Jimmy Bishop
Answered, March 15, 2006 View answers by placing cursor on inserted note-numbers.
Was The
Messiah Resurrected On A Sunday?
THE FACTS ARE:
Yahweh's days begin and end at Sunset
from "Even" to "Even". (Leviticus 23:32)
The First (Old) Testament (Physical) perfectly parallels the Last (New)
Testament (Spiritual). (Isaiah 41:22, and by observation. An example being the
Old and New Testament "Passover".)
The Sabbath was a "High Sabbath" (Meaning An Annual Sabbath) (John
19:31)
Roosters crow at Sunset and
The 1st day of "Unleavened Bread" was the beginning of
"Passover.[2] (Exodus
12:18, and Leviticus 23:5)
Messiah Yahshua sacrificed his life at the end of the "Preparation Day”,
which is the day before The First Day of Unleavened Bread (Passover - see chart
below), and in doing so became "The Spiritual Sacrificial Lamb"[3]
(and our High Priest) just in time[4]
for the beginning of the "Passover". (Mark 15:42)[5]
Note: Some well meaning Yahwists, and
others, have stated that Messiah Yahshua's Self-sacrifice was not accepted as a
"First of the First Fruits" (wave sheaf Omer) until the appointed
time that the Jewish High Priest actually offered up the "Wave Sheaf"
on the day after "Passover." What these well meaning Yahwists have
forgotten is that Messiah Yahshua became the NEW HIGH PRIEST at his death, and
that the tearing into two from top to bottom of the Temple Veil (Matthew 27:51,
Mark 15:38, Luke 23:45) reinforces that fact. In other words the Jewish High
Priests were removed from their office by Messiah Yahshua from that very moment
at Sunset as the "Preparation Day of Passover" ended, and he remains
so to this very day. He became the "Passover Lamb," and claimed the
position of "High Priest," at the INSTANT of his
death.__Additionally, It was not Messiah Yahshua's ascension (as they assumed)
that indicated acceptance of Messiah Yahshua as the First of the First Fruits
(Wave Sheaf Omer), but his resurrection from the physically dead.[6]__Messiah
Yahshua was BEGOTTEN as Yahweh's First Born Son (First of the First Fruits) at
the instant he was resurrected from the physically dead[7]
and given immortality at sunset[8] at
the end of the weekly Sabbath that occurred after the First Day of Unleavened
Bread (Passover).[9]
Yahshua Messiah was in the Grave (Hades)[10]
three FULL nights and three FULL[11]
days (Matthew 12:40 - THREE FULL "Even to Evens")[12],
as was Jonah (or Jonas) in the belly of the whale (or Great Fish)[13].
(SEE VERSES BELOW)
Note: Some well meaning Yahwists, and
others, have stated that Messiah Yahshua was only in the Earth three generic
days, and go to great lengths to try to prove it, BUT IF this was the intent of
the verses (Matthew 12:40, etc.) then it makes ZERO sense to mention the night
time periods at all. Why not just simply say, "Three Days?"__CLEARLY
these are not three generic days, but three "Evens to Evens."[14].
Therefore, the "New Covenant"
"Wave Sheaf Omer" (Messiah Yahshua) was accepted by Yahweh at Sunset
at the end of the Weekly Sabbath.[15] Thus,
making Pentecost the 50th day (a Sunday)[16]
following the weekly Sabbath that occurs during the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
When Mary Magdalene and the other Mary
came to the Grave, Messiah Yahshua HAD ALREADY RISEN... BEFORE THEY ARRIVED!!!
(MATTHEW 28:1) As A Matter Of Fact, A Full Night Before. __Intelligent and
virtuous Hebrew women, and intelligent and protective Hebrew men do not wander
or prowl around at night. Only robbers, thieves, murderers, the homeless, and
soldiers wander and/or prowl around at night. Which is a very good reason to
stay home with your family, and wait for daybreak before checking on a grave
site.
PASSOVER is an Annual Sabbath (a High Day or Yachal). Saturday (even to even)
is a Weekly Sabbath.
Note: The ROOT Word for this High Day is
"YACHAL", which means, "That which is painfully waited for with
great anticipation" ... Clearly NOT a weekly Sabbath, but a long awaited
"Annual Sabbath".
The First Testament animal sacrifices
were always at Sunset (Evening) symbolizing that Messiah Yahshua our Sacrifice
would, also, be at Sunset in the Evening period.
SUPPORTING VERSES
Exodus 12:5-6 Your lamb (Messiah
Yahshua) shall be without blemish (Pure), a male (Messiah Yahshua, son of
Yahweh) a year old (Innocent). You shall take it from the sheep, or from the
goats: and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month; and
the whole assembly of the congregation of
Know This: Yahweh was absolutely required to bring about the Sacrifice of
"The Lamb of G_d" in the same exact manner, and according to the same
exact schedule as the old animal sacrifices. Otherwise the significance of The
Messiah being the New Covenant Passover would have no true parallel to The Old
Covenant Passover, and therefore, could not be taken seriously, BUT The Power
of Yahweh caused this to happen exactly as prophesied.
Jonah 1:17 Now the Lord Yahweh had
(specially) prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah (or Jonas). And Jonah was
in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Matthew 12:40 For as Jonas (or
Jonah) 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 (Hades or the Grave[17]).
Matthew 28:1 In the END of the Sabbath
(EVENING OR SUNSET - Leviticus 23:32[18]),
as (when) it began to dawn (Approximately 8 to10 hours later near daybreak)[19]
toward the first day of the week (Sunday), came Mary Magdalene and the other
Mary to see the sepulchre.
Note: Messiah Yahshua HAD ALREADY RISEN
(past tense). Yahshua Messiah did not need the rock to be rolled away in order
to be Risen from The Dead. When the two Marys arrived in the early morning
hours, Yahshua Messiah WAS NOT THERE ![20]
Which Brings Out Another Point... What Is The Use Of
Therefore: Messiah Yahshua our PASSOVER
DIED at "EVEN"[21]
(The beginning of the FIRST NIGHT[22]),
then arose from the dead "IMMEDIATELY AFTER"[23]
three FULL Evenings (3 periods of darkness), and three Full Daylight Periods.
Since the 3 days and 3 nights began at[24]
"EVEN" (Sunset), then it MUST, ALSO, END at "EVEN"
(Sunset). THUS Yahshua Messiah DID NOT ARISE ON SUNDAY MORNING[25]...
HE had "ALREADY RISEN" at "EVEN" ON SATURDAY (Very Late In
The Day Of The Weekly Sabbath, And Just Prior To Dark).
Note: It is NOT NECESSARY[26]
to know on which day Messiah Yahshua was Crucified in order to understand that
Messiah Yahshua DIED AND WAS RESURRECTED AT "EVEN" PRIOR TO THE
BEGINNING OF SUNDAY! Therefore: A Sunday Resurrection Is A Total IMPOSSIBILITY
!
Matthew 12:8 For the Son of man (Messiah
Yahshua) is Lord even of the Sabbath Day. Why Am I Not Surprised? After All He
Was Born During The Sabbath Month Of Tishri, He Was Crucified Minutes or
Seconds Prior[27] to the
ANNUAL Sabbath (at Sunset/Even), He Was Resurrected and Spiritually Begotten
Minutes or Seconds Prior to the End of the WEEKLY Sabbath (At Sunset/Even), And
He Will Rule The Earth as Yahweh's Ambassador During The Sabbath Millennium.
Final Note: Where is it written
that the day of Messiah's Resurrection is to change Yahweh's Times and Laws?
The Prophet Daniel warned us about those who would "Change Yahweh's Times
and Commandments (Laws)." (Daniel 7:8, 21-27) "I beheld, and the same
horn (little horn) made war with the saints, and prevailed against them . . . .
And he shall speak great words against the Most High, and shall wear out the
saints of the Most High and think to change times and laws.
[1] Supposes any crow DURING “this” – prospective
– night.
[2] Strictly speaking, incorrect.
‘Passover’-period (of eight days) began with the day of slaughter – 14 Nisan.
Fifteen Nisan was the first day of Unleavened Bread Feast-period of seven days.
Fifteen Nisan was the ‘Feast’ or ‘eat’-day of Passover, in Lv23:11 called, the
Passover’s “Sabbath-day”.
[3] Why have
“The Spiritual Sacrificial Lamb” in parenthesis? Do you quote somebody else?
[4] Not only
“just in time for the beginning of “Passover””, but in fact as such the
beginning of Passover.
[5] Agreed! “Preparation Day” though, of
Passover’s “Sabbath Day” – not “Preparation Day” of the weekly Sabbath
(Jn19:14).
[6] Amen and Alleluia! See my repudiation of the Seventh
Day Adventists who also hold this erroneous assumption.
[7] The
mystery of Godliness, since Jesus as the Son of God like God the Father is from
everlasting to everlasting.
[8] When and as He rose – “Late IN, the
Sabbath’s Day, light-being towards the First Day”, Mt28:1, which was
‘after-noon-proper’, as ‘epi-phos-k-ousehi’ can also be rendered literally.
[9] 100%! The First Day of Unleavened
Bread was the Passover-Sabbath.
[10] WRONG. The grave and Hades aren’t
the same; death and the domain of death are viewed as Hades.
[11] Never so stipulated in the
Scriptures. Jesus’ words literally mean “OF three days as OF three nights” –
any representative and representing whole or part “OF” any of each day or
night.
[12] Again, not thus described or limited
anywhere in the Scriptures. Why, in any case? It’s so unnecessary!
[13]
“Yahshua Messiah was in the grave … as was Jonah in the belly of the whale …” Another unnecessary and unwarranted
observation. Mt12:40 reads, “As Jonah was in the belly of the big fish three
days and three nights, so shall the Son of Man be IN THE HEART OF THE EARTH
three days and three nights”. Jonah didn’t die; Jesus did! Jonah felt like he
tasted death; Jesus really and actually ‘tasted death’ – EXPERIENCED DEATH, and
HELL, LIVE and LIVING – spiritually, divinely, omnipotently, eternally more
than physically.
[14] Self-contradictory because “even to
even” comprises both day-part of day and night-part of day. Nevertheless, yes,
“clearly these are not three generic days”, but just what the text says they
were, “three days, and three nights” – three of each, altogether comprising
three generic days – not more nor less than three generic days of one day and
one night each.
[15] Time description inaccurate! Jesus
died three o’clock and rose three o’clock, “In Sabbath’s(-time) full daylight
before the First Day of the week” – is what the Greek, ‘opse de sabbatohn
epiphohskousehi eis mian sabbatohn’, literally and intentionally says.
[16] How did you manage to reach this
conclusion? If the (weekly) Sabbath had been “the day after the (yearly
Passover) Sabbath” of Nisan 15, consequently the (weekly) Sabbath was Nisan 16
and day of “First Sheaf Wave Offering”. Then how do you get the fiftieth day
after, a Sunday? It again fell on the Sabbath!
[17] No more than an assertion,
unwarranted! This is your basic mistake. Hades – “the heart of the earth” in
figurative language – is not the grave; it is death and the realm of death –
hell! Jesus began to experience hell while alive, and from the beginning hours
of the day of His crucifixion and death; from when He declared that His ‘hour
had come’ and that of evil men.
[18]
‘Evening’ comes after ‘sunset’. “In
the end of the Sabbath” is not “sunset”;
‘sunset’ is the moment of the end of the Sabbath AS WELL AS of the beginning of
the First Day. “In the end of the Sabbath” was the end-part of that day,
“it-being-in-light-shining of Sabbath’s (sabbatohn epi-phos-k-ousehi)”.
Daylight it was, yet “late (opse) while-declining-light-towards-the First Day”:
“Towards (eis)” sunset was it, when Sunday – still prospective – would begin.
Simply: “It was late and the Sabbath’s afternoon”.
[19] “Dawn” here means the “period
preceding” (Collins et al) – which was “the Sabbath’s afternoon” – the start of
Sunday; it has no relation in this context with the dawn of morning. As the ‘dawn
of the twenty first century’ was the last part of the twentieth century, so
“the dawn of the First Day” was the last part of the Sabbath – its “afternoon”,
literally, for ‘epiphoskousehi’. “In the end of the Sabbath” and “as it began
to dawn towards the First Day”, describe one and the same point in time.
[20] Nevertheless the mention of the
stone being rolled away is nothing like cursorily, but vividly and
intentionally marks the event, day and time of Jesus’ resurrection from the
dead. When in the early morning hours the two Marys arrived at the grave, they
found the “rock to be rolled away” – but here in Matthew it says, “Then
suddenly, look! a great earthquake occurred because an angel of the Lord
descending out of heaven and approaching the stone, rolled it away and sat upon
it.” Time and event are great and marvellous and both one and immediate. One
time and one event are mentioned in Matthew 28:1; not two “8 to 10 hours”
apart!
[21] Quite contrary to what the
Scriptures says, namely, that Jesus gave the spirit, i.e., died, “the third
hour” – mid-afternoon exactly, which exactly is the hour described of His
resurrection on the third day, named to have been the (weekly) “Sabbath” in
Mt28:1.
[22] Christ Jesus our Passover died,
“mid-afternoon Sabbath’s” – verified, “Late Sabbath’s” by the first time-phrase
– NOT “the beginning of the first night”, but the end of the first of the
‘three days’.
[23] Jesus did not arise “immediately
after” the Sabbath, but “In the Sabbath” or “On the Sabbath”. Neither did He
rise after a ‘full daylight period’, but “in” the third or “on” the third of
the ‘three days (and three nights)”, so that the event and time of His rising
marked the third of the ‘three days and three nights’.
[24] Day does not begin “at even” – which
is still before the next day begins; day begins with evening which starts as
the sun has set. Day, therefore – as you have observed – “ENDS at EVEN
(SUNSET)”
[25] If as you have said Jesus rose
“immediately after three full … periods of darkness and three full daylight periods”,
then He would have risen on the day after – which would have been on Sunday.
But
you are right, “THUS Yahshua Messiah DID NOT ARISE ON SUNDAY MORNING[25]... HE
had "ALREADY RISEN" . . . ON SATURDAY”. Yet not, “very late in the
Day of the weekly Sabbath”, or, “just prior to dark”, but – strictly to the
contents and intent and essence of the Text, “Late in the Day of the weekly
Sabbath” – which still was “in the epi-centre of it being light, BEFORE the
First Day of the week”, or “prior to the beginning of Sunday” – Well said!.
[26] Yes, the text is plain enough! Yet
“according to the Scriptures the third day”, demands a complete picture of the
Passover events, times and dates. Now if Jesus rose from the dead “the third
day” and on the third of “the three days and three nights” He had spoken of,
then by simple counting He should have been crucified on Thursday – which
conclusion is supported and confirmed one hundred percent by all the many
aspects and factors of the Passover Prophecy and Promise. So God ordained, and
so it happened.
[27] Have you forgotten the texts that
state that Jesus died 3 o’clock, “the ninth hour, three hours before or “prior
to the annual Sabbath” – three hours before ‘sunset/evening’”? Jesus’ death –
or rather the moment and event of His dying – marked day one of the three days
of Passover Prophecy; that day having begun with its evening – the night in
which Jesus went to table with His disciples and of Gethsemane’s tasting of
death’s pangs? . . . until He broke the bonds of hell and rose again to
immortal LIFE!