The GOSPEL is THE GOOD NEWS of The Birth, Death, and RESURRECTION of JESUS CHRIST; which is told from 4 points of View, and tailored to 4 Different Audiences.

MATTHEW Portrays JESUS CHRIST as THE PROMISED MESSIAH (The KING of the Jews)
Audience: The Jews
The King is Born (Mt.1:18-2:23)
The King Begins (Mt. 4:1-25)
The King Teaches Kingdom Laws (Mt. 5:1-6:34)
The King and His Followers (Mt. 10:1-33)
The Kingdom Mysteries (Mt. 13:1-52)
The King offer Himself as King (Mt. 21:1-11)
The King Will Return (Mt. 25:14-16)
Genealogies are important to Jews.
Matthew begins by telling us, “The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham (Matthew 1:1 MKJV).” Now that’s very important, because Abraham’s son, Isaac was a sacrifice; JESUS CHRIST came the first time as THE PERFECT SACRIFICE for the sins of all mankind. On the other hand, David’s son, Solomon was Israel’s Wisest and Richest King; When JESUS CHRIST returns this Second [Coming] Time, HE will come as KING of Kings, and LORD of Lords; Israel’s long awaited and welcomed MESSIAH.
Matthew shows that:
1) JESUS is a Jew;
2) JESUS is Joseph Legal Son, but not his Biological Son;
3) JESUS as the Fulfillent of all The Law and The Prophets (29 OT quotes; more than any other Gospel Accout Writer).


MARK Portrays JESUS CHRIST as THE PERFECT SERVANT of GOD
Audience: Roman Readers
The Servant’s Coming and Testing (Mark 1:1-20)
The Servant Working (Mark 2:1-3:25)
The Servant Speaking (Mark 4:1-6:13)
The Servant’s Miracles (Mark 6:32-8:26)
The Servant’s Revelation (Mark 8:27-10:34)
The Servant’s Rejection (Mark 11:1-12:44)
The Servant’s Death and Triumph (Mark 14:1-16:20)
Genealogies are un-important to Romans, regarding Servants.
Mark’s main objective in his Account is to show JESUS CHRIST as THE PERFECT SERVANT.

LUKE Portrays JESUS CHRIST as THE PERFECT SON of Man (The Manhood of JESUS)
Audience: The Greeks (and other Gentiles)
The Man “Made like unto His Brethren” (Luke 1:1-3:38)
The Man “Tempted like as we are” (Luke 4:1-8:3)
The Man “Touched with. . .our infirmities” (Luke 8:4-12:48)
The Man “About My Father’s Business” (Luke 12:49-16:31)
The Man “Never man spoke like this Man” (Luke 17:1-19:27)
The Man, Our Kinsman-Redeemer (Luke 19:28-23:56)
The Man in RESURRECTION Glory (Luke 24:1-53)
Genealogies are important to the Greeks


JOHN Portrays JESUS CHRIST as THE PERFECT SON of GOD [THE WORD of GOD] made Flesh
Audience: All Mankind
The CHRIST Became Flesh (A Man) (John 1:1-51)
The CHRIST “So Loved” (John 3:1-36)
The CHRIST Satisfies (John 4:1-54)
The CHRIST The BREAD of Life (John 6:1-59)
The CHRIST The LIGHT of The World (John 9:1-41)
The CHRIST The (Our) SHEPHERD (John 10:1-39)
The CHRIST Promises The COMFORTER (John 14:1-31)
No Genealogies; The CHRIST was “In the beginning”

THE WORD of GOD (“The Bible”) has more to say about “Hell”, than it does about “Heaven”; yet some of the same people who believe in a literal “Heaven”, are those who just don’t believe that The Biblical “Hell” is a literal Place.

Heaven is a “prepared Place” for a prepared People (John 14:2-3); and being such, ABSOLUTELY NO SIN is allowed there! This is why it was and is necessary for SOMEONE to “take away the sins of the world”. That SOMEONE was JESUS CHRIST.

JESUS CHRIST took all of our sin to Hell and deposited (as it were) them there. And because, sin was on HIM, but not in HIM (2Co 5:21), HE could walk right from under all our (ONLY THE SAVED; by THEIR FREE CHOICE of Accepting HIM and what HE Did.) sins.

For those of us (The Saved/“Born again”) who have Accepted HIM and what HE did, HE has Saved us from the:
Past: The penalty of Sin. . .Death (Romans 6:23);
Present: The power of Sin. . .Enslavement to (Joh 8:34);
Future: The presence of Sin. . .Contamination from (1Th 4:16-17; Rev. 1:5-6)

Here are 6 things that The Believer, as well as the unbeliever(s) should know about what “The Bible” teaches about “Hell”
1. “Hell” is not a “created” place but a “prepared place”(Mt 25:41).
2. “Hell” was never intended for human occupancy (Mt 25:41).
3. Any person who winds up in “Hell”, has FREELY chosen to be there (Joh 5:40; 14:6).
4. “Hell is a place of ‘no escape’, ‘no pardon’, and ‘no rescue’ (Luke 16:26ff).
5. All persons in “Hell”, can move, can see, can feel pain, can recognize (can even see Heaven), can cry out and speak, can “Remember”, and still possess all the sin that sent them there (Luke 16: 23-31).
6. The difference between the severity, the finality, and the longevity of Hell, and the endless joys of Heaven is best understood by:
a. “. . .if your hand offend you, [YOU] cut it off: it is better for you to enter into life (HEAVEN) maimed (having just one hand), than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: Where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched.”
b. “. . .if your foot offend you, [YOU] cut it off: it is better for you to enter halt (having just one foot) into life (HEAVEN), than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: Where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched.”
c. “. . .if your eye offend you, [YOU] pluck it out: it is better for you to enter into the kingdom (HEAVEN) of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire: Where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched.” (Mark 9:43-48).
Now some may still believe that Hell is not a literal place. . .and by all means, if you're willing to chance it, that’s your FREE CHOICE; but “Remember”, you can take GOD’S WORD for it (what HE says about Hell), and avoid it like the plague!

BTW, lest you think that this “fictitious Hell”, is the worst and all there is, read (very slowly) the following:

“The last enemy made to cease is death. (1Co 15:26 MKJV)”

and this:

“And I saw a great white throne, and HIM sitting on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And a place was not found for them. And I saw the dead, the small and the great, stand before GOD. And books were opened, and another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead in it. And death and hell delivered up the dead in them. And each one of them was judged according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the Lake of Fire. This is the second death. And if anyone was not found having been written in the Book of Life, he was cast into the Lake of Fire. (Rev 20:11-15 KJVR)”

JESUS [CHRIST] of Nazareth WAS NOT CRUCIFIED ON A FRIDAY!


But wait you say, HIS family, friends, and enemies wanted to bury HIM before the Sabbath began; and we all know that the Sabbath is a Saturday, and according to Jewish reckoning, the Sabbath begins at Sundown Friday, and continues until Sundown Saturday. So how can I maintain that JESUS of Nazareth was not Crucified on a Friday??? Well that’s a very good question, and let’s see how THE BIBLE can prove what I’m claiming here.
Learn, Remember, Understand this key point of Jewish Reckoning:
ALL SATURDAYS ARE SABBATHS,
BUT
NOT ALL SABBATHS ARE [on] SATURDAYS!


I really enjoyed the movie “Paycheck”, because the hero in the movie, after having his memory wiped clean of the previous two years of his life, had to work backwards in order to see and understand what he had done, the effect that it could have, and how he should go about destroying the machine capable of seeing into the future, that he had made during those erased two years. In fact, his rule marked all his accomplishments of “sometimes its best to work backwards”, by starting with the end result, and working backwards just to see how it got to be that way.
So let’s start by working backward, with the given understanding that Sundown yesterday to Sundown today is one entire 24 hours, day. And remember that this is Jewish reckoning of a complete day that they take, in part, from Genesis, Chapter 1, “...And the evening and the morning were the...day (Ge 1:5,8,13,19,23, 31). ”
Scripture tells us that JESUS WAS OUT OF THE GRAVE before Sunup “The first [day] of the week [Sunday] came Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulcher, and saw the stone taken away from the sepulcher (Joh 20:1). ”, which was Sunday, “The first [day] of the week”; In order to simplify this assertion, I’m going to use 6:00 p.m. to represent Sundown, and 6am to represent Sunup, solely as a point of reference, in order to explain just how I have arrived at this Conclusion...Scripture Itself will take care of the Rest.
From 6pm one day, to 6pm the next day, makes for one 24-hour day. The Jewish [WEEKLY] Sabbath [Saturday] begins at 6pm (Sundown) on our Friday evening; it ends on 6pm (Sundown) on our Saturday evening.
Now if we use the time of 6:00 A.M. as strictly a point of reference, then 72 hours from Sunday morning would have to be 6:00 A.M. Thursday morning, which would look thus:
6am Thursday Morning-6am Friday morning=Day 1/Totaling 24 hours
6am Friday Morning-6am Saturday morning=Day 2/Totaling 48 hours
6am Saturday Morning-6am Sunday morning=Day 3/Totaling 72 hours...
Or “...three days and three nights...”


But wait, The Jewish day ended and started at Sundown (Remember, we'll use 6:00 P.M. for our point of reference); so now we have to make this work, beginning at 6:00 P.M. But notice also, now we have to start with 6:00 P.M. Saturday (the beginning of “The first [day] of the week”):
The Resurrection had to have occurred sometimes after 6:00 P.m. Saturday, and before Sun up Sunday morning. And in order to have the required 72 hours [“...three days and three nights...”]:
JESUS (of Nazareth)
WOULD HAVE TO HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED ON WEDNESDAY!!!


Now do you remember that...:
...ALL SATURDAYS ARE SABBATHS,
BUT
NOT ALL SABBATHS ARE [on] SATURDAYS!


But, In order for the above Statement to be true, as it relates to The CRUCIFIXION, in this instance, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and even Sunday, would have to be ALL Sabbaths.
And again as Tony Evans would say, ...“Stay with me, I’m going somewhere with this.”

Do you remember that JESUS Desired to eat THE PASSOVER WITH HIS DISCIPLES [“And HE said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. (Lu 22:15)”]? And at, that which we now call “The Last Supper”, HE and all of HIS Disciples were all seated and/or reclining [“Now when the even was come, HE sat down with the twelve. (Mt 26:20)”] ? So, since this took place in “the even”, according to Jewish reckoning, this would have been the start of a new day. And according to the Conversation JESUS had at this meal, with HIS Disciples, “bread. . .blessed. . .and broke[n]”, along with “fruit of the vine”, was on the Menu. And after this Meal, JESUS went out into the Garden of Gathsemane, where HE was arrested and led and hauled around with all the mock trials (including those of the “Religious and Mosaic Law Observer, a.k.a.: The Pharisees). All of this walking around, and mock trials, would surely have been in violation of the “Sabbath day’s Journey” law found in The Torah. And we know that the day prior had not been a Sabbath day, but “ . . .the preparation... (Joh 19:14) ” for “. . .The PASSOVER... (Joh 19:14)”. Now don’t miss that word “preparation”. So what were they Eating?
After they had finished with “supper” we're told, “they went out into the mount of Olives (Mt 26:30; Mr 14:26), where, after agonizing over events to come, JESUS was arrested (Mt 26:57). From then on, things start happening so fast, that we seem to have misplaced, through all our ‘traditions’, TWO entire days, AT THE LEAST!

They were not eating the “The Passover Feast”. “The Passover Feast” was eaten in the evening of Nisan 14 [“In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is THE LORD'S PASSOVER. (Le 23:5)”]. And now would be a good time to see what Scripture calls what they were eating: “. . .the cup after supper, (Lu 22:20)”; “. . .And supper being ended, (Joh 13:2)”; “HE rises from supper, (Joh 13:4);”“. . .leaned on HIS breast at supper, (Joh 21:20).”. The Scriptures even tells us about only three consumables at this “Supper”: The “fruit of the vine”, the “bread”, and whatever was being “dipped”. No mentioning of “a Lamb” is ever made in any of the four GOSPEL accounts, regarding their meal.

Now let’s look at why the “traditional Friday crucifixion assumption”, just doesn't fit with Scripture:

1. If Nisan 14 had begun on Thursday evening at Sundown, then Friday morning and Friday afternoon, would have also been Nisan 14. This would have made that entire period of time A SABBATH DAY in which “ . . .no manner of work shall be done in them... (Ex 12:16ff)”. This would have meant:
a. No JESUS and HIS Disciples going out to “. . .the mount of Olives. (Mr 14:26)”.
b. No taking of JESUS into custody, no mock trials, and certainly no scourging and no Crucifixion. Also there would not have been any buying of “. . .fine linen. . .and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre (Mr 15:46)” ; nor buying any “. . .sweet spices, that they might come and anoint HIM. (Mr 16:1)”.
2. If Nisan 14 had begun on Thursday evening at Sundown, then Friday morning and Friday afternoon, would have also been Nisan 14; and that would mean that Friday evening at Sundown, would have begun Nisan 15, which would begin THE REGULAR WEEKLY SABBATH, as well as, The FEAST of UNLEAVENED BREAD, “And on the fifteenth day of the same month is THE FEAST of UNLEAVENED BREAD unto THE LORD: seven days you all must eat UNLEAVENED BREAD. In the first day you all shall have an HOLY CONVOCATION: you all shall do no servile work therein. (Le 23:6-7)”.
3. If Nisan 15 had begun on Friday evening at Sundown, then Saturday morning and Saturday afternoon, would have also been Nisan 15; and that would mean that Saturday evening at Sundown would have begun Nisan 16, which would begun “. . .the first day of the week...(Mt 28:1)”. But, that would also mean that Nisan 16 was also The FEAST of FIRSTFRUITS, “And THE LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When you all be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then you all shall bring a sheaf of THE FIRSTFRUITS of your harvest unto the priest: And he shall wave the sheaf before THE LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after THE SABBATH the priest shall wave it. (Lev 23:10-11)”.
It is written: “And now when the evening was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath, Joseph of Arimathaea, an honorable counselor, who also waited for THE KINGDOM of GOD, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of JESUS. (Mr 15:42-43ff); And that day was the preparation, and the Sabbath drew on [Near]. (Lu 23:54ff); And it was the preparation of the Passover, and about the sixth hour [about Midnight or Midday, as they divided the day into 2-12 hours' periods]: and he said unto the Jews, Behold your King! (Joh 19:14ff); The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the Sabbath day, (for that Sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and [that] they might be taken away. (Joh 19:31ff); There laid they JESUS therefore because of the Jews' preparation [day]; for the sepulcher was nigh at hand. (Joh 19:42ff).”
Keep this most important consideration in mind as you ponder this along with everything else in this book, JESUS CHRIST came to “FULFILL ALL of THE LAW”, and not just the convenient parts. And remember this: Any Violation of any jot and/or tittle of The Law of Moses immediately made the violator a sinner; and that would include JESUS, even though HE had been born of a virgin, and had not, by that reasoning, inherited a “sin nature.” Adam hadn't been created with a “sin nature” either, but he sinned because of his own ‘Freewill’.
So if we were to “reason together”, then the only possible conclusion that is conducive to the All-Knowing GOD of ORDER, is that these are the Days, Periods, and Events as they happened, by working backward, from the “The Resurrection”, to “The Upper Room”:
(Nisan 17)
6pm Saturday-6am (Sunrise) Sunday
(12-hours of a Jewish Sunday/
The 1st Day of the Week)
=The Feast of First fruits
(Nisan 16th was the actual day of;
but observed on Nisan 17th here,
because of The Weekly Sabbath on Nisan 16.)
THE RESURRECTION!
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(Nisan 16)
6pm Friday-6pm Saturday
(A 24-hours Jewish Saturday)
=The Regular Weekly Sabbath
(No Crucifixion could have taken place,
as The dead body of JESUS
would have been on The Cross on a Sabbath.)
=Day 3 of “in the Grave”
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(Nisan 15-21)
6pm Thursday-6pm Friday
(A 24-hours Jewish Friday)
=1st Day of The Feast of Unleavened Bread Sabbath,
(No Crucifixion could have taken place,
as The dead body of JESUS
would have been on The Cross on a Sabbath.)
=Day 2 of “in the Grave”;
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(Nisan 14)
6pm Wednesday-6pm Thursday
(A 24-hours Jewish Thursday)
= The Passover Feast Sabbath
(No Crucifixion could have taken place,
as The dead body of JESUS
would have been on The Cross on a Sabbath.)
=Day 1 of “in the Grave”;
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(Nisan 13)
6pm Tuesday-6pm Wednesday
(A 24-hours Jewish Wednesday)
=THE Last DAY of Preparation
=The Last Supper,
The Arrest, Trial, and Beatings,
The Crucifixion, and The Burial.


Now then, here’s another look at the above time table, from the Jewish perspective/reckoning, starting with the Scripture from John 12:1-7, where JESUS attends “a supper” at the home of Martha and Lazarus:
6PM:Thursday-6PM:Friday
= NISAN 08
ANOINTED for BURIAL
[by Mary, the sister of Lazarus]
6 Days before THE PASSOVER

“Then JESUS six days before THE PASSOVER came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom HE raised from the dead. There they made HIM a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with HIM. Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of JESUS, and wiped HIS feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment. Then says one of HIS disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray HIM, Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein. Then said JESUS, Let her alone: against the day of MY burying hath she kept this. (Joh 12:1-7)”
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6PM:Friday-6PM:Saturday
= NISAN 09
THE ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM
[THE REGULAR WEEKLY SABBATH]

“On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that JESUS was coming to Jerusalem, Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet HIM, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is THE KING of Israel that comes in the name of THE LORD. And JESUS, when HE had found a young ***, sat thereon; as it is written, ‘Fear not, daughter of Zion: behold, your KING comes, sitting on an ***'s colt.’ These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when JESUS was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of HIM, and that they had done these things unto HIM. The people therefore that was with HIM when HE called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record. For this cause the people also met HIM, for that they heard that HE had done this miracle. The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive all of you how all of you prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after HIM. And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast: The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see JESUS. Philip comes and tells Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell JESUS. And JESUS answered them, saying, The hour is come, that THE SON of man should be glorified. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abides alone: but if it die, it brings forth much fruit. He that loves his life shall lose it; and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. If any man serve ME, let him follow ME; and where I am, there shall also MY servant be: if any man serve ME, him will MY FATHER honour. Now is MY soul troubled; and what shall I say? FATHER, save ME from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour. FATHER, GLORIFY YOUR NAME. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again. The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spoke to HIM. JESUS answered and said, This voice came not because of ME, but for your sakes. Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto ME. This HE said, signifying what death HE should die. The people answered HIM, We have heard out of the law that CHRIST abides for ever: and how say you, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man? Then JESUS said unto them, Yet a little while is THE LIGHT with you. Walk while all of you have THE LIGHT, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walks in darkness knows not whither he goes. While all of you have LIGHT, believe in THE LIGHT, that all of you may be the children of LIGHT. (Joh 12:12-36a)”. Note: all of this could have and would have taken place prior to 6PM Friday Evening (The beginning of The Regular Weekly Sabbath).
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6PM:Saturday-6PM:Sunday
= NISAN10
(PASSOVER WEEK BEGINS)
THE HIDDEN LAMB
“These things spoke JESUS, and departed, and did hide HIMSELF from them. (Joh 12:36b)”
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6PM:Sunday-6PM:Monday
= NISAN 11
THE HIDDEN LAMB
“These things spoke JESUS, and departed, and did hide HIMSELF from them. (Joh 12:36b)”
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6PM:Monday-6PM:Tuesday
= NISAN 12
THE HIDDEN LAMB
“These things spoke JESUS, and departed, and did hide HIMSELF from them. (Joh 12:36b)”
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6PM:Tuesday-6PM:Wednesday=NISAN 13
THE LAST SUPPER, TRIAL, CRUCIFIXION & BURIAL
Then came the day of unleavened bread, when THE PASSOVER must be slain. (Lu 22:7)
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6PM:Wednesday-6PM:Thursday
= NISAN 14
DAY 1 IN THE GRAVE
[THE FEAST of THE PASSOVER/SABBATH]

“These are the feasts of THE LORD, even HOLY CONVOCATIONS, which all of you shall proclaim in their seasons. In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is THE LORD'S PASSOVER. (Leviticus 23:4-5)”
“And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and all of you shall keep it a feast to THE LORD throughout your generations; all of you shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever. Seven days shall all of you eat unleavened bread; even the first day all of you shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel. And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you. (Ex 12:14-16)”
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6PM:Thursday-6PM:Friday
= NISAN 15
DAY 2 IN THE GRAVE
[THE FEAST of UNLEAVENED BREAD/SABBATH]

“And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of UNLEAVENED BREAD unto THE LORD: seven days all of you must eat UNLEAVENED BREAD. In the first day all of you shall have an HOLY CONVOCATION: all of you shall do no servile work therein. But all of you shall offer an offering made by fire unto THE LORD seven days: (Leviticus 23:6-8a)”
“And all of you shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall all of you observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever. In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, all of you shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even. Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eats that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land. all of you shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall all of you eat unleavened bread. (Ex 12:17-20)”
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6PM:Friday-6PM:Saturday
= NISAN 16
DAY 3 IN THE GRAVE
[THE REGULAR WEEKLY SABBATH (also) THE FEAST of FIRSTFRUIT]

“Six days shall work be done: but THE SEVENTH DAY is THE SABBATH of REST, an HOLY CONVOCATION; you all shall do no work therein: it is THE SABBATH of THE LORD in all your dwellings. (Lev 23:3)”
“And THE LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When you all be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then you all shall bring a sheaf of THE FIRSTFRUITS of your harvest unto the priest: And he shall wave the sheaf before THE LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after THE SABBATH the priest shall wave it. (Lev 23:10-11)”
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6PM:Saturday-6PM:Sunday
= NISAN 17
THE RESURRECTION!!!
[THE FEAST of FIRSTFRUITS Celebrated because of Weekly Sabbath]

“And THE LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When you all be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then you all shall bring a sheaf of THE FIRSTFRUITS of your harvest unto the priest: And he shall wave the sheaf before THE LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after THE SABBATH the priest shall wave it. (Lev 23:10-11)”
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Can you now see, how this assertion fits with THE SCRIPTURES? THE WRITTEN WORD of GOD (The Bible) is its own best interpreter and/or explainer. Religion has so indoctrinated us that we just believe without any reasoning and/or rationalizing that JESUS of Nazareth, had to have been Crucified on “Good Friday.” I’m just thankful to my Father in Heaven, that HE caused me to question, sometime after I first heard the oxymoron ‘JESUS CHRIST was Crucified and Buried on “Good Friday”’. Although it worked “...to the good...(Ro 8:28)”, it certainly couldn't have been “Good” for HIM...especially if it had happened on “Friday”, as only our Traditions and Hear-says have taught us.

Now then, is our FATHER in HEAVEN, Awesomer, than Awesomely Awesome??? Can you see how HE arranged these Events to happen back to back to back, so that THE ONE WHOM they had previously foreshadowed would now show forth HIMSELF as the ONE WHOM “Abraham”, had “rejoiced to see” HIS “day (Joh 8:56)”? What other god do you know that could SOVERIGNLY arrange People, places, and things so that:
1) The Passover instituted way back in Egypt, would find its FULFILLMENT thousands of years later when “The LAMB of GOD WHO takes away the sins of the World”, would HIMSELF become THE PASSOVER LAMB just hours before The Passover Feast?
2) The Feast of Unleavened Bread, which symbolizes putting away sin, would see its FULFILLMENT in THE SINLESS SON of GOD, WHO took upon HIMSELF the sins of all mankind and then went and deposited them in the very pits of Hell, itself (Eph 4:8-9)?
3) The Feast of Firstfruits, would see its fulfillment in THE RESURRECTION from the Dead of JESUS CHRIST, of WHOM this Feast had been the foreshadow of?

Throughout HIS Earthly Ministry, from his Ordination at HIS Baptismal to HIS Body’s Burial, JESUS CHRIST constantly showed forth HIS unequaled, Perfection, Superiority and Authority over Life and Death, and all points between (blindness, sickness, deafness, storms of life, diseases, Spiritual and Physical Hunger, etc.).


Mankind is a messed up sinner under the penalty of Death, but...
...REMEMBER...
ONLY GOD CAN SATISFY GOD!!!

THE RESURRECTION Proofs!
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THE RESURRECTION


“And they entered in, and found not the body of THE LORD JESUS. And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: And as they were afraid, and bowed down [their] faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye THE LIVING among the dead? HE is not here, but IS RISEN: remember how HE spoke unto you when HE was yet in Galilee, Saying, THE SON of MAN must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again (Lu 24:3-7).”

JESUS CHRIST could RESURRECT because Sin was On HIM, BUT NOT In HIM!!! This is very Important to know and understand. Somewhere in Hell, is the largest pile of Sin imaginable. And an extremely large portion of that Sin is mine...or was mine. It, along with all the sin of others, was heaped upon JESUS as HE HUNG there on that CROSS. But again, Remember, THE RESURRECTION is our key to understanding how our Salvation can be so Definite, and Absolute, because had not JESUS satisfied GOD’s HOLY Demand for Justice of all the sins committed against HIM, there would have been no Resurrection. Because of THE SINLESS SON of MAN, sin’s debt, which is Death, was Satisfied; And because of THE SINLESS SON of GOD, GOD could and did SATISFY GOD.
A RESURRECTION is being Bodily Risen from the Grave; but being Bodily Risen from the Grave is not necessarily A RESURRECTION. A number of persons in Scripture were Raised from the dead, probably the most notable was Lazarus, raised by JESUS. But Lazarus had to (Physically) die again. Thus, the different between being Bodily Risen from the dead, and RESURRECTED. THE RESURRECTION means never ever having to die again.



“Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where JESUS had appointed them. And when they saw HIM, they worshiped HIM: but some doubted. And JESUS came and spoke unto them, saying, All power is given unto ME in HEAVEN and in earth. Go you all therefore, and teach [Make Disciples of] all nations, baptizing them in THE NAME of THE FATHER, and of THE SON, and of THE HOLY GHOST: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world [Age]. Amen [‘So be it’]. ”

JESUS calls a meeting; it is the only Post-Resurrection meeting that HE Called. And that make it a Very Very Important Meeting! Present at that meeting was 1) the 11 remaining disciples (Judas is no longer counted among them.), and according to 1st Corinthians 15:6, After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep., HE was seen by 2) more that 500 men (not counting the women and children) at that Meeting, “at once” (and that’s more than those who saw the assassinated Abraham Lincoln and John Kennedy, combined.), and 3) according to the Text: “lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world [Age]”, you and I were at that meeting, because we are here alive in the “the world [Age]”, that has not yet come to “the end.” So whatever JESUS said at that meeting is most applicable to this meeting of yourself and this Exposition.
“Then the eleven disciples [12 minus Judas, who hung himself] went away into Galilee, into a mountain where JESUS had appointed them. And when they saw HIM, they worshiped HIM [Anybody WHO has RESURRECTED from The Grave, is Worthy of Worship!]: but some doubted [but they came to ‘the meeting’]. And JESUS came and spoke unto them, saying, All [LEGITIMATE and RIGHTFUL] power is given unto ME in HEAVEN and in earth. Go you all therefore, and teach [Make Disciples of] all nations, baptizing them in THE NAME [Singular] of [GOD] THE FATHER, and of [GOD] THE SON [THE LIVING WORD of GOD], and of [GOD] THE HOLY GHOST [THE POWER of GOD] (Grammatically, you cannot do a ‘baptizing’, in ‘THE NAME’, singular, of 3 Persons; You can only do a ‘baptizing’ in ‘THE NAME of THE FATHER, and of THE SON, and of THE HOLY GHOST’ if The 3 of THEM are, in Reality, ONE!): Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always [This Promise by JESUS is ONLY Applicable if you and I are ‘Make Disciples’], even unto the end of the world [Age]. Amen [‘So be it’].”
Now did you happen to notice that JESUS mentions nothing about “Christians”, “Judaizers”, “Catholics”, “Muslims”, “Buddhists”, nor any “Religion(s)” that we've so willingly and readily embraced today??? What JESUS CHRIST said after HIS Resurrection, and what we now do and observe, are becoming more and more in opposition to each other than at first seems evident.
Only a Sinless (Inwardly and Outwardly) Person could take upon Himself all the sins of the world and deposit them in Hell and Walk from under them and Resurrect from the dead, because while sin was on HIM, no sin, no sin, no sin, was In HIM!!!

Now, let look at Ten different appearances of our RISEN LORD recorded in the New Testament. We may arrange them as follows:

1. To Mary Magdalene at the sepulcher alone. This is recorded at length only by John (Joh 20:11-18), and alluded to by Mark (Mr 16:9-11).

2. To certain women, “the other Mary,” Salome, Joanna, and others, as they returned from the sepulcher. Matthew (Mt 28:1-10) alone gives an account of this (Comp. Mr 16:1-8; Lu 24:1-11).

3. To Simon Peter alone on the day of the resurrection (See Lu 24:34; 1Co 15:5).

4. To the two disciples on the way to Emmaus on the day of the resurrection, recorded fully only by Luke (Lu 24:13-35. Comp. Mr 16:12-13).

5. To the ten disciples (Thomas being absent) and others “with them,” at Jerusalem on the evening of the resurrection day. One of the evangelists gives an account of this appearance, John (Joh 20:19-24).

6. To the disciples again (Thomas being present) at Jerusalem (Mr 16:14-18; Lu 24:33-40; Joh 20:26-28. See also 1Co 15:5).

7. To the disciples when fishing at the Sea of Galilee. Of this appearance also John (Joh 21:1-23) alone gives an account.

8. To the eleven, and above 500 brethren at once, at an appointed place in Galilee (1Co 15:6; comp. Mt 28:16-20).

9. To James, but under what circumstances we are not informed (1Co 15:7).

10. To the apostles immediately before the ascension. They accompanied HIM from Jerusalem to Mount Olivet, and there they saw HIM ascend “till a cloud received HIM out of their sight” (Mr 16:19; Lu 24:50-52; Ac 1:4-10).

It is worthy of note that it is distinctly related that on most of these occasions our LORD afforded HIS disciples the amplest opportunity of testing the fact of HIS RESURRECTION. HE conversed with them face to face. They touched HIM (Mt 28:9; Lu 24:39; Joh 20:27), and HE ate bread with them (Lu 24:42-43; Joh 21:12-13).

Matthew Henry in his “Commentary,” under John 20:1-10, fittingly remarks, “The graveclothes in which CHRIST had been buried were found in very good order, which serves for an evidence that HIS BODY was not 'stolen away while men slept'. We have known robbers of tombs to take away 'the clothes' and leave the body; but none ever took away 'the body' and left the clothes, especially when they were 'fine linen' and new (Mr 15:46). Anyone would rather choose to carry a dead body in its clothes than naked. Or if they that were supposed to have stolen it would have left the graveclothes behind, yet it cannot be supposed they would find leisure to 'fold up the linen'.”

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JESUS CHRIST [THE WORD of GOD] is THE CENTERPIECE of All Scripture.


In the Old Testament:
Genesis: JESUS CHRIST, Our CREATOR-GOD.
Exodus: JESUS CHRIST, Our PASSOVER LAMB
Leviticus: JESUS CHRIST, Our SACRIFICE for Sin.
Numbers: JESUS CHRIST, Our “Lifted-Up One.”
Deuteronomy: JESUS CHRIST, Our TRUE PROPHET.
Joshua: JESUS CHRIST, THE CAPTAIN of Our SALVATION.
Judges: JESUS CHRIST, Our DELIVERER-JUDGE.
Ruth: JESUS CHRIST, Our KINSMAN-REDEEMER.
1st & 2nd Samuel, JESUS CHRIST, Our KING.
1st & 2nd Kings, JESUS CHRIST, Our KING.
1st & 2nd Chronicles, JESUS CHRIST, Our KING.
Ezra & Nehemiah: JESUS CHRIST, Our RESTORER/RESTORATION.
Esther: JESUS CHRIST, Our ADVOCATE.
Job: JESUS CHRIST, Our REDEEMER.
Psalms: JESUS CHRIST, Our ALL IN ALL.
Proverbs: JESUS CHRIST, Our WISDOM.
Ecclesiastes: JESUS CHRIST, THE END of All Living.
Song of Solomon: JESUS CHRIST, THE LOVER of Our Souls.
Isaiah: JESUS CHRIST, THE MESSIAH.
Jeremiah & Lamentations: JESUS CHRIST, THE RIGHTEOUS BRANCH.
Ezekiel: JESUS CHRIST, THE SON OF MAN.
Daniel: JESUS CHRIST, THE SMITING STONE.
Hosea: JESUS CHRIST, THE HEALER of The Backslider.
Joel: JESUS CHRIST, THE RESTORER/RESTORATION.
Amos: JESUS CHRIST, THE HEAVENLY HUSBANDMAN.
Obadiah: JESUS CHRIST, Our SAVIOR.
Jonah: JESUS CHRIST, Our RESURRECTION AND LIFE.
Micah: JESUS CHRIST, THE WITNESS Against Rebellious Nations.
Nahum: JESUS CHRIST, Our STRONGHOLD In The Day of Trouble.
Habakkuk: JESUS CHRIST, THE GOD OF OUR SALVATION.
Zephaniah: JESUS CHRIST, A JEALOUS LORD.
Haggai: JESUS CHRIST, THE DESIRE of All Nations.
Zechariah: JESUS CHRIST, THE RIGHTEOUS BRANCH.
Malachi: JESUS CHRIST, THE SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.


In the New Testament:
Matthew: JESUS CHRIST: THE PROMISED MESSIAH.
Mark: JESUS CHRIST: THE SERVANT OF GOD.
Luke: JESUS CHRIST: THE SON OF MAN.
John: JESUS CHRIST: THE SON OF GOD.
Acts: JESUS CHRIST: THE LIVING LORD.
Romans: JESUS CHRIST: Our RIGHTEOUSNESS.
1 Corinthians: JESUS CHRIST: Our LORD.
2 Corinthians: JESUS CHRIST: Our SUFFICIENCY.
Galatians: JESUS CHRIST: Our LIBERTY.
Ephesians: JESUS CHRIST: Our ALL IN ALL.
Philippians: JESUS CHRIST: Our JOY.
Colossians: JESUS CHRIST: Our LIFE.
1 Thessalonians: JESUS CHRIST: THE COMING ONE.
2 Thessalonians: JESUS CHRIST: Our RETURNING LORD.
1 Timothy: JESUS CHRIST: Our TEACHER.
2 Timothy: JESUS CHRIST: Our EXAMPLE.
Titus: JESUS CHRIST: Our PATTERN.
Philemon: JESUS CHRIST: Our LORD AND MASTER.
Hebrews: JESUS CHRIST: Our INTERCESSOR AT THE THRONE.
James: JESUS CHRIST: Our PATTERN.
1 Peter: JESUS CHRIST: PRECIOUS CORNERSTONE of Our FAITH.
2 Peter: JESUS CHRIST: Our STRENGTH.
1 John: JESUS CHRIST: Our LIFE.
2 John: JESUS CHRIST: Our TRUTH.
3 John: JESUS CHRIST: Our WAY.
Jude: JESUS CHRIST: Our KEEPER.
Revelations: JESUS CHRIST: Our TRIUMPHANT KING.

Far too many people believe THE WRITTEN WORD of GOD ("the Bible") to (in places) contradicts ITSELF, and that just IS NOT so.

What I'd like to do here in this thread (with a lot of help from OTHER Believers/Disciples of JESUS CHRIST), is to take some of your supposed contradictions, and show you that they really aren't the contradictions that you may have once thought them to be.

GOD'S in HIS WORD has Promised to "And it shall come to pass afterward That I will pour out MY SPIRIT on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your old men shall dream dreams, Your young men shall see visions. And also on MY menservants and on MY maidservants I will pour out MY SPIRIT in those days. 'And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: Blood and fire and pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the coming of the great and awesome day of THE LORD. And it shall come to pass That whoever calls on the name of THE LORD Shall be saved (Joel 2:28-32)."

Ergo, if GOD is, you have everything to gain; and if GOD isn't, neither you nor I will ever know it.

Here's just 3 of supposed contradictions, answered:

1) Rabbit chewing a cud.
That kind of rabbit, common in "Biblical days", was not chewing a "cud"; but rather when, approached and/or threatened, with stand upright on their hind legs and do a 'teeth grinding', that looked to the observer, as chewing; and since nothing had been observed going into the rabbit's mouth, the observer just assumed the rabbit was chewing his "cud".

2) Why JESUS CHRIST (WHO IS GOD) doesn't "know the day nor the hour" of HIS Return.
JESUS CHRIST IS NOT ONLY GOD, HE IS THE WORD of GOD, "made flesh", which means that everything that GOD has SPOKEN, JESUS CHRIST IS. Ergo, since HE IS THE WORD of GOD, and GOD has NOT yet SPOKEN "the day nor the hour" of HIS Return, JESUS can't know it.

3) If GOD is GOD, why can't HE "Lie"?
GOD can't "Lie", because HE IS ABSOLUTE TRUTH; Ergo, even if HE were to speak a "Lie", the moment HE Said It, It would instantly become TRUTH!

So, let the "contradictions" ANSWERED, begin!

The very first proof that any human has, by way of communication are “words (and the ability to perceive and understand those ‘words’)”. Without words none of us would be able to effectively communicate with each other. Even the Scripture (THE WRITTEN WORD of GOD) states that, “Faith comes by hearing (perceiving and comprehending words, sounds, etc.). . .”. Ergo, without “words” communication between humans would be next to impossible.
GOD IS no different. The main reason that Atheists and Agnostics are Atheists and Agnostics, is not because GOD isn't, but rather because GOD knows that if you can't hear, comprehend, and adhere to HIS WORD, then you wouldn't stand the minutest of a chance seeing and touching HIM Physically, with such an inability.
Its quite amazing that all Atheists and Agnostics can believe (“have faith in”) Science; but these same “Ats” and “Ags” can't believe THE WRITTEN WORD of GOD (“The Bible”), that the Science that they believe in, Proves.
If anyone is going to disprove and not believe GOD and HIS WORD (“The Bible”), that person should really start at the very “beginning”; because to do it the way that you have been attempting until now, has proven to be a dismal failure. When it comes to Atheists and Agnostics, “The Bible” treats them just like it does Islam and the Koran (Quo’ran), it (“The Bible”) never acknowledges any of the four (“Ats”, “Ags”, “Ism”, and “Kon”) exist. But just like “Ism” and “Kon”, “Ats” and “Ags” often reference “The Bible”.
So then “Ats” and “Ags”, start at the very beginning of “The Bible”. . .now there a very novel idea, huh? Start at the very first verse, of the very first Book of “The Bible” and see GOD’S WRITTEN WORD proven by the very Science that you’ve been using in an attempt to “disprove” GOD. Science says that, ‘for anything in the Physical World to come into being and/or exist, there must be “Time”, “Force”, “Action”, “Space”, and “Matter”’:
And BTW, this is about the only thing that all of Science can agree on:

TIME---“In the beginning...”
FORCE---“. . .GOD...”
ACTION---“. . .Created...”
SPACE---“. . .the Heavens...”
MATTER---“. . .and the Earth.”

Now will you look at that, the very Science that most “Ats” and “Ags” (and other uninformed “critics”) swear by, has done what seems like a 180º turn on you. But really, it should come as no surprise that anyone who attempts to use GOD’S Stuff to disprove HIM, is in for a very rude awakening, both in this world, and the world to come. Not only does Science prove GOD, it does so in a very orderly and logical sequence. . .Note (In the Physical):

You must first have a starting point (“Time”);
You must have SOMEONE and/or SOMETHING operating before and at that starting point (“Force”);
Only then can THE SOMEONE and/or SOMETHING perform (“Action”);
In order to make and place something, you must have somewhere to do it (“Space”);
And here, you can place whatever THE SOMEONE and/or SOMETHING made (“Matter).

Now just think, according to the Text of Genesis, Chapters 1-4, all of this was done prior to there being any-body (human), let alone, anybody having any kind of inkling as to what “Science” was. And absolutely no one, no one, no one, nor nothing, can DISPROVE those facts! And this being the case (All Atheists and Agnostics missing this one small detail at the very “beginning” of “The Bible”), how can “Ats”, “Ags”, and “crits”, ever again believe in the “Science” that you have so willingly risked your Eternal (LIFE) destiny on???
Finally, if I’m wrong and all of you are right, then I’ll never know that you were right, and you’ll never have the opportunity to say, “I told you so!”, huh???
But if I’m right and all of you are wrong (and you’ll be the first to know it), then ebonic-ly speaking, ‘you be in a heap of trouble!!!’


Sincerely,
Nehemiah Thomas,