What Did Jesus Look Like?

Geordie Gardiner
Modern Faith
Published in
2 min readSep 19, 2014

What do you think of Che Guevara?

Do you think he is cool?
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Yeah.
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Tell me in your opinion why is the portrait of Che Guevara regarded as so iconic?

What is the main reason?
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PAUSE:
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Come on now, tell the truth, What is the real reason?
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Because he looks Christlike.
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Do you think he does?
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Yes.
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What did Jesus look like?
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Long hair, beard and robes.
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Mary the mother of Jesus was travelling along the road, When she realised Jesus was not with her. She was disconsolate, as any mother would be at the thought of her 12 year old child missing, so she and the rest of the family back tracked in search of him.

When they found him he was in the temple with a group of rabbis and preachers telling them about the Bible and they were astounded that a child so young should have such a knowledge.

In the Bible it says men should have short hair, Jesus would have known such from an early age and as likely as not he would have had short hair.

The fact is Che Guevara does not look like Jesus. Che Guevara looked like a hairy hippy.
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Ha, ha, ha

But everyone knows Jesus had long hair.
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Read the Bible and there you will find it written.
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But every image of him shows him with long hair.
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That’s because Renaissance artists depicted him in such a way, then everyone copied the style and that is why you now think he had long hair. Have you ever thought of how Jesus might look if you saw him?
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How?
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With long hair.
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But I thought you said he would have short hair.
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Well imagine Jesus in heaven, with his Armani suit on, he looks in his wardrobe and thinks, shit I have to put my robes on and have long hair and a beard otherwise those bastards down there will not recognise me.
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Ha, ha, ha.
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Geordie Gardiner
Modern Faith

Jack of all Shades — Christian — Artist — Writer — Blogger — And Promoter Of Artists In Blogs On Subjects Such As — Christian Art and African Art