Sometimes people ask, “Didn't the Jews count part of a day a whole day or part of a night as a whole night?” Whenever you have the expression “day and night” mentioned together in the Hebrew Scriptures, it always means a full day and a full night. That is Christ was buried for part of Friday, part of Saturday, and a part of Sunday. In order to explain the Good Friday tradition, the proponents say that Christ was buried during parts of three days and nights. We celebrate the resurrection of Christ again from the dead. The word “Easter” comes from the word “Ish-tar” and is the same as Ashtaroth, a pagan deity. In the King James Version the word “Easter” does occur in Acts 12:4, but is a mistranslation. Even the word “Easter” is pagan, and it is not found in the Bible. Ash Wednesday and Lent also are not in the Bible. (Colossians 2:8).” This is a tradition not taught in the Bible. “Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. Perhaps you're wondering why the vast majority of Christians accept the Friday-to-Sunday burial of Christ if it is wrong? The only answer that can be given is tradition. Anything less than 72 hours would not fulfill the prophecy of Jonah or the words of Jesus Christ. And therefore, three days and three nights would be 72 hours. Our Lord said, “Are there not twelve hours in a day?” Well, if there are twelve hours in a day, then there are twelve hours in a night. Jesus defined the length of a day in John 11:9. “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 (Matthew 12:40).” “Three days and three nights” means seventy-two hours. Let's turn to Matthew 12:40, and notice Christ's own prophecy pertaining to His death, burial, and resurrection. We do not believe that Jesus died on Friday. We believe that Jesus Christ died on a Wednesday. By no stretch of the imagination is it possible to stretch the period from Friday evening to Sunday morning into “three days and three nights.” Have you ever wondered how Jesus Christ could be crucified on Friday and be resurrected on Sunday after being buried for three days? Well, that's impossible! You cannot squeeze three days between Friday and Sunday. Not three days and three nights as Jesus said. If you accept a Sunday morning resurrection then Christ stayed in the grave for three days and four nights. See Luke 23:54 “And that day was the preparation, and the Sabbath (Passover Sabbath was Thursday on that week) drew on.” Then His resurrection had to be seventy-two hours later at sundown. If Jesus was placed in the grave at sundown as the Scriptures teach. Our Lord said, “Are there not twelve hours in a day?” Well, if there are twelve in a day, then there are twelve hours in a night. But Jesus said, “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 (Matthew 12:40).” “Three days and three nights” means seventy-two hours. After all the Sunrise services seem to imply that this is when Jesus arose from the dead. Most everyone thinks of a Sunday morning resurrection. The tradition of a Sunday Morning resurrection is very much a part of modern Christianity.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |