Jesus, the Minority?

Matthew 18:9 says, “And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.”  

All over the globe, darker skinned people have had a really hard time because of their skin color.  Black men and women have been made ashamed of their hair and skin color to the point of changing them in order to be accepted.  But changing the look of a black person still won’t change the eye of the racist person. Racism is sin, and it is the worst kind because it is a sin of the eyes – causing pride in the heart. If you can’t love who God created, you can’t love Him.

We are all created in God’s spiritual image – not his visual appearance. There are so many pictures that portray Jesus as a white man with golden rays, concluding that if he is bright – he must be white. God’s “Glory” is bright, not white. God’s glory is brighter than the sun and when He glorifies something, no matter what color it is, it will become bright. Black people can also be glorified and will shine just as brightly from God’s glory – skin color is irrelevant.

man looks at the skin color and hair texture; God looks at the heart ~Terri

On many occasions, God has shown me visions. Years ago, I was on my knees about to say my prayers and as usual, I began to repent for different sins that I was aware of (the usual salutation to the start of my prayers). Suddenly, I saw a vision of Jesus (a very tall, very black man) at the end of a long hallway. He tipped his hat with a slight smile (and a slight bow) as I heard in my spirit, “You are pardoned.” Then the vision faded. I had to look up the word ‘pardon’ because I had never used that word. I was like, “Is that the way He talks?” Then I said, “Man he was black…and tall!”

He was also wearing a black and white tuxedo with a black top hat (don’t ask me why – that’s His business). I also remember a very humble feeling that came over me because He was such a gentleman (and so kind). I felt dirty (and undeserving) because He was so clean. Needless to say, I never got to finish that prayer.

(Note: The only men I’ve ever seen with these characteristics (really tall and really dark) are those in South Sudan. I’ve only recently learned this from researching, trying to make since of the vision.)

Every knee shall be very surprised to bow to a black Jesus with hair like wool. Be prepared for the tables to be overturned…. Are you prepared to be judged by the one you crucified on the cross, the one you shot down in the street, the one you chained up and hung from a tree? People are afraid to imagine Jesus as who He was when He walked this earth – a black man; because that would make Him everything the world has despised.

To accept it would mean that everything that the broken, natural man believes (the world’s belief system and the lens through which we see) would change. Would you still feel safe and right if God was black? Would you still love Him, praise Him and call Him father? Could you love Him if He was born a ‘dark’ man to liberate the abused (instead of born in pride – with pale skin, blonde hair and eyes of blue)?