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Yeshua’s
The Week of His Death, Burial
and Resurrection
In the Hebraic
understanding there are concepts, not one sentence answers like
the Greek Helenized mindset.
That being said, we are about to enter into a concept surrounding
the final days of Yeshua up until His resurrection.
In order to
begin our understanding we have to begin where God gave the commandment
to keep the Passover as an eternal statute.
Let’s look at what God commanded
2 "You are to begin your calendar
with this month (Aviv); it will be the first month of the year for you.
3 Speak to all the assembly of Isra’el and say, ‘On the tenth day of
this month, each man is to take a lamb or kid for his family, one per
household - 4 except that if the household is too small for a whole
lamb or kid, then he and his next-door neighbor should share one,
dividing it in proportion to the number of people eating it.5 Your
animal must be without defect, a male in its first year, and you may
choose it from either the sheep or the goats. 6 "‘You are to keep it
until the fourteenth day of the month, and then the entire assembly of
the community of Isra’el will slaughter it at dusk. (between the
evenings) 7 They are to take some of the blood and smear it on the two
sides and top of the door-frame at the entrance of the house in which
they eat it. 8 That night, they are to eat the meat, roasted in the
fire; they are to eat it with matzah (unleavened bread) and maror
(bitter herbs). 9 Don't
eat it raw or boiled, but roasted in the fire, with its head, the lower
parts of its legs and its inner organs. 10 Let nothing of it remain
till morning; if any of it does remain, burn it up completely. 11
"‘Here is how you are to eat it: with your belt fastened, your shoes on
your feet and your staff in your hand; and you are to eat it hurriedly.
It is ADONAI's Pesach <Passover>. 12 For that night, I will pass
through the land of Egypt and kill all the firstborn in the land of
Egypt, both men and animals; and I will execute judgment against all the
gods of Egypt; I am ADONAI. 13 The blood will serve you as a sign
marking the houses where you are; when I see the blood, I will pass over
<Hebrew: pasach> you - when I strike the
15 "‘For seven days you are to eat
matzah - on the first day remove the leaven from your houses. For
whoever eats hametz <leavened bread> from the first to the seventh day
is to be cut off from Isra’el. 16 On the first and seventh days, you
are to have an assembly set aside for God. On these days no work is to
be done, except what each must do to prepare his food; you may do only
that. 17 You are to observe the festival of matzah (unleavened bread),
for on this very day I brought your divisions out of the
Throughout
27 ADONAI is God, and he gives us
light. Join in the pilgrim festival with branches all the way to the
horns of the altar. 28 You are my God, and I thank you. You are my God;
I exalt you. 29 Give thanks to ADONAI; for he is good, for his grace
continues forever.
On the night before He was crucified,
it was already 14 of Aviv or Nisan.
In Jewish time the day begins the evening before.
We see this in Genesis where it is declared that the “evening and
the morning were the first day.”
You will find this account in John 13 -17 is one night, Yeshua’s
Passover (last supper). Please read it to see what was said that last
night. A Passover in
Psalms 114:1 When Isra’el came out
of Egypt, the house of Ya’akov from a people of foreign speech, 2 Y’hudah
became <God's> sanctuary, Isra’el his domain. 3 The sea saw this and
fled; the Yarden turned back; 4 the mountains skipped like rams, the
hills like young sheep. 5 Why is it, sea, that you flee? Why, Yarden,
do you turn back?
Psalms 115:1 Not to us, ADONAI, not
to us, but to your name give glory, because of your grace and truth. 2
Why should the nations ask, "Where is their God?" 3 Our God is in
heaven; he does whatever pleases him. 4 Their idols are mere silver and
gold, made by human hands.
5 They have mouths, but they can't speak; they have eyes, but they
can't see; 6 they have ears, but they can't hear; they have noses, but
they can't smell;
Psalms 116:1 I love that ADONAI
heard my voice when I prayed; 2 because he turned his ear to me, I will
call on him as long as I live. 3 The cords of death were all around me,
Sh’ol's constrictions held me fast; I was finding only distress and
anguish. 4 But I called on the name of ADONAI: "Please, ADONAI! Save
me!" 5 ADONAI is merciful and righteous; yes, our God is compassionate.
6 ADONAI preserves the thoughtless; when I was brought low, he saved
me. 7 My soul, return to your rest! For ADONAI has been generous toward
you. 8 Yes, you have rescued me from death, my eyes from tears and my
feet from falling. 9 I will go on walking in the presence of ADONAI in
the lands of the living. 10 I will keep on trusting even when I say, "I
am utterly miserable,"
Psalms 117:1 Praise ADONAI, you
nations! Worship him, all you peoples! 2 For his grace toward us is
great, and ADONAI's truth continues forever. Halleluyah!
(The Great Hallel)
Psalms 118:1 Give thanks to ADONAI;
for he is good, for his grace continues forever.
Arrest, Betrayal, and Crucifixion
So let’s begin
there and see if the time frame works.
First, let’s look at the Word.
The Sign of
Jonah was the only sign He would give that evil and adulterous
generation.
So you had the
festival of Unleavened Breath Sabbath from Wednesday evening at sundown
until Thursday evening at sundown (Day 1)
Then there was Thursday evening at sundown until Friday evening
at sundown. (Day 2) The
weekly Sabbath began on Friday evening at sundown until Saturday evening
at sundown. (Day 3) So the
first day of the week began Saturday at sundown and lasted until Sunday
at sundown.
Let’s stop and
insert another Festival from Leviticus and Numbers – the Festival of
First Fruits. Let’s recap.
Yeshua celebrated the Passover Tuesday evening, the beginning of
the 14th of Nisan.
He died as the Passover Lamb did at 3 PM, Wednesday, on the
afternoon of the 14th.
He fulfilled the Feats of Passover.
Then He was taken down from the cross before the 15th
Nisan began at sundown and was placed in the tomb before the Feast of
Unleavened Bread began. He
was the Bread of Life and was born in
·
The
children of Isra’el pass through the Sea securing their freedom from
Pharoah and
·
Noah’s
ark rested on
·
Hezekiah rededicated the
·
Hamon
was hanged on the gallows
These are a few
of the occurrences. Great
deliverances in the Bible historically happen on Nisan 17.
Yeshua died on the 14th, was dead 3 days and 3 nights.
Add 14 + 3 = 17. The greatest deliverance of all time also
occurred on Nisan 17 – Yeshua arose from the dead.
Yeshua fulfilled the Feast of First Fruits.
“Now
after the Sabbath (the weekly Sabbath) as the first day of the week
(Nisan 17 which began Saturday at sundown) began to dawn, Mary Magdalene
and the other Mary came to see the tomb.”
Matt. 28:1
“Now
when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary, the mother of Jesus,
and Salome bought spices…very early in the morning on the first day
(remember the day began on Saturday at sundown and ended on Sunday at
sundown) of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen…Now
when He rose early on the first day of the week…” Mark
16:1,2,9
“Now
on the first day of the week, very early in the morning…But they went in
and did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.” (Luke 24:1,3
“Now
the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb early, while
it was still dark…” John 20:1
So what do we
know from all this?
Somewhere between sundown in the evening of Nisan 17 (Beginning around 6
Saturday night) and before dawn (early Sunday morning – Scripture says
it was still dark) Yeshua’s resurrection took place.
It is
unprecedented that Our Messiah and King, was both the Sacrifice for sin
and also The High Priest and
King. See the end of the
article to Chronicle Yeshua’s days on earth (40) after the resurrection.
20 At his gate had been laid a
beggar named El’azar who was covered with sores.
21 He would have been glad to eat
the scraps that fell from the rich man's table; but instead, even the
dogs would come and lick his sores. 22 In time the beggar died and was
carried away by the angels to Avraham's side; the rich man also died and
was buried. 23 "In
Sh’ol, where he was in torment, the rich man looked up and saw Avraham
far away with El’azar at his side. 24 He called out, ‘Father Avraham,
take pity on me, and send El’azar just to dip the tip of his finger in
water to cool my tongue, because I’m in agony in this fire!’ 25
However, Avraham said, ‘Son, remember that when you were alive, you got
the good things while he got the bad; but now he gets his consolation
here, while you are the one in agony. 26 Yet that isn't all: between
you and us a deep rift has been established, so that those who would
like to pass from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from
there to us.’ 27 "He answered, ‘Then, father, I beg you to send him
to my father's house, 28 where I have five brothers, to warn them; so
that they may be spared having to come to this place of torment too.’ 29
But Avraham said, ‘They have Moshe and the Prophets; they should listen
to them.’ 30 However, he said, ‘No, father Avraham, they need more. If
someone from the dead goes to them, they’ll repent!’ 31 But he replied,
‘If they won't listen to Moshe and the Prophets, they won't be convinced
even if someone rises from the dead!’"
2 For before him he grew up like a
young plant, like a root out of dry ground. He was not well-formed or
especially handsome; we saw him, but his appearance did not attract us.
3 People despised and avoided him, a
man of pains, well acquainted with illness. Like someone from whom
people turn their faces, he was despised; we did not value him.
4 In fact, it was our diseases he
bore, our pains from which he suffered; yet we regarded him as punished,
stricken and afflicted by God.
5 But he was wounded because of our
crimes, crushed because of our sins; the disciplining that makes us
whole fell on him, and by his bruises* we are healed.
6 We all, like sheep, went astray;
we turned, each one, to his own way; yet ADONAI laid on him the guilt of
all of us.
7 Though mistreated, he was
submissive - he did not open his mouth. Like a lamb led to be
slaughtered, like a sheep silent before its shearers, he did not open
his mouth.
8 After forcible arrest and
sentencing, he was taken away; and none of his generation protested his
being cut off from the land of the living for the crimes of my people,
who deserved the punishment themselves.
9 He was given a grave among the
wicked; in his death he was with a rich man. Although he had done no
violence and had said nothing deceptive,
10 yet it pleased ADONAI to crush
him with illness, to see if he would present himself as a guilt
offering. If he does, he will see his offspring; and he will prolong his
days; and at his hand ADONAI's desire will be accomplished.
11 After this ordeal, he will see
satisfaction. "By his knowing <pain and sacrifice>, my righteous servant
makes many righteous; it is for their sins that he suffers.
12 Therefore I will assign him a
share with the great, he will divide the spoil with the mighty, for
having exposed himself to death and being counted among the sinners,
while actually bearing the sin of many and interceding for the
offenders."
2 (1) My God! My God! Why have you
abandoned me? Why so far from helping me, so far from my anguished
cries?
3 (2) My God, by day I call to you,
but you don't answer; likewise at night, but I get no relief.
4 (3) Nevertheless, you are holy,
enthroned on the praises of Isra’el.
5 (4) In you our ancestors put their
trust; they trusted, and you rescued them.
6 (5) They cried to you and escaped;
they trusted in you and were not disappointed.
7 (6) But I am a worm, not a man,
scorned by everyone, despised by the people.
8 (7) All who see me jeer at me;
they sneer and shake their heads:
9 (8) "He committed himself to
ADONAI, so let him rescue him! Let him set him free if he takes such
delight in him!"
10 (9) But you are the one who took
me from the womb, you made me trust when I was on my mother's breasts.
11 (10) Since my birth I’ve been
thrown on you; you are my God from my mother's womb.
12 (11) Don't stay far from me, for
trouble is near; and there is no one to help.
13 (12) Many bulls surround me, wild
bulls of
14 (13) They open their mouths wide
against me, like ravening, roaring lions.
15 (14) I am poured out like water;
all my bones are out of joint; my heart has become like wax - it melts
inside me;
16 (15) my mouth is as dry as a
fragment of a pot, my tongue sticks to my palate; you lay me down in the
dust of death.
17 (16) Dogs are all around me, a
pack of villains closes in on me like a lion <at> my hands and feet.*
18 (17) I can count every one of my
bones, while they gaze at me and gloat.
19 (18) They divide my garments
among themselves; for my clothing they throw dice.
20 (19) But you, ADONAI, don't stay
far away! My strength, come quickly to help me!
21 (20) Rescue me from the sword, my
life from the power of the dogs.
22 (21) Save me from the lion's
mouth! You have answered me from the wild bulls' horns.
If this is true,
what else has the traditions of men taught us that was off?
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