The cross has a special appeal to talk about. Jesus chose to work in carpentry because of this connection to the Cross. It is made of wood for the Lord to make clear that the devil used the tree to deceive humanity and the fall of man in Paradise, it also used the tree for the salvation of humanity and the return of man to Paradise, all kinds of creation should be used to glorify God. And on the tree he said to the right: "Today you will be with me in paradise
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Christ chose the profession of carpentry in his life before the cross, and so the son of the carpenter made a cross of wood to save the world. As St. Ephrem the Syriac said (Glory to the carpenter who made a cross in his crucifix to cross the redeemers). This means that the cross has become the means of our passage from destruction to eternal life, and the passage of those who fell on hope from hell to Paradise.
Some ask: Why did the Lord, in the plan of salvation, decide to redeem the sacrifice of the Cross, not the death of Christ in another way?
The suspension of Christ on the cross between heaven and earth reminds us of the peace of Jacob, who saw him lying on the ground, and his head touched the sky, and the Lord stood by him, and the angels ascended and descended upon him. The Lord said of himself, "I am the way, the truth, and the life" (Jn 14: 6).
Psalms 22: 22 divide my garments between them, and on my clothes they proclaim a Psalm 18:22 22 And in my thirst they excite me. Psalm 69: 21 All these prophecies are fulfilled only if they are crucified, or when when they are crucified. As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so should the Son of Man be lifted up. John 3:14 Christ carried our sins, which symbolizes evil, and went up on the cross, and the sin of sin on the cross. Then he went down and left sin on the cross. It is through the cross. 2: 14 The sin on the cross has been suspended Symbolizes the carrying of the sins of the whole world, the sacrifice must be raised up for the prophecies to be fulfilled. As Moses, the prophet, broke the Red Sea by striking his stick, then struck him again with the sign of the cross and brought him back again, and Pharaoh, who symbolizes the devil, drowned so that the cross was the means to prevail over the kingdom of Satan.
Christ chose the profession of carpentry in his life before the cross, and so the son of the carpenter made a cross of wood to save the world. As St. Ephrem the Syriac said (Glory to the carpenter who made a cross in his crucifix to cross the redeemers). This means that the cross has become the means of our passage from destruction to eternal life, and the passage of those who fell on hope from hell to Paradise.
Some ask: Why did the Lord, in the plan of salvation, decide to redeem the sacrifice of the Cross, not the death of Christ in another way?
The suspension of Christ on the cross between heaven and earth reminds us of the peace of Jacob, who saw him lying on the ground, and his head touched the sky, and the Lord stood by him, and the angels ascended and descended upon him. The Lord said of himself, "I am the way, the truth, and the life" (Jn 14: 6).
Psalms 22: 22 divide my garments between them, and on my clothes they proclaim a Psalm 18:22 22 And in my thirst they excite me. Psalm 69: 21 All these prophecies are fulfilled only if they are crucified, or when when they are crucified. As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so should the Son of Man be lifted up. John 3:14 Christ carried our sins, which symbolizes evil, and went up on the cross, and the sin of sin on the cross. Then he went down and left sin on the cross. It is through the cross. 2: 14 The sin on the cross has been suspended Symbolizes the carrying of the sins of the whole world, the sacrifice must be raised up for the prophecies to be fulfilled. As Moses, the prophet, broke the Red Sea by striking his stick, then struck him again with the sign of the cross and brought him back again, and Pharaoh, who symbolizes the devil, drowned so that the cross was the means to prevail over the kingdom of Satan.