Msg #24013 Christ Arose

What The Bible Says

Good Samaritan's Penny Pulpit by Pastor Ed Rice

In the spring of every year since my first pastorate in 1995, the week of Jesus Christ's passion occupies all my studies before preaching about his Resurrection on the Sunday after Passover. There are two inaccurate views of that week. The Roman Catholic dogma, still errantly held by Protestants, is that since the day after his crucifixion was a Sabbath Day, his crucifixion must have been on a Friday; just never mind and ignore his spending three days in the tomb. In reality the 15^th, the day after his crucifixion on Passover the 14^th, was a Sabbath no matter what day of the week it fell on; John calls it a “High Sabbath” to distinguish it from a Saturday Sabbath. Roman Catholic Clergy burnt more Bibles than they read.

Some legalistic Baptists then countered that Jesus had to spend three 24 hour days in the tomb, and they supposed it must have been a Wednesday trial and crucifixion; just never mind and ignore the Sunday through Wednesday dawn to dusk teachings he did in the temple, the Hebrew calendar, and the Emmaus Road desciples.

All born-again Christians know the truth about his Resurrection Sunday. Good Bible students know the truth about his crucifixion. The Bible accurately records Palm Sunday and purging the temple on the 10^th (cf Exod.12, John.12); a cursed fig tree, purged temple and full day of teaching on Monday; an early morning, a withered fig tree, and Olivet discourse on Tuesday; the upper room, washed feet, last supper, and Gethsemane on Wednesday; and his cruel trial and crucifixion on the 14^th, when the Passover lamb was slain. The 15^th and 16^th were Sabbaths keeping the women from the tomb, and on Sunday disciples said it's been three days since these things were done. Bible truth trumps tradition.

An Essay for week #13, Mar 31, 2024

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