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What Is The Origin Of That Cross In Your Home & Church ? by Janosky: 11:09am On Dec 02, 2019 |
Reno Omokri is at Sinai, Egypt .
Between The Egyptian Ankh and The
‘Christian’ Cross
By Reno Omokri
First published in my column, #
TheAlternative, in Sunday ThisDay of
December 1, 2019.
Every day, Christians in their hundreds of
millions make the sign of the Cross and
think they are performing an act of faith
pleasing to God. But is that really what they
are doing?
I had heard and read about the true origins
of the Cross and earlier this year, I even
travelled to Ethiopia to celebrate Meskel,
which is a celebration of the discovery of
the true Cross in Ethiopian orthodox
Christianity.
I am a truth seeker, and I wanted to get to
the truth no matter whose religious feathers
were ruffled, and I was told that if I wanted
to get to the bottom of the mystery behind
the Cross, then Israel and Ethiopia (two
countries I had recently visited) were not the
best starting point. I was directed to Egypt,
and off I went.
While in Egypt, I engaged the services of a
qualified guide, and we went investigating.
And that was when I discovered the Ankh.
The Ankh is an ancient Egyptian mystical
symbol used to represent life. It is most
commonly seen being held by Ancient
Egyptian gods and was given by them to
Pharaohs as an assurance that they (the
gods) would sustain the Pharaoh’s life in
the afterlife.
One of the things that will shock many
people is the fact that Christ did not die on a
Cross. The Scriptures never said so. I can
see you now getting agitated. Christ existed.
He is the Son of God. He lived, died and
resurrected as a propitiation for our sins,
and there is no way to God EXCEPT through
Christ. I did not say The Bible never said
Christ died on The Cross. It does. I said the
SCRIPTURES never said so. The Bible is a
TRANSLATION of the Holy Scriptures.
The word used in Scripture is Tree. The
original word used in the original Greek
Scripture is staurō, which may mean a pole,
or a stake, or the word xylou, which means
tree. Read Galatians 3:13 if you want to
know the truth. The King James Version
uses the word ‘Tree’ to indicate where Christ
died. The NIV uses the word ‘Pole’. Believe
it or not, for the first 300 years of the
Church, the Cross was NOT a Christian
symbol. Don’t take my word for it. Research
it.
Everywhere you see the word ‘Cross’ in The
Bible, you are reading a word that is
translated from either staurō or xylou. I
encourage you to use a Greek dictionary to
find out the meaning of both words. So,
where did the Cross originate from? I urge
you to look at the attached picture of the
Theban Trinity (consisting of Amun, his
consort Mut and their son Khonsu).
What are they each holding in their right
hands? I urge you to note that these
papyrus paintings are over 3000 years old.
Now look at modern day ankhs. In Exodus
20:4, Scripture says we must not make an
image of anything on Earth or in heaven or
under the Earth.
That is why Christ and His disciples and the
early Church did not use a Cross, whether
with or without the image of Christ on it.
The usage of the Cross and the Crucifix
came from the Roman Emperor, Constantine,
who was a pagan and claimed to have
converted to Christianity. Thus began the
introduction of The Trinity and The Cross
into Christianity. Both of which, the Romans
and Greeks copied from the ancient
Egyptians, not from Scripture.
Many of the translators of Scripture into The
Bible were Masons. I beg of you, read
Scripture in the original language, and your
life will never be the same again. It is not so
hard.
The truth, as I found out in Egypt, is that
some of the oldest Crosses in existence are
almost a replica of the Egyptian Ankh.
It is an undisputed fact that Christ did not
die on a Cross. It is an undeniable fact that
the Ankh predated the Cross. It is an
indisputable fact that Christ asked us to
teach believers “to observe all things
whatsoever I have commanded you”-
Matthew 28:20. So, my question is who
taught us to observe the Cross, and to make
the sign of the Cross, and to put it in our
places of worship? Certainly not God or His
Son.
It is time for us to purge Christianity of
pagan practices and that is why I have
travelled to Israel, Greece, Spain (Montserrat
to see the Black Madonna), Rome, The
Vatican, Ethiopia, and Egypt, to gather first-
hand knowledge about the true faith that
Christ brought to Earth.
It is that important. Nothing is more
important to me than chasing down the truth
about God because Christ said in John 4:24
that “God is a Spirit: and they that worship
him must worship him in spirit and in truth.”
If we are adopting pagan mystical practices,
how can we be said to worship him in spirit
and in truth.”?
My life, my money, my possessions and my
time is not as important to me as my God. I
believe that if mainstream religion clashes
with God, a true believer must choose God.
If work time and God time clash, a true
believer must choose God. If politics and
God clash, a true believer must choose God.
If football and God clash, a true believer
must choose God. If friends demands and
God’s requirement clash, a true believer
must choose God.
To me, this is the only way I know how to
worship God in spirit and in truth and I urge
all my readers not to take my words at face
value, but to be like the Berean Christians
who “were more noble than those in
Thessalonica, in that they received the word
with all readiness of mind, and searched the
scriptures daily, whether those things were
so.”-Acts 17:11.
We must pay close attention to what
Scripture says. Scripture like 1 Timothy 4:1
which reads as follows:
“Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in
the latter times some shall depart from the
faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and
doctrines of devils;”
How can we have a symbol in churches
whose origin is clearly of Ancient Egyptian
mystical origins and we are not asking
questions? Some people privately message
me and urge me to tread with caution, lest
the establishment quietly kills me. But even
that warning assumes that I am afraid of
death. I am not scared of death. Not at all.
What do I want to achieve in life that God
has not given me, often on a platter of gold?
If I, who has been so blessed by God, cannot
risk my life against the establishment for
Him, then I am of all men most useless!
2 Chronicles 16:9 says “For the eyes of the
LORD run to and fro throughout the whole
earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of
them whose heart is perfect toward him.”
My body is imperfect towards God. I am a
sinner. I freely confess that. But my heart is
wholly devoted to God. I have no doubt in
my heart that the God of Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob, the God and Father of my Lord and
Saviour, Yeshua Hamashiach, is the ONLY
TRUE God.
If I am killed doing what I believe He is
leading me to do, then that death will be the
sweetest death possible and I have no fear
in my heart if it has to come.
We cannot just go along to get along. We
must interrogate every aspect of our religion
to make sure that it has complete fidelity to
Scripture. After all, it is the same Scripture
that warns us to “believe not every spirit,
but try the spirits whether they are of God:
because many false prophets are gone out
into the world.”-1 John 4:1.
Every information that does not lead to
transformation is entertainment. Do not just
read this and be entertained. Read this and
be spurred on to get to the bottom of your
faith. You owe it to yourself because on the
last day of Judgment, every man will
independently give an account of his life
before God who tries the heart. God bless
you as you do this.
According to Mark Twain "The two most
important days in your life are the day you
are born and the day you find out why."
When I started out on this journey in 2018
by going to Israel to get to the bottom of the
original Scripture, I had previously thought
my purpose in life was to infuse Godliness
into Nigerian and world politics (especially
after my book became a number one
bestseller).
I now see that that is a side purpose, and
the main purpose was to call the Body of
Christ to fidelity with the original Scriptures
as they were written in Hebrew, Aramaic and
Greek.
I gave a respected and high profile Nigerian
today’s column, before it was published,
because he requested it. He then tried to
convince not to publish it and accused me
of “pride” for refusing to accept his counsel
and even said satan influenced me.
I responded to him by asking him how satan
could have influenced me when what I was
writing was faithful to Scripture and to
prophecy. I confronted him with the fact that
the original Scripture did not use the word
‘Cross’, not even once and that it was
European translators who inserted that word
into Scripture.
I further reminded him that in the only
Scripture that prophesied the way Christ
would die (Deuteronomy 21:23), the word
used was the Hebrew word הָעֵ֗ץ (spelt in
Roman alphabets as hā-‘êṣ, which is the
Hebrew word for tree.
He responded by googling and sending me a
picture of a tree that looks like a Cross and
said that historically, the Romans crucified
people on Crosses. I responded by asking
him if we, as followers of Christ, should
follow pictures derived from Google or
historical accounts, or Scripture, especially
when 2 Timothy 3:16 says “All SCRIPTURE
is given by inspiration of God, and is
profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for
correction, for instruction in righteousness:”
Note the word Scripture. Not Bible
(translation of Scripture). At this point, he
again accused me to beware of “pride”. I
asked him how I could be proud when I was
relying solely on Scripture. He asked me if I
was relying on Scripture for the part about
Masonry.
At that point, I had a guest come in, so I
could not chat with him with the same
rapidity. That Masons, and Rosicrucians
dominated the translation of Scripture into
the King James Version of The Bible is a
historic fact. Research it. Sir Francis Bacon,
who was Lord High Councillor to King
James I, was a Rosicrucian. That is a
historical fact. The word Rosicrucian simply
means "Order of the Rosy Cross".
It was their agenda to promote the Cross.
The Cross plays a mystical role in their
occult world. Many of those appointed into
the committee that translated Scripture into
KJV were Masons. That is a historical fact.
And even Masons themselves regard the
KJV as “The Great Light of Masonry”.
Scripture tells us not to be “be conformed to
this world, but be transformed by the
renewing of your mind, that you may prove
what is that good and acceptable and
perfect will of God.”-Romans 12:2.
What better way to fulfil the above Scripture
than to read Scripture in its original
language and “conform” to it? If the original
Scripture does not mention the word ‘Cross’,
and instead uses the word tree, then who
are you conforming with by arguing for and
propagating the lie that Christ was crucified
on a Cross? Certainly not God. Certainly not
Scripture.
Why can we as Christians not learn from
Muslims by learning and reading Scripture
in the original language? I know of 7 year
old Muslims who can read and recite the
Quran in Arabic. Why can we not have adult
Christians who can read and recite the Holy
Scripture in Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek?
That is why I respect Apostle Johnson
Suleman. He not only taught himself Greek.
He went to Greece and stayed in a commune
and read the original Scripture in its original
language 34 good times!
Reno Omokri
Gospeller. Deep Thinker. #1 Bestselling
author of Facts Versus Fiction: The True
Story of the Jonathan Years. Avid traveller.
Hollywood Magazine Film Festival
Humanitarian of the Year, 2019." |
Re: What Is The Origin Of That Cross In Your Home & Church ? by Janosky: 11:46am On Dec 02, 2019 |
https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/questions/did-jesus-die-on-cross/ "Did Jesus Die on a Cross?" *The Bible’s answer Many view the cross as the most common symbol of Christianity. However, the Bible does not describe the instrument of Jesus’ death, so no one can know its shape with absolute certainty. Still, the Bible provides evidence that Jesus died, not on a cross, but on an upright stake. The Bible generally uses the Greek word stau·rosʹ when referring to the instrument of Jesus’ execution. ( Matthew 27:40; John 19:17 ) Although translations often render this word “cross,” many scholars agree that its basic meaning is actually “upright stake.” * According to A Critical Lexicon and Concordance to the English and Greek New Testament, stau·rosʹ “never means two pieces of wood joining each other at any angle.” The Bible also uses the Greek word xyʹlon as a synonym for stau·rosʹ. ( Acts 5:30; 1 Peter 2:24 ) This word means “wood,” “timber,” “stake,” or “tree.” * The Companion Bible thus concludes: “There is nothing in the Greek of the N[ew] T[estament] even to imply two pieces of timber.” Is using the cross in worship acceptable to God? A crux simplex —the Latin term for a single stake used for impalement of a criminal Regardless of the shape of the instrument on which Jesus died, the following facts and Bible verses indicate that we should not use the cross in worship. 1. God rejects worship that uses images or symbols, including the cross. God commanded the Israelites not to use “the form of any symbol” in their worship, and Christians are likewise told to “flee from idolatry.”— Deuteronomy 4:15-19; 1 Corinthians 10:14 . 2. First-century Christians did not use the cross in worship. * The teachings and example of the apostles set a pattern that all Christians should adhere to.— 2 Thessalonians 2:15 . 3. Use of the cross in worship has a pagan origin. * Hundreds of years after the death of Jesus, when the churches had deviated from his teachings, new church members “were permitted largely to retain their pagan signs and symbols,” including the cross. ( The Expanded Vine’s Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words) However, the Bible does not condone adopting pagan symbols to help make new converts.— 2 Corinthians 6:17 ." **Jehovah's Witnesses have been preaching and teaching the truth that the cross you have on your wrists and wear as necklace as well as in your homes and Churches amounts to idolatry. Na which Cross apostles Peter and Paul dey wear for neck ? Idol worshippers in disguise everywhere. |
Re: What Is The Origin Of That Cross In Your Home & Church ? by zoeA: 1:17pm On Dec 02, 2019 |
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