"Now very early on the first day of the week,
while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that
the stone had been moved away from the entrance", John20:1
"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", Matthew 12:40
Counting Sunday as resurrection
day cannot be possible, because Christ didn't stay in the tomb the
whole Sunday; before daylight he was already out of the thomb so it
would conflict with Matthew 12:40.
Then the Sabbath must be
the Resurrection Day, because the Bible considers Saturday after
sundown the 1st day as well; a biblical day is from sundown to
sundown. So Christ was risen before the sundown on Saturday so on the
Sabbath!
Calculating back 3 sundowns leads to the Crucifixion
day and his burial before sundown: Wednesday.
They found the
grave empty on that Sunday morning in darkness, because Christ rose
from the grave Saturday night before sundown.
More important
is to understand that Christ didn't go to Heaven yet, but met Mary
Magdalene first:
"Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She
turned and said to him in Aramaic, “Rabboni ”(which means
Teacher). Jesus replied, “Do not touch me, for I have not yet
ascended to my Father. Go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am
ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God",
John20:16-17
Yet shortly after that Christ did ascend to
heaven to be presented as God's Firstfruit:
"As a
result God exalted him and gave him the name that is above
every name,so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow
-in heaven and on earth and under the earth —and every
tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God
the Father", Philippians 2:9-11.
Firstfruit as in the
Firstborn and First from the death and representing all saved
believers in him:
"And if the firstfruit is holy, so is
the lump: and if the root is holy, so are the branches", Romans
11:16
"But if the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus
from the dead dwelleth in you, He that raised up Christ Jesus from
the dead shall give life also to your mortal bodies through His
Spirit that dwelleth in you", Romans 8:11
The Feast that
honors this is called FIRSTFRUIT FEAST and is the Sunday in the Feast
Unleavened Bread. And this Feast Unleavened Bread connects with the
Passover during twilight of the 1st day of the Feast Unleavened
Bread: where the Lam was slaughtered and set apart.
So it is
important to observe Passover, Feast Unleavened Bread and Firstfruit
Feast in particular. Passover as the Lord's Supper in Rememberance of
Christ's death at the Cross, FUB without yeast as Christ is without
sin. And Firstfruit Feast honoring the day Christ was presented to
God in Heaven where he received his special title and worship of all
creatures in heaven and on Earth ('every knee will bow').
The
easiest way to keep Firstfruit Feast day (as a Sabbath!) is knowing
it is what church calls 1st Easter Sunday.
The easiest way to
keep Passover so you can keep the Lord's Supper on it and connecting
Feast Unleavened Bread is to click on this link where you find God's
Biblical Feasts agenda for the specific
year (For the Netherlands)
To
read more about how God's Feast on God's Calendar still apply for
Christians click on
here .
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