The Cross's Symbol

I just finished watching the last 5 minutes of a documentary on crucifixions. It seemed as if they were talking about the miserable death that comes by the torture device (Yes, it is a torture device). But I was disappointed when the last line of the program was, "The cross should be a symbol that says, 'You should never treat somebody like this.'"

Are you kidding me?!

Now don't get me wrong, I agree that we should not treat anybody in a hurtful way; neither physically nor emotionally. Christians are called to love everybody. The cross even shows that! "Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends." (-John 15:13 ESV) Yet the idea of the cross's new meaning from Channel 269 (DirecTV) ticked me off. The cross has such a deeper meaning. It carries with it the idea of grace, hope, and a future in Christ! I'm so thankful that is the meaning instead of the one that the historian from the History Channel came up with.