In the ancient Middle East, someone who went around healing people and casting out demons was called a Mash-Mash which was written as two crosses. Likewise it meant a wonder-worker and a priest. So the cross has been associated with medicine, healing and exorcism from long before Christ came. Then when Christ came He did so much healing and working miracles and casting out demons, more than anyone before. The sacrifice given to make way for a divine revelation was written as a single cross sign, Mash. It also meant a debt payment or tax and also purity or purification. In Hebrew the word for Christ is Mashiach. So when Jesus died as a sacrifice for sin it is so significant that God brought it about that He died on a cross, the symbol of His ministry and purpose. Like a store selling cures uses the very ancient cross sign still, so Christ was appointed the cure for Mankind, the purification for sin, making way for the Holy Spirit to be given to reveal truth to Jesus’ disciples, then and now.
