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Mar 28, 2024 · Let's answer some of the most popular questions about Jesus on cross - the punishment, how long was Jesus on the cross, what was the actual cause of death, and the other forms of...
- Sam Storms
- What The Cross Is Not
- A Symbol of Atonement
- The Cross as An Event
- The Significance of The Cross
I suspect most of us have seen movies where a cross is used to ward off evil. The thought is that holding a small replica of a cross will provide protection from satanic forces, or from vampires and such. Others will wear a cross around their necks as though it were a lucky rabbit’s foot, offering some value to the one wearing it. I have nothing ag...
I see the significance of the cross as being two-fold. The first is as a symbol. The cross symbolizes the atoning death of Jesus, who died for my sins and for the sins of the world. When I see the cross, it reminds me of the sacrifice that was made for me. There was a time in my life when I was one of those who wore a cross. For me, it was not a pi...
The second and more important significance of the cross is in what actually happened when Jesus was hung on it and died for us. On the surface, it seems like a tragic event. An innocent man cruelly put to death by the Romans at the instigation of the Jewish religious leadership. But the surface picture is far from the reality of what happened there...
The cross has significance as a reminder of what Jesus did for us. It is a powerful symbol to remind us of the price paid for our redemption. Whether we wear it, display it, or just think about it, the cross can, and should, draw us nearer to the one who hung on it. It is hard to overestimate the importance of what happened at the cross. On the cro...
- The cross is a Trinitarian event. The Christian faith is distinctively Trinitarian and cross-shaped. Therefore, the cross must reveal the Trinity. God the Father sent the Son to save the world, the Son submitted to the Father’s will, and the Spirit applies the work of redemption to Jesus followers.
- The cross is the center of the story of the Scripture. A Bible without a cross is a Bible without a climax, a Bible without an ending, a Bible without a solution.
- The cross redefines power in the kingdom. Jesus’s announcement that the kingdom of God has come is conclusively revealed in the Christ-event on the cross.
- The cross inaugurates the new covenant. At the Last Supper Jesus interprets his death as bringing in the new covenant. It is by his body and blood that his new community is formed.
Mar 28, 2024 · The True Cross is a Christian relic, reputedly the wood of the cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified. Legend relates that the True Cross was found by St. Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, during her pilgrimage to the Holy Land about 326 CE.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jan 25, 2024 · Jesus and the cross: Jesus’s crucifixion is displayed on the fifth-century C.E. wooden doors of the Basilica of Santa Sabina in Rome. Photo: Jim Forest. So how, then, did the cross become the preeminent symbol of Christianity? The Cross in the Roman World. The word “cross” was offensive to Romans.
What is the significance of the cross of Jesus Christ? Bible Answer: Jesus Christ died on a wooden cross in the month Nisan in A.D. 33. He died because some Jewish leaders plotted to pressure Pontius Pilate, the governor of Judea, to put Him to death by crucifixion (Matthew 27:1, 11-20; Luke 23:13-24).
The Christian cross, seen as a representation of the crucifixion of Jesus on a large wooden cross, is a symbol of Christianity.
