Exegetics on the
Crucifixion, Death and Resurrection of Christ
There is the distinct possibility (and Muslims love to query
us about the sign of Jonah thing), that Christ was Crucified on Wednesday,
buried Wednesday evening, that Thursday of that week was a "special"
high Shabbat, as often occurs during Passover week, and finally that three days
later, Christ arose from the Tomb, late Saturday afternoon (physical calendar
day), after sunset, which by the ancient Jewish Calendar measurements, would be
the beginning of Sunday, as we now understand & measure days!
At the end of the day: "our faith rests assured in the
death and resurrection of our Lord and Saviour Jesus...."
And what is most important about the Christian Faith, is NOT
whether Christ died on a Friday and rose on a Sunday, or some other set(s) of
days... what is vital, exegetical is this:
Christ Has DIED,
Christ IS Risen, and
Christ WILL come again, PERIOD!
Wednesday NIGHT, Thursday NIGHT and Friday NIGHT, THREE
NIGHTS...
and
Thursday DAY, Friday DAY, and Saturday DAY, THREE DAYS...
Ergo, the sign of Jonah, according to Matthew 12:40, would
be easily fulfilled...
Additionally, while the Gospel according to Mark says:
"9 Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the
week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven
devils." Mark 16:9 KJV,
The reference to "...Jesus was risen early the first
day of the week..." is very easily reconciled to the contrast between the
ancient Jewish Calendar, wherein each new day began with sunrise the NIGHT
Before, and our current Gregorian Calendar system.
As "early the first day of the week" would be, by
definition under the ancient Jewish Calendar, ANY TIME after Sunset on the 7th
day, or Saturday evening (sunset typically being around the 12th hour, or 6pm /
1800 hours, local time!
Talk with some messianic Jews, I am not saying that they
have it ALL RIGHT, and that others in Christendom have it ALL WRONG, simply
that, as stated above we ought to be far more concerned with simply this:
Christ Has DIED,
Christ IS Risen, and
Christ WILL come again, PERIOD!
than with getting all bogged down over a Friday Death /
Sunday Resurrection vs a Wednesday Death / Saturday Resurrection...
“No Jesus, NO peace” and yet, “Know Jesus, KNOW peace”
“No Jesus, NO peace” and yet, “Know Jesus, KNOW peace”
How does one get to “know” Jesus? Simple, invite Him into your heart, as Jesus
says: “Here I am! I stand at the
door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and
eat with him, and he with me.” [Revelations 3:20 NIV] How can we be assured that this Jesus stuff
means anything, anything at all? Well
because the Bible tells us so, as the Apostle Paul wrote:
“If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and
believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10
For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with
your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.” [Romans 10:9-10 NIV]
And for those of you who say to me, I can’t be bothered
reading the Bible, “it’s confusing” or “it’s a waste of my time”, may I draw
your attention to what the Bible says about wisdom: “The fear of the LORD is
the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.” [Proverbs 9:10 NIV]
If nothing else, PLEASE read two chapters from the Bible –
(don’t own one, sorry NO excuse, if you’re reading this, you can access this: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%203:16&version=NIV)
John 3 and John 14!
John 3:16 says: “For God so loved the world that he gave his
one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal
life.”
And John 14:6 says: “Jesus answered, “I
am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except
through me.”
Well that’s it, that’s Da Bauz’s Take on, “Exegetics / Crucifixion,
Death and Resurrection of Christ” – this 3rd
day of February 2013 © 2013, All Rights Reserved. wr (Da Bauz, Christian
Zionist “creationist” too)
