Posted on 04/19/2017 4:25:55 AM PDT by NYer
Catholic ping!
The combination of ancient rocks and baroque embellishments is truly the face of our Holy Church.
My Lord and Savior! The tomb is empty. He sits at the right hand of God the Father until all His enemies are made His foot stool, Then He returns with a shout and the trump of God!
Been there.
When a story is supposed to reveal fact and it claims Jesus was buried on a “Friday” it raises suspicions as to accuracy. Jesus died late Wednesday afternoon before sunset and just prior to the special high holy Sabbath of Passover. That’s what the bible says and Jesus said he would be in the grave for 3 days..... he wouldn’t lie.
Prove it.
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“Jesus died late Wednesday afternoon before sunset “
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Were you there when they laid Him in the tomb?
He died before a High Sabbath, but after Passover. People tend to conflate the two. “Three days” is a convention of the East—any part of the day is a whole day. It is a matter of debate for many scholars.
why no picture of the actual tomb?
I’m pretty sure that they had a Passover meal on Thursday, after which he was arrested. Are you suggesting the had their Passover meal a night or two early?
Yes. He was in the tomb Friday, Saturday and Sunday. 3 days
Very nicely put.
While I don't know if you are right or not, I wasn't there, I do suspect you could be correct. Thursday would work also, Thurs evening one night, Friday one night and Saturday one more night.
The correctness of these dates however has never disturbed me. The Holy Ghost tells me He arose from the dead and still lives. That's enough for me.
Most people don't understand that High Holy Days were considered Sabbath days. When Jesus Was Crucified Passover was on Friday before the regular Sabbath, He would have had to be Crucified on Thursday at the latest to be off the cross and interred prior to the Sabbath.
We think the Roman guards to have been cruel to be breaking the legs of those on the cross but it was an actual blessing. Dying on the cross could take several days of horrible pain and suffering once the legs are broken you can't breath and you die quickly.
The suffering we talk about of Christ on the cross is not really the suffering we need to be concerned with. He died there. He didn't have to die, after all He was God in flesh He could have been translated as was Elijah and taken up to Heaven. No the suffering we need to think about was in the garden where He took upon Himself our sins which caused Him to sweat blood because of the greatness of the pain we gave Him. On the cross He simply “gave up the ghost”, something we cannot do. Don't misunderstand me, I'm saying Christ's dying on the cross was easy, but, millions have died on crosses through the centuries. Only one has borne my sins and been punished for them. The ghost leaves us in death but we can't command it to leave as He could.
The tomb itself is administered by Greek Orthodox, but is open to all believers. The priest who was overseeing the tomb when I was there, as visitors could enter and leave the tiny space only one at a time, looked to be almost a hundred years old. Entering the space made the hair on my neck stand up and is one of the most vivid memories of my life.
So have I. Quite an experience.
Jesus Himself said he would be in the tomb three days and three nights.
I don’t know why it is, but so far none of the pictures show much. Most show only parts, never the whole in perspective.
And He was.
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