How do you view Jesus? Is He a formidable judge or a meek victim or even, both?

Question

Use this as an example in making your decision: There's a colossal mosaic, 3,600 sq.ft. dominating the altar of the church at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate in Washington, DC. It shows Jesus with bare muscular bare arms & fierce frightening blue eyes. This mosaic of Jesus violates the canons of the greeting card industry. Jesus was soft & tender in His First Coming as a human. With the Second Coming, the gloves will be off, and then its no more Mr. Nice Guy. Is this so? Didin't He vent His wrath on wicked men at His First Coming? Which image of Jesus should we and would you, contemplate?

Answer 1

Jesus came to teach love and the law the first time. Yes, He chastised the Pharisees and the temple mongers, but, any father has to chastise their children at some time. Mostly, He taught Love, respect and belief in an afterlife with no pain and no suffering for just believing in Him How easy it is. However, when He comes again, it will be to take vengeance on those who care nothing about the huge sacrifice He made for all of us being humiliated and tortured and eventually crucified. So, I believe in both. I have accepted the Peace Jesus in my Heart and I am just so glad I don't have to be around when He decides to take his wrath out on those who mock him and don't believe. Hope this helps. Thanks for asking, and have a Super Day!! :)

Answer 2

I do not think you understand Jesus Christ to even make this statement; John 2:15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables;
This is not a meek mild man doing this above, and to say why he came below consider these words;
Luke 12:51 Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
John 7:43 So there was a division among the people because of him.
John 9:16 Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.
He is kind and gentle to ones that love him and he is a Devil and an enemy to ones that would prefer to not think of him;
John 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
John 8:49 Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.

Answer 3

Jesus is both LAMB and LION. Two totally different portrayals of Christ. The next time mankind meets the Lord of all the earth, every knee will bow and Christ will rule with a rod of iron. By His Word wickedness will be burned up like chaff or dried weeds. Some will meet an all consuming fire of energy, power, strength, might who is the Great Judge of the Universe. Some will meet a loving Father who cares for them and awaits them with open arms of love.

Answer 4

Jesus is the ultimate,He is meek but by no means weak so many assume that Jesus didnt have a temper but He turned the money changers over in the temple telling them not to make His Fathers house a den of thieves,on the other hand He is love He hates the sin not the person doing it its my perception that Jesus that when He returns we better all have the reverential(awe)fear He is love with a fierce hate of sin

Answer 5

For almost two thousand years, Jesus was thought of as a stern nasty old S.O.B. who would send you down the the eternal fires for next to nothing. People were taught in the churches to FEAR THE LORD.
Then, thirty or fourty years ago, he mellowed off to a kindly forgiving, loving old softie.
I have no idea how the church learned of the change, or if the change actually occured.

Answer 6

I think you're pretty much on track. Jesus was the merciful Savior in His first appearing, but when He returns, it will be as Lord and Judge of this world. You can't have one aspect of Him without the other, or else you're going against God's Word. He is both the Lamb Who was slain before the foundations of the world and the Righteous Judge Whose words will be like a sword.

As for me, I prefer to contemplate the image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, wounded for our transgressions and pierced for our iniquities. I've always thought that was the perfect representation of Jesus' love for us.

Answer 7

That is a good question. I heard these two Christian theologian say that they could not rectify your two images. They said that the first , the loving pastoral Shepard was the message and the latter (with the gloves off) was a little too much. Though not a Christian, I agree. I think that the sandals were the message and not the lightening.

Answer 8

I see him as a teacher . I think he came here not to rule us but to teach us all the things we forgot like to heal ourselves and do all the things he could do . I don't see him all mystical and magical like most people do after all he was human . We was created in Gods image just as he was but he was born perfect as we was suppose to be from the beginning but satin had to screw that up out of jealousy just like people screw up our life's out of jealousy . I think when he comes back it will be with wisdom that we will desperately need in the time not with death and hatred we can and are doing that to our self then maybe being that we really need him we aren't going to be so willing to kill something we know nothing about like they did people in the mid evil days and call them witches

Answer 9

Jesus, probably one rather nice guy, who wanted some changes made in the Tribe of Israel.... Just another stone age shepherd full of guilt, and superstition, as were they all, since no one really knew what caused eclipses, or famine, or drought, or floods, or how the solar system worked... As such, everyone relied on holy men and holy books for answers to the unknown, and gods who were angry to make sense of it all....

Answer 10

Jesus is my gardener. He came from Mexico. I view him as a competent and hard worker.