{"id":1411,"date":"2012-09-15T09:58:30","date_gmt":"2012-09-15T16:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=1411"},"modified":"2012-09-15T09:58:30","modified_gmt":"2012-09-15T16:58:30","slug":"did-yeshua-die-on-a-cross-or-a-stake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/15\/did-yeshua-die-on-a-cross-or-a-stake\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Yeshua Die on a Cross or a Stake?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Matthew 10:38,<\/strong> <strong><em>Cross.<\/em><\/strong><em> <\/em>This is the first place in the Scriptures where the word <em>cross <\/em>is mentioned. There is often a spirited debate among those returning to the Hebrew roots of the Christian faith as to whether Yeshua was crucified on a cross, a stake, tree or gallows. For the reason that the cross is a symbol that has been tainted by ancient pagan connotations, many Hebraic believers have an aversion to seeing it as the instrument upon which Messiah Yeshua was crucified. This being the case, we must ask the obvious question: which came first? Was the cross first a pagan symbol or was it a God-ordained symbol that was later corrupted by apostate men?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/14\/two-doves-and-yeshua\/cross-on-the-32175946\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-559\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-559\" title=\"Cross, on the 32175946\" src=\"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Cross-on-the-32175946-237x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"237\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Cross-on-the-32175946-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Cross-on-the-32175946.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We may never, with certainty, know the answer to this question. But one thing is certain, the origins of the cross as a redemptive symbol are ancient\u2014perhaps as ancient, if not more so, then its uses as a pagan religious symbol. This is proven in the ancient Paleo-Hebrew script, which predates the current square-lettered Hebrew script, where the final letter in the Hebrew alphabet is the letter <em>tav<\/em>, which looks like our letter \u201ct,\u201d and is shaped like a cross. Because the letters in this ancient Hebrew script were actually pictorial symbols, they were thus descriptive in nature (much like Egyptian hieroglyphics), so the letter <em>tav<\/em> literally means \u201cownership, to make a sign, to seal, to make a covenant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the Scriptures we see the symbol of the cross reoccurring numerous times. For example, when Jacob on his deathbed blessed Joseph\u2019s sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, he crossed his arms (making the cross symbol) as he laid his hands on their heads to bless them (Gen 48:14). He then made mention of the Angel or Messenger of Elohim (the pre-incarnate Yeshua) redeeming him from evil (v. 16). This is an obvious reference to YHVH saving Jacob from Esau and Laban (Gen 31 and 32), but is also a future prophetic allusion to the redemptive work of the Messiah at his crucifixion, since Jacob calls on the Redeemer Messenger of Elohim (or the Messiah) to bless his grandsons and their future offspring (v. 16). We know that in Yeshua, the Seed of Abraham, all the nations of the earth were to be blessed (Gal 3:16 cp. Gen 22:18). Certainly, Jacob must have had at least a vague awareness of the future implications of this promise that YHVH had made to Abraham and the redemptive work of the coming Messiah.<\/p>\n<p>Another reference to the cross can found in Exodus 12:7 where YHVH commands the Israelites to kill the Passover lamb and smear the blood therefrom on the side posts and top of their door frames. This is a perfect picture of the cross outlined in blood that flowed from the seven places in Yeshua\u2019s body while he hung on the cross.<\/p>\n<p>We see another outline of the cross in Numbers chapter two in how YHVH instructed the tribes of Israel to be configured around the <em>mishkan<\/em> (Tabernacle of Moses). If one were to view the encampment from the air as is described in this chapter, we see the outline of a perfect cross. Furthermore, within the tabernacle itself, the furnishings were laid out in the shape of a cross. In essence we see a cross on a cross! Since the tabernacle and all therein was a prophetic shadow-picture of Yeshua himself, we see not so much a cross on a cross, but a picture Yeshua on the cross.<\/p>\n<p>Many more examples could be given, but one will suffice to make the point. In Ezekiel chapter eight, we see YHVH instructing one of his angels to write in ink <em>a mark<\/em> (literally, a <em>tav<\/em> or cross) on the heads of his righteous saints in Jerusalem. This <em>tav <\/em>would preserve them from the destruction that was about to fall on that city (Ezek 9:4). Similarly, in the Book of Revelation in the end times, YHVH will place a seal or mark upon the foreheads of his saints to preserve from his judgments of wrath that will fall upon the earth prior to Yeshua\u2019s second coming (Rev 7:3\u20134; 14:1). These same end-time saints are those who obey the Torah and who have the testimony or faith of Yeshua who died on a cross to redeem us (Rev 12:17; 14:12). Is this seal a cross? Only time will tell.<\/p>\n<p>In John 20:25 we find another proof that the stake upon which Yeshua was crucified had a horizontal cross beam. There Thomas declares, \u201cExcept I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.\u201d The word <em>nails<\/em> being in the plural in all major English Bible translations indicate that more than one nail was used to secure Yeshua\u2019s hands to the \u201ccrucifixion stake.\u201d Had Yeshua been crucified on a stake minus a cross beam, then his hands would have been over his head and nailed to the post with <em>one<\/em> nail only. The fact that Thomas mentions <em>nails <\/em>(plural) indicates that Yeshua\u2019s arms were outstretched when attached to the stake requiring a nail in each wrist. This fact seems to favor the idea that Yeshua was crucified on a traditional rather than a simple upright post.<\/p>\n<p>In reality, whether Messiah died on a cross, stake or some other contraption is irrelevant. The fact is that he died for our sins and we must place our trusting faith in him if we are to have eternal life. That is the bottom line! But for those who are adamant that he was not crucified on a cross, they have some \u00adcross\u00ad reference Scriptures to explain.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"evernoteSiteMemory\"><a href=\"javascript:\" onclick=\"Evernote.doClip({title: 'Did Yeshua Die on a Cross or a Stake?',url: 'https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/15\/did-yeshua-die-on-a-cross-or-a-stake\/',contentID: 'post-1411',suggestTags: 'Crucifixion,Matthew,Paleo-Hebrew,Tav,The Cross,Yeshua',providerName: 'Hoshana Rabbah Blog',styling: 'text' });return false\" class=\"evernoteSiteMemoryLink\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.evernote.com\/article-clipper.png\" \nclass=\"evernoteSiteMemoryButton\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"evernoteSiteMemoryClear\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew 10:38, Cross. This is the first place in the Scriptures where the word cross is mentioned. 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