IN THE SKY ON GOOD FRIDAY !!!
I was driving so my little girl took the photo.
God is on time, every time. †
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The Cross is a made up symbol related to Christianity 300 years past Jesus' death. It was not used by Christians prior to the Romans associated it with Christianity.
Jews used it to curse those they killed or considered rotten. The cross has nothing to do with Christ.
CROSS appears in Scripture MANY times, in context of the Crucifixion and in suffering. From the Douay Rheims, directly translated from the Latin Vulgate, here are a few: And bearing his own cross, he went forth to that place which is called Calvary, but in Hebrew Golgotha." [John 19:17] And going out, they found a man of Cyrene, named Simon: him they forced to take up his cross." [Matthew 27:32] And saying: Vah, thou that destroyest the temple of God, and in three days dost rebuild it: save thy own self: if thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross." [Matthew 27:40] "He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the king of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him." [Matthew 27:42] Let Christ the king of Israel come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him." [Mark 15:32] And whosoever doth not carry his cross and come after me, cannot be my disciple." [Luke 14:27] And Pilate wrote a title also, and he put it upon the cross. And the writing was: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS." [John 19:19] "Now there stood by the cross of Jesus, his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalen." [John 19:25] "Then the Jews, (because it was the parasceve,) that the bodies might not remain on the cross on the sabbath day, (for that was a great sabbath day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away." [John 19:31] For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not in wisdom of speech, lest the cross of Christ should be made void." [1 Corinthians 1:17] "For the word of the cross, to them indeed that perish, is foolishness; but to them that are saved, that is, to us, it is the power of God." [1 Corinthians 1:18] "For I, through the law, am dead to the law, that I may live to God: with Christ I am nailed to the cross." [Galatians 2:19] "And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? Then is the scandal of the cross made void." [Galatians 5:11]
The Douay Rheims was translated from Greek and other languages into Latin by Saint Jerome, about 382 A.D. This was THE official bible of the Church and remains so. Not until Luther’s revolution was there a variation. St. Jerome knew far better than all of us put together, amen, alleluia!
I'm not gonna dive into the absurdities of God demanding that Christ die for sin as if God alone doesn't have the power to forgive individuals on an individual basis.
With that written, early Christians did not use the cross. It appeared in the Roman empire and IF it were attributed to Christ, it would have been used by his followers immediately after his death. It was not. Just like the Catholic church, it is a Roman association and has nothing to do with Christianity.
In fact, there are text that outright deny the use of a cross as public execution at the time due to lack of timber but rather a stake where people were nailed with their hands above their head and feet hanging below the waste where the body was vertical entirely.
You're understanding of Christianity is heavily polluted by the Catholic church which is arguably a top contender for corruption.
There isn't a single area of the Bible that mentions Jesus dying for sin on a cross. It's as simple as that lol
I asked you very specifically where it says cross and you bring up Muslim stuff lol
I think the JW's say Jesus was crucified on a stake, not a cross. They also deny that he is God in human flesh, denying the deity of Christ. If you attend JW church, you should run, not walk, to the nearest exit. Notice they don't have a cross on their church, a common indication that a denomination is a cult, denying the deity of Christ.
In order for a perfect God to claim the authority to forgive sin, He paid the price for our sin. Such a simple concept and expression of His perfect love.
I am not a JW nor a member of their church. I just don't believe in idol worship, nonsense like the cross which was adapted centuries later, English versions of the bible which which all derive from latin versions commissioned by the Romans who corrupted Christianity so their populations would remain part of the system and especially don't believe in modern American Christianity which is all about Israel.
I'm in search of the truth. I've been to Lebanon and there is a sect that doesn't believe in the Trinity. Now am I supposed to take them and their roots more seriously considering they come from the region Christ was in or some American version heavily influenced by Rome?
We'll see where this leads but I sure as hell am not gonna take people who think language isn't important.
Not sure what you don't understand. There is no mention of a cross in the bible lol. The cross has nothing to do with Christianity because it wasn't used and was associated centuries AD. This isn't difficult.