Rome renamed the land of Judea after Israel's extinct ancient enemies the Philistines as spite .. Jesus is a direct descendant from King David through Nathan through Mary
A Chinese man getting wet by a bowl of water from another Chinese man......pouring water from a bowl does not equal baptism...nor does sprinkling!
You never offended me migoI hope I did not offend anyone. It was not my intention. I learnt a lot today and I believe we have a long way to go.
I apologize if I sounded a bit harsh. I read about this many times in various places, and kind of wanted to put together a response with non recent pictures as much as I could, so people can see for themselves that it's historically been different in other places, Europe included.I understand. It's my first time seeing these pictures. I grew up seeing Jesus portrayed as a white man.
The intent and symbolism was there at least.A Chinese man getting wet by a bowl of water from another Chinese man......pouring water from a bowl does not equal baptism...nor does sprinkling!
I was not aware that was a skin color LOL. Why not say he was Judah colored, instead?I think he said Jesus' skin color was Arabia not that He was Arabian. A bit of a difference.
I hope I did not offend anyone. It was not my intention. I learnt a lot today and I believe we have a long way to go.
That image has been around for more than a year...About a year ago, Science constructed this image who they claim was Jesus:
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I say make the eyebrow one uni-brow, stand Him in the sunshine for a few days, and who knows!
Jesus was not Arabian; Arabs are descendants of Ishmael as already explained in post #85
Jesus came through Isaac's line, the son of promise![]()
Yes, somebody already explained that to me, my apologies. I am wondering if the other guy will come back, the one who said Jesus was Arabic, as if Christ was descended from Ishmael's line and not Isaac'sI did not say Jesus was Arabian. I said his skin color was more Arabian than black or white.
Yes, somebody already explained that to me, my apologies. I am wondering if the other guy will come back, the one who said Jesus was Arabic, as if Christ was descended from Ishmael's line and not Isaac's![]()