Do we believe God, or man?
Passover aligns with the Hebrew calendar; which God gave to the Jewish people, not man’s calendar, but God’s . Passover begins after sundown on the evening of the full moon (or the 14th day) of the month of Nisan.
Jesus said he would be in the heart of the Earth for 3 nights and 3 days. Does this align with what man has decided? Man says that he was crucified on Friday and rose on Sunday. Man tells us he was in the grave, Friday night and Saturday night and Saturday during the day. When you add that up it comes to 2 nights and one day. The Jewish Sabbath is Saturday, when did the women buy spices? You can read the verse yourself, which is right? Jesus said that he is telling us the Words of God, I believe Jesus.
Matthew 12:40 King James Version (KJV)
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. Read your Bible, with your own eyes, what does it tell you? Does it tell you to believe man, and not God? Does Jesus speak the word of God? He says he does.
John 12:49-50 King James Version (KJV)
49 For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. 50 And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
Below is a time line and a few things that took place on that day.
Wednesday – Nisan 14 – (Starts at sundown of Nisan 13) Jesus had Passover meal with his disciples, told the disciples to remember him, told them how, and broke bread and drank wine, Jesus Prayed to his Father, was arrested early that morning (Before the Sun came up), Peter denied knowing Jesus, The morning call of prayer (Cock crows – ancient term used to describe the man who blows the Shofar for morning prayer), (This day is the Day of Preparation, before the annual Sabbath the next day, which starts on Nisan 15), Jesus is hung on the Cross, Jesus gives up his Spirit (around 3PM), Jesus is buried before sunset or before the start of the Annual Sabbath.
Also, on this day, during Jesus time, the Jewish would at or about the moment Jesus died for us (around 3 pm in the afternoon on Passover Day) the slaughter of the Passover Lambs began in the Temple grounds. The sheep were killed and their blood collected between the hours of 3 pm and 6 pm. Jesus is our lamb, let us remember him.
Thursday – Nisan 15 – Jesus starts his first night in the grave, High Day Sabbath begins, which is the first day of Unleavened Bread, Jesus first day in the grave.
Friday – Nisan 16 – Jesus spends his second night in the grave and second day in the grave starts, Women bought spices and prepared them for the anointing of Jesus body the next day, this preparation of the spices had to be finished before the Sabbath starts at sundown, Sabbath starts at sundown.
Saturday – Nisan 17 – Jesus spends third night and third day in the grave. Since Jesus said he will spend 3 nights and 3 days in the grave then he must come out of the grave before the 4th night which starts at sundown, Jesus Resurrection happens and at sundown the Sabbath ends and then Nisan 18 begins.
Sunday– Nisan 18 – Women went to Jesus tomb to prepare Jesus body, they found an empty tomb because Jesus was already resurrected.
When you use God’s calendar it all works just as the Bible tells us. Which brings up another subject, why did man change God’s Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday. God said the Sabbath is Friday Night at sunset through sundown on Saturday.
You should also look up why, during the Council of Nicea, 325AD, the Passover day of celebration was changed by the urging of the Emperor of Rome. You should be able to find that the emperor Constantine demanded it to spite the Jews, but if God gave them the Calendar and dates then isn’t, he really going against our God, the Father?
You may also want to look up, the sun god, and why man changed the Sabbath day of our God (The Father), to the pagan sabbath of the son god. While you’re at it, look up or question why man uses Easter to celebrate Jesus resurrection when it is the goddess of spring’s day and why eggs and bunnies are used.
Read the Bible, with your own eyes. If man changed it, maybe you should find out why.
Read your Bible with your own eyes 