Some Thoughts
I went to the theater one night in Decatur, IL a few years
ago to see a production of "Jesus Christ, Super Star". It
occurred to me from the begining of the show how much our
culture colors our preceptions of who Jesus was and what He
looked like. For example, I tend to see Jesus as 6' or a bit
taller. The truth is that He was probably 5'5" to 5'7". And
being a Jew, and being outdoors a lot, His skin was probably
much darker than what a lot of us think it was. And I wonder
how many would follow Him if we knew He had a darker skin?
As for Jesus being Jewish, how many Christians either forget
that fact or deny it? But He was raised by Jewish parents
in an area that was Jewish. And my preception now is that
the Priests of that time considered Jesus to be a bit of
a rebel, because He taught differently than they did, and
hadn't been taught anything by them. Would we accept His
teachings any better?? And what would we do with a person
like Him - have Him killed, put in prison for a time or
just ignore Him?
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