"Yoke" is a symbol of the Will of God, His Laws, the Commandments expressed in the Teachings of Jesus Christ for the righteous life of man, the awareness and fulfillment of which restrains, tames, and humbles the sinful demands of the flesh.

"Yoke" - also symbolizes the moral, moral duty of man, his obligation to accomplish virtue in relation to himself and to others.

Negative meaning.

"Yoke" is a symbol of the oppressive, enslaving spirit, soul and body state of spiritual captivity, the enslavement of man by sin, a symbol of his violation of God's Commandments, sinful deeds and the punishing power of their burdensome consequences.

"Yoke" is also a symbol of authoritarian, totalitarian, despotic rule, man's dominion over man, his various sinful laws, foundations, traditions, beliefs, dogmas, ideologies, philosophies that oppress, suppress physical and spiritual freedom.