i am always amazed of how easily some are swayed by the latest fad in theology. Christians have always believed Jesus rose on the first day of the week, this is why we worship on Sunday and not Saturday. i have to laugh, you say i can’t count very well ( don’t tell the state of NJ, they issued me a license to practice as a CPA! )but then you conclude Jesus rose on saturday, the same day i stated you must conclude in the post! even if you discount Mark 16:9 as not Scripture, if Mark did not pen this verse someone did late 1st century when many believers who personally spoke to the Apostles were still alive. all agree, Jesus rose on Sunday! but Paul tells us definitively what day Jesus rose. let’s turn to 1 Corinthians 15:20 “but in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the FIRST FRUITS of those who have fallen asleep” again in verse 23 we read “Christ THE FIRST FRUITS” now, you may not be familiar with the Jewish Feast of First Fruits, but if you look it up, it is always celebrated the day AFTER the Sabbath, i.e. SUNDAY. the feast signifies the start of the harvest, which is a perfect figure for Jesus starting to begin the harvest of souls after paying the penalty for sin and opening the gates of heaven. once someone realizes how days were counted back then, Jesus statement about the sign of Jonah is absolutely consistent with dying on Friday and rising on Sunday. this Wednesday nonsense is just another attack on the Church and it’s teaching authority. why do i always bring up the Eucharist? because it is a central tenant of Christianity, so much so, that Jesus personally taught the Apostle Paul it’s meaning. it is also the hallmark of the Christian Church, central to the worship of the One true God from the Apostles to today. Luther actually believed in the Real Presence, so kudos to him. now, i am waiting for a repsonse to my post yesterday about the canon of Scripture and who can infallibly set the canon? how can someone claim “sola scriptura” and then not defend how the “scriptura” can be believed to be the word of GOd and how do we KNOW we have the proper “scriptura”? Scripture does NOT argue against the tomb being open and Christ no longer inside the formerly closed, guarded tomb on the first day of the week. The labeling of this first day of the week as 'Sunday' came long after.
The complete and total disregard with the WORDS of Christ Himself regarding the ONLY 'sign' He gave the Roman appointed religious authorities was that of Jonah, is what is at issue. Passover is always 14 days after the spring equinox and in that particular time would have began at sunset on the third day of the week or Tuesday night after sunset. The next day, the 4th day of the week would have been Passover Day, wherein Christ was betrayed and stood trial and sacrificed. The following day the 5th, or Thursday would have been a 'high' Sabbath or the first day of the days of unleavened bread. The law would have required that Christ be in the tomb before the sun set on the 4th day or Wednesday because at sunset would begin that 'high' sabbath. So from Wednesday sunset to Saturday sunset Christ was in a guarded closed tomb. The same authority given to the religious leaders in Christ time out of Rome sure has changed little. It is beyond ridiculous given how precise the appointed time of the Passover was to be remembered since the first Passover in Egypt has NOT changed or the days of leavened bread devolved into one day's time.
Once again each new day began at sunset and ended at the following sunset. There is NO room for debate with what God Himself established long before Christ became our Passover.