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!
Does it make any difference to me. NO.
I am still a Christian and worship every day.
Any part of a day is counted as a day - not 24 hours
Days not hours
Thank you. The central point of history is the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ not what day of the week it happened on
AD anno domini the year of the Lord measures from Christ’s birth not His death
The day started at sunset not sunrise for the Jews
Got it; many thanks.
In without reading article or comments because I know Jesus died on Passover, it was prophesied in the original Passover the blood of a perfect unbroken lamb would save you from death, GOD set those old testament holidays and feasts as prophecy for HIS people to know and believe.
Post # 6 is excellent.
Very soon the sowers of confusion aka “Worldwide Church of God” will buying up TV time for their blasphemous “The Plain Truth About Easter” dis-infomercial.
Jesus was raised on Sunday. It became the Lord’s day and the early church worshipped on the Lord’s day.
The idea that the church adopted pagan religious practices is not supported by any historical evidence. “Someone did something on the same day before so you are copying them” is not a valid logical principle. There are only 7 days of the week to begin with. They were led by the Holy Spirit to choose a different day in order to separate themselves from the old system (sacrificial/ Law of Moses) which was passing away.
Sunday was the first day of the week so also fitting for the most important event in history.
Post #6 is garbage. You are all thinking in American terms and not Jewish terms. Gods math is correct. One second of Friday is considered a day just as one second of Sunday is considered a day. The Bible is inerrant. Man is errant.
More man made doctrine. Give me the verse that officially designates there was a change to the Ten Commandments that was wrote in stone.
The Lords Day is the Sabbath. Mark 2:28 "So the Son of Man is LORD even of the Sabbath." His Words not your denominations. Deuteronomy 5:12 "Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you.
Post #30 disagrees.
The Bible is the Capstone,
A six year old can understand it
and Scholars will still debate it.
Suffer The Children to
Come into Me.
I want to be 6 Again.
Bookmark.
It all depends on the definition/delineation of when a day begins.
In the Jewish understanding of the first century—and even to this day—the new day begins at sundown.
By the way this is the understanding of “day” in the Orthodox Church and in traditional Catholocism. A Feast—such as Christmas—begins at sundown. Hence “Christmas Eve” services.
Sunday begins with Vespers on Saturday evening.
“Any part of a day is counted as a day - not 24 hours. Days not hours”
Jesus was a Jew. The day began at sundown and ended at sundown. When gaining understanding one must look at the meaning of the words for the person speaking, not our own interpretation.
Tired & Retired.
I respect and commend you for your daily worship but the Lord God has commanded that we keep the Sabbath holy. There are things we should not do on the Sabbath, such as purchase anything or do our income producing work, even preparation of food should be done with as little work as possible.
If we don’t know what day is the Sabbath how can we observe it. Now, if you believe that the Sabbath simply means the seventh as many people do then I suppose it doesn’t matter which day you choose to obey the Sabbath on.
I have been a beliver that “Good friday” did not happen on a Friday. There were two Sabbath’s the week of what we call “Holy Week”. That makes for some confusion since we don’t observe the days of the Jewish calendar as we are not Jews. Looking at that calendar makes it obvious that our “modern” accounting of Holy Week is is incorrect.
There is a problem with western culture, that is that even the calendar was controlled by Christianity in that the Pope has ordained what calendars were used. Through the centuries different popes have found errors and corrected them and tried to make earlier traditions fit within the newer calendars.
Personally, I’m Okay with remembering “Good Friday” on Friday. I know it is incorrect but then it makes for a weekend of celebration of The Risen Lord.
What really is important is that He rose from the dead. i believe that He did exactly as He said He would, that He would be in the earth for three days and three nights. People who believe in the traditional observance of Good Friday believe that too they just have to do some pretty strained calculations to make it happen their way. Those people believe that Jesus did not err when He said three days and three nights only that they have to strain a little to see it.
So, while I believe most of the suppositions of the article are correct, certainly there were two sabbaths that week, the fact that most of Christianity does not support this truth does not shake my faith.
“The central point of history is the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ not what day of the week it happened on”
While I agree with you relating to the day, Jesus is my Savior not because of His death, But because He lowered Himself to my level to be born in the flesh and teach me how to live.
This is why the scripture in John 4 on testing spirits has its power over evil. Jesus chose me first, to make himself available to me.
Having already died in the flesh and gone to Heaven 30+ years ago, I welcome death so I can return home. I did not want to leave the bliss of Heaven to return to my physical body. It is far greater than the treasure buried in the field.
When choosing to live in this hell hole on earth or in Heaven, give me death any day.
Believe what you want. But many years ago I figured out the chart in post 6 on my own. After figuring it out I remembered Jesus’ conversation with the Pharisees about healing on the sabbath, it doesn’t matter.
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