Now let us have a little talk with Jesus
Let us tell Him all about our troubles....
You will find a little talk with Jesus makes it right...
I am now proposing that we have a little talk ABOUT Jesus, but, first let me issue a disclaimer. I am NOT a Biblical Scholar. I have done NO in depth studies on Jesus, beyond my normal Bible study, prayers and meditations.
With that being said, I can recall hearing that old negro spiritual (written in 1937 by Rev. Cleavant Derricks) sung repeatedly as members of the congregation praised the image of a blue-eyed, blond-haired Jesus hanging on the church wall. I remember always questioning that "image." I was even more curious after taking a genetics class in college. As I recall, the Instructor said the only way a white couple could conceive a black child is if there was a mixing of the races somewhere down the line so, it's conceivable that a great-great grandparent (or great-great-great grandparent) could've interacted with a person of color and it show up in their genetic make-up as time goes on (it was something to that effect). SO........if that is in fact the case, how it is even possible that Jesus would be a blue-eyed, blond-haired European looking white man? (The idea that Mary had an immaculate conception is a totally different discussion).
Furthermore, the King James version of the Bible clearly describes Jesus this way: His head and his hairs were white like
wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; 15 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they
burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. (Revelation 1:14)
So let me ask you: How many white men do you know who have hair like "wool" That's what we call KINKY in the black community. And if his feet look like they could have been burned in a furnace---that's clearly a DARKER skin tone.
Now we have many so-called white Christians in an outrage because people like Shaun King are calling for the blond-haired, blue-eyed images of Jesus to be removed. The question is why the anger? If Jesus is supposed to be Lord and Savior of ALL, what difference does his color make? Why go to the extreme to portray an image that fits what you, as white America, want the World to buy into? When you discover Jesus was not a blue-eyed, blond-haired European looking male, will you feel you can no longer serve the One who died for your sins?
White america needs a serious wake up call and it starts with having a little talk ABOUT Jesus and the systemic racism that infests their perception of "Christianity."
