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The Sign of the Cross For years I had believed that the cross was a pagan symbol associated with the Egyptian "onk." This, of course, was one of the allegations of Alexander Hislop in his book, The Two Babylons. I have, since, revised my opinion on this matter. Prior to the adoption of the square Aramaic alphabet, the Jews had used what is known today as the paleo-hebrew alphabet. The last letter of this alphabet, tav, appears to be the very cross that marks Christianity; much like our letter "t". All letters in the Hebrew alphabet carry several meanings. They represent a phonetic sound. They carry a numerical value. They carry the meaning of the original pictograph. They also each carry a number of symbolic meanings as well. Tav carries the following meanings: mark; sign; write; covenant. It is because of this that I now believe that God marked lost Israel with the "sign" of his "covenant" which would be the tav. This sign is also used by Christians as a remembrance of Messiah Joshua's (Jesus') sacrifice for lost Israel. It is obvious, as Christians, by the thousands, are returning to Torah, that we are in the last days before the coming of Melech Moshiach (King Messiah). If one reads the teachings of Messiah Joshua ben Joseph (a.k.a. Jesus Christ) with an open mind, one cannot help but be drawn back to Torah. The pastors of the church have been responsible for leading the sheep astray [Jeremiah 50:6], but now the sheep are listening to a different voice [Psalm 95:7 & John 10:27]. Not all of the teachers in the Christian church are false teachers. Many are just not enlightened. In the past year I have seen many Christian pastors turn back to the Father and his Torah as their eyes have been opened. For this reason, I do not condemn any as false teachers. God calls each one in his time.
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