Posted on 04/17/2019 3:46:58 AM PDT by The Ignorant Fisherman
Dear friend, maybe you were raised to believe - as I was - that Jesus (our Lamb and Savior) was crucified on Good Friday. If one does the math... Friday can never work (see charts below). The "Sign of the prophet Jonah" states it all; The ONLY sign that the Lord would give to the Messiah rejecting leadership of Israel and nation was the sign of the most rejected event and individual of the Bible, Jonah and the whale (Jonah 1:17).
"Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth Matt. 12:38-40)." (Matt. 16:4, 12:39, 11:29, Luke 11:30).
One MUST think like a Jew and not a gentile to understand the biblical settings that take place in the Bible. Too many gentile "Christians" see Jesus, the apostles, Israel, her promises and the Bible with a "western" perspective and when one seeks to do that, they err greatly on the many things even to the damnation of their soul (Rom. 11:24, 2 Peter 3:16). Almighty God used His chosen nation, people, Jewish believers, the lunar calendar, their culture, customs and heritage to bring forth the Holy Scriptures and the flavor of them. Jesus (a Jew - Matt. 1, Luke 3:23-38, John 1:10-14, Acts 2:22-33, Acts 7, Rom. 1:1-3, Rev. 22:16) presented the Gospel to the Jews first and when He taught them, He talked and taught them as "Jew to Jew" and used their customs, heritage and society to teach them the wondrous ETERNAL TRUTHS of Almighty God (Matt. 5-7, 13, 15:24, Mark 10:6, John 6, 10, Romans 1:16).
Many to this day who profess to know the Lord Jesus and call themselves Christians, know Him not as set forth by the Holy Scriptures (Matt. 7:21-23, Rom. 10:2-4)? This Passover and Resurrection Sunday may you be sure that you TRULY know the very One who died for our sins and gave His life for us all that we may find forgiveness, pardon and live with Him FOREVERMORE in RIGHTEOUSNESS (Isa. 52:13-15, 53:1-12, John 3:16-17, Acts 4:12, Romans 4:25, Gal. 3:13, 1 Cor. 1:30, 15:1-4, 2 Cor. 5:21, 1 John 3:5, Rev. 1:5-7)!
The Lord Jesus ROSE VICTORIOUSLY from the grave for ALL, but truly how many of the "ALL" will truly trust Him as their Lord and Savior as set forth by the Holy Scriptures?? Tragically, not many (Matt. 7:13-14, Rom. 10:2-4)!
May you be sure that you know the very One who died for your transgressions and rose for your justification! If you are unsure, see for yourself and take, The Gospel of John Challenge!
The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!
It’s pretty basic that the people should go by what Jesus says.... “3 days in the grave”.... or He’s a liar. And I would rather believe Him. This Gentile tradition of settling on errors goes back to when the 10 tribes of Israel (Ephraim) left Judea with Jeroboam and started getting their spiritual things all mixed up. It’s in the Bible.
What an amazing article. I read it with much interest and honestly, no matter which way anyone tries to make Friday evening to Sunday morning, stretch through three days and three nights, they will for short.
I commend you for challenging “tradition,” for we were warned that there would be those who would “twist” the truth. When it comes to our Heavenly Father and his Son, Jesus Christ, ignorance is NOT a virtue.
bttt
Where are the charts?
The number of days He remained in the grave, to me, is a minor point.
FWIW, I no longer believe the crucifixion was on Friday. However, I also believe that it is not a salvific issue on which to hang my hat.
Totally Agreed, saved by grace alone (Eph. 2:8-9) but we should know the here and whys on basic biblical teaching as I believe you agree.
Amen!
A Fishy post.
Scripture says that the Jews who brought Jesus to Pilate did not wish to enter the praetorium so as not to become ritually impure to eat the Passover. That means that Jesus' trial precedes (at least the chief priests') celebration of Passover. (Some people believe that there was a schism among the Jews at that time over when Passover was to be celebrated.)
Moreover, Scripture in that same passage says "that Sabbath was a solemn feast day," "solemn feast day" meaning Passover, and "that Sabbath" meaning that Passover fell on a Saturday.
The Passover lambs were always slaughtered on the evening of 14 Nisan, the day before, in the afternoon.
Jesus is the fulfillment of the type of the Passover lamb, therefore he, too, was slaughtered on the evening of 14 Nisan, in the afternoon.
Incidentally, Passover in AD 33 fell ... on a Saturday.
Bookmark.
Ping.
3 days
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
I guess Scripture is irrelevant
Joh 19:31
(31) Then the Jewish authorities asked Pilate to allow them to break the legs of the men who had been crucified, and to take the bodies down from the crosses. They requested this because it was Friday, and they did not want the bodies to stay on the crosses on the Sabbath, since the coming Sabbath was especially holy.
As a Methodist, I was taught “BC” meant Before Christ, and that “AD” meant After The Death of Christ, yet the chart is titled AD31. Why is that?
‘Anno Domini’ = ‘The Year of Our Lord’, not ‘after death’. You were taught incorrectly.
“Anno Domini’”
NOW I remember!
Thanks.
When Mary went to the tomb Sunday morning she found that “He had risen.” Yes, on Saturday.
Sunday worship was from the Mithras religion of the Roman army. Jesus was a Jew and worshiped on Saturday.
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