Resurrection Day... not Easter

[kittylover0991]

This was written by the pastor of my church, and i felt the need to post it... enjoy

and Happy Resurrection Day!

For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale

[Constant]

I never really knew where we got the Easter bunny and Easter eggs from. Now I know. I never celebrated Easter as a kid growing up with Easter baskets or egg hunts. Well i think once we did. We usually just went about our day, went to church and ate a wonderful dinner together as a family and said a prayer before hand. This is what I have always done and this is what I am doing today, w/o the church. So Happy Resurrection Day!

May peace be with you all!

[Leonard]

It does appear, however, that Jesus rose from the dead on the VERY DAY of the feast of Ishtar! Now why would He do that?

Perhaps because He came to fulfill paganism as well as the prophecies of Judaism. The feast of Ishtar was a Spring festival, both celebrating, and with the ends of guaranteeing the 'new life' of Springtime. It was a fertility festival. How singularly appropriate the True Life of the Resurrection of our Lord springs forth upon this very day.

[RustyAngeL]

We should celebrate His resurrection every day, not just once a year. I really don't see the need to be picky about the days. The fact is He died, willingly because He loved us, conquered death and rose again. That's all that's important.

[Constant]

I agree with you Rusty sister!

[Guest NewPilgrim]

The three days is a very interesting topic as the original greek can be equally translated:

"Mar 16:1 When the Sabbaths [plural] had past, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him."

This is noteworthy because it was prophecied that the Christ would be in the tomb for three days, that is three days and three nights. Popular convention falls short.

If Jesus was crucified and killed on Friday, he would have been in the tomb Friday and saturday night only and raised on Sunday, that would be only TWO nights and only ONE whole day!

Saturday is the weekly sabbath, but there are other, less frequent, Holy days which are also given the title of "sabbath" Perhaps the Passover was celebrated on the Friday which would mean that Christ, killed before the sabbath would have died on Thursday.

Even so, this still does not satisfy the prophecy because although he would be in the tomb Thursday, friday and Saturday nights (3 nights) he was still only in the tomb for 2 WHOLE days; Friday and Saturday.

However, we must remember that Jesus was a Jew, the Sabbaths were Jewish sabbaths and the days were measured as JEWISH days.

A Jewish day begins at the 9th hour (6pm) and finishes on the third hour (9am) or in simple terms a Jewish Day begins in the evening and finishes in the next morning; GEN 1:5 "And there was evening and morning and this was the first day"

So, this being the case, Jesus was in the tomb thurs/fri (day 1) fri/sat (day2) and sat/sun (day 3)

This is also an incredible parallel to the passover meal itself. The Passover lamb must be examined for four days in order that it should be found to be be spotless (without fault) and if it is found to be fautless, it is killed as an offering to God. Christ was in Jerusalem for Four days and was under very close scrutiny from all the Jewish priests and common folk, he was taken before Caiaphas and his associates where they tried endlessly to find a reasonable fault with him, but in the end had to take him to the governmental powers to do their dirty work. On the Fourth day Pilate announced that he could find no fault with Jesus...and yet he was still crucified, the spotless lamb slaughtered as an offering to God fo our sins.

Jesus entered Jerusalem on Sunday, the day after the sabbath, which means the fourth day, the day the passover lamb is sacrificed, would indeed have been THURSDAY.

Edited March 27, 2005 by NewPilgrim

[Botz]

Thanks New Pilgrim....that is the conclusion I have also come to over the years...I think the sanitized Christian version of the ressurection is gradually being replaced into its Jewish context where a depth and level of revealed truth will touch the Believers heart and spirit far more than the fast-food diet we have all become so accustomed to....but these things take time.

[WayneB]

A really good book on the subject is titled, "The Seven Festivals of the Messiah" written by Edward Chumney. It can be purchased from Christian Book Distributors for only $8.99. CBD

My understanding is that Jesus died exactly at 3 PM on Passover (Nisan 14), was in the grave for the first days of the seven day Feast of Unleavened Bread (Nisan 15 and Nisan 16) and rose on the Feast of First Fruits (Nisan 17), which was the day following the Sabbath, the first day of the Jewish week. The period was the first of three special celebrations during the Jewish year whereby "super" Sabbaths were observed.

A few things to remember is that Nisan is the FIRST month of the Jewish calendar, Sunday is the first day of the Jewish week (and actually begins Saturday at 6PM) and as NP already pointed out, the Jewish day begins at 6 PM, which is evening. So night comes before day.

According to the book, there are other significant events that occurred on the very same day at the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. The one that caught my eye? The day that the Israelites crossed the Red Sea AND Pharaoh's army was destroyed was on Nisan 17, which coincides with the Feast of First Fruits. Egypt being synonymous with the world and Pharaoh being a type of Satan demonstrates how God's people were freed and Pharaoh was destroyed releasing the Israelites from Pharaohs authority. Interesting, huh? Sound familiar?

The book is great and I highly recommend it. It discusses ALL the seven Festivals of the Lord and the three periods that they fall within. Seven---complete; Three---perfect and complete witness and testimony.

Be Blessed,

Wayne

[Gerioke]

what debates will pentachost bring?

[WayneB]

what debates will pentachost bring?

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Pentecost (Shavuot) is the second of three special celebrations and coincides with the day that Moses first met God on Mount Sinai. It takes place Fifty days from the crossing of the Red Sea AND the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Once again, coincidence or divine plan?