Wrote May 31, 2018 in Draper UT Prison by Jacob Edmond Kerr

I started to read the Holy Bible again this last week and I believe I have come to a greater understanding about the story of Christ. Recently I read a book about secret societies which had information on symbolism as well as many other things. One of the things this book talked about was what the cross symbolized before Christ. This book stated that the cross symbolized the union of heaven and earth. The number 4 symbolizes matter so the 4 sides or ends of the cross represent things of form or matter. The center of the cross represents things of the spirit or non-form. With this in mind when I think of Christ (the son of God) on the cross it seems to me it may represent man (the son of God) inter-twined with matter and their suffering because of it.

The Awakening / Resurrection

Also it seems to me the story of Christ may represent man’s spiritual journey; going from “bearing the cross”, to saying or thinking “God why have you forsaken me?” because of your suffering, to seeking God and the truth, to coming to an understanding, gaining experience and wisdom needed to let go of things of matter enough to die in a sense and be reborn. To wake up spiritually. If you look into other spiritual ways such as the Tao, Buddhism or Hinduism then you will see these others spiritual paths believe that things of form or matter are in many ways the root of man’s suffering. They also have paths of freeing yourself from form/matter to reach enlightenment or spiritual awakening. Seeing the similarities in these spiritual paths I believe has helped me come to a deeper understanding of the truth that they all seem to point to.