by Nosferatu 8 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
This is something that I had been wondering about. In many worldly religions, pictures of Jesus showed him with long hair. In the WT publications, Jesus is showed with short hair.
Where did the whole long hair thing come from? Was it in a bible scripture? If so, could this be another way to prove JWs are wrong?
There are many historical books and many books written about the bible and the time pe4riod and there are also scriptures - Jesus would have had longish hair and a beard - WTBTS please note
Paradise Lost/Regained Jesus had no beard, even . He looked like he just stepped off the set of Happy Days and put on a robe. The current JW Jesus still has access to a fine line of personal grooming products.
see Nazarene like Samson
Insight from the Scriptures Vol 1, pg 1020
Hebrews.
The practice among Hebrew men from the first was to let the beard grow, but it was kept well groomed; and they trimmed the hair to a moderate length. In Absalom?s case, his hair grew so abundantly that when he cut it once a year, it weighed 200 shekels (2.3 kg; 5 lb), possibly made heavier by the use of oil or ointments. (2Sa 14:25, 26) God?s law commanded Israelite men that they should not ?cut their sidelocks short around,? nor destroy the "extremity" of their beards. This was not an injunction against trimming the hair or beard but was evidently to prevent imitation of pagan practices. (Le 19:27; Jer 9:25, 26; 25:23; 49:32) To neglect the hair or beard, likely leaving them untrimmed and untended, was a sign of mourning. (2Sa 19:24) In instructions to priests given through the prophet Ezekiel, God commanded that they clip, but not shave, the hair of their heads and that they not wear their hair loose when serving in the temple.?Eze 44:15, 20.Interesting that no reference is given to the first statement. The photo below is from Draw Close to Jehovah, pg 210.
What about beards.
I never understood why jesus, all the apostles, all the old testament guys ALL had beards. I think even Russell and of few of the founding idiots had beards, but witness men cannot have beards. Is everyone supposed to wait until the new system until they can grow beards?
SD
see Nazarene like Samson
See Nazarene like Valis?
The word Nazarene seems be the problem. Just as Luke and Matt misunderstood what it meant, today question persists whether it meant Nazarite or someone from nonexisting Nazareth. The links below offer two interesting theories. Nazareth/Nazarite....answers?
Often we see Jesus either with long hair or short hair, but never saw him bald... Why not?
