Was Jesus actually crucified on Good Friday and resurrected on Sunday as many denominations teach? As always we refer to scripture in these matters so there is no confusion. In John 19:31 it says that Jesus was crucified the day before Sabbath. "The Jew therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day(for the sabbath day was an high day)besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away" While most people assume that this is a weekly Sabbath from (Friday sundown to Saturday sundown) the scripture very clearly states that it was a High day. A high day is one of the 7 Holy days that are part of God's festivals.
During a careful reading of the Gospels it becomes apparent that This high day was the first day of the Feast of Unleavened bread which is mentioned in Leviticus 23:2,6.7. Though the Holy Days may start on the weekly sabbath, the first day of the Feast of Unleavened bread can and does often fall on a weekday. Luke Chapter 22:1.3"Now the feast of unleavened bread draw nigh, which is called the Passover" Then entered Satan into Judas surname Iscariot being of the number twelve and he went his way and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them."
Jesus told us himself that he would remain in the grave for 3 days and 3 nights in Matthew 12:40 "For as Jonah spent 3 days and 3 nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth" If Jesus was crucified on Friday afternoon then by his own words a Sunday morning resurrection would be impossible.
3 days and 3 nights from the entombment (which was just before the beginning of the first day of the Feast of Unleavened bread) brings us to.....SUNSET AT THE END OF THE WEEKLY Sabbath still during the 7 day Feast of Unleavened bread. There is no basis for a Sunday Resurrection!!
Sunday morning would have been when they realized the tomb was empty. Remember scripture tells us that Jesus appeared to Mary Magdelene first and then to his other followers in John 20:11-18.
Now we must also keep in mind what would be happening at this time in history..... This would be considered one of the greatest events at all time and still is to this day! Everyone would have been discussing the greatest event to ever take place in human history. This great event marked a turning point in the way the spring festivities of the Passover and Feast of Unleavened bread were celebrated and honoured. Christians still appreciated that the Feast of Unleavened bread was intended to remember the Exodus and the coming out of Egypt and their release of bondage from Satan, but it now became more about the resurrection of Jesus during the spring festival.
The truly great story about the Days of Unleavened bread is the resurrected Christ
living his life in those who are truly repenting of sin and have received the Holy Spirit. The Festival helps us to focus on replacing sin with righteousness.
But we need to follow the truth of Jesus and what he wanted us to know. Being mislead by false information opens doors to more false information and eventually being led astray very easily. Pagan traditions and holidays that are not to be honoured are being observed while the truth remains hidden from most. I will do a blog on the Holy Days as well in the future as they are very important and they are still to be honoured contrary to popular opinion or teachings. Confirm the information against scripture! It's the only way to be sure.
The only way to put sin out of your life is to put Jesus in it.
Galatians 2:20 "I am crucified with Christ:nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ living in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me"
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