Ugly Jesus

On April Fools Day in 1964, William Branham combined two of his cult doctrine to produce the notion that Jesus Christ, the Messiah, was ugly.  One theology was extra-biblical, most frequently targeting either Christian denominations or women and/or cosmetics, claimed that "beauty is of the devil".[1] The other theology came from a misunderstanding of Isaiah 53:2, "no beauty that we should desire him".  While most Christian pastors[2] believe this passage to mean that that the Messiah did not come arraigned as recognizable a King to the Romans and Jews, Branham taught that this passage meant that Jesus was frail.[3]

On April 1, 1964, the two theologies merged, and the "beauty is of the devil" applied to Jesus Christ.  According to Branham, Jesus was an "odd-looking sort of fellow".

"So he just walked up one day to where Jesus was standing. Jesus was standing down on the lake that morning, and all the people had gathered up. And the women washed the dishes real quick, and sit their clothes back, and everything they wouldn’t wash that day, come down to hear Him speak. Simon had seined all night there, and had probably caught no fish or nothing. Walked out, thought, "I believe I’ll just hear what He says.” He walked up to Him. He was an odd-looking sort of a Fellow. The Bible said, "There’s no beauty we should desire Him.” He didn’t look like a king. Beauty is of the devil, always."
Branham, William. 1964, April 1. The Identified Christ Of All Ages (64-0401).