It is that time of the year again. Many in the religious world are observing what they call "holy week". They will hold services on what is called "Good Friday" in observance of the Lord's crucifixion. This will be followed on Sunday morning with "sunrise services".
Please note what the Lord said in Matthew 12:40,
"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."
Well that doesn't fit too well into the Good Friday way of thinking. No matter how you try to slice it, that is two nights, Friday and Saturday.
As far as the sunrise service, read what is written in John 20:1
"The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre."
So the resurrection took place before sunrise.
So if you really wanted to know the day he died and rose, study the scriptures. You will find that the Lord Jesus died late on Wednesday afternoon, and rose after sunset Saturday. After sunset is the start of the new day, so it still fits fine into being the first day of the week.
One last thing, don't you think it to be strange that this "holiday" isn't on the same date each year?
But that is for another entry.
Just thought a little truth might be in order for those involved in "holy week". It would seem strange to believe and practice a lie while trying to be holy.
Amen bro! It's the "sabbath" that held ppl up, not knowing their scriptures and not knowing that a sabbath was sometimes just a holy day, and not actually on Saturday! http://www.blueletterbible.org/faq/crux.cfm
ReplyDeleteExcellent post! I was just thinking about that last night, wondering why there is a "Good Friday". Whether Jesus arose after sunset on Saturday or before sunrise on Sunday, I still can't figure out what's being celebrated on Friday. Is that a catholic thing? I'll have to go look it up.
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