There’s a general aversion to the Cross in the Messianic Movement.

Is this odd? Perhaps. But is it understandable? Definitely.

The Messianic Movement is mostly reactive, however.

And it’s response to the cross is reasonable considering how much the church has made of it a god.

Churchianity bows to the cross, sings to the cross, and acts like it’s a talisman.

So it makes sense to purge it from our practice once we discover our Hebrew Roots.

And maybe it should be part of the initial purge when we find a thing is an idol in our lives. But should it remain removed forever?

Was the cross the problem or the idolatry that was put upon it?

As Calvarians we don’t have a problem with the cross, so long as it is a symbol kept in check. Calvary after all holds no significance for us otherwise but for what was done for us on that cross.

Yes it was called a stauros or stake, which has lead many a new believer to reimagine that this was simply a single beam He was nailed too and not the usual familiar two part torture device. But this is the problem with knee-jerk reaction and the establishment of new doctrine in opposition to the old.

It is usually ignorant. And in this case most extremely so.

Yes, Christianity is corrupt to the core.

Yes she has twisted most doctrines to the destruction of their initial intent.

And yes, she is handling matters and aspects that she has no framework to understand.

…all the more reason for caution when we come into our own in The Way.

Otherwise we will be guilty of ignorant action in the opposite direction and perform over-correction instead of adjusting our position once we have all the information.

As with many terms that don’t always make perfect sense, the stauros was not strictly just a stake but never the less the term was given too it anyway.

If we assume that the name stake is descriptive of the cross then we will reimagine what it looked like when our Saviour was nailed to it. But that will be our reactive imagination not reality as it was.

The Stauros was two parts. A staticula and a petubulum. The staticula was always there, imbedded into the ground on Calvary. And that was strictly the stauros. But the petibulum was a secondary piece of wood to which the condemned was affixed and that attached to the staticula. Then the stauros became known as the xulon or tree. It was a stake and then became a tree.

So in reality the cross symbol does indeed represent the device upon which our Savior died and on Which our redemption was bought.

But some will argue that it was not a symbol of the disciples till Constantine….
This is once again a reactionary belief. And based on a misunderstanding like that of the symbol itself.

The development of the cross as a symbol of discipleship was subtle and slow but it began in the second century not the 4th. As with most things they didn’t come out of nowhere but were eventually put to twisted purpose and intent.

Use of the cross as a symbol began in the second century yes but it began as a nod back to the first. The sign of the cross started as a gesture rather than a written symbol and it was utilized first by the martyrs in the arena. Dying along side actual criminals these disciples were indistinguishable to the crowd from those convicted of genuine crimes. So the martyrs invented the sign of the cross to show the watching crowd why they were there and dying for their faith.

By associating the sign of the cross with themselves, the sign became known for the disciples who where dying but by extension all the disciples. The cross gesture was utilized thereafter by the disciples as a testament to personal faith and eventually to warding off temptation and demonic attack. In Christianity it has become an idol to many, an absurd object of worship.

But is that it’s true purpose? No.

And when used properly it calls back to Calvary, to the Crucified One, to the moment and the means by which we were given citizenship in Israel.

This particular cross is meant to be an exact representation of Calvary as the place of the skull. In templar symbology an equal armed cross can stand for a skull and visa versa. And so this symbol shows the cross of Yeshua atop the hill of Calvary which is marked by the cross that stands for the skull. This symbol represents the entire religion of Calvarianism and was designed by our Templar brethren of old to represent not themselves but their beliefs.

If it is bothersome to others who would otherwise embrace the Calvarian Way, it is understandable and an acceptable objection. So long as the disciple knows what we mean by it and why we believe the cross is and should be our boast not our shame.

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From This Week’s Torah Portion:

“All of you are standing today before YHWH your Elohim: your leaders, your tribes, your elders and your officers, all the men of Yisra’el, your little ones, your wives, and your sojourner who is in the midst of your camp, from the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water, so that you should enter into covenant with YHWH your Elohim, and into His oath, which YHWH your Elohim makes with you today, in order to establish you today as a people for Himself, and He Himself be your Elohim, as He has spoken to you, and as He has sworn to your fathers, to Avraham, to Yitschaq, and to Ya’aqov.”

When YHWH your God enlarges your territory, as he has promised you, and you say, ‘I will eat meat,’ because you crave meat, you may eat meat whenever you desire.
#deuteronomy 12:20 #reeh

It's fine if you want to be a vegetarian, but don't say God is against eating meat. He already said that he's not.

Just as the gazelle or the deer is eaten, so you may eat of it. The unclean and the clean alike may eat of it.
Deuteronomy 12:22

It's also fine if you don't hunt, but, just as with eating meat, don't say God's against it. He already said that he's not.

The wicked eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
Proverbs 4:17

Bread and wine are symbols of fellowship and peace, yet the wicked who refuse to accept wise counsel twist brotherly relationship to criminality and violence. People who have been abused, neglected, and ostracized are usually desperate for human connection. The violent and lawless offer a kind of brotherhood, but it's a lie designed to draw the vulnerable.

Who was the young prophet in 2 Kings 9? He is variously called the son of a prophet, the servant of a prophet, and a member of the prophets guild. Jehu and King Joram's other generals knew him by sight, but he is never named in the text.

When he delivered the message to Jehu, he went far beyond the words that Elisha told him to speak. A prophet might deliver messages for other men, but ultimately he delivers messages from God. Nobody has the authority to dictate prophecy to a prophet except YHWH. Were the extra words given to him by God at that moment? Maybe. The absence of a name really makes me wonder.

"When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise"

Pr 21

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