“He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.” —Isaiah 53:2, NIV
It has always been interesting to that—outside of the hints given in Isaiah 53—the Bible does not tell us what Jesus looked like, nor were paintings or drawings made of Him during His lifetime. Artists throughout the centuries have tried to imagine what He must have looked like, but the truth is, we don’t know.
And there is a very good reason for this: God knew that if we had an accurate portrait of Jesus, we would be tempted to worship it instead of worshiping Jesus Himself. We could even lapse into a type of idolatry, and that would be wrong.
But someday we will know what the risen Christ looks like, for someday we will enter into His presence forever. And when we do, the Bible says, “we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is” (1 John 3:2, NIV). Then we will share in His resurrection glory, and we will share in His sinless perfection.
Are you ready for that glorious day? You can be, by committing yourself to Christ and opening your heart and life to Him.
