“DID JESUS ALWAYS HAVE LONG HAIR?”
(John 20: 19-22,23-26,27-29)
“DID JESUS ALWAYS HAVE LONG
HAIR?”
(John 20: 19-22,23-26,27-29)
Now, we all give Thomas a
bit of a hard time for not believing it was Jesus when he walked
through the
wall (John 20:26-28), but we
would have been the same.
What do you mean?
Jesus would have been unrecognizable.
Have you ever seen a man
with a beard after he shaved it off, not to mention a moustache and
long hair …
completely two different people.
What are you getting at?
After the cross, Jesus having fulfilled the law, would have gone back
to heaven
and said to God the Father “The job’s done!” to which the Father would
have
said “Well done my Son, now you can go to the Hairdresser … and get all
that
hair off and get cleaned up (1 Corinthians
11:14)
because you are no longer under the curse of the law, that is, to be
shamed
with long hair (Leviticus 19:27). Now
go
back down and show the disciples.”
So?
Eight days before Thomas was there, Jesus ‘pops’
through wall …
all the doors were shut (John 20:19).
Christ didn’t need to come through
any doors … why? … he was, and is, the door (John 10:7-9), where the fearful disciples
were
gathered, and says “Hello Boys!” … and this was the actual day, Sunday,
that
Jesus rose from the grave (John 20:19;20:26). I mean Christ had been
crucified, put
into the tomb, apparently risen up … but no-one knew where he was! So
this
bloke pops into the room and says “I am Jesus!”
He didn’t look anything
like the old Jesus they knew!
Like Thomas, they were full
of unbelief (Mark 16:14), so Jesus
showed them his hands and side (John 20:20)
and they also had to touch him
… like Thomas did. (Luke 24:39-40). Why?
They were gobsmacked
as he didn’t look the same, having had a haircut and a shave!
AN ASIDE:
Now about 12 hours earlier, on the morning of the
resurrection, Mary was
not allowed to touch Jesus, as he had not yet ascended to his Father …
which
would complete his mission (John 20:17).
Why? The desert tabernacle,
being a type/shadow of Christ, could also not be touched … it had to be
packed
up and not touched till its journey was completed (Numbers 4:15) … but that same night the
disciples
were given that privilege … why? … because during that day, in
the space
of about twelve hours, Jesus had zipped up to heaven, a few billion?
trillion?
miles away, reported to God the Father, had a haircut and travelled
back down
to earth like a teleport episode from Star Trek on TV.
Another example is on the
road to Emmaeus, Jesus was also unrecognizable … why? … he had
no beard
and long hair (Luke 24:13-16,17-20,21-24,25-28,29-31). This
was after the cross and
Christ had fulfilled the law (Matthew 5:17).
And
your point is?
1. All the
disciples were like a doubting Thomas. They were all in unbelief. They
all had
to touch Jesus.
2. Jesus
was unrecognizable, he had short hair, as he had fulfilled the law, and
defeated its curse (Galatians 3:10,13)
3. In fact,
physical long hair on a man is a sign of rebellion (1 Corinthians 11:14). The
Old Testament Jews were rebellious and God put them to shame … that
they not
mar their corners (Leviticus 19:27)
4. Christ
was put to shame with ‘long hair’ … why? … he was a Jew, come
for the
Jew and be under the curse of the law as a Jew … until he
fulfilled the
law.
5. Christ
was then free from the curse of the law, such that the condemnation,
and
unsustainable requirements thereof, need not trouble anyone today.
Dear
Reader, if you are still trying to work your way to heaven under “long
hair
efforts”, you are wasting your time and efforts. Why? It’s all been
done!
Dear
Reader, if you are still trying to atone for past sins under “long hair
efforts”, that is fulfilling the law, you are wasting your time … it
has
already been done!
Dear Reader
“The Day of the Long Hair” has finished …
Don’t be a long hair!
It need not be yours!
You can let it go!
It has been completed!
Become a ‘SHORT HAIR’
… spiritually speaking
(another name for a
Christian)
Become a Christian …
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ as having fulfilled the law …
Become a ‘short hair’ …
that includes women spiritually speaking of course (1 Peter 3:4)
For women are to have physical long hair on the outside …
but on the inside they are to be spiritual short hairs!
Harley Hitchcock
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