Modern Recreation of the face of the Historic Jesus
The Mediterranean Passion of the Christ
The Eurocentric face of Jesus
“After the wise men were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up! Flee to Egypt with the child and his mother,” the angel said. “Stay there until I tell you to return, because Herod is going to search for the child to kill him. That night Joseph left for Egypt with the child and Mary, his mother, and they stayed there until Herod’s death. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “I called my Son out of Egypt.” Matthew 2:13-15
The debate over the ethnicity of the historic Jesus has raged for nearly two millenniums. While many Christians simply accept through faith the modern-day images of Jesus as precise portrayals many others particularly Christian scientists and biblical scholars question the historic accuracy of the images which are mostly Eurocentric in nature.
According to Hebrews 7:14- 16, the genealogy of the historic Jesus originated from the tribe of Judah.
“For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah, a tribe with reference to which Moses spoke nothing concerning priests. And this is clearer still, if another priest arises according to the likeness of Melchizedek, who has become such not on the basis of a law of physical requirement, but according to the power of an indestructible life.” NASB
The Hebrew word for Judah is Yehuda, which translates “Praise.” According to the New World Encyclopedia, the religion centered on the Jewish God Yahweh first established roots among the people of Judah.
Together with the Tribe of Benjamin and elements of the Tribe of Levi, the descendants of Judah eventually formed the southern Kingdom of Judah in the ancient land of Israel. In time, the tribe of Judah became identified with the entire Hebrew nation and gave its name to the people known today as the Jews. Later, Judah and his sons went down with Jacob into Ancient Egypt (Gen. 46:12; Ex. 1:2). N.W.E.
Jesus in Ancient Egypt
According to Matthew 2:13-15, Joseph and Mary were instructed to leave Bethlehem and hide in Egypt from the wrath of King Herod.
“After the wise men were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up! Flee to Egypt with the child and his mother,” the angel said. “Stay there until I tell you to return, because Herod is going to search for the child to kill him. That night Joseph left for Egypt with the child and Mary, his mother, and they stayed there until Herod’s death. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “I called my Son out of Egypt.” NLT
In her book, Christ in Egypt: The Horus – Jesus Connection (Stellar House Publishing, LLC February 28, 2009) author D.M. Murdock writes “…for Egyptian influence to have become integral to Israelite religion even from pre-biblical times is only natural given the fact that from 3000 BCE Egypt ruled Canaan. We are not talking about some far-fetched borrowing from an alien cultural sphere….”
Read more at Suite101: Black Jesus?: What Modern Science Says Regarding His Ethnicity http://alternativespirituality.suite101.com/article.cfm/black-jesus#ixzz0gscPMkQD
