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Isaiah 53 reads regarding Jesus;
2. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
3. He was despised and rejected by mankind,
a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.
Like one from whom people hide their faces
he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.
Jesus was not a physically attractive man. He was unlike the people who are praised in high society, the executive business world or in the entertainment industry because he doesn't compare with them in appearance. People looked down on Jesus and some even avoided looking at him. Jesus was considered a reject.
Abram (Abraham) told his beautiful wife Sarai (Sarah) to tell a half-truth and tell the Egyptians she was Abram’s sister. Abram was afraid Pharaoh would lust after Sarai’s beauty and kill Abram so he could have his wife legally. Abram was so afraid, he would have allowed his wife to sleep with Pharaoh to keep from being murdered. Years later, Abraham’s son Isaac repeated his father’s same deception and had his beautiful wife Rebekah lie to Abimelech and say she was Isaac’s sister.
Beauty is vain and deceitful in every single example in the Bible. Take the story of Esther. Her cousin Mordecai had his beautiful young cousin Hadassah hide the fact she was a Jew and changed her name to Esther. Mordecai told her to appear before King Ahasuerus so her beauty would cause him to take her as a wife and make her queen to ensure safety for the Jews. This was not a fairytale marriage, as Esther became one wife of many to the lustful, boozing king. Thereafter, she needed royal permission to even approach her husband or she’d be killed.
Bathsheba’s beauty attracted King David and ultimately he committed adultery with her and murdered her husband when she became pregnant. Their baby died soon after birth. When David married her, Bathsheba joined the ranks of all his other wives. Like Queen Esther, Queen Bathsheba did not have the freedom to approach her husband without royal authorization.
Samson used his super strength and male ego to attract one seductive woman after another. As you know, his life story ended in tragedy. As did King David’s son Absalom. Absalom was known as the handsomest man in his father’s kingdom. His pride got the best of him as he went to war against his own father, made conquests with his father’s wives & concubines, and caused division in the kingdom. His life ended in a horrible, humiliating death.
King Solomon was blessed by God with the gift of great wisdom. Nevertheless, he became so overindulgent in everything he lusted after, that it drained him of strength of life. Realizing late in his life that the flesh could not satisfy, he sunk to rock bottom in manic depression and summed his life up with these words, “All is vanity.”
On the other hand, the followers of Jesus Christ were given access to the throne of God, communication with the Lord 24/7, friendship with the Lord, unfailing love, amazing grace, forgiveness of sins, abundant life, answered prayer, spiritual wisdom, perfect peace, unspeakable joy, unity in spirit, liberty, burdens lifted, needs met, there’s no end to the blessings we have in Jesus. And, neither Jesus nor His people gave any credence to the outward, to making themselves look physically attractive. In fact, we’re taught, “From now on we know no one according to the flesh.” The outward has no bearing on our worth in Christ Jesus. None. “Bodily exercise profits little,” as well. It’s ok to want to be healthy; it’s another story when your motive is to get the world to lust after you.
Anyhow, I wrote this in response to the many posts I read by people who think they are not attractive. No matter what the world tries to sell you about beauty, it’s all vanity. Beauty cannot guarantee happiness, fidelity, security, or satisfaction. In fact, it WILL guarantee disappointment, loss, humiliation, adultery, depression, loneliness, & emptiness if you make it your focus.
2. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
3. He was despised and rejected by mankind,
a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.
Like one from whom people hide their faces
he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.
Jesus was not a physically attractive man. He was unlike the people who are praised in high society, the executive business world or in the entertainment industry because he doesn't compare with them in appearance. People looked down on Jesus and some even avoided looking at him. Jesus was considered a reject.
Abram (Abraham) told his beautiful wife Sarai (Sarah) to tell a half-truth and tell the Egyptians she was Abram’s sister. Abram was afraid Pharaoh would lust after Sarai’s beauty and kill Abram so he could have his wife legally. Abram was so afraid, he would have allowed his wife to sleep with Pharaoh to keep from being murdered. Years later, Abraham’s son Isaac repeated his father’s same deception and had his beautiful wife Rebekah lie to Abimelech and say she was Isaac’s sister.
Beauty is vain and deceitful in every single example in the Bible. Take the story of Esther. Her cousin Mordecai had his beautiful young cousin Hadassah hide the fact she was a Jew and changed her name to Esther. Mordecai told her to appear before King Ahasuerus so her beauty would cause him to take her as a wife and make her queen to ensure safety for the Jews. This was not a fairytale marriage, as Esther became one wife of many to the lustful, boozing king. Thereafter, she needed royal permission to even approach her husband or she’d be killed.
Bathsheba’s beauty attracted King David and ultimately he committed adultery with her and murdered her husband when she became pregnant. Their baby died soon after birth. When David married her, Bathsheba joined the ranks of all his other wives. Like Queen Esther, Queen Bathsheba did not have the freedom to approach her husband without royal authorization.
Samson used his super strength and male ego to attract one seductive woman after another. As you know, his life story ended in tragedy. As did King David’s son Absalom. Absalom was known as the handsomest man in his father’s kingdom. His pride got the best of him as he went to war against his own father, made conquests with his father’s wives & concubines, and caused division in the kingdom. His life ended in a horrible, humiliating death.
King Solomon was blessed by God with the gift of great wisdom. Nevertheless, he became so overindulgent in everything he lusted after, that it drained him of strength of life. Realizing late in his life that the flesh could not satisfy, he sunk to rock bottom in manic depression and summed his life up with these words, “All is vanity.”
On the other hand, the followers of Jesus Christ were given access to the throne of God, communication with the Lord 24/7, friendship with the Lord, unfailing love, amazing grace, forgiveness of sins, abundant life, answered prayer, spiritual wisdom, perfect peace, unspeakable joy, unity in spirit, liberty, burdens lifted, needs met, there’s no end to the blessings we have in Jesus. And, neither Jesus nor His people gave any credence to the outward, to making themselves look physically attractive. In fact, we’re taught, “From now on we know no one according to the flesh.” The outward has no bearing on our worth in Christ Jesus. None. “Bodily exercise profits little,” as well. It’s ok to want to be healthy; it’s another story when your motive is to get the world to lust after you.
Anyhow, I wrote this in response to the many posts I read by people who think they are not attractive. No matter what the world tries to sell you about beauty, it’s all vanity. Beauty cannot guarantee happiness, fidelity, security, or satisfaction. In fact, it WILL guarantee disappointment, loss, humiliation, adultery, depression, loneliness, & emptiness if you make it your focus.
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