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ISRAEL, The Woman In Revelation Chapter Twelve
I looked at the reference that you referred me to, Mike Ratliff, which was posted in March, in which he just counted backwards to falsely verify his errant understanding of Jesus’ resurrection. Well, after reading it; please know that he is also in error about what day the Lord was crucified on. I can not believe that people in these last days still try to mislead people. For example, Jesus said in Matthew 12:39-40, that the son of man would be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.
Turn to Jonah 1:17, it says Jonah was in the belly of the fish, three days and three nights. Now this was the sign that Jesus gave to” an adulteress generation”, and you still can not even get that right.
You keep talking about Jewish timing, but Jesus spoke of the LORD’s time. Turn to Genesis 1:3-5, 8, 13, we see that it was first dark (night/evening) and then light (day/morning), which is one day. Now if you look real close you will see three nights and three days. Now that was set in the first chapter of Genesis, you know, “in the beginning”; Genesis 1:1.
Let’s turn to Leviticus 23:1-7, we read that the Lord spoke to Moses to tell the children of Israel about His feasts, which shall be Holy convocations. The Lord said on the fourteenth day of the first month at evening is the Lord’s Passover and on the fifteenth day is the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days. The first and the seventh day are Sabbath days; we see that the day after the Passover was the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread which is a Sabbath. The Passover is always held on the fourteenth day of the first month, Exodus 1:7. So, how is it that from year to year now, it is inferred that the Passover is always held on Friday, or that Jesus died on “Good Friday” and not in the middle of the week as stated in Daniel 9:27.
Yes, He was cut off in the middle of the week. This is a two-fold prophecy, meaning a literal week and a prophetic week, more on this later. Now the middle of the week is Wednesday. Let’s take a look at when Jesus died and at what hour.
Turn to Matthew 27:45-50, it states in the scriptures that it was dark over all the land from the sixth hour until the ninth hour. That is from noon until 3:00 pm. Thereby Jesus died in the ninth hour (3:00pm) on Wednesday, the middle of the week, on Passover; Luke 23:44-45.
Now, if you do not believe prophecy—“the Messiah will be cut off in the middle of the week”, and teach otherwise, you blaspheme the Holy Spirit (Matthew 12:31-32). The scriptures say that the Lord died at 3:00 pm in the afternoon.
Let’s take a look at when they got Him off the cross. Joseph of Arimathea went to Pilate and begged for the body of Jesus, Luke 23:50-54, and took Him down and wrapped His body in linen and laid it in the sepulchre as the Sabbath drew near. So Jesus was in the grave before sundown, when the Sabbath begins. Are we clear that this was not the weekly Sabbath?
Turn to John 19:31, the Jews asked Pilate for the bodies, Jesus and the two thieves, which were crucified with Him so that the bodies would not be on the cross, when the High Sabbath started which was the first night of the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
In Deuteronomy 21:22-23, we read that if a man is put to death, he shall not stay on the tree all night, but shall be buried that day. So now, we understand why the Jews had to bury Him before the next day started, so that the land would not be defiled, nor, the High Sabbath defiled, Exodus 12:15-16.
You can not do any work in the first day and the seventh day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which starts at sunset, when it becomes dark. They had to get them, Jesus and the two thieves off the crosses and buried before the Sabbath (High) began.
I do not understand how someone can count from Wednesday night to Saturday and come up with more than three nights and three days. However, I see some people really try to make the Word of God fit their theology, to their own destruction. The truth of the matter is that Jesus died at 3:00 pm, Wednesday and rose Saturday sometime before dark, before the weekly Sabbath began.
Now, the problem really is that no one understands God’s plan. Let us take a look at Pentecost and when it is observed. Now, this that you are about to hear is meat, not milk, in the Word. So, bear with me and keep an open mind so that you can see and hear with your spiritual eyes and ears. Even Pentecost points to the day Jesus was crucified on. The Lord does nothing in vain!
Turn to Leviticus 23rd chapter. If you understood this chapter you would understand the plan of God. Let’s start at verses :9-12, in these scriptures it talks of the first-fruits of your harvest that you shall bring to the Priest and he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the Sabbath the Priest shall wave it.
After the Priest waves the first-fruit and it is accepted by the Lord, you shall count unto you on the morrow after the Sabbath; Leviticus 23:15-16. From the day that you brought the wave offering seven Sabbaths shall be complete, even the morrow after the seventh Sabbath shall you number fifty days.
Now, I know this may seem hard, right now, but bear with me and you will understand, for we must go “here a little and there a little”, Isaiah 29:9-10, 13. What we just got through reading was about how many days you must count after the Lord accepts your offering, on the day after the Sabbath, (which is the first day of the week), count fifty days and it always comes up on the first day of the week, which is called Pentecost (fifty) or the Feast of Weeks.
I know that you are wondering, “What does this have to do with Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection?”, just keep reading. Just as the Lamb was used for the Passover to represent Jesus, so does the first fruit offering that is waved on the first day of the week, represent Jesus.
Turn to 1 Corinthians 15:20, 23, here we read that in verse 20, Jesus is risen from the dead and is become the first fruit of them that sleep (are dead). Turn to John 20: 1-2, 11-18, we read that on the first day of the week cometh Magdalene early when it was yet dark and found the sepulchre empty. Then two angels told her “He is risen”, Luke 24:2-6. After this she turned around and saw Jesus. Jesus said to her in John 20:17-18, “woman touch me not for I have not ascended to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God”. She then went and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord.
Now Jesus had risen from the grave before the sun came up on the first day of the week and had not yet ascended to the Father, which is why Mary could not touch Him because He had not yet been waved (accepted) before the Father as the First Fruit from the grave. Then later that same day at evening, being the first day of the week, Jesus appeared unto the disciples and stood in the midst of them. Other scriptures tell how they touched and handled Him when He appeared to them that same day at evening, Luke 24:36-39, 1 John 1:1.
Now, let’s count the Sabbaths after He was waved, on the first day of the week, which is Sunday. We count starting with the next Sabbath, counting seven Sabbaths, Saturday is the seventh day of the week, so count seven Saturdays and one more day which would be the first day of the week, the day of Pentecost, Acts 2:1, it also is called the Feast of Weeks, Deuteronomy 16:10, it is also called the Feast of Harvest, Exodus 23:14-16.
I know that you are wondering, “What has all this to do with the Passover?” Let’s get back to counting fifty days on the morrow after the Sabbath. You must start on the first day of the week, and you will finish on the first day of the week.
Now, let me show you how God’s plan can be fully proven: count back fifty days and you come to the first day of the week, the day the Lord was waved before the Father as the First Fruit and was accepted. The scriptures say in Matthew 12:39-40 that the Lord would be in the heart of the earth (the grave) three days and three nights, now let’s continue counting backwards from Pentecost (fifty)—we will count back tree more days.
Starting with Saturday, in the day, because He had already risen before the first day of the week, He rose at the end of the Sabbath, Matthew 28:1, 6, Mark 16:1-2, 6, Luke 24:1-3, 6-7, John 20:1-2. Jesus rose on Saturday evening just before dark. Let’s start our count from when he was in the grave –the heart of the earth. He was in the grave Saturday in the daytime ; He was in the grave Friday in the daytime; He was in the grave Thursday in the daytime. He was in the grave for three days in the daytime.
Let’s count the nights, we can’t count Saturday night because he was risen, “while it was yet dark”, John 20:1,. He was in the grave Friday night; Thursday night; Wednesday night, now we have counted the three nights. After counting backwards we find that the Passover was on Wednesday that year.
There is much more that I can share with you, such as what the eighth day signifies—the beginning of something new. However, this post is a response to Brother Sicarii’s post "It Just Doesn’t Add Up", in which my Sister was attacked and slandered because of the Word of God. I started making this a reply to a response of Daniel Chew, who referred me to a post by Mike Ratliff, who knows no more that he does.
God’s Word is rock solid, it is not vain, nor void!
I hope that those of you, who are truly seeking to understand the plan of God, will gain an understanding from this post. If you have any questions, just ask.
Peace,
Brother Tyrone
