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Person of Jesus Day 32
The Holy Innocence, who was always one with the Father, came to personally dwell in a young woman named Mary. An angelic messenger told her, "the Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the son of God."1 Jesus, the child of Mary, was the very first personal Body of Christ. In 1 Corinthians 12.12, Paul interchanges the "Body of Christ" for the name, "Christ." In his mind, the work and personal presence of the historical character called Jesus is succeeded by the Body of Christ. When Jesus Christ ascended to heaven, the Body of Christ continued his work on earth in the power of the Holy Spirit.
What was this eminent person called Jesus Christ really like? Was he lanky or smallish, smiling or glum? Does it even matter to us? Strangely, there is little of a physical description of the appearance of Jesus in the New Testament. With the exception of the birth narratives and the one story of the twelve year old Jesus lingering in the Temple there is nothing of his childhood. John the Baptist is credited with describing Jesus as "rather bald but with thick, flowing beard." James is alleged to have written that has brother was, "a young man whose beard was just beginning."
1Luke 1.35.
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