. That is a metaphor, John is attempting to describe something he has never seen before. This is not a picture of Jesus as He appeared while teaching on the earth. This is a picture of the future Jesus.

Answer 5

I can't find "Burnace Brass" and "Hairs of lambs wool" in the Bible anywhere. Where did you get these references.

Answer 6

Well, when Jesus was alive in the world, He looked like a regular Jewish person. The passage you are speaking of is a portion of the Revelation that John had; it was in the future. He saw Jesus as His glorified Self, not His boring human Self.

Revelation 1:12-20

…I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; and in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; and his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.

And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

Answer 7

Someone's interpretation of what Jesus looks like is all I can say. Why do some people think that He was black?? When in fact he was of jewish decent, thus making him light to dark brown skinned. Different variations of the bible follow this same concept, it is each person's interpretation of what they thought the bible stated.

Answer 8

Honestly, the new and old versions of the bible are so contorted and bent to make the world accept religon and everything that comes with it that they even contorted the image of Jesus himself.

I personally do not believe any particular faith, but I do think its unfair to believers to change an image of their beloved (would you say?) prophet and other stuff.

Answer 9

Great question...

You are referring to a Revelation passage in Chapter 1 (or 2). First of all, understand that this is a vision of Jesus in what is called his "glorified state."

As Christians, we believe that Jesus is God in human flesh, and that while he was ministering on earth, he had "emptied himself" of some of his qualities of God-likeness (Phillippians 2:7). Therefore, on earth, he had regular hair, regular feet and eyes. But in Revelation, he has already ascended to the Father, and All power and authority had been given to him (Matt 28). Therefore, John (who wrote Revelation and consequently had walked with Jesus on earth for three years or so) saw Jesus as a glorified human...a human being given God-like power.

We don't have any distinct physical descriptions of jesus while he was on earth (before his ascention) but now, he is physically alive with supernatural power and presence. We relate to him best in the previous form, even though he is still fully human now.

that's why we have pictures of him as a "normal" man, but some pictures show him in "glory." You just have to look for them. Also, note that the purpose of Jesus coming in the form of a man was so that we could relate to him (God) better. However, many pictures show him as a white man. I think that helps us relate to him better. Some paint him as a black man. I used to have a hard time with this, but of course, Jesus was JEWISH. He was not black OR white...he was a Jew. But I think that whatever nationality you are, you can paint him this way to help you relate to the one true God better. there is a Painting of Jesus Crucified and he has leprosy...it was hung in a hospital that treats leprosy patients. Do you think that Jesus would object, since he "bore our illnesses and diseases"?

Answer 10

Because those descriptions occur in Revelation, which was written in a genre known as Jewish Apocalyptic. Read Tekton's description of it on their page about Revelation at http://www.tektonics.org/esch/revdate.html.