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becauseHElives
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the word Easter is not found in the scriptures in connection with any part of the death, burial or resurrection of Yahshua....

the word Easter is a perverted word translation that continues to keep people from the Truth that they may be saved....

people love tradition more than they love Truth.....

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No one says He was crucified on Easter. He was RESURRECTED.

Man, you are really mixed-up.

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Rom 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

I guess God forgot to add that all is void if you celebrate Easter?????

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Where does it say in the Bible that Christ was crucified on Ishtar(Easter)? Easter is a pagan holiday.
Christ was crucified on the Passover,because He was the Passover Lamb.

How many times do you find Passover in the Bible as compaired to Ishtar (easter)?
It should have been translated Passover in the book of Acts. Pasca does not translate into easter,but Passover.

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Amen Betty.

The birth of our Savior and His resurrection are Holy events, fulfillment of prophecy. They are obviously recorded in the Holy Scriptures so that we will know about them.

Why celebrate the feasts that foreshadow Christ, but not celebrate Christ Himself?

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Celebrating Easter is NOT serving a false Christ. I serve the Jesus of the Bible. Serving a false Christ is when you say "My Jesus says it is okay to be gay" Celebrating Easter is not changing the doctrine of Christ.
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Passover fell on Wednesday that week. It was the High Sabboth. Not the weekly Sabboth.
The True Christ was in the tomb 3 full days.
But the mainstream church must draw a crowd to keep the collections plates full. They would never want to change the way they do business.
It is a sin for professing Christians to roll eggs and chase Ishtar bunnies,if they know better.

Oh,well a little Ishtar here,a little pre-trib rapture there,add a little begging for money and you come up with the modern day mess we see now.

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One of the issues for Christians who lived in Rome in the first two centuries, was that the Jewish people were always persecuted there, and the normal Christ taught apostolically passed down Paschal celebration (from pesach or passover) was so pronounced, and so Jewish, and so very different from the Pagan spring festival which fell on the first day of the Sun following the first full moon after the Equinox, that they sought to protect themselves. Because of these Jewish associations, during the times of intensified persecution the children of God in Christ were easily identified, and could therefore more readily be captured, jailed, tortured, and even killed! Eventually the Roman Christians decided to disguise their festivities in the symbolism of the pagans to make their celebration more tolerable, and to escape obvious persecution, and thereby avoided many of the random acts of discrimination and terrorism that had plagued their families for so many decades.

So on the one hand, early adaptations may have served to allow the Church in Rome to hide and function safely as a Church, in addition it made conversion more acceptable to the pagans, who were coming into the church daily. But by the time of Bishop Anicetus, the focus had so shifted, as indicated previously, that whatever the reasoning, the arguments had been so thought out and rationalized, that debate within and between various congregations of Christians began to become more prominent.

We have historical record that tells us that Saint Polycarp, the Bishop of Smyrna, a student of the Apostle John, and fellow disciple with Papias, went to Rome in person to settle this dispute that was so effecting Church members elsewhere, for clearly it was the example of Christ Himself, the teaching of the Apostles, and the practice of the entire Church up until those events that “the Feast“ be kept on the fouteenth day of the Jewish month of Nisan, regardless of the day of the week upon which it fell. Anicetus, on the other hand, was suggesting that all Christians should practice the Sunday observance, using the argument that it fit the scenario as to the actual day of the week on which the event of the Resurrection happened. Polycarp, and nearly all the Bishops of the East, as well as those in the true mother church in Jerusalem, stood firm, and defended the traditional form of observation passed on from Christ through the Apostles for at least an additional century until the council of Nicea. In the end of their time together, neither Polycarp or Anicetus felt they should let such a secondary issue, such as which day to observe, divide the Unity (the Koinonia) of the Spirit which was shared by the faithful, and so for the time, they parted in peace.

A few decades later, around the time of Victor, Bishop of Rome, Victor tried to assume authority over all of Christendom, against the direct instruction of the will and word of God. He literally demanded that a Sunday worship festival supplant the traditional Pascha observance, and accused those who had remained faithful to the word of God and the traditions of the Apostles of “Judaizing“. In fact, as the self-appointed leader of the Church (perhaps the first real Pope), lording it over the flock against the direction of Peter himself, Victor began anathematizing other Bishops publicly, many of whom were fine men of God, who loved the Lord, and obeyed His word, as much as is possible for any man. Even Sunday sympathizers like Ireneaus and Soter, were insulted by his arrogance, and would not give credence to these anathema’s. But one man rose up, following after the traditional practice of Papias, Ignatius, Polycarp, Thrases, Sagaris, Papirus, Melito, and a host of others, who’s name was Polycrates, who’s story we have in the Ecclesiastical History of Bishop Eusibius. Polycrates went to Rome and told Victor that “we therefore observe the genuine day…the fourteenth day, that of the Passover, according to the gospel, deviating in no respect, following the rule of faith...we ought to obey God rather then men“!

The issue was alleged resolved at the Council of Nicea, by the Roman Emperor Constantine’s political authorization of the Sun-day celebration, but alas, the debate should continue. For under Constantine any who chose to stay with the Apostolic tradition were persecuted and also anthamatized by the Bishops in association with him. The choice may be up to each of us, since we are under no legalistic obligation, but I am inclined to ask, who do you choose to follow…the Christ, His teachings, and His examples, or the traditions which developed in the imaginations of these somewhat politically motivated men (1 Corinthians 11:1; 1 Peter 2:29; 1 John 2:6)?

The point is that this entire debate is moot because there never was such a thing as good Friday or Easter Sunday within the sound Biblical traditions handed on by the Apostles. So what does it matter and how "accuser of the brethren" to act like the early Roman church and throw around anathemas surrounding a subject that is not even Christian. There was/is no good Friday OR Easter Sunday and no He was not resurrected on Saturday evening but early in the morning on the first day of the week when as Matthew tells us (who was there) "as it began to dawn" that is when the sun began to rise. So whether you wish to believe as those who interpret the thinking of these Jewish men with the thinking of an Englishman (applying the rules of modern English in a wooden literal sense) or as the ancient Jews themsleves describe as the correct understanding::

"A short time in the morning of the seventh day is counted as the seventh day; circumcision takes place on the eighth day, even though, of the first day only a few minutes after the birth of the child, these being counted as one day." Jewish Encyclopedia, Volume 4, page 475.

...it matters not because it is a non-issue and no one is condemned or making Jesus a false prophet for believing in either version of this unessential made up tradition of men. You choose to celbrate His resurrection one day and another on a different day (I celebrate it every 1st day of the week when He rose), let no one judge another brother or sister on the day they keep or on any new moon or Sabbath or on what they eat or drink or wear, etc., these are all TOTALLY irrelevent.

"And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus is behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead on the third day" (Luke 24:46). In fact, ten times it was declared that the resurrection would take place on the "third day" (Mat.16:21; 17:23; 20:19; Mark 9:31; 10:34, Luke 9:22; 13:32; 18:33; 24:7,46) not following it, thus not after 3 days and 3 nights. Just as there exact same idiom is used in Samuel when after 3 days and 3 nights it is in fact the 3rd day itself (1 Samuel 30:12,13). A baby born a few minutes before the end of the first day can be circumcised in the morning of the eighth day stll fulfilling the commandment, even though in thinking in terms like the literal grammar of a modern Englishman may define, this was only slightly more than six 24 hour periods.

Now then, the reference to Jonah Jesus uses is to tell them of WHO it is that is among them and the miracle they were about to witness and that because of this they should repent (even the pagan Ninevites had at least that much sense). He was not applying this grammatically in any literal fashion whatsoever, but unfortunately like so many so-called Christians, they missed the point entirely (straining at the gnat yet swallowing the camel whole).

Literally, in reference to Y’shua, it is being used in the context of Him being one greater than the prophet Jonah, and referring generally to the burial time leading to His resurrection! So Matthew has Y’shua saying, “just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so the Son of Man shall be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth…“ We know for sure that He died on Passover (the Afternoon following the evening Seder), just before sundown, on the eve of the Sabbath (the Sabbath beginning at sundown non our Friday which can only mean He died on what we call Friday afternoon), BECAUSE they had to take Him down and bury Him before the Sabbath (which is Torah regarding the 7th day Sabbath), as was their Law and custom to do (day 1). He then spent the entire Sabbath in the Tomb (the Sabbath being day # 2, the first official day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread ), and then rose again near the dawning of the first day of the week (on day # 3, on the Feast of First Fruits) being the first fruits of those who will rise. This was the first day of the week, the first day following the Sabbath, which is also an eighth day according to God’s calendar, it having started around dusk on the previous evening (our Saturday).

I do not apologize if this seems rough beloved. We must not be persuaded to divide in the Spirit over such man made non-sense...by the traditions of men, do not make the word of God of no effect...Jesus was the Messiah, the Son of the living God who came and died for all our sins and our faith in Him is justified by His bodily resurrection and He is coming again to judge.

Remember judgment begins at the House of God so let us debate maturely, peaceably, and non-judgmentally, for no one has all the truth until we see Him 'face to face' (another idiom for those who have ears to hear). This is the issue not how one counts the Hebrew concept of Yom which I have previously shown in how many ways even in the writings of Mosheh how this can be a day, a part of a day, a year, a life, or an epoch...do not judge one another over a day...we have picked days to celebrate Christ (Hallelujah!) let us not celebrate rabbitts or men in red suits or glittery trees and so on...leave that to the pagans....the substance and focus of our worship can be Christ any day and all days...as for the Pasha obey the word and celebrate His death till He comes.

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Was Jesus in the grave
for three days and three nights?




"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 night in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth" (Matthew 12:38-40).

Since Jesus claimed to be the Messiah, the Jews demanded a sign of Him to prove His claim. Jesus could give them no better proof that He was the Christ than the literal fulfillment of the well-known sign of Jonah, Luke 11:30. If this sign were not literally fulfilled, it would prove unto them that He was not the Messiah. This was the only sign Jesus ever gave them to prove His Messiahship. Hence the great need for Him to do exactly what He promised them to do.

Mark 8:31 tells us:

"And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again."

Did Christ mean what He said? Did He really expect to be buried in the earth for three days and three nights? Jesus did not say, "After two nights and one day I will rise again." He said, "After three days I will rise again." He meant three days and three nights--a full 72 hours!

The Jews remembered this sign when He was crucified.

"Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again. Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first" (Matthew 27:62-64).

They did all they could to prevent His resurrection. They got the watch, made the sepulchre sure, and sealed the stone. "After three days I will rise again" was necessary to fulfill the Jonah sign.

Modern interpreters of the Bible make Jesus Christ a liar. They say Jesus was crucified on Good Friday, buried about sundown the same day, and arose on the next Sunday about daybreak in contradiction to the Scriptures! Any schoolboy knows that this is only two nights and one day. If He were crucified on Good Friday and arose on Sunday morning as they say, then He did not literally fulfill the sign of Jonah. If He did not fulfill this sign as He promised the Jews, then He was an impostor and not the Messiah! In other words, Jesus Christ lied to the Jews about His burial and resurrection.

If the Good Friday theory is correct as some teach, then the Bible contains "highly figurative language" which requires a human interpreter to tell people what the verses really mean. By this same liberal method of interpreting the Scriptures you can destroy every basic doctrine in the Bible.

I do not care very much for what scholars say! But I am greatly concerned about not accusing my Lord of lying! Jesus Christ plainly said He would be in the grave "three days and three nights". He emphatically declared He would rise again "after three days". I believe He fulfilled the sign of Jonah and vindicated His Messiahship. In Matthew 28:6, we read this testimony of the angel at the tomb:

"He is not here: for he is risen, as he said."

He said He would be in the grave "three days and three nights" and "after three days" He would rise again. Jesus did fulfill the Jonah sign. But He was not crucified on Good Friday, nor did He rise on Sunday morning!

The Part-of-a-Day Theory Wrong

Men, in order to get the Bible out of an embarrassing situation, allege that the Jews counted a part of a day as the whole day. Such passages as Genesis 42:17, 18; 1 Samuel 30:12, 13; Esther 4:15-17; 1 Kings 20:29; and 1 Chronicles 10:5 are cited to prove this theory. However, none of these passages prove "three days and three nights" means two nights and one day. Only one of them even contains the expression "three days and three nights" 1 Samuel 30:12. But there is absolutely no reason to give "three days and three nights" in 1 Samuel 30:12 any meaning except their literal meaning. Divine inspiration declares the young man "had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights." What authority has any man to contradict these plain words by affirming the time was not so long? The expression, "three days, night and day", in Esther 4:15, is not the same wording as "three days and three nights" in Matthew 12:40. There is no mention of any nights at all in the other passages; therefore, they give no evidence as to the meaning of "three days and three nights." There is no reason to take any of the passages cited in any sense except their literal sense, unless one has a theory to prove. The "three days and three nights" in Jonah 1:17 are to be taken in their literal sense.

Granting that some of the Jews did count a part of the day for a whole day, can it be proven that this is what Jesus meant? Can it be proven that the Jews counted a part of a day as a whole day and a whole night? Where is the proof in the inspired Word?

Yet, proponents of the Good Friday tradition want us to believe that a part of a day meant a whole day and a whole night. Men who believe the Bible to be literally true dare not accept such reasoning.

The Meaning of Day in the Bible

The word "day" in the Bible in its primary sense means the interval between dawn and darkness.

"And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night . . . " (Genesis 1:5, Compare Genesis 1:14-18; 8:22.)

This is the first occurrence of the word "day" in the Bible, and the Lord God himself gives its meaning. Jesus believed there were 12 hours in a day. He asked in John 11:9:

" . . . Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world."

Jesus made a day and night consist of 24 hours. Can there be any higher authorities than the Lord God and Jesus Christ? Do not such authorities settle the matter for all true believers?

In the Bible a day is the interval of time comprising the period between two successive risings of the sun (Genesis 7:24; Job 3:16). The Hebrews reckoned it from evening to evening Exodus 12:18,

" . . . from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath" (Leviticus 23:32).

The 12-hour night began at sunset and ended at sunup. It was counted before the 12-hour day.

"And the evening and the morning were the first day" (Genesis 1:5).

Hence a new day began at 6 o'clock in the evening and lasted until the same time the next evening--a period of 24 hours--a 12-hour night followed by a 12-hour day!

The Good Friday Hoax

The Bible nowhere says or implies that Jesus was crucified and died on Good Friday! It is said that Jesus was crucified on

"the day before the Sabbath", (Mark 15:42; Luke 23:54; John 19:14, 31, 42).

As the Jewish weekly Sabbath came on Saturday, scholars have assumed Jesus was crucified on Good Friday. This is poor reasoning because the Bible bears abundant testimony that the Jews had other Sabbaths beside the weekly Sabbath which fell on Saturday.

The first day of the Passover week, no matter on what day of the week it came, was always an annual Sabbath.

"And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread. In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein" (Leviticus 23:6, 7).

On the seventh day of this feast, the 21st of Nisan, was another annual Sabbath:

" . . . in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein" (Leviticus 23:8).

The day of Pentecost was an annual Sabbath Numbers 28:26. This is the reason we read about Sabbaths in the plural number in the Old Testament Leviticus 26:2, 34, 35, 43.

The Bible makes it plain, Jesus was crucified and buried on:

" . . . the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath" (Mark 15:42).

John tells us:

"And it was the preparation of the Passover" (John 19:14).

It was the preparation day on which the Passover Supper was made ready [editor's note: actually it was the preparation for the Holy Day, the Night to Be Much Remembered], the 14th of Nisan John 13:1, 29; 18:28. It was the preparation to keep the Passover Sabbath--the annual Sabbath which always came on the 15th day of the first ecclesiastical month. John 19:31 adds:

" . . . (for that sabbath day was an high day) . . . ."

Its greatness was due to the fact that it was the annual Sabbath of the Passover Festival.

Two Sabbaths that Week

Matthew makes it plain that two Sabbaths had passed since Jesus was crucified. The KJV has this rendering:

"In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre" (Matthew 28:1).

On this verse nearly all translators have allowed tradition to control their translation. It is not "Sabbath" but "Sabbaths" in the Greek text (the genitive case and the plural number). The verse properly translated would read:

"In the end of the sabbaths . . . ."

This allows for an annual Sabbath on Thursday and a regular Sabbath on Saturday.

When Jesus was buried near sundown on the day of the Passover,

"Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary"

watched the burial Matthew 27:58-61. Immediately after the burial, Luke says:

"And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on" (Luke 3:54).

This Sabbath was an annual Sabbath on Thursday. The day after the annual Sabbath the women bought spices, Mark 16:1. Luke tells us that the women, after preparing the spices on Friday,

" . . . rested the sabbath day according to the commandment" (Luke 23:56).

The traditional interpretation makes Mark and Luke contradict each other. In Mark 16:1 we are informed that the Sabbath was past when the spices were purchased. "Had" is inserted without any authority from the Greek text.

"No reason can be given for the variation--bought sweet spices. Not had bought" (An American Commentary on the New Testament, Vol. 11, p. 251).

In Luke 23:56 we are told that the women prepared the spices and ointments, and rested the Sabbath day. If Jesus lay in the grave on Sabbath only, Mark and Luke contradict each other. But if He lay there two Sabbaths having a work day between them, then Mark and Luke harmonize to perfection.

The Resurrection Late Saturday Evening

When does the Bible say that Jesus rose from the dead? The two Mary's came to the tomb:

"in the end of the sabbath" (Matthew 28:1).

The Sabbath always ended at sunset:

"From even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath" (Leviticus 23:32).

Then they went to the tomb before sunset on Saturday. Jesus had risen from the dead before their arrival Matthew 28:1-8. According to the Bible, Jesus Christ arose before sunset on Saturday. Christ did not rise on Sunday morning, for the two Mary saw Him, heard Him speak, and held His feet just as the Sabbath ended and the first day of the week began.

"In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week . . ." (Matthew 28:1).

Mark 16:9 tells us Jesus first appeared to Mary Magdalene early the first day of the week, which was Saturday after sundown. The nearer after sunset this happened, the earlier in the first of the week it was. Mark does not say that she was alone at the time she first saw Jesus, and Matthew tells us that:

"the other Mary was with her" (Matthew 28:1).

The Date of the Crucifixion

Having shown from Matthew 28:1 that Jesus rose from the grave as the Sabbath ended at sunset and the first day of the week began, this would put the crucifixion on Wednesday at sunset just as the preparation day ended and the annual Sabbath commenced. According to the Gospel writers, Jesus died at the ninth hour (3:00 p.m. our time) and was buried about sunset that same day, Luke 23:44, 45, 50-54; Mark 15:33-38, 42-47.

If Jesus were buried at sunset on Wednesday and arose at sunset on Saturday, He fulfilled the sign of Jonah. He would have been in the grave Wednesday night, Thursday night, and Friday night--a full "three days". All together a full "three days and three nights." Thus we have a literal fulfillment of the words of Christ in Matthew 12:40. hence there is no need to follow Roman Catholic tradition which makes Jesus Christ a liar. Truly,

". . . He rose again the third day according to the scriptures" (1Corinthians 15:4),

not the second day according to Roman Catholic tradition!

The Third Day

Some Scriptures speak of His resurrection

"after three days" (Mark 8:31; 9:31 R. V.; 10:34 R. V.; Matthew 27:63).

Other verses say

"three days" (Matthew 26:60, 61; 27:39, 40; Mark 14:58; 15:29, 30; John 2:19, 20).

Still others speak of

"the third day" (Matthew 16:21; 17:23; 20:19; 27:64; Luke 9:22; 18;33; 24:6, 7, 21, 46; Acts 10:40; 1 Corinthians 16:4).

Some make much over "the third day" in Luke 24:21, and they affirm that if the crucifixion took place on Wednesday, Sunday would be the fourth day since these things were done. But the answer is simple. These things were done just as Thursday was beginning at sunset on Wednesday. They were therefore completed on Thursday, and the first day since Thursday would be Friday, the second day since Thursday would be Saturday, and "the third day since" Thursday would be Sunday, the first day of the week.

So the supposed objection in reality supports the Wednesday crucifixion. But if the crucifixion took place on Friday, by no manner of reckoning could Sunday be made "the third day since" these things were done.

Unless we believe the Bible contains errors, we know that all passages must harmonize. Therefore, "after three days" must mean the same as "the third day" Matthew 16:21.

There is nothing in the Bible to favor the Good Friday crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The biblical record harmonizes with a Wednesday crucifixion and Saturday evening resurrection--a full 72 hours. This view allows for a literal interpretation of "three days and three nights." It allows for the word "after three days" to mean just that. It proves that Jesus Christ fulfilled the sign of Jonah and thus proved His Messiahship to the Jews.

Written By: Milburn Cockrell

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In Aramaic, there is an idiom “three days and three nights” which means three days or parts of days. It’s like our saying, “I worked day and night to finish this project.” We don’t mean we literally worked 24 hours without stopping. “Three days and three nights” is not meant to be taken to mean literally 72 hours.

Jesus was crucified on Friday and rose on Sunday. All prophecies state He will rise on the third day. (Matthew 16: 21, 17:23, 20:19, 27:64, Luke 9:22, 18:33, etc…) The events of the gospels seem to correlate best with a Friday crucifixion. Only one passage talks about him being in the grave three days and three nights, Matthew 12:40. If not for this one passage, all scholars would agree on a Friday crucifixion. So we are really dealing with the question of one passage and how is that related in light of all the other passages.

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quote:
one single verse
here are plenty of verses to chew on....let Yahweh be True and every man a liar!

Easter A Pagan Holiday NOT Christian

It has been taught that Jesus died on Good Friday and rose early Sunday morning. As a result of this teaching, man instituted the holiday called Easter. On Easter Sunday you have Christians, world wide paying tribute to a day, in which they believe Jesus, was resurrected.

In researching the scriptures one will find that the whole concept of Jesus dying on a Friday and being resurrected on Sunday is contrary to the bible itself. In other words, this tradition directly contradicts the word of God.

This lesson will examine the history of Easter, and then investigate the Bible concerning the death and resurrection of Jesus.


Easter Created By Man

Before we get into the death and resurrection of Jesus we need to address history of Easter itself. We will also take a look at the symbols of Easter: rabbits and eggs. What does rabbits and eggs have to do with the birth of Jesus? Furthermore, when did rabbits start laying eggs? Additionally, we will look at the history of Easter sunrise service, lilies, candles, and hot crossed buns.

If you research Easter in most encyclopedias, you will see that Easter has many customs and legends that are pagan in origin and have absolutely nothing to do with Christianity.


Easter was named after Eostre (sometimes spelled Eastre), the great Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring, fertility, and new life. Similar Teutonic dawn goddesses of fertility were known variously as Ostare, Ostara, Ostern, Eostra, Eostur, Eastra, Eastur, Austron and Ausos. Her name was derived from the ancient word for spring: "eastre." Thus it is easy to see how "Eastre time" became "Easter time".


Easter Sunday falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon after March 20th, the nominal date of the Vernal (sometimes referred to as spring) Equinox. This is the day (or period of days) in spring when the days and nights are of approximately equal length. This is a time of celebrating new life, the resurrection of nature from the dead, and it has typically featured fertility rites, merrymaking, and usually centers on orgiastic sexual activities.

In ancient times there were the sacrificing of virgins, the worship of fertility gods and goddesses.


The Mystery Of The Egg Laying Easter Rabbit
Since ancient times, pagans have worshipped rabbits as sex and fertility gods, and have looked upon them as symbols of lust, sexual vigor and reproduction. Let's take a look at some examples.


In the traditions of Egypt and Persia there are such rabbit gods and they were particularly honored during spring. The symbols of the Norse Goddess Ostara were the hare and the egg. Both represented fertility. Dyed eggs also formed part of the rituals of the Babylonian mystery religions. Eggs were sacred to many ancient civilizations and formed an integral part of religious ceremonies in Egypt and the Orient. Dyed eggs were hung in Egyptian temples, and the egg was regarded as the emblem of regenerative life proceeding from the mouth of the great Egyptian god.

The Orphic legend of the origin of the Universe has the Earth being hatched out of an enormous egg. In a broad range of pagan societies, from Egypt and Mesopotamia to the British Isles, brightly-decorated eggs were (and still are) presented as gifts and charms to bring (supernaturally) fertility and sexual success each spring.


Easter Sunrise Service


The Easter sunrise service, that is practiced in many Christian churches, can be traced back to the ancient pagan custom of welcoming the sun god at the vernal equinox - when daytime is about to exceed the length of the nighttime. It was a time to celebrate the return of life and reproduction to animal and plant life as well. Worship of the sun god at sunrise is the religious ritual condemned by the Lord as recorded in Ezekiel 8:15-18.

Ezekiel 8:15-18 Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these. And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD's house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east. Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose. Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.


Other Easter Symbols


The Easter lily has long been revered by pagans of various lands as a holy symbol associated with the reproductive organs. It was considered a phallic symbol. Easter candles are sometimes lit in churches on the eve of Easter Sunday. However, this practice can be directly linked to the pagan customs of lighting bonfires at this time of year to welcome the rebirth/resurrection of the sun god. During Easter, some eat hot crossed buns during meals.

At the feast of Eostre, the Anglo-Saxon fertility goddess, an ox was sacrificed. The ox's horns became a symbol for the feast. They were carved into the ritual bread. Thus originated hot cross buns. The word "buns" is derived from the Saxon word "boun" which means "sacred ox." Later, the symbol of a symmetrical cross was used to decorate the buns; the cross represented the moon, the heavenly body associated with the goddess, and its four quarters.

Is The Word Easter In The Bible?

Now that we have firmly established the pagan history of Easter, we will look at it from the perspective of the bible. The scriptures will show that Easter is a tradition implemented by man. The word Easter appears in the bible one time and one time only. The following verse is the one that makes reference to Easter.

Acts (12:4) And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.
Now an individual may see this, as the legitimizing of the holiday Easter. After all one sees it being referred to in the bible. However, if we look at the verse directly above this one, it points to the fact, that the period being referred to is actually the Passover.


Acts (12:3) And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)
Verse (3) states that when Peter was taken it was the days of unleavened bread. One can determine that the time they were going to bring forth Peter was the Passover, by looking at the following verses.

In them one will see that the Passover is the day preceding the Feast of Unleavened Bread not Easter. In addition the verse in John, states that it was a Jewish custom that the Romans would deliver unto them one at the time of the Passover.


Leviticus (23:5) In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the Lord's passover. (23:6) And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the Lord: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread. John (18:39) But you have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews?

One will not find that its observance is supported by the bible. And that is because, Easter itself is supposed to be a commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus. And Jesus told us to commemorate His death, not His resurrection. Luke (22:19) And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. In reading chapter 22 of the Gospel of Luke one will find that Jesus asked this of His disciples during the Passover meal. The Passover is what Jesus asked us to observe to remind ourselves that He died for us not Easter. Jesus asked us to commemorate the Passover. He was not only to die on the Passover, He became our Passover.


Jesus Gives A Sign

Jesus was always being inquired of by the Jews for a sign. He gave them one in reference to His death and resurrection. He told them that just like Jonas, He would be in the earth 3 days and 3 nights. In the Gospel of John Jesus again gave the Jews a sign by telling them if this temple was destroyed He would raise it up in 3 days. Jesus was referring to His body.

(Matthew 12:38) Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. 39 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: 40 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.


(John 2:18) Then answered the Jews and said unto him, “What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?” (19) Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. (20) Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? (21) But he spake of the temple of his body.


Jesus makes it clear the time between His death and resurrection would be 3 days and 3 nights.


Cannot Get 3 Days And 3 Nights

Now despite the fact that Jesus Himself said that He would be in the grave 3 days and 3 nights, man has come up with the tradition of Jesus dying on Good Friday and rising early Sunday morning. In following this tradition, not only does one not observe one of God's Holy Days, which is the Passover, they directly deny the words of Jesus. It was Jesus who gave the sign of being in the grave 3 days and 3 nights.

The tradition of Good Friday and Easter clearly does not line up with scripture. Because following this tradition the maximum one has Jesus in the grave is 1 day and 2 nights.
According to tradition, if Jesus had died on Friday, He would have been in the grave Friday night, Saturday day and Saturday night. One would not count Sunday because in John (20:1) it states that the 1st day of the week which is Sunday, Mary came to the grave site when it was still dark. In Luke (24:1-6) They find that the stone which was placed in front of the sepulcher had been removed and an angel tells them that Jesus had already risen.

How They (Carol) Say It Happened

Tradition of Man - Good Friday & Easter

........SU M T W TH F S

Days ...1............... 1

Nights ................1 1

(John 20:1) The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. (2) Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him.


(Luke 24:1) Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. (2) And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. (3) And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus. (4) And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: (5) And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead? (6) He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,


When Did Jesus Die?


The following verses will serve to show that Jesus died on the Passover. It states in Mark (15:42-45) that on the evening of the preparation day, which is the day before the Sabbath, Joseph a counseller asked for the body of Jesus. Once Pilate determined Jesus was dead, he gave him the body.


Mark (15:42) And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
(43) Joseph of Aarimathaea, an honourable counseller, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.

The above scriptures are where the problem lied with the early church trying to interpret the events of the bible. One should take note, that what the majority of modern day Christians practice or follow come directly from the Roman Catholic Church. You had non spiritual people trying to decipher events that were spiritual. Since the scriptures stated, that the preparation day, was the day before the Sabbath, they automatically assumed this event took place on a Friday, because they knew the Lord's Sabbath was from Friday evening to Saturday evening. That is how they came up with the concept that Jesus died on Friday and He rose early Sunday morning. What they failed to take into account were the Lord's Holy Days or as they are also called High Sabbaths. There are seven yearly Sabbaths, and they, with the exception of Pentecost, can fall on any day of the week. At the beginning of this lesson, it was explained in Leviticus (23:4) that the Passover which is the 14th of the month, is the day before the feast of Unleavened Bread, which is a Holy Day or A High Sabbath. The Passover is sometimes referred as the preparation day because they used this day to prepare for the feast. The Feast of Unleavened Bread is the Sabbath which was being refereed to in Mark 15:42) when it was stated that Joseph craved the body of Jesus. Jesus had been crucified on the Passover and the next day was the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

Jesus foretold when His death would occur.

(Matthew 26:1) And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples, (2) Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.


Now remember God's days start at evening and end the next evening. Keep that in mind as you view the next set of scriptures. Jesus had been betrayed by Judas the evening of the Passover. John 13 tells how Jesus and His disciples, that evening, were sharing the Passover meal. John (18:3) shows that same evening; Jesus was betrayed and taken away. It was still nighttime when they took Jesus, because the men that came and took and bound Him had lanterns and torches.
Jesus was crucified the next day but it was still the Passover. Remember God's days run from sundown to sundown. Jesus had been taken into custody the night of the Passover and the next morning which is the day of the Passover, He was condemned and crucified. The following verses deomonstrate how Pilate was willing to release Jesus the morning after he had been taken in to custody. It was still the Passover. We all know the Jews refused and Jesus was crucified.
(John 18:39) But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews? (40) Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
Remember Mark (15:42) Joseph craved the body of Jesus the evening of the Passover. Now one can see that this was towards the end of the Passover.


3 Days And 3 Nights

The scriptures explain how Jesus was in the earth 3 days and 3 nights just as He had foretold.


How It Really Happened


3 Days And 3 Nights

.........SU M T W TH F S
Days.................. 1 1 1

Nights .............1 1 1


In looking at the previous scriptures one should now have a better understanding, as to what took place. Remember Mary did not come to the Grave site until the first day of the week which is Sunday. (John 20:1) "The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulcher", And it was early in the morning and it was still dark. But Jesus had already risen. That's because Jesus went into His grave right before the end of the Passover or Wed. evening. The passing of the Passover brought in the Feast of the Unleavened Bread. So Jesus would Have been in the Grave Wednesday night, Thursday daytime and Thursday night, Friday daytime, Friday night, Saturday daytime and Jesus rose right before the sun went down on Saturday. Hence one has the 3 days and 3 nights which Jesus prophesied.


His death Wednesday night is consistent with the comment of the prophet Daniel, stating the Messiah would be cut off (killed) in the midst of the week.


Daniel 9:26-27 26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. 27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week (Wednesday is the middle of the week) he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, (Remember, Jesus is the sacrificial Passover Lamb).


I am sure there will remain those who feel that there is nothing wrong in observing Easter, because they believe that it is the spirit in which one does something that is important. Again my purpose is not to antagonize. It is only to cause you, to carefully examine the doctrine and practices, which you are following. By researching the scriptures one can ensure, that their doctrine lines up with the word of God. Having said that, Jesus told us to worship in spirit and the Lord gave everyone specific instructions how to do that. Those instructions are contained in the Holy Bible, for it contains the word of God. If any one follows a doctrine or operates in a spirit that is contrary to the scriptures, that doctrine and spirit they are following, are contrary to God.


In I John (4:1) it tells you to try the spirits. How does one try the spirits? By the word of God. By operating in the so called spirit of things, people worship God in ways that can not be supported or substantiated by the bible. They do this while still not observing God's commandments. Observing the Passover is a commandment from God Leviticus (23:5). People world wide observe so called religious holidays in the name of Christ but none of these are supported by the bible. This lesson hopefully showed that one of them, Easter, is no more than a tradition established by man. Again try the spirits, for if one can follow practices not supported by the bible, yet not do what is written in scripture, they are operating under a strong spirit. And that spirit is contrary the word of God.

Peace to all who seek the truth in Jesus name.

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You have to keep repeating the same argument because your belief is based on one single verse, ignoring everything else the Lord said about His resurrection, ignoring all the other scriptures, ignoring all the evidence. Ignoring everything. You just close your eyes and throw rocks.
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you know carol, you are a smart person, but it is a shame you chose to make Yahshua out to be a false prophet for the sake of Roman Catholic tradition....

Yahshua said three days and three nights, it is very simple to figure out it can not be Friday....

traditions die hard but one day truth will prevail....

it is Truth that sets people free of traditions...

enjoy your tradition I will believe the scriptures!

3 days and 3 night mean just that, 3 days and 3 nights....not a day and a half...

I will pray your eyes be open to Truth

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We don't know the year for sure, but we know that John the Baptist began preaching the 15th year of Tiberius' rule (Luke 3:1), which would be 27 AD. Pilate also arrived in 27 AD. Jesus would have been baptised within a year after that. His first Passover during His ministry would have been in 28 AD. He celebrated at least 2 Passovers before the Last Supper. So His crucifixion was probably 30 AD.

According to the calendar you provided a link to, that year would have been a Friday crucifixion.

30 A.D. 14th day of Nissan (Passover) Fri. Apr. 7 (Beginning at sundown the evening before).

On Thursday night Jesus shared Passover with His disciples, and He was crucified the next day.

I believe Friday was 15 Nissan, though, because the Passover lambs were killed at twilight on the 14th after which Jesus shared the Last Supper with His disciples. According to your calendar that would have been Friday night so He would have been crucified the next morning on the Sabbath!

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http://www.judaismvschristianity.com/Passover_dates.htm

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Our Lord Jesus Christ is not false in anyway.

I'm not trying to change what you believe, but I have good reasons for my own beliefs. Here is just one of them.

Jesus was crucified on the "preparation day, that is, the day before the Sabbath." (Mark 15:42, Luke 23:54)

"Preparation Day"

This is usually interpreted as a technical term used to designate Friday. Preparation, or paraskeue , was the day before the weekly Sabbath. Paraskeue was the Greek equivalent of the Aramaic of "arubta -eve," or Friday. The days of the week before the Sabbath in Aramaic were First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Arubta; there was no "Sixth" day. Therefore, Arubta , and by inference paraskeue , must refer only to Friday.

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John Hale every year the dates fall on different days....

your chart has to be based on a certain year...

can the year be known?

research best guess is 33AD

Carol if Friday were the day of crucifixion then Yahshua would be a false prophet

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Please keep in mind that from 6pm-6pm is a day. So if Jesus passed on at 3pm it was not part of the 6pm-6pm time. There were still 3 hrs remaining. That is why they (the followers of Jesus) hastily placed him in the tomb before the new day.
(Gen 1:5) And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
(Gen 1:8) And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
(Gen 1:13) And the evening and the morning were the third day.
(Gen 1:19) And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
(Gen 1:23) And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
(Gen 1:31) And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
(Gen 2:1) Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

(Gen 2:2) And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

(Gen 2:3) And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

(Gen 2:4) These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

If we as Christians can not see the Jewish interpretation of these events then we will always be bickering about this event. It takes faith to belief in God. My faith is based on facts. If you choose not to believe then I respect you as a person but I have the right to believe and no person will deterr my faith. As you can also see that in the time of Creation it is with the evening that the days was annouced to start lunar day.

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Study the chart. It answers most objections.
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I'm not opposed to considering Wednesday...but I vehemently oppose Friday...

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Please refer to my chart and all will see how after three 24-hour days and on the 3rd day(light cycle) can only be accomplished by a Wednesday crucifixion. This is why I distinguished between night and day cycles in the middle of the chart and numbered them.

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A true or false prophet?

Now then... what about Yahshua's prophecy that He would remain in the tomb for three days and nights?

* Those who put forth the notion that Yahshua was crucified on Friday say that any part of a day should be counted as a FULL day. According to this way of reasoning, Yahshua was in the tomb part of Friday, all of Saturday, and part of Sunday -- three days.

* Whether or not you buy that rationale, what about the three NIGHTS? There is no way that three nights can be squeezed in between Friday and Sunday. Count them: Friday night, Saturday night -- TWO nights, not three.

If Yahshua was crucified on Friday, then He made a MISTAKE by saying He would be in the grave three days and nights. If He made a mistake, Yahshua was a false Prophet. No way around it.

I believe Yahshua is a true prophet! in every detail!

What about you?

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