I want all of you to write down questions if you have any about what you read in the scriptures. Maybe we will be able to help you find the answers to those questions.
1) What happened to Joseph. The scriptures say that when Jesus was on the cross, he looked down at Mary and saw her crying. He then looked over at his diciple, and told him to take care of Mary because he could not anymore. So why did the diciple have to take care of her, and not Joseph. Is Joseph dead? And didn't mary and Joseph have any other kids? Where were all of them when Christ was being Crusified?
2) I already know this answer but, In the story of Moses and the fiery serphants, why was a snake placed on the rod for people to look at if they got bitten. The snake is supposed to resemble Jesus, and we think of the snake as Satan now. Just some food for thought.
3) When Jesus is depicted he is a white, longish hair, bearded, and tall man. But in the scriptures when Jesus is with the Jews, I don't remember who, but this guy comes up and kisses Jesus in recognition that he is there. But when they did this that means that Jesus looked like them right. They would not have kissed someone that was not a jew or the same ethnicity as them. The Jews look like short people, short, curley hair, and mexicanish skin. So why do we depict him the way we do now.
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I am thinking maybe Jesus told his deciples to take care of his Mother spiritually by establishing his church and performning the ordinaces that she will need to get back to live with him.
(1) Joseph was probably dead at the crucifixion, at least according to the Bible Dictionary, and it references the part of the crucifixion that you mention as possible proof. This is what it says:
“It is probable that Joseph died before the crucifixion (and probably before our Lord's baptism), as otherwise Mary would hardly have been committed by our Lord to the keeping of John.” (Bible Dictionary, entry under Joseph)
As far as Jesus' other brothers and sisters there is no scriptural reference that I know of that tells where they were at the crucifixion. It is very possible that they were there and the scriptures just don't mention it.
(2) I have always thought that the serpent that was raised up in some way represented Christ and His atonement. 2 Nephi 25:20 talks about two types of serpents, one group of poisonous ones that went around biting people and killing them, and the other serpent that Moses lifted up to heal them. The cross reference for the healing serpent in 2 Nephi 25:20 is to 2 Nephi 10:3 which isn't any reference to Satan at all but a reference to the atonement.
Incidentally the brasen serpent only lasts until 2 Kings 18:4, when Hezekiah destroys it because the people begin to worship it as an idol. That shows that the serpent that was held up was not one of the live ones that were biting people, and the type was probably to draw the people's attention to Jesus who overcame the Serpent. After all, the serpent that Moses lifted up to the people was a dead one, and it was Christ's atonement that killed Satan and his plan in a sense.
Anyway it sounds like you already know the answer to this one, I'd be interested to hear what the right answer is. I don't know if the dead serpent really represents Jesus and the atonement or not.
(3) Although Jesus was a Jew and probably resembled one, most cultures tend to paint Jesus a little more like people in their culture. Jesus in oriental paintings tends to look a little more oriental, South American pictures tend to be a little more Spanish, etc. From what I can find there are no detailed physical descriptions of Jesus during his lifetime before the resurrection, but all the appearances after His resurrection in His glorified body talk about Him being white. Not white like us but like a glorified white, even His hair is spoken of as being white (Revelation 1:14 and D&C 110:3 are a couple of examples). So if you compare most pictures of Jesus with what He looks like now in His glorified body they are probably all mostly wrong :)
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