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The Resurrection of Jesus in Prophecy
- Malaysia & China to Discuss Asian Fund – US MILITARY NEWS - Senior ISIS
leader Dead From Drone - Cruz Leaves Mayorkas in Shock - Scott McKay Intel
& Ann Vandersteel - Tucker Carlson for April 3rd - Signs In The Heavens
& more.
Researched & Comments by Pastor
Gary Boyd
April 4th 2023
Major Arrests Coming - Great Q Video
04/04/2023 - Tuesday, April 4, 2023 12:40 - https://beforeitsnews.com/prophecy/2023/04/major-arrests-coming-great-q-video-04042023-2540130.html
X22 Report - The Central Bank Is
Being Ripped Apart! Appear Weak When You Are Strong! - Must Video - Tuesday,
April 4, 2023 12:23 - OPEC is now cutting oil production, the people are now
going to feel the pain, fuel costs and inflation are going to accelerate.
Raising rates is destroying the economy. Trump’s tax cuts have now trapped
Biden and the [CB] is being dismantled on a massive scale as each country
remove the federal reserve note from their reserves. https://beforeitsnews.com/economy/2023/04/x22-report-the-central-bank-is-being-ripped-apart-appear-weak-when-you-are-strong-must-video-3082256.html
MISESW INSTITUTE: Why the Regime
Needs the Dollar to Be the Global Reserve Currency - Tuesday, April 4, 2023
14:41 - Last week, Fox News aired a segment discussing the possibility that the
US dollar will cease to be the global reserve currency and what that would mean
for Americans. The tone of the piece suggested that a “catastrophic” decline of
the US dollar was not only possible, but perhaps even imminent. CNN last week
also aired its own segment suggesting the US will face “a reckoning like none
before” if the “dollar’s dominance” in the global economy falls significantly….
https://beforeitsnews.com/libertarian/2023/04/why-the-regime-needs-the-dollar-to-be-the-global-reserve-currency-2802804.html
SG Anon Situation Update: "Watch
What Happens Next!?" (Video) - Tuesday, April 4, 2023 15:05 - https://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2023/04/sg-anon-situation-update-watch-what-happens-next-video-3791043.html
Malaysia, China to Discuss 'Asian
Fund' to Cut US Dollar Dependency - China's Yuan Replaces Dollar as Most Traded
Currency in Russia - Saudi Arabia to Adopt Economic Strategy Without US
Dependence - Saudi Arabia ignores US threats over oil cuts - Saudi Arabia to
invite Syrian president Assad for Arab leaders summit https://gesara.news/updates.html & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqsKhpt9wFQ
Qurrents Event 4.4.2023 - Buckle Up
The Reckoning is Coming!! (Video) - Tuesday, April 4, 2023 8:09 - The reckoning
is coming, Folks! The enemy made HUGE mistakes & now we will pounce on
them! https://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2023/04/qurrents-event-4-4-2023-buckle-up-the-reckoning-is-coming-video-3791023.html
US MILITARY NEWS: Judy Byington, SG
Anon: 04-04-23, Trump Return - Restored Republic via a GCR (Video) - Tuesday,
April 4, 2023 8:05 - THE 45TH, 46TH, 47TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES DONALD
J. TRUMP TO DELIVER REMARKS AT MAR-A–LAGO ON TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 2023, AT 8:15
P.M. EST - https://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2023/04/judy-byington-sg-anon-04-04-23-trump-return-restored-republic-via-a-gcr-video-3791022.html
MAIL ONLINE: US military takes out
senior ISIS leader with drone strike in Syria: Warlord in charge of planning
attacks in Europe was on his mobile when targeted with Hellfire missile - Khalid
'Aydd Ahmad al-Jabouri was killed in a US military operation in Syria - Authorities
said the ISIS leader was responsible for planning attacks in Europe - No
civilians were killed or injured in this strike, according to military
officials - By CLAUDIA AORAHA, SENIOR REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM - PUBLISHED:
00:49 EDT, 4 April 2023 | UPDATED: 07:33 EDT, 4 April 2023 - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11936101/US-military-strike-kills-senior-ISIS-leader-Syria-planning-terror-attacks-Europe.html
USA: Must See Explosive - Cruz Leaves
Mayorkas in Shock During Fiery Immigration Debate (Video) - Tuesday, April 4,
2023 7:51 - In this must-see video, Senator Ted Cruz burns down Homeland
Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on the heartbreaking reality of human
trafficking and suffering at the border, as a result of President Biden’s
failed immigration policies. Cruz repeatedly hammers Mayorkas over his
lackluster responses and tells the HHS Secretary that his refusal to do his job
“is revolting.” https://beforeitsnews.com/immigration/2023/04/usa-must-see-explosive-cruz-leaves-mayorkas-in-shock-during-fiery-immigration-debate-video-2472765.html
Scott McKay: Trump Arrest Intel With
Ann Vandersteel and Rebecca Walser (Video) - Tuesday, April 4, 2023 7:47 - Ann
Vandersteel talks State National status of the possible Trump arrest and the
con game. Rebecca Walser and he economic viewpoint of the coming financial
system transition. - https://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2023/04/scott-mckay-trump-arrest-intel-with-ann-vandersteel-and-rebecca-walser-video-3791015.html
Tucker Carlson for April 3rd, 2023 - Tuesday,
April 4, 2023 8:33 - Tonight Tucker deals with a few issues of the reversal of
reality and various forms of dialectic attacks. The move from treating a victim
as a criminal and criminal as victim, and several other clearly planned changes
in culture to Marxist from Socratic. A casual read of The Gulag Archipelago
shows this is how the Soviets operated as well. https://beforeitsnews.com/eu/2023/04/tucker-carlson-for-april-3rd-2023-2702276.html
ALL NEWS PIPELINE: Recent Events
Prove Something Biblical Is Going On As We Witness 'Signs In The Heavens,' Mass
Animal Deaths Take Place Across The Planet While Science Confirms The Bible's
Teachings - Linked below is a list of worldwide mass animal deaths for 2023.
There are animals dying all over the world today in huge numbers, due to the
polluted state of the sea and air. Millions of Fish and massive numbers of
various marine creatures are washing ashore dead. Birds are falling dead out of
the sky, and millions of poultry and wildlife are dying from avian flu. The
animals of the land are also dying in large numbers. (Comment: The truth is
these animals dropping dead are being caused by man’s corruption, NOT by anything
God is doing. Scripture says about The wrath of God that the New Testament
speaks of is to be expressed in judgments on a wicked, rebellious covenant
people ( Matthew 3:7 ; Luke 3:7 ), and upon those who refuse to believe in and
accept Jesus Christ as the Savior of the world ( John 3:36 ). This judgment has
not happened yet, nor will it until the end of the Great Tribulation. We are
NOT in the Great Tribulation yet because the Bible says the rapture will happen
first. This corruption of the planet with dying animals & nature is man’s
doing NOT Gods.) https://allnewspipeline.com/Recent_Events_Prove_Something_Biblical_Is_Going_On.php
Leohohmann: U.S./NATO-funded proxy
war in Ukraine fueling hatred, persecution of ancient Christian community - Priests
arrested, praying Christians mocked in public by ultra-nationalists and
Satanists as standoff continues at holy site - The war in Ukraine involves more
than just epic clashes of the Russian and Ukrainian militaries in a proxy war
unlike anything since the hottest days of the Cold War. – April 4th
2023 - The hidden war no Western media wants you to see or know about is the
one being waged by the Ukrainian government against one of the most ancient
Christian communities present in the world today. The Obiden regime West is
using its proxy stooge, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, to wage this
war against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. - https://leohohmann.com/2023/04/03/u-s-nato-funded-proxy-war-in-ukraine-fueling-hatred-persecution-of-ancient-christian-community/
LIFE SITE NEWS: Florida Senate passes
bill to ban abortions after a baby’s heartbeat can be detected - A Democrat
lawmaker lamented that the bill is ‘equivalent to an outright ban on abortion.’
The GOP-led Florida Senate on Monday voted to pass a pro-life bill banning most
abortions after a baby’s heartbeat can be detected. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis
has repeatedly committed to signing pro-life laws and has specifically affirmed
that he would sign a heartbeat bill if it landed on his desk. https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/florida-senate-passes-bill-to-ban-abortions-after-a-babys-heartbeat-can-be-detected/
ZERO HEDGE: VC Banking Collapse Shows
The Worst Isn't Over For San Francisco - BY TYLER DURDEN - MONDAY, APR 03, 2023
- 05:00 PM - If there’s one thing San Francisco, which is in the midst of
complete and total collapse as a functioning U.S. city due to looting, drugs,
crime and homelessness (not to mention sky high taxes), didn’t need, it was
another problem to deal with. And it looks as though these banking
instabilities could be the straw that breaks the city’s back…. https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/vc-banking-collapse-shows-worst-isnt-over-san-francisco
YNET: Israel launches fresh strikes
on Damascus area, Syrian state media reports - Fourth Israel-linked attack in
less than a week reportedly launched from Sea of Galilee region and targets
Damascus International Airport and southern Damascus area – By Daniel
Salami|4-3-23 | 17:11 - Israel has launched a fresh round of airstrikes on the
Damascus area as loud blasts rattled the Syrian capital, the country’s state
media reported overnight Tuesday, in the fourth such attack attributed to
Israel in less than a week. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hysvsaoz3#autoplay
‘Historic Victory’: US Gov’t Rules
That University of Vermont Failed to Address Campus Antisemitism - by Dion J.
Pierre - The US Department of Education Office of Civil Rights (OCR) has ruled
that the University of Vermont (UVM) failed to respond to numerous complaints
of antisemitism and anti-Zionist harassment and discrimination, according to a
press release issued on Monday. The announcement marks the first time the Biden
administration has resolved a complaint of campus antisemitism and the first
time ever that Title VI of the Civil Rights Act has been applied to
anti-Zionist discrimination. https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/04/03/historic-victory-us-govt-rules-that-university-of-vermont-failed-to-address-campus-antisemitism/
ALPHA NEWS: Minnesota’s ban on gun
permits for young adults is unconstitutional, judge says - The victory for
Second Amendment advocates comes amid a flurry of gun control legislation
proposed at the Capitol. - By Anthony Gockowski -April 3, 2023 - A federal
judge ruled Friday that Minnesota’s policy of denying permits to carry to 18 to
20-year-olds is unconstitutional. The case began with a June 2021 lawsuit filed
by three gun-rights groups, including the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus, on
behalf of three adults under the age of 21. The lawsuit called the ban
“unconstitutional on its face” but particularly unfair to young women. https://alphanews.org/minnesotas-ban-on-gun-permits-for-young-adults-is-unconstitutional-judge-says/
LIFE SITE NEWS: One of Austria’s
oldest and largest abortion facilities has reportedly been closed indefinitely.
The pro-abortion organization “Pro Choice Austria” released a statement on
March 29 announcing that the “pro:woman” abortion facility in the center of
Vienna “has stopped performing abortions and will be closed.” - Fri Mar 31,
2023 - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/great-day-of-joy-infamous-austrian-abortion-facility-closes-after-killing-babies-for-over-40-years/
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by Dr. David Reagan
Published on: February 7, 2013
Researched by Pastor Gary Boyd
April 4th 2023
The most significant prophecy in the
Bible concerning the resurrection of Jesus is known as “the prophecy of Jonah.”
It is a symbolic prophecy represented by the three days and three nights that
Jonah spent in the stomach of a great fish (Jonah 1:17).
Jesus explained the prophetic
symbolism of this unique event on an occasion when He rebuked the Pharisees for
seeking a “sign” from Him. By a “sign,” they meant a miracle that would
validate Jesus’ claim to be the Messiah.
The Prophecy’s Meaning
Jesus took their word and played with
it by telling them that the only “sign” they would be given would be “the sign
of Jonah.” Jesus then proceeded to explain what He was talking about: “for just
as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster, so
shall the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.”
(Matthew 12:38-40) - Jesus clearly and distinctly prophesies here, using the
example of Jonah, that He will spend three days and three nights in the tomb
before His resurrection will occur.
This prophecy, like all Messianic
prophecies, had to be fulfilled in the life of Jesus if He truly was the
Messiah of God. Jesus emphasized this point Himself after His resurrection when
He told His disciples, “All things which are written about Me in the law of
Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” (Luke 24:44)
The Prophecy vs. Tradition
But was the prophecy of Jonah really
fulfilled in the burial experience of Jesus? According to the traditionally
accepted chronology of events, it was not! The traditional chronology places
the crucifixion on Friday morning and the burial on late Friday afternoon. It
fixes the resurrection on Sunday morning. Thus, according to the traditional
view, the body of Jesus was in the tomb only one full day (Saturday) and two
full nights (Friday and Saturday). Jesus said His body would be in the tomb
three days and three nights.
There have been many attempts to
reconcile the problem that is raised here by the divergence between the
prophecy and the traditional view of its fulfillment, but all the attempts I
have read have always fallen short of producing a true fulfillment of the
prophecy. Jesus said all Messianic prophecy had to be fulfilled in Him, and I
believe He meant every detail of every Messianic prophecy. Otherwise, it could
be argued that He was not the Messiah.
The Source of the Problem
Let’s consider the events in the last
week of Jesus’ life to see if we can find some clues that will solve the
problem. Perhaps the best place to begin is with the problem itself. It is
rooted in Mark 15:42 where it says that the crucifixion took place on “the day
of preparation before the Sabbath.” This verse has led most people to assume
that the crucifixion took place on a Friday since the Jewish Sabbath is
Saturday. And that assumption has in turn led to the conclusion that the
crucifixion had to take place in either 30 or 33 AD because those are the only
two years in the general time period of Jesus’ death when the day of
preparation (14 Nisan on the Jewish calendar) fell on a Friday.
Peculiarities of the Jewish Calendar
A careful study of Jewish calendar
practices will show that the assumption that the day of preparation in the year
of Jesus’ death had to fall on a Friday is invalid! Such an assumption is based
upon Gentile ignorance about Jewish feast days. What the Gentile church has
failed to recognize over the centuries is that the first day after Passover (15
Nisan) is a feast day, or “high day” because it is the beginning of the Feast
of Unleavened Bread. It is therefore considered to be a Sabbath, regardless of
which day of the week on which it falls. Read Numbers 28:16-18. Verse 18
clearly indicates that the first day after Passover, Nisan 15, is to be
observed as a Sabbath – and so it has been throughout Jewish history to this
day.
Now, the Gospel of John makes it
clear that the Sabbath after the crucifixion was not a regular Sabbath. Rather,
it was a feast day Sabbath, marking the beginning of the Feast of Unleavened
Bread. Consider the words of John 19:31 – “The Jews, therefore, because it was
the day of preparation, so that the bodies should not remain on the cross on
the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), asked Pilate that their legs
might be broken, and that they might be taken away.”
Solving the Problem
Again, the point of all this is that
Jesus did not have to be killed on a Friday in order for His crucifixion to
precede the Sabbath because there could have been two Sabbaths during the week
of His crucifixion, depending on what day of the week the high feast day fell
on. If it fell on Saturday, then there was only one Sabbath. But if it fell on
another day of the week, as it usually does, there would be two Sabbaths. Take
the year 31 AD for example. In that year the 14th of Nisan, the Passover day on
which Jesus would have been crucified, fell on Wednesday, April 25th. The next
day, Thursday, would have been the high feast day, and therefore it would have
been a Sabbath.
Thus, if Jesus was crucified in the
year 31, He would have been crucified on Wednesday and buried that evening
before the high feast day Sabbath began. His body would have remained in the
tomb for three days (Thursday, Friday and Saturday) and three nights
(Wednesday, Thursday and Friday), just as He predicted. That means His
resurrection would have taken place on Saturday evening, April 28th. To the
Jew, that would place the Lord’s resurrection on Sunday, the first day of the
week, because the Jewish day begins at sundown.
The Crucial Clue
There is a clue in the Scriptures
that the crucifixion week had two Sabbaths. In Mark 15:47 we are told that Mary
Magdalene and Mary the mother of James remained at the tomb after Jesus had
been buried. In Mark 16:1 it says that the two of them bought spices to anoint
the body of Jesus after the Sabbath was over. But in Luke 23:56 it says they
bought the spices before the Sabbath and then rested on the Sabbath before
proceeding to the tomb on Sunday morning.
There seems to be only one
explanation of the apparent contradiction in these verses. After resting on the
high day Sabbath on Thursday, the ladies bought the spices on Friday and then
rested again on the regular weekly Sabbath on Saturday before proceeding to the
tomb on Sunday morning. This explains how they could have bought the spices
both before and after the Sabbath. They bought them after the high Sabbath on
Thursday but before the regular Sabbath on Saturday.
An Amazing Corroboration
A fascinating fact that also
indicates that the resurrection occurred in 31 AD is to be found in the writings
of Josephus, the first century Jewish historian. He says the last Jubilee that
was celebrated in the land (before the Roman conquest in 70 AD) began in the
fall of 27 AD. That date most likely marks the beginning of Jesus’ ministry,
for His ministry was a symbolic fulfillment of the Jubilee promises. This is
indicated by the scripture that Jesus read in the synagogue in Nazareth when He
launched His public ministry (Luke 4:16-24 & Isaiah 61:1-2):
The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,
Because He anointed Me to preach the Gospel to the poor. He has sent Me to
proclaim release to the captives, And recovery of sight to the blind, To set
free those who are downtrodden, To proclaim the favorable year of the Lord.
It is commonly agreed that the
ministry of Jesus lasted 3 1/2 years. A launching date in the fall of 27 AD to
coincide with the beginning of the Jubilee would place His death in the spring
of 31 AD – the year in which the Passover week had two Sabbaths.
A Final Problem
Another point of controversy about
the resurrection week concerns the nature of the Lord’s last supper with His
disciples. The church has traditionally taught that this was the Passover meal.
But the scriptures clearly indicate that the meal was eaten the evening before Passover.
Jesus was crucified on the day of preparation for the Passover. In fact, He
died at three o’clock in the afternoon at the precise moment that the Passover
lambs were beings slaughtered for the Passover meal that evening (Matthew
27:45-46). Jesus and His disciples had eaten their last meal together the
evening before Passover. Yet, Jesus referred to His last meal with His
disciples as “keeping the Passover” (Matthew 26:18). So, it must have been a
Passover meal that was celebrated one evening early.
Professor Harold Hoehner of Dallas
Theological Seminary has proposed a solution to this problem. He says there is
evidence that the Galilean Jews reckoned time differently from the Judean Jews.
Whereas the Judean Jews counted a day from sunset to sunset, the Galilean Jews,
according to Hoehner, counted a day from sunrise to sunrise. If this is true,
then Jesus and His disciples, being Galileans, would have celebrated Passover
one evening earlier than their Jewish brethren in the Jerusalem area. (See
“Chronological Aspects of the Life of Christ” by Harold W. Hoehner.)
A Summary of the Order of Events
Regarding the Death, Burial and
Resurrection of Jesus in 31 AD
1) Jesus and His disciples ate the
Passover meal on a Tuesday evening (April 24th) in the Upper Room on Mount Zion.2)
After the Passover meal, Jesus and His disciples departed the Upper Room and
walked to the Garden of Gethsemane in the Kidron Valley between the Old City
and the Mount of Olives.
3) Jesus was betrayed and arrested
early Tuesday evening. His various trials lasted throughout Tuesday night and
early Wednesday morning.
4) Jesus was crucified at about 9:00
am on Wednesday morning (April 25th). At noon, darkness filled the land. At
about 3:00 pm Jesus died.
5) Jesus was buried on Wednesday
about sunset.
6) The two Marys waited until after
the high Sabbath on Thursday (April 26th) to purchase the spices for the
anointing of Jesus’ body. They bought the spices on Friday (April 27th) and
then rested again during the regular Sabbath on Saturday (April 28th) before
returning to the tomb on Sunday morning (April 29th).
7) The resurrection of Jesus occurred
on Saturday evening (Sunday by Judean reckoning of time). The resurrection was
discovered on Sunday morning when the women returned to the tomb.
What Difference Does It Make?
Lest you be tempted to write all this
off as much ado about nothing, let me explain why I think it is important.
Prophecy and its fulfillment validate Jesus as who He said He was – namely, God
in the flesh. Prophecy and its fulfillment also validate the Bible as the
inspired Word of God. Prophecy must be fulfilled precisely, not approximately.
The precise fulfillment of prophecy regarding the First Coming of Jesus is our
assurance that all the prophecies regarding His Second Coming will also be
fulfilled completely to the last detail. God will not forget or overlook
anything. He is true to His Word. He keeps His promises.
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