What does God look like? How would you recognize God if or when God showed up?
Artists have attempted to depict God’s image in countless ways through the millennia while others have deemed it blasphemous to do so. Centuries before Jesus' birth the ancient prophets spoke of the coming of a messiah deliverer, who “will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. His authority shall grow continually . . . and of his kingdom there shall be no end” (Isa. 9:6-7). But this messiah king would also know suffering and rejection (Isa. 54). His mission would clearly prioritize the poor and the marginalized (Isa. 61:1-8).
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