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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>ARJ Software - Sign of the Fish</TITLE> <META NAME="Author" CONTENT="Timer"> <META NAME="Owner" CONTENT="ARJ Software"> <META NAME="Description" CONTENT="ARJ Software provides exceptional quality file compression utilities."> <META NAME="Keywords" CONTENT="arj ARJ ARJ32 JAR16 JAR32 compress compressor files unarj zip jar JAR"> <META NAME="DISTRIBUTION" CONTENT="global"> <META NAME="RATING" CONTENT="general"> <META NAME="revisit-after" CONTENT="15 days"> <META NAME="ROBOTS"CONTENT="ALL"> <META http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META http-equiv="PICS-Label" content='(PICS-1.1 "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true comment "RSACi North America Server" for "http://www.arjsoftware.com" on "1999.08.19T16:02-0800" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0))'> <LINK REL=STYLESHEET HREF="arjsoft.css" TYPE="text/css"> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="white" TEXT="black" LINK="navy" VLINK="navy" ALINK="gray"> <A NAME="#bart"></A> <TABLE WIDTH="800"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="125" ALIGN="right"><A HREF="index.html"><IMG SRC="picts/arjlogo.gif" WIDTH=123 HEIGHT=86 BORDER=0></A><p> </TD> <TD WIDTH="652" ALIGN="left"><IMG SRC="picts/arjsoft.gif" WIDTH=650 HEIGHT=100> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <TABLE WIDTH="800"> <TR VALIGN="top"> <TD WIDTH="10"> <pre> </pre> </TD> <TD WIDTH="800"> <UL CLASS="menu"> <LI><A HREF="news.htm">News</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="faq.htm">FAQ</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="arj.htm">ARJ</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="arj32.htm">ARJ32</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="review.htm">Reviews</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="files.htm">Download</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="order.htm">Ordering</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="agents.htm">Agents</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="contact.htm">Contact Us</A></LI></UL> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <TABLE WIDTH="800" CELLPADDING=10> <TR VALIGN="top"> <TD WIDTH="170" BGCOLOR="silver"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><IMG SRC="picts/arjsosm.gif" WIDTH=140 HEIGHT=45></DIV><p> <A HREF="news.htm">Current News</A><p> <A HREF="faq.htm">Frequently Asked Questions</A><p> <A HREF="arj.htm">About ARJ</A><p> <A HREF="arj32.htm">About ARJ32</A><p> <A HREF="jar.htm">About JAR</A><p> <A HREF="review.htm">Reviews</A><p> <A HREF="files.htm">Downloads</A><p> <A HREF="order.htm">Order our products</A><p> <A HREF="agents.htm">Find an agent</A><p> <A HREF="contact.htm">Contact us</A><p> <A HREF="policy.htm">Privacy Statement</A><p> <A HREF="phil.htm">Our philosophy</A><p> <A HREF="links.htm">Links</A><p> </TD> <TD WIDTH="630" ALIGN="left"> <H1 align=center><b>The Sign of the Fish</b></H1> <H3>What does it mean?</H3> The fish symbol is the earliest of Christian symbols and was the most common representation of Jesus Christ from the second through the fourth centuries. <H3>Why is the fish meaningful to Christians?</H3> The Bible relates a number of accounts where fish were a significant aspect of Jesus' ministry. On one occasion (Matthew 14:19), Jesus served several thousand families with a meal of bread and fish. On another occasion (Matthew 4:19), Jesus called Peter and Andrew, saying, "Follow me and I will make you fishers of men." Many early Christians were persecuted and forced to worship secretly. The fish symbol served as a secret form of communication. Often the persecuted Christians would scratch this symbol on the ground to identify themselves to fellow believers. Soon, Christians began to attach meaning to the word "fish" itself. The Greek letters for ichthus (meaning "fish", pronounced "ICK-THOOS") became an acronym: I=Jesus; X=Christ; O=God's; Y=Son; E=Savior. <p>Today, the person who displays the fish symbol has accepted the same New Testament teaching that these early Christians accepted: that Jesus Christ is their Lord and Savior. By a decision of faith, this person has entered into a personal relationship with God and knows the reality of God's forgiveness. "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved." (Romans 10:9 KJV)<p> <hr> <p ALIGN="center">Please feel free to use our fish symbol, and/or "The Sign of the Fish" explanation, for religious purposes.<p> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <hr> <p ALIGN="center" CLASS="footertext"> Copyright ©2000-2011 ARJ Software. 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