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| Sacrifice of the PASSOVER LAMB |
HOLY WEEK
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REMEMBER: All events were
intricately tied to the Jewish Passover Holy Days, as JESUS CHRIST was the UN-blemished Passover LAMB+,
the LAMB+ of GOD.
1. Lazarus Saturday ~ The Raising of Lazarus of Bethany who had been dead 4 days, from the tomb.
2.The LORD'S Day ( i.e., Sunday )
~ His+ Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem ~ Following a great feast hosted by the
family of Lazarus, a multitude from Bethany accompanied JESUS on His+ way in to
Jerusalem. They were met by a multitude coming UP FROM Jerusalem, to greet the
SON+ of DAVID.
3. Monday ~ The Second Cleansing
of the Temple -- The merchants and money-changers were waxing profitably due to
the influx of Passover Pilgrims coming into Jerusalem at this time.
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Josephus estimated the in-coming crowd to be around 2.7 million VISITORS in Jerusalem during Passover time. The census was ordered by Rome, to be taken by the Temple priests, according to Josephus.
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According to Matthew 21, though, the 2nd Cleansing of the Temple was after His+ Triumphant ride into Jerusalem ... not the day afterwards. The Church proper usually keeps the two events separated.
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Josephus estimated the in-coming crowd to be around 2.7 million VISITORS in Jerusalem during Passover time. The census was ordered by Rome, to be taken by the Temple priests, according to Josephus.
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According to Matthew 21, though, the 2nd Cleansing of the Temple was after His+ Triumphant ride into Jerusalem ... not the day afterwards. The Church proper usually keeps the two events separated.
4. Tuesday -- The Last Supper,
the betrayal, and the drops of blood sweat in the Garden of Gesthemane,
followed by the illegal night "trial" of The LORD.
5. Wednesday --- The Scourging, the parade of the Cross-carrying
through Jerusalem to Golgotha, the dreadful crucifixion at the 3rd Hour ( 9 a.m.), the time of the morning
sacrifice in the Temple.
The darkened sky from noon, the 6th
Hour, until the 9th Hour ( 3 p.m.) when it was FINISHED and HE+ committed His+
spirit into the hands of The FATHER... at the time of the Evening Sacrifice in
the Temple ... at which time the veil of the Temple was torn from TOP to the
bottom.
Joseph of Arimathea laid His+ Body
in the new Tomb.
First NIGHT in the heart of the earth.
6. Thursday --- High Holy Day. The
HIGH Sabbath.
First DAY in the heart of the earth.
Second NIGHT in the heart of the earth.
7. Friday --- Day of Preparation
for the regular Sabbath Day. The women went to buy spices to anoint His+ Body.
Second full DAY in the Heart of the earth.
Third full NIGHT in the Heart of the earth.
The "3 nights" in the
heart of the earth were completed.
8. Saturday --- Regular Sabbath
Day. The women rested.
The third full DAY in the heart of the earth
was
completed at 3 p.m. Saturday,
at the same hour
that HE+ died on the Cross
on Wednesday.
Having spent 3 full days and 3
full nights in the heart of the earth, as HE+ told us in Scriptures that HE+
would do, from 3 p.m. Wednesday to 3
p.m. Saturday, His+ Resurrection had to occur at 3 p.m. Saturday.
However --- the FIRST WITNESSES,
the women, did not SEE HIM+ until very early, before dawn, on The LORD'S day (
i.e., Sunday). That is when HE+ was revealed to them.
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Having said all this, we
remember that the Christian church services are commemorative, that is, we join
together to REMEMBER these events.
Thus, we join with other
Christians on Good Friday to commemorate His+ death and on Sunday to
celebrate the REMEMBRANCE of His+ Glorious Resurrection.
Although there is no need to
negate the truth of the timeline, there is also no need to cause more division
in the Christian camp.
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Isaiah 53
Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?.
2 For
he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a
dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him,
there is no beauty that we should desire him.
3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
