Friday, July 31, 2009

ΙΧΘΥΣ

The "Jesus fish." What really is it? The fish symbol by itself was used to identify oneself as a Christian. Following Christ's crucifixion when Christians were persecuted and even killed, it was a symbol that fellow Christians would understand and recognize but non-Christians would not. Christians could connect to each other with this symbol without revealing themselves to their oppressors. At that time, the cross was not used as a Christian symbol-- probably due to the fact that the early Christians needed no reminder of how Jesus died; they saw it in its most hideous form all too frequently.

ΙΧΘΥΣ is the Greek word for fish (pronunced ik-thiss). The English spelling is Ichthus or Ichthys. The addition of ΙΧΘΥΣ inside the fish stands for Jesus.


Ι
Iota
Χ
Chi
Θ
Theta
Υ
Upsilon
Σ
Sigma
IesousChristosTheouYios *Soter
JesusChristGod'sSonSaviour

(* pronounced Iios -
with emphasis on the 'o')









The "Darwin Fish" that is seen in the cartoon and on the backs of many cars is the owner's belief in the absurd theory of evolution. Plus, they get in a little dig at Christians. How sad that so many are deceived. And that they would mock something that represents Jesus. Please pray that everyone who sports one of these on their car has their eyes opened to see the truth.

"Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows." -- Galatians 6:7

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