Seein' things

Recently a good friend of mine was inquiring about a particular situation he was proposing, as a means of working out a principle regarding images of Christ. He asked, “If a man was around Christ and wanted to draw Him, could he? Or what if people asked the Apostles what Jesus looked like, because… I don’t know… they thought they saw Him, etc”

Upon further discussion with Tammy and meditation, I think God has an answer for us regarding that Jesus looks like. He looks like:

Ch 1. The Message of God and The Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the cosmos
Ch 2. The Temple destroyed and rebuilt in 3 days
Ch 3. The only begotten Son of God lifted up for the cosmos to see and be redeemed
Ch 4. Living Water that quenches all thirst
Ch 5. He whom the Scriptures testify of
Ch 6. The Bread of Life which came down from Heaven, and gives life forever
Ch 7. He that is sent with the doctrine of the One who has sent Him
Ch 8. The Light of the cosmos, that those who follow Him shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life
Ch 9. He who heals on the Sabbath and is worshipped
Ch 10. The Good Shepherd who lays down His life for His sheep and He who is one with the Father
Ch 11. The Resurrection and the Life who brings the dead to life, and He who weeps
Ch 12. He who draws all men to Himself by being lifted up from the Earth
Ch 13. He who washes the feet of His disciples so that they be made clean
Ch 14. The Way, Truth and Life; the Only Way to the Father and He who sends the Comforter
Ch 15. The Vine that gives the branches fruit, and without whom the branches can do nothing and He who chooses His friends and lays His life down for them
Ch 16. He who has overcome the world and in whom is peace
Ch 17. He who prays for His own whom the Father has given Him
Ch 18. He who’s Kingdom was not of this world, for had it been, His servants would have fought for Him, and He who is King of the Jew and Gentile
Ch 19. He who was the only one who could and did “finish it”
Ch 20. He who defeated death, who came out of the tomb, He who meets with His disciples on the first day of the week, and He who bears holes in His hands and feet, so that the doubting would proclaim, “My LORD, and My God!”
Ch 21. He who gave to His Church gifts to feed His sheep, and tend to His flock
Ch 22. And He who did many other things that if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written

*sigh.. and this only being one or two themes from the many found in each chapter of the Gospel of John. There are months of meditations wrapped up in just that list alone.

What an awesome image; better than a million polaroids of Christ!