There is No Beauty in Him

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Isa. 53:2c “There is no beauty that we should desire him.”

If you were God, and you were going to become a man or a woman, do you think you would make yourself good-looking? Come on, don’t be shy, you know you would! Besides, you are the King of kings and the Lord of lords! You would make yourself be tall, athletic and well, quite striking – someone that people stop and take notice of! Someone like the first king of Israel – Saul. It’s only natural to make yourself handsome right? Well, that’s why thankfully you, and I, are not God! We would make a terribly self-focused/self-centred creator. But God is not like us. His ways are not our ways. Unlike today’s many “Jesus Films” to which our Lord is portrayed by many good-looking actors, in reality, our Lord is not good-looking outward. He was content for His beauty to be inward.

If you study the Tabernacle of Moses, one thing that you will notice is that, it was covered on the outside with Badger skins. Thus, it was not overly attractive for those just looking at the outside. And yet, for those who entered into the Tabernacle, the inside was an array of gold and splendid colours and beauty. You know where I am going with this from the moment I said “Badger” didn’t you? The Tabernacle is a picture of the Lord Jesus Christ. Outwardly, in His humanity, there was nothing special to look at. Just old badger skins. But inwardly, oh, what immense beauty! One day, when He returns, that inward glory and beauty shall be displayed outwardly for all to see. And on that day if you are found among the Bride, then you too will display the same glory of the New Creation. Yep, that’s how it is!