Luke 24:1

[Shuvah]

Shuva,

Hello there. My name is Mike Karoules and your investigation as to exactly when Y'shua died and rose again has been on my mind for quite a long time now. But just to throw another monkey wrench into the whole thing is the question if you are measuring a literal 24 hour (and literal 3 FULL days and 3 FULL nights) time period. Did Y'shua really mean that He would be in the tomb (or "heart of the earth" as He put it) for a literal - FULL 3 days and FULL 3 nights??

But also, could we not nail this down as to the precise day in which He Was crucified: like day after passover or the day after the day after the passover??

But we know that he had died on the preperation day. It says that but to me I have always wondered which preperation day the auther was talking about. But don't forget that the Sabbath in which Jesus was in the tomb was also a High Sabbath. I am not sure what that means other than that some important Jewish holiday fell on the 7th day Sabbath.

One more thing and not to give offense. But I think your basis for keeping the Sabbath is not too strong if you are basing it on which day Y'shua rose again. There are alot more rock solid reasons (from my knowledge anyway) from which to build one's basis for keeping the Sabbath.

Cordially,

Mike Karoules
Georgia

Good evening Mike,

Yes, my study showed that it was a literal three days and three nights; 72 hours. One of the things I discovered is that if you say "three days," it could be parts of days, but if you say "three days and three nights," it is a Hebrew idiom that means full days and full nights. My recollection is that Bullinger's book on "Figures of Speech Used in the Bible" was my resource for this.

My study showed that Y'Shua was crucified on Preparation day, yes.

As far as Him rising from the dead at the end of the Sabbath being the only thing that changed my point of view, no, it wasn't just that. But that was like the key in the lock, so to speak. From there, I went to secular history to see where and why and by whose authority the fourth commandment was tossed out and the first day of the week was substututed. Prior to that, I knew very little about Constantine or any of the secular history of that time period.

I would love to put all my notes together in a readable format to share. I started to do it initially, but so many new things were coming my way all at once that I just didn't have time. It was settled in my mind, so I wanted to search out the new things I was learning. For instance, I figured out early on that the Feasts held the key to a LOT, so I wanted to learn more about those. Anyway, I'll definitely try to put it into some kind of format that I can share, but it will probably take some time. Discovering people who are actually interested in it is a brand new thing to me! <!-- s --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s -->

But keep in mind, I am not a scholar! I apparently arrived where I am supposed to be in the grand scheme of things, but I may have arrived by faulty reasoning. I am more than happy to share what I found, but not confident that it will be meaningful for anyone else, if that makes sense. I'm still a major work in progress!