John 12:1 Then Jesus six days before the Passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.
We know that Yeshua died on Passover, so when exactly is the day He was hailed as king with palms?
John 12:
12 On THE NEXT DAY much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
13 Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.
So the day of palms was five days before Passover. Today, many think Yeshua died on a Friday, rose on Sunday and that today is therefor “Palm Sunday.” There are a number of problems with that theory. First of all, He did not die on a Friday. How do we know this? He said in Matt. 12:38-40 that He would be dead 3 days and 3 nights (which is 72 hours).
There is no way you can get 3 days and 3 nights from Friday to Sunday. It is far more likely that He died on a Wednesday, prior to the “High Sabbath” that is Unleavened Bread (the day after Passover). This is the “Sabbath” that most Christians don’t understand because they don’t know much about the “moedim” (appointed times) of YHWH described in Leviticus 23 and throughout the Old Testament. They tend to only know about the weekly Sabbath and therefor assign the Sabbath that was approaching soon after Yeshua’s death to that of Saturday – hence the whole “Good Friday” issue. But here is a good diagram, which I believe accurately describes the timing of our Messiah’s Passion:
Since this is most likely the case, then the day the Jews hailed Him as king with palms would have been “Palm Friday” the week before. This is yet another example of why I constantly say there is soooooo much we get wrong when we substitute the truth of Scripture, with the traditions of men. For instance, even a straight reading of the Resurrection reveals He didn’t rise on Sunday either:
Matthew 28:
1 In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.
2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.
3 His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:
4 And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.
5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.
6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
Note that the two Marys came at the end of the Sabbath (Saturday) as it began to dawn toward not “the first day of the week” but rather, the first of the Sabbaths (mia ton sabbaton) leading to Pentecost, which are the only Sabbaths that are counted. If this is the first you have heard of this, please read my Facebook note to learn more: https://www.facebook.com/notes/rob-skiba/first-day-of-the-week-or-first-of-the-sabbaths/10152758658782506 You may also wish to see this:
When they got to the tomb, an angel showed up and opened it revealing that it was already empty. They were there on Sunday (which more than likely was just after sunset on Saturday) and He was already gone. If He died on Wednesday at 3pm, 72 hours later would be 3pm Saturday, just a few hours before sunset. Even assuming His prophecy in Matt. 12 is a reference to His burial, note that He was buried before sunset, most likely sometime before about 6:30pm on Wednesday. Thus, 72 hours later would have Him rising on the third day before sunset, which means He rose on Saturday, not Sunday as most have taught and believed.
Indeed, my research has led me to believe that Yeshua died on a Wednesday Passover, was buried just before the High Sabbath of and during the first few days of Unleavened Bread, rose from the dead by the end of the weekly Sabbath and then rose to His Father (John 20:17) to present His First Fruits Offering, all perfectly on cue. None of what Yeshua did coincided with any 40 days of Lent (which traces back to the “weeping for Tammuz” ritual), nor “Palm Sunday,” “Good Friday” and certainly not Easter.
Additionally, regarding Easter, what I find most ironic is how the KJV only crowd will defend the KJV’s solo use of “Easter” in Acts 12:4 by justifying it as being totally pagan, and Herod being pagan waiting for the fertility goddess “holiday” to finish. Their reasoning generally goes something like this:
The many opponents to the concept of having a perfect Bible have made much of this translation of “pascha”.
Coming to the word “Easter” in God’s Authorized Bible, they seize upon it imagining that they have found proof that the Bible is not perfect. Fortunately for lovers of the word of God, they are wrong. Easter, as we know it, comes from the ancient pagan festival of Astarte. Also known as Ishtar (pronounced “Easter”). This festival has always been held late in the month of April. It was, in its original form, a celebration of the earth “regenerating” itself after the winter season. The festival involved a celebration of reproduction. For this reason the common symbols of Easter festivities were the rabbit (the same symbol as “Playboy” magazine), and the egg. Both are known for their reproductive abilities. At the center of attention was Astarte, the female deity. She is known in the Bible as the “queen of heaven” (Jeremiah 7:18; 44:17-25). She is the mother of Tammuz (Ezekiel 8:14) who was also her husband! These perverted rituals would take place at sunrise on Easter morning (Ezekiel 8:13-16). From the references in Jeremiah and Ezekiel, we can see that the true Easter has never had any association with Jesus Christ.
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It is elementary to see that Herod, in Acts 12, had arrested Peter during the days of unleavened bread, after the Passover. The days of Unleavened Bread would end on the 21st of April. Shortly after that would come Herod’s celebration of pagan Easter. Herod had not killed Peter during the days of Unleavened Bread simply because he wanted to wait until Easter. Since it is plain that both the Jews (Matthew 26:17- 47) and the Romans (Matthew 14:6-11) would kill during a religious celebration, Herod’s opinion seemed that he was not going to let the Jews “have all the fun “. He would wait until his own pagan festival and see to it that Peter died in the excitement.
Thus we see that it was God’s providence which had the Spirit-filled translators of our Bible (King James) to CORRECTLY translate “pascha” as “Easter”. It most certainly did not refer to the Jewish Passover. In fact, to change it to “Passover” would confuse the reader and make the truth of the situation unclear.
There is a lot more to their reasoning and the rest of the above can be read here for example: https://www.chick.com/reading/books/158/158_02.asp There is certainly plenty I could say to refute their arguments, but what I find most ironic and would prefer to address here is the fact that these same people (KJV only types) who will so vehemently defend the translation of “pascha” in the KJV as “Easter,” referring to it as Herod’s pagan festival, will then turn right around and continue to celebrate and defend that very same totally pagan celebration themselves! In fact, I went with my parents to a good old-fashioned Baptist church this morning. The pastor started his message by actually acknowledging that Easter is pagan and he then explained all about it. So, it was quite clear that he knew the truth. But then, just as far too many pastors do with X-mess, he went on to justify why “we” celebrate this day. We’ve “Christianized” it, preferring nowadays to refer to it not as Easter, but rather as “Resurrection Sunday” to get around the issues. Convenient. But as we’ve already seen, it is not likely that He even rose on Sunday.
Remember, Yeshua said (several times) that He would be raised on “the third day.”
Matthew 16:21 From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
Matthew 17:23 And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.
Matthew 20:19 And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.
Again, you simply can’t get a third day (72 full hours) between late Friday and early Sunday morning (a.k.a. the typical “sunrise service”). Whereas, if you actually understand the truth of YHWH’s Word, beginning with “the Beginning” (Genesis), you will see that our Jewish, Torah-keeping Messiah was hitting His mark in YHWH’s Divine Script through every step of His ministry.
If we can’t get this right in our understanding of His first coming, we’ll never understand the timing and nature of His second. We need to STOP “Christianizing paganism” and start getting back on YHWH’s page, doing “Bible things in Bible ways” if we truly want to worship our Savior “in spirit and in truth.”
- Rob Skiba
What do you go for worship? Messianic or Christian church?
I go to a house church of believers in Yeshua.
Brilliant work Rob. I am amazed at the work you do rightly dividing the word of God, and amazed at how the truth is revealed when we actually read what the Bible says. I have to commend you on your work. I’ve seen so many people bad mouth you and call you all kinds of names setting out to prove you a liar, yet the Bible comes to your defense and you to its defense. Praise God for your dedication and vigilance. God Bless
Rob, do you have research into the Jack Otto’s and the Khazar stuff?
Thank you.
I wasn’t wrong after all, what makes me sad is that I challenge one of my brothers about this in church and he only gave me excuses and not a direct answer. Thanks Rob.
Actually, night is a period of darkness and daylight is a period of light making one day as per Yahweh in Genesis. Therefore, when Yahshua was dying on the cross from noon to 3pm (fulfilling 1490 years of sacrifices by the Tabernacle Pattern which is an example of heavenly things – Heb 8:5) and it became dark then, and then light again, there was a phenomenal day. This counts as the 1st day because He was dead and put unto the tomb before it ended. He had to die as the sun was going down (just as Adam and Eve left Eden during the cool or evening of the day) because the sun is a type or allegory of the Son. When they took Him down and He was buried before sunset during the light still, a new dark and light period began. That was the 2nd day (a full normal day). At dusk on Saturday began another period of dark and light. That was the 3rd day and He arose Sunday at dawn because again the sun is the physical type of Him Who is the true light of the world. Even more interesting is the other phenomenal day He was fulfilling (Luke 24:44, Matt 3:15&5:27). That first phenomenal day He instituted is mentioned in Johshua 10:12&13 and is the VERY BEST PROOF BIBLICALLY OF AN UNMOVING FLAT EARTH. That was Yahshua also back then: Moses’ minister of whom he wrote…He was the Angel that went with Israel and fought their wars without a scratch as well as telling Moses what and how to do it and Who led them over Jordan into the promised Land, a physical type of Heaven where He as the Holy Spirit must lead His body (John 14:26). Yahshua told the sun and moon to stop NOT the earth to stop in the Valley of Ayalon until the battle was won. For more of the true Gospel proof go to http://www.soundingthetrumpet.com for free YouTube classes and a topical study with Scriptures.
Thanks for your information.
Great information. The truth speaks for itself.
Rob, I am confused by part of what you are saying. You say “They were there on Sunday (which more than likely was just after sunset on Saturday) and He was already gone.” How do you get sunset from the text? Here is the Jubilee translation of Matthew 28:1 “Now well along on the sabbath, as it began to dawn on the first of the sabbaths, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.”
It seems like you are using a literal translation to get the correct ‘mia ton sabbaton’ translation but then using another ‘normal’ translation for the rest.
Matthew 28:1, John 20:1, Luke 24:1, and Mark 16:2 all say the same thing. To me it seems to say (in Jubliee) the women got to the tomb on Saturday morning before sunrise. Which puts Jesus resurrection the previous day, Friday. That gives a whole new meaning to ‘good Friday’.
I am interested in your thoughts on this.
No. Well along or better, at the end of the Sabbath, which would have been just prior to sunset as the Hebrews started their day at sunset. The women got there as the Saturday Sabbath had just ended and the start of the counting of Sabbaths between Passover and Pentecost had begun.
Thanks for the reply Rob. Now I understand how you are getting sunset but that caused more questions. I looked more at this verse in a few literal translations along with interlinear Bibles in the Word software. From your comment I understand that you are saying the two times that ‘Sabbath’ is used in Matt 28:1, both are referring to the same day? That being Saturday? How does the word ‘dawn’ (Strongs G2020) work in that scenario? I don’t see how it can be referring to “the start of the counting of the Sabbaths”.
I see two other options that make more sense.
If you are 12 hours through a 24 hour day then would you consider that you are ‘well along’ in that day? I would. So the text could be saying they are well along (night portion) of the weekly sabbath and at dawn of the first weekly Sabbath they went to the tomb. However, this option only works if the Jubilee translation ‘well along’ is used. Most others use ‘eve’, ‘after’, ‘end’, etc.
Another option could be that the two Sabbaths mentioned are talking about two different Sabbaths, two different days. So the text could be saying that after the Passover Sabbath, at dawn of the weekly Sabbath they went to the tomb. Thoughts?
Why is passover on a Friday this year and first fruits on a sunday? Is this usual? Thanks
It changes every year on the Gregorian calendar, which is never directly in sync with the Hebrew calendar.
I’ve read that Jesus arrived in Jerusalem on Nissan 10 as the sacrificial lambs were being brought in to the city for Passover. He would have then been on “display” in the city for four days, just as the lambs were. That would be on Saturday though. Do you know if this would have happened the day before since Saturday was the Sabbath? I’m just trying to fit all of this together. Thank you!
The inspection of the lambs does in fact begin on the 10th, 4 days before their sacrifice. He came into town on the 5th (one day prior), but the “investigations” and “examinations” of Him began in the remaining days leading up to Pilate finding no fault in Him on Passover.
First Furits had to have Fallen on Sunday, which means the 10th of Nisan was the same day a week before.
http://midseventiethweekrapture.blogspot.com/2016/03/the-ressurection-was-on-sunday.html
Indeed, First Fruits was on the Sunday following His execution. Doesn’t mean He rose (from the dead) that day though. He rose to the Father to present His offering that day, which was very shortly after He had risen from the dead on Saturday (the third day). And no. Your math is off. If Passover was Wednesday the 14th and He rose 3 days and 3 nights later on the 17th, First Fruits would have been Sunday the 18th. So, the previous Sunday would have been the 11th and Nisan 10 would have been on a Saturday, the day before, with Him arriving for “Palm Friday” Nisan 9, five days prior to Passover (as stated above).
http://www.biblicalperspectives.com/books/crucifixion/1.html
The “three days and three nights” is an idiomatic expression. Check out the, above, link.
Rob, regarding your Replacement Theology:
You will notice that within your “Feasts of Yahweh” chart that there is a section of time / months between the Spring Feasts and the Fall Feasts. It is during this interlude of History that The Church of Jesus Christ is formed. The Church DOES NOT REPLACE or combine with that which belongs to the nation of Jacob / Israel. When those animals were cut into two pieces Abraham did NOT walk between them. It was Yahweh Who walked. Yahweh made His Covenant with Abraham which did NOT include Abraham’s covenanting with Yahweh. Also, there were 69 weeks of Daniel’s 70 weeks prophecy which HAS BEEN FULFILLED. The final week of 7 years is yet remaining for the nation, Israel. It is the “Time of Jacob’s Trouble.” The “Bride of Christ” is NOT the same entity as the “Wife of Yahweh / Jehovah.”
You are incorrect on several counts. First, I am NOT into “Replacement Theology” and never was. Adoption/grafting is NOT replacement, but rather integration. HUGE difference. The Church was NOT formed in Acts 2 or in the New Testament. Stephen proves this when He described the “church in the wilderness” which was formed on Pentecost, but not the one in Acts 2. Rather, the one at the base of Mt. Sinai. You are subscribing to Darby’s Dispensation Theology, which actually IS a form of replacement in that in this totally bogus, and entirely unbiblical doctrine, you have the so-called “Christian Church” replacing Israel in the plan of YHWH for an “interlude” of the past 2000 years. This is utter nonsense.
No one said Abraham walked through the covenant pieces. So, you are engaged in a strawman argument. As for the “time of Jacob’s Trouble” it is clear your eschatology is fully entrenched in Dispensational rhetoric, so it is unlikely you will be able to receive what I am saying here. Jeremiah would NEVER have assumed what you are assuming. His ONLY frame of reference for “Jacob’s Trouble” would have been the Torah. In the Torah (Gen. 31 specifically), we find that Jacob’s time of trouble lasted 20 years. This of course tosses out the nonsense of the so-called 70th week doctrine.
Revelation 21 also refutes your notion that the Bride of Christ is “NOT the same entity as the wife of YHWH.” Sorry to break it to you, but the whole Bible is one complete story about one God (YHWH) who had one plan to redeem ONE bride (Isreal). Read Gen. 48, Deut. 24, Jer. 3, the entire book of Hosea and finally Romans 7 – 11 for all the proof you will ever need in order to understand this truth.
Rob” Did You! base the time frame of this post” off of the Gregorian man made Calendar? or from “Elohim Yahuah’s” Solar Lunar Calendar established by creation???
that blue 3 days diagram is the best i’ve ever seen on the internet. props.