Timotheist exposed

Timotheist · 04-01-2013, 10:47 AM

Christ Our Passover

For Christ our Passover also has been sacrificed. Therefore let us celebrate the feast. (1Co 5:7-8 NAU)

If one were to take sides based upon what seems appropriate, John’s narrative wins. For this means that Jesus was slain on the same day that the Passover lambs were being sacrificed in every house in Judea. The symbolism is perfect. In Egypt, while the Israelites stayed in their homes, death came to the households who did not have the lamb’s blood on their doorposts. They did not realize it at the time, but Jesus’ blood was saving them from the second death.

Mark’s narrative asserts that Jesus was crucified after the Passover meal on the day of Passover itself, the first day of the week of Unleavened Bread. This narrative is not as attractive from the standpoint of symbolism, but is it the correct narrative? Could John have made a mistake in his narrative because he thought it made better sense? As that is certainly a possibility, let’s do more investigating.

The Feast of Unleavened Bread

The Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread commences on the 14th day of the first month of the Hebrew calendar. The Lamb is eaten on the evening of the 14th day and the Feast of Unleavened Bread begins:

18 'In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, until the twenty-first day of the month at evening. (Exo 12:18 NAU)

The first full day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread occurs on the 15th of the month and ends on the 21st, for a period of 7 days. Now this next passage is very important to this discussion:

16 'On the first day you shall have a holy assembly, and another holy assembly on the seventh day; no work at all shall be done on them, except what must be eaten by every person, that alone may be prepared by you. (Exo 12:16 NAU)

Thus the first day of the feast, the day following the Passover meal, is a special Sabbath day. Like the regular Sabbath, no work is to be done on the 15th of the month. It is a holy day to the Israelites. For Jesus to have been killed on this day means that He was crucified on one of Judea’s Holy Days.

This piece of information places Mark’s narrative in jeopardy, for this is found in Mark’s gospel:

Now the Passover and Unleavened Bread were two days away; and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to seize Him by stealth and kill Him; 2 for they were saying, "Not during the festival, otherwise there might be a riot of the people." (Mar 14:1-2 NAU)

Yet according to this same gospel, Jesus was killed during the festival, on a Holy Day. It would not make sense to kill Him on one Holy Day, and then insist on taking the body down before twilight, because the next day was also a Holy Day.

As written, Mark is inconsistent with itself. John wins. Jesus was crucified on the 14th day of the month, the day before a special Holy Day, the 15th day of the month, marking the first day of the week of Unleavened Bread.

More on this to come,

04-01-2013, 10:47 AM	#3
Timotheist Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Huntsville, AL Posts: 424	Re: Timotheist exposed Christ Our Passover For Christ our Passover also has been sacrificed. Therefore let us celebrate the feast. (1Co 5:7-8 NAU) If one were to take sides based upon what seems appropriate, John’s narrative wins. For this means that Jesus was slain on the same day that the Passover lambs were being sacrificed in every house in Judea. The symbolism is perfect. In Egypt, while the Israelites stayed in their homes, death came to the households who did not have the lamb’s blood on their doorposts. They did not realize it at the time, but Jesus’ blood was saving them from the second death. Mark’s narrative asserts that Jesus was crucified after the Passover meal on the day of Passover itself, the first day of the week of Unleavened Bread. This narrative is not as attractive from the standpoint of symbolism, but is it the correct narrative? Could John have made a mistake in his narrative because he thought it made better sense? As that is certainly a possibility, let’s do more investigating. The Feast of Unleavened Bread The Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread commences on the 14th day of the first month of the Hebrew calendar. The Lamb is eaten on the evening of the 14th day and the Feast of Unleavened Bread begins: 18 'In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, until the twenty-first day of the month at evening. (Exo 12:18 NAU) The first full day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread occurs on the 15th of the month and ends on the 21st, for a period of 7 days. Now this next passage is very important to this discussion: 16 'On the first day you shall have a holy assembly, and another holy assembly on the seventh day; no work at all shall be done on them, except what must be eaten by every person, that alone may be prepared by you. (Exo 12:16 NAU) Thus the first day of the feast, the day following the Passover meal, is a special Sabbath day. Like the regular Sabbath, no work is to be done on the 15th of the month. It is a holy day to the Israelites. For Jesus to have been killed on this day means that He was crucified on one of Judea’s Holy Days. This piece of information places Mark’s narrative in jeopardy, for this is found in Mark’s gospel: Now the Passover and Unleavened Bread were two days away; and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to seize Him by stealth and kill Him; 2 for they were saying, "Not during the festival, otherwise there might be a riot of the people." (Mar 14:1-2 NAU) Yet according to this same gospel, Jesus was killed during the festival, on a Holy Day. It would not make sense to kill Him on one Holy Day, and then insist on taking the body down before twilight, because the next day was also a Holy Day. As written, Mark is inconsistent with itself. John wins. Jesus was crucified on the 14th day of the month, the day before a special Holy Day, the 15th day of the month, marking the first day of the week of Unleavened Bread. More on this to come,