The cross is for many Christians a symbol of sacrifice, hope and a reminder of the death of Jesus (Yahusha).
Many Christians kneel before the cross, wear the cross on a chain and make hand gestures in the shape of the cross. But what is the cross and moreover was it even a cross on which Yahusha died? The answer is no, it was NOT a cross and it is an occult / satanic symbol. The Egyptians have therefore used the cross for thousands of years as an idol symbol. They call the cross the Ankh. Click here for more information about the Ankh.
The Romans also worshipped the sun, the Catholic church from the Creistos Mithras religion adopted the cross from the Egyptians.
What does Yahuah say about idol worship? Kneeling before the cross? Making the sign of the cross? Wearing a cross? Thinking of a "Jesus" who died on a cross?
Yahuah our creator rejects worship that uses images or symbols, including the cross. Yahuah commanded the Israelites not to use “the form of any pagan symbol” in their worship, and Natsarim and Christians are likewise told to “flee from idolatry.” - Deuteronomy 4:15-19; 1 Corinthians 10:14.
The Natsarim (1st century to present day) and even 3rd century Christians did NOT use the cross in their worship. * The teachings and example of the apostles set a pattern that the Natsarim and all “Christians” were to follow.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:15.
The use of the cross in Christian worship has pagan origins. * Hundreds of years after the death of Yahusha, when the churches had departed from his teachings, new church members were “for the most part permitted to retain their pagan signs and symbols,” including the cross. (Source: The Expanded Vine’s Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words).
However, the Bynu and the Bible do not condone the adoption and honoring of pagan symbols to help new converts. - 2 Corinthians 6:17.
The cross is loved and respected by millions of people. The Encyclopædia Britannica calls the cross “the most important symbol of the Christian religion.” But is the cross a symbol of Yahuah or has it really been deliberately or unconsciously mistranslated from Hebrew to Greek and from Greek to other languages?
The Greek word generally translated “cross” is stau · rosʹ. It actually means; a suspension mechanism which was common at the time “an upright pale or stake.” The Companion Bible says: “[Stau rosʹ] never means two pieces of wood placed one over the other at any angle. There is nothing in the Greek of the [New Testament] that even implies two pieces of wood!”
In various texts, Bible writers use a different word for the instrument of Yahusha’s death. It is the Greek word xyʹlon. (Acts 5:30; 10:39; 13:29; Galatians 3:13; 1 Peter 2:24) This word simply means “wood” or “a stick, club, or tree.”
Hermann Fulda’s book Das Kreuz und die Kreuzigung (The Cross and the Crucifixion) explains why a simple stake was often used for executions: “There were not trees available everywhere at the places chosen for public execution. So a simple beam was sunk into the ground. On this the outlaws were tied or nailed, hands up and often also feet.”
The most compelling evidence, however, comes from the Bible itself. The apostle Paul says: “Yahusha has bought us, freeing us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse instead of us, for it is written: ‘Cursed is everyone hung on a stake [“a tree,” King James Version] . '” (Galatians 3:13) Here Paul quotes Deuteronomy 21:22, 23, which clearly refers to a stake, not a cross. Since such a means of execution made the person “a curse,” it would not be appropriate for Christians to decorate their homes with images of Yahusha on the cross.
Many Christians kneel before the cross, wear the cross on a chain and make hand gestures in the shape of the cross. But what is the cross and moreover was it even a cross on which Yahusha died? The answer is no, it was NOT a cross and it is an occult / satanic symbol. The Egyptians have therefore used the cross for thousands of years as an idol symbol. They call the cross the Ankh. Click here for more information about the Ankh.
The Romans also worshipped the sun, the Catholic church from the Creistos Mithras religion adopted the cross from the Egyptians.
What does Yahuah say about idol worship? Kneeling before the cross? Making the sign of the cross? Wearing a cross? Thinking of a "Jesus" who died on a cross?
Yahuah our creator rejects worship that uses images or symbols, including the cross. Yahuah commanded the Israelites not to use “the form of any pagan symbol” in their worship, and Natsarim and Christians are likewise told to “flee from idolatry.” - Deuteronomy 4:15-19; 1 Corinthians 10:14.
The Natsarim (1st century to present day) and even 3rd century Christians did NOT use the cross in their worship. * The teachings and example of the apostles set a pattern that the Natsarim and all “Christians” were to follow.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:15.
The use of the cross in Christian worship has pagan origins. * Hundreds of years after the death of Yahusha, when the churches had departed from his teachings, new church members were “for the most part permitted to retain their pagan signs and symbols,” including the cross. (Source: The Expanded Vine’s Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words).
However, the Bynu and the Bible do not condone the adoption and honoring of pagan symbols to help new converts. - 2 Corinthians 6:17.
The cross is loved and respected by millions of people. The Encyclopædia Britannica calls the cross “the most important symbol of the Christian religion.” But is the cross a symbol of Yahuah or has it really been deliberately or unconsciously mistranslated from Hebrew to Greek and from Greek to other languages?
The Greek word generally translated “cross” is stau · rosʹ. It actually means; a suspension mechanism which was common at the time “an upright pale or stake.” The Companion Bible says: “[Stau rosʹ] never means two pieces of wood placed one over the other at any angle. There is nothing in the Greek of the [New Testament] that even implies two pieces of wood!”
In various texts, Bible writers use a different word for the instrument of Yahusha’s death. It is the Greek word xyʹlon. (Acts 5:30; 10:39; 13:29; Galatians 3:13; 1 Peter 2:24) This word simply means “wood” or “a stick, club, or tree.”
Hermann Fulda’s book Das Kreuz und die Kreuzigung (The Cross and the Crucifixion) explains why a simple stake was often used for executions: “There were not trees available everywhere at the places chosen for public execution. So a simple beam was sunk into the ground. On this the outlaws were tied or nailed, hands up and often also feet.”
The most compelling evidence, however, comes from the Bible itself. The apostle Paul says: “Yahusha has bought us, freeing us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse instead of us, for it is written: ‘Cursed is everyone hung on a stake [“a tree,” King James Version] . '” (Galatians 3:13) Here Paul quotes Deuteronomy 21:22, 23, which clearly refers to a stake, not a cross. Since such a means of execution made the person “a curse,” it would not be appropriate for Christians to decorate their homes with images of Yahusha on the cross.
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There is no evidence that either the Natsarim or the early Christians used the cross in worship for the first 300 years after Yahusha's death.
However, in the fourth century, the pagan emperor Constantine became a convert to apostate Christianity and promoted the cross as its symbol. Whatever Constantine's motives, the cross had nothing to do with Yahusha. The cross is clearly of pagan origin, also known as the Celtic cross and Tamuz cross. The New Catholic Encyclopedia admits: "The cross is found in both pre-Christian and non-Christian cultures." Several other authorities have associated the cross with nature worship and pagan sex rituals! Many forms of Crosses are seen as the Ankh. The Ankh is an ancient Egyptian symbol for eternal life; now also associated with Kemetism and neo-paganism. The Ankh represents fertility rituals and the building of lust. The opening represents the female productive organ and the stem, the male. The beam represents the (unholy) union of the two. Why then was this pagan symbol promoted? Apparently to make it easier for pagans to accept "Christianity." Nevertheless, devotion to a pagan symbol is clearly condemned by the Bible. (2 Corinthians 6:14-18) Scripture also forbids all forms of idolatry. (Exodus 20:4, 5; 1 Corinthians 10:14) For very good reason, true believers of Yahusha, the son of our creator Yahuah, the Elohim of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, do not use the cross in their worship. On the left is a drawing of a crux simplex - the Latin term for a single stake used for impaling a criminal |
1. There is no clear evidence for such a crucifixion
2. The Greek word Staurus has been misunderstood and mistranslated
3. Yahuah does not want us to honor a cross or a pole anyway.
4. It is illogical to honor the murder weapon, this fits more with a Satanic approach, where symbols and images are knelt before. It is the will / wish of Satan, the father of lies, to have as many people as possible kneel before him instead of Yahuah our creator.
We are thankful for Yahusha, that He died for our sins and rose from the dead, so that we can accept Him as our savior and redeemer. By accepting and believing Yahusha, we come to our father Yahuah and receive eternal life with Yahuah, after all it is His plan of salvation!
Be critical, investigate everything, pray to our father and creator for a revelation. Is the cross even important to honor Yahuah / Yahusha?
2. The Greek word Staurus has been misunderstood and mistranslated
3. Yahuah does not want us to honor a cross or a pole anyway.
4. It is illogical to honor the murder weapon, this fits more with a Satanic approach, where symbols and images are knelt before. It is the will / wish of Satan, the father of lies, to have as many people as possible kneel before him instead of Yahuah our creator.
We are thankful for Yahusha, that He died for our sins and rose from the dead, so that we can accept Him as our savior and redeemer. By accepting and believing Yahusha, we come to our father Yahuah and receive eternal life with Yahuah, after all it is His plan of salvation!
Be critical, investigate everything, pray to our father and creator for a revelation. Is the cross even important to honor Yahuah / Yahusha?
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The cross dates back to the Sumerian era, thousands of years before the time of Yahusha!