Isaiah 53: something Christians refuse to accept

Jesus is said, in Isaiah 53, to have no form nor comeliness. This is something a worldly Christian (there are no other kind in our day, or really any other day) can't accept.

Just as when a modern day churchian reads what Jesus has to say about family they can't accept it, it's the same when they read the Word of God telling them that Jesus was without form or comeliness. No way, they say to themselves, Jesus was 'acceptable' looking.

If you want an illustration of how you, modern day churchian, would have reacted towards Jesus here it is: it's just as when you happen to see a homeless man walking down the street. Oh, my, you think. Gross. Get a razor, dude. Take a bath. What is that you're wearing? How many diseases do you have? Call the police.

Just the homeless man's *separation from the world itself* is abomination to you, as it would be if you were to see Jesus Himself walking the earth two thousand years ago.

This verse as well goes over your heads:

"The Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart." (1 Samuel 16:7)

Oh, my, you say, but it's depressing when people don't look good and acceptable! Don't look...normal. Like...normal people, that you hang out with. You know.

Like the people you want in your churches, churchian? With their families?

Look at even a John Gill desperately trying to explain the Word of Scripture away:

he hath no form nor comeliness; like a poor plant or shrub just crept out of the ground, in a dry and barren soil, ready to wither away as soon as up; has no strength nor straightness, of body; without verdure, leaves, blossom, and fruit things which make plants comely and beautiful. This regards not the countenance of Christ, which probably was comely, as were his types Moses and David; since he is said to be "fairer than the children of men";

No, John, the Words of Scripture are explicit:

Isa 53:2 ...he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

The Jews of the day judged on outward appearance and said: this can't be *our* king. He's ugly. He doesn't look impressive. What possibly could he have going for him? He's a joke. He's disgusting.

So you make your images of Jesus making him look like a bearded rock star. You cast shallow actors with 'looks' to play him in movies.

If you actually saw Jesus on the street you'd reactively swerve your family van or SUV to hit him, or to just make that gesture, and probably give him the finger as you re-composed yourself and putted on down the street to your 'church.'