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Question for Christians & those who know: what does the symbol of the snake and the cross mean?
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 44254846:MV8yMzA4NTMzXzM5MzI1MTMwXzY2ODJBMEMx] [quote:Zerubbabel:MV8yMzA4NTMzXzM5MzI0NjIxX0I1NkREMEY2] [quote:Anonymous Coward 44256474:MV8yMzA4NTMzXzM5MzI0NTU4XzgxQjY0MEND] [quote:Anonymous Coward 44213285:MV8yMzA4NTMzXzEzRjJBQkI4] Sometimes I see an old Christian symbol of a cross with a snake drapes over it or wrapped around it. Do you know what the meaning of this symbol is? Here is one example: http://gnosticwarrior.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Cross-and-serpent.jpg Just my curiosity. Thanks in advance for any answers. [/quote] Christ is the snake who died on the cross [/quote] This may sound facetious, but it is absolutely correct. The snake is the embodiment of sin originating in the Garden. Christ BECAME sin for our sakes. When the Israelites were suffering from snake bites in the wilderness, all they had to do was to gaze at the snake on the cross and they were healed. So it is for us too. [/quote] It was a symbol snake on a staff or pole, not a cross. Num 21:9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, [b]and put it upon a pole;[/b] and it came to pass, if a serpent had bitten any man, and he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. [/quote]
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Sometimes I see an old Christian symbol of a cross with a snake drapes over it or wrapped around it. Do you know what the meaning of this symbol is?
Here is one example:
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link to gnosticwarrior.com
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Just my curiosity. Thanks in advance for any answers.
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