I have a theory...
So, this is how Jesus is often portrayed:
And this is how God "The Father" is often portrayed:
Both have long, straight hair
And both have beards
Here is my theory:
They are both the same person!
Only one is of the same person when he was young, and the other is the same person when he was elderly
When God manifested himself on Earth he did so as Jesus
Right now, Jesus is up in Heaven, but his appearance has aged (from the first pic to the second) so as to give him greater seniority and gravitas and to reflect the passage of time that has occurred since he walked the Earth
So... when people purport to have seen God when they see an old man in the sky they have in fact seen Jesus, who is the primary means through which God interacts with humankind, alongside the Holy Spirit
I don't think God "The Father" looks like anything and that neither does the Holy Spirit
So whenever people draw or paint God it is necessarily Jesus in particular that they actually draw/paint
Only sometimes he is depicted as he was when he walked the Earth and at other times he is depicted as he is right now, up in Heaven (although people mistake mature Jesus with God The Father - they think they are drawing God The Father but are in fact drawing mature Jesus)
I believe that when Jesus returns he will do so as an old man, not massively geriatric, but perhaps in his late 60s or early 70s
Basically, when he returns I believe he will look like how people imagine God "The Father" rather than looking like he is normally depicted. And that people have unknowingly been depicting God as an old man to prepare the people of Earth for the return of Jesus, in which Jesus will return as an old man
When he comes a second time, when people look at him they will see an avuncular and fatherly figure, which is I believe how God wants to present himself to humankind
He will look like he is normally portrayed, only aged about 30 or 40 years!
Edit: I know that those are not actual pictures of God and Jesus.
But I believe that God is sensitive to the beliefs of humans
So that when presenting himself to us he does so in our terms, based on what we expect and imagine about him
So my theory is that when Jesus comes down he will be older than when he first walked the Earth and will look like how people imagine God, so that people think of him more as being God than being Jesus
So, this is how Jesus is often portrayed:
And this is how God "The Father" is often portrayed:
Both have long, straight hair
And both have beards
Here is my theory:
They are both the same person!
Only one is of the same person when he was young, and the other is the same person when he was elderly
When God manifested himself on Earth he did so as Jesus
Right now, Jesus is up in Heaven, but his appearance has aged (from the first pic to the second) so as to give him greater seniority and gravitas and to reflect the passage of time that has occurred since he walked the Earth
So... when people purport to have seen God when they see an old man in the sky they have in fact seen Jesus, who is the primary means through which God interacts with humankind, alongside the Holy Spirit
I don't think God "The Father" looks like anything and that neither does the Holy Spirit
So whenever people draw or paint God it is necessarily Jesus in particular that they actually draw/paint
Only sometimes he is depicted as he was when he walked the Earth and at other times he is depicted as he is right now, up in Heaven (although people mistake mature Jesus with God The Father - they think they are drawing God The Father but are in fact drawing mature Jesus)
I believe that when Jesus returns he will do so as an old man, not massively geriatric, but perhaps in his late 60s or early 70s
Basically, when he returns I believe he will look like how people imagine God "The Father" rather than looking like he is normally depicted. And that people have unknowingly been depicting God as an old man to prepare the people of Earth for the return of Jesus, in which Jesus will return as an old man
When he comes a second time, when people look at him they will see an avuncular and fatherly figure, which is I believe how God wants to present himself to humankind
He will look like he is normally portrayed, only aged about 30 or 40 years!
Edit: I know that those are not actual pictures of God and Jesus.
But I believe that God is sensitive to the beliefs of humans
So that when presenting himself to us he does so in our terms, based on what we expect and imagine about him
So my theory is that when Jesus comes down he will be older than when he first walked the Earth and will look like how people imagine God, so that people think of him more as being God than being Jesus
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