Published: February 03, 2008 01:02 am            

The truth about the Sabbath

The resurrection of Jesus was not on Sunday morning. For proof there is but one dependable authority, The Bible. Tradition is no proof.

The evil pharacees were asking Jesus for a sign, super-natural evidence in proof of His messiahship. Jesus gave them only one sign. The significance of the sign was that He would repose in the tomb for three days and three nights. Mark 8:31 says, "Jesus would be killed, and after three days He would rise again." If Jesus rose "after" three days it could not have been a minute less, which proves He was in the tomb three full days and three full nights, 72 hours.

John 11:9, Jesus taught, "Are there not 12 hours in a day?" So of course this leaves 12 hours, in a night. By Biblical time the days ended at "sunset" at "even."

Matthew 27:57-60, teaches that Joseph of Aramethia went to Pilate at "even" (end of the day) and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate had Jesus body delivered to Joseph. He then prepared Jesus body for burial, and buried Him in his own tomb.

According to Jewish law all dead bodies must be buried before the beginning of another day.

The Hebrew calendar shows Christ died on Wednesday, A.D. 31, this is by "God's time" and was buried at "even" end of the day that same day! And exactly three days later rose from the tomb. Which would be Saturday, as the day ended, as startling as his may be, it is the plain Bible truth.

John 19:42, "There they laid Jesus because of the Jews preparation day."

Perhaps you have noticed that the scriptures say the day after the crucifixion was a Sabbath. But for what Sabbath? John 19:31 gives the answer, "It was the preparation of the passover." For that Sabbath day was on "high" day.

Ask any Jewish person and they will tell you it is one of the annual (yearly) holy days or feast days. These annual holy days are also called Sabbaths! Lev. 16:31, 23 and 24. There were two separate Sabbaths that week.

For centuries people have blindly assumed the annual Sabbath was the weekly Sabbath.

John 20:1, "The first day of the week (Sunday) early, when it was still dark, the two Marys came to Jesus’ tomb, and Jesus had already risen.

Of course He was ... He rose the day before (Saturday) as the day ended!



Nina Posey

Meridian

        

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