There Is No Beauty That We Should Desire Him
Abstract: In two separate passages Isaiah appears to describe the mortal Messiah as lacking in physical beauty and perhaps as even having some type of physical disfigurement (see Isaiah 52:14 and 53:2–4). On the contrary, Joseph, David, Esther, and Judith — portrayed in the biblical text as physical saviors or deliverers of Israel — are represented as beautiful in form and appearance. In fact, their beauty seems to be a significant factor in the successful exercise of their power as physical saviors of Israel. Unlike Joseph, David, Esther, and Judith, Christ may have been foreordained to descend to his mortal state with a less than attractive physical appearance and as someone who experienced illness throughout his life so that "he may know according to the flesh how to succor his people according to their infirmities" (Alma 7:12).
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There Is No Beauty That We Should Desire Him
Abstract: In two separate passages Isaiah appears to describe the mortal Messiah as lacking in physical beauty and perhaps as even having some type of physical disfigurement (see Isaiah 52:14 and 53:2–4). On the contrary, Joseph, David, Esther, and Judith — portrayed in the biblical text as physical saviors or deliverers of Israel — are represented as beautiful in form and appearance. In fact, their beauty seems to be a significant factor in the successful exercise of their power as physical saviors of Israel. Unlike Joseph, David, Esther, and Judith, Christ may have been foreordained to descend to his mortal state with a less than attractive physical appearance and as someone who experienced illness throughout his life so that "he may know according to the flesh how to succor his people according to their infirmities" (Alma 7:12).
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BN ID: | 2940186613930 |
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Publisher: | Interpreter Foundation |
Publication date: | 08/25/2022 |
Series: | Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship , #53 |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
File size: | 352 KB |
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