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Rihanna, the pop star, was sporting some kind of leather jacket with crosses printed on it at a recent event. That's nothing unusual in pop fashion. Madonna made the cross into some kind of pop fashion statement, and many follow her example.
But Rihanna's cross is a new evolution. I can only see two imprinted on her jacket. One is right-side-up, the other is upside-down.
I recently posted on Charlize Theron's Christian Dior perfume ad where her video is accompanied by singer Beth Ditto from the group Gossip. Other than her freakish appearance, there's nothing worth commenting on Ditto. But, as I looked for the song, it turns out that it is called "Heavy Cross" and the album cover has a cross turned on its head, about which I write,
[the album cover] cover features a cross turned on its head, some heavy cross for those who turn to the devil to alleviate its powers (or so they think).
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This, as I said, is a new development, at least in the mainstream pop world. It is one thing to "ironically" wear an exaggerated cross as part of a fashion statement. That still leaves some room for true belief. But it is another to unashamedly display an inverted cross, because its meaning is nothing but demonic.
The original meaning of the inverted cross is related to St. Peter's humility. But, it has been appropriated by Satanists. Here is a brief explanation:
An inverted cross is the cross of St. Peter, who, according to tradition, was crucified upside down because he felt unworthy to die the same way as Christ. As Catholics believe the pope to be a successor of St. Peter, the inverted cross is frequently used in connection with the papacy, such as on the papal throne and in papal tombs [photo]. It also symbolizes humility because of the story of Peter. The inverted cross has more recently been appropriated by Satanists as a symbol meant to oppose or invert Christianity. [Source]I doubt the freakish Ditto and the perverse Rihanna are thinking of their salvation when they sport this symbol. Their intentions are much more nefarious.
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Once again, it is my belief that the world is turning more and more toward evil. I'm not sure what that signifies (the Apocalypse?), but it is incumbent on us to call out these anti-Christ figures and events, to distance ourselves from them, and to prepare ourselves to fight them for a deserved place by God.