On Passover & the Resurrection
In this presentation I will discuss why we celebrate Pesach (Passover) rather than East-r. Why we eat the Pesach (Passover) Lamb on the 14th rather than on the 15th day of Aviv (Nisan).
Why we recognize First Firsts, and begin the counting of the Omer always on the First day of the week (S-nday), rather than after the 1st day of Hag haMatzot (the feast of Unleavened Bread). And why we celebrate Pesach (Passover) in the first New Moon after the green ears of barley arise, rather than at the first New Moon following the vernal equinox.
This study is designed to address questions among Christian, Messianic, and Jewish readers alike.
East-r, or Pesach (Passover)?
Did you know that the Messiah Yeshua was our Pesach (Passover) Lamb, and that both the Jews, and the people of the nations (Gentiles) in the early assembly, celebrated this set-apart feast of Passover in remembrance of our Messiah? Or that East-r, (a variation of the name Isht-r) was an ancient fertility ceremony of the cursed goddess Isht-r that was never celebrated by Yeshua, the Apostles, or by any other member of the early assembly? And that this pagan celebration was never celebrated by believers in association with Christ until the Catholic Church "christianized" it almost 300 years after His death and resurrection?
You may also find it interesting to know that Christ-mass, originally called the Sat-rnalia festival in Yeshua's day, and observed in worship of the cursed god Sat-rn, and which also was eventually Christianized" by the Catholic church centuries after Yeshua's death and resurrection, was in fact illegal in the original 13 colonies of America because of its pagan roots; and did not become generally accepted, or observed, among Protestants until later in the nineteenth century.
One Sabbath Day of Rest, or One Sabbath Plus One High Day?
You have probably heard that Yeshua was dead from sunset of the 6th day (Fr-day) to sunrise of the 1st day (S-nday), a period of 1 1/2 days. But did you know that the Scriptures teach that Yeshua was to remain dead for a full 3 nights and 3 days before arising? And that 2 days of rest were observed over this 3 day period that Yeshua was in the grave?
East-r (Isht-r), S-nday Sunrise Resurrection, or First Fruits?
You have probably also heard that Yeshua arose at sunrise, on the morning of the first day (S-nday); but did you know that the Scriptures show Yeshua being resurrected at the end of the 7th day Sabbath at dusk, and not at Sunrise of the first day, (S-nday morning)? Or know that this day that Yeshua ascended to the Father as the First Fruits from the grave; I Corinthians 15:20-23, was the Day of First Fruits? V'yikra (Leviticus) 23:10,11.
These are just some of the interesting facts that will be brought out in this study. Interesting I say, because this 1700 year old “Catholic” celebration of East-r (Isht-r) teaches us that the Messiah was dead for only 1 1/2 days instead of three, that only one day of rest was observed during this period of time instead of two, and that the Messiah arose from the tomb after sunrise of the first day (S-nday), rather than at just prior to sunset following the Sabbath of the 7th day (S-turday) as taught in the Scriptures.
How is this possible?
Catholicism reserves itself as the sole authority for the interpretation of Scripture. Even if that interpretation is wrong, as Luther, and Wycliffe, and others have shown various erroneous doctrines in the past to be, the Catholic Church still requires all to obey those doctrines until a Pope speaking ex-cathedra, or a council of the Church, deems it to be incorrect.
Interestingly enough, it is often these various councils held over the centuries, and these decisions spoken ex-cathedra, that the erroneous doctrines were created to begin with; and it is through these various councils that the Scripturally ordained practice of Yahuweh's (God's) Commandments and rehearsals (Appointed Times and Feast Days) have been effectively expunged from the doctrines and practices of the Assembly and been replaced with observation of various non-biblical celebrations adopted from pagan Rome and "Christianized".
These changes in the application of Scripture, and practices of the Church, the Catholic Church will plainly admit to, because they believe it to be within their full authority to make these changes.
Two of the most popular celebrations adopted by the Catholic Church in place of Chanukah and Passover being that of Christ-mass and East-r (Isht-r).
Chanukah itself is not specifically ordained in Torah, but is a historically verifiable appointed time of Israel celebrating Yahuweh’s miraculous intervention on behalf of His people to deliver us from our oppressors. It was also celebrated by our Messiah, and during the approach of this same season that the Messiah Yeshua declared Himself to be the light of the world.
And finally, it is at this time that Yeshua was conceived in Miriam’s womb, and then born 9 moon phases later on the 1st day of Succot (Tabernacles). Chanukah also provides us very vivid pictures of what the last days under the rule of the Beast and False Prophet will look like.
But concerning Christ-mass, which was ordained in place of Chanukah, the Romans knew Christ-mass as "The S-turnine Festival" and knew East-r as the celebration of the Fertility Goddess "Isht-r".
The early assembly of Yeshua, likewise, treated these sacred days of the Romans and Greeks as repulsive and evil, shunning them completely, and having nothing to do with them.
These repulsive festivals involved everything from child sacrifice in the times of early observance in Babylon, to the worship of idols and false deities through the practice of orgies, temple prostitution, and murder at the time of the early assembly.
It is because these celebrations were adopted from the non-Torah observant communities that they are in perfect harmony with the timetables of pagan religious rites, and in complete disharmony with the timetables of the Scripturally appointed times of Yahuweh.
It is because these celebrations were adopted from the pagan customs of Roman culture that Christ-mass involves the decoration of trees, the giving of gifts, and the person of Santa Claus (originally the "Lord of Misrule" who enforced the observance of the feast).
And for this reason that the celebration of East-r (Isht-r) contains the elements of rabbits and dyed eggs, which were fertility symbols presented in honor of the fertility goddess Isht-r.
The dyed eggs are a carry-over from the original practice of dipping eggs in the blood of sacrificed infants during this repulsive fertility festival of Isht-r. From this we can see why the original "East-r" eggs of the church were dyed red, a practice still observed today by the Eastern Orthodox church.
However, taking a non-Torah based celebration, and Christianizing it, does not make it a Scriptural celebration anymore than dressing a demon up as a messenger of Yahuweh, makes the demon a messenger of Yahuweh.
East-r (Isht-r), and its component of Good Fr-day, as confirmed by history and openly admitted by the Catholic Church, is a celebration instituted and ordained by the Catholic Church in place of the Scripturally appointed and set-apart rehearsal of Pesach (Passover).
Pesach (Passover), though observed by the early assembly, was condemned by the Catholic Church at the Council of Nicea in 325 CE in favor of the non-Scripturally appointed feast of East-r/Isht-r adopted from pagan Rome, and having its roots in Babylon.
When the Protestant movement arose and broke away from the Catholic Church in the early 1500’s, they retained many of the traditions of Catholicism, such as the celebration of Christ-mass, East-r, and in this case, Good Fr-day, which is part of the East-r/Isht-r cycle.
The Good Fr-day / East-r tradition teaches as follows:
On Good Fr-day, the day of "the Last Supper", the Messiah was crucified and buried, and remained in the tomb for 1 1/2 days from Fr-day sundown to S-nday sunrise; and arose from the dead at the rising of the sun, on the day that the Catholic church refers to as the "venerable day of the Sun", which is why they call it S-nday.
This tradition presents two irresolvable conflicts.
The first is that this tradition places Messiah in the tomb for only one and a half days; but Yeshua, when prophesying about His death and resurrection, stated clearly that He would be in the tomb for 3 nights and 3 days.
As it is written in Mattit'yahu (Matthew) 12:40,
12:40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the center of the earth.
This self-prophecy was likewise reiterated by the chief priests and Pharisees in Mattit'yahu (Matthew) 27:63, 64 which says,
27:63 Sir, we remember while this man was still alive, how that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will arise.’
27:64 Therefore, command that the tomb be made secure until the third day lest His disciples come by night and steal Him away, and say to the people, ‘He has risen from the dead.’ so that the last deception will be worse than the first.
Three nights and three days make up a 72 hour period of time, as is also confirmed in B'resheet (Genesis), verses 1:5, 8, 13 which state,
1:5 Yahuweh called the light day, and the darkness He called night. So the dusk and the dawn were the first day.
1:8 And Yahuweh called the expanse of the atmosphere, sky. So the dusk and the dawn were the second day.
And after Yahuweh brought forth vegetation and plant life, the Scriptures say,
1:13 ...the dusk and the dawn were the third day, etc...
And though some have argued that these are not literal 24 hour days, but are symbolic of longer periods of time, no one has ever argued that these time frames in the first chapter of B'resheet (Genesis) describe anything less than literal 24 hour periods of time.
So, all are in agreement that the dusk (which in this context includes the extension of night) and the dawn (which in this context includes the extension of day) make-up a minimum 24 hour period of time, and no less.
Despite this fact concerning the creation account, some have continued to debate that when the Scriptures state Yeshua would be dead for 3 days, that the Scriptures were referring to 3 days in whole, or in part; so that the partial day of the 6th (Fr-day) would be day one, the full day of the 7th (S-turday) would be day two, and the partial day of the 1st (S-nday) would be day three.
However, Yeshua stated that He would be in the center of the earth for 3 nights and 3 days.
The eve of the 7th (Fr-day night) to the morning of the 1st (S-nday morning) is only 2 nights and 1 day. That is the night of the 7th (Fr-day night), the day of the 7th (S-turday day), the night of the 1st (S-turday night,) and resurrected at the break of day on the 1st (S-nday day).
This is a period of only one and a half, 24 hour days, or 36 hours. So either Yeshua was a liar and deceiver as the chief priests and Pharisee’s accused Him of being, or the tradition handed down to us is in error. Yeshua, of course, is the one Who is correct.
The second major conflict that this tradition presents is the assumption that only one day of rest took place during this 3 day period. That day of rest is assumed to be the Sabbath that the Scriptures teach us to observe on the 7th day of each week (S-turday).
However, Yahuweh has appointed, through Scripture, several days of rest that resemble Sabbath days that are to be observed during His Appointed Rehearsals (appointed times and Feasts); most of which can, and do, fall on any day of the week during those Feasts.
The primary day of rest is the weekly Sabbath that Yahuweh has appointed to be observed on the 7th day of each week. V'yikra (Leviticus) 23:3.
23:3 Six days shall work be done, but the 7th day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a set-apart assembly. You shall do no work on it. It is the Sabbath of Yahuweh in all your dwellings.
See also, B'resheet (Genesis) 2:1-3.
In the Hebrew transcripts of the Torah there are 3 appointed times that are specifically called Sabbaths, they are,
The 7th day of the week; V'yikra (Leviticus) 23:3, Evrim (Hebrews) 4:1-11, which is a picture of the Millennial Kingdom and ultimate Sabbath rest of the inhabitants of the earth through Yeshua.
Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) of the 7th Moon; V'yikra (Leviticus) 23:26-32, Mattit'yahu 24:27-31, I Thessalonians 4:15,17 which represents the day of Judgment upon the world, and day of redemption for Yahuweh's people taking place at the end of the harvest season. It is accompanied with the blowing of the Great Shofar in the year of Jubilee, and represents the re-establishment of Yahuweh's government upon the earth.
And the 7th year for the rest of the land and cancellation of debts is also called a Sabbath; V'yikra (Leviticus) 25:1-7. It is a picture of the Millennial Kingdom and ultimate rest for the earth and its creatures.
Then there are 7 days of rest that resemble Sabbaths because they, like Sabbaths, also require cessation from work, but which are not referred to in Torah, in the Hebrew, as "Sabbaths", though your English translations will commonly, and erroneously, refer to them as such.
They occur as follow,
The 1st day of Hag haMatzot (the Feast of Unleavened Bread); V'yikra (Leviticus) 23:3-8, which is a picture of the 1st Millennium of Adam where a sinless (unleavened) world became polluted with sin (leaven), and where we are commanded to remove that sin (the leaven) from all our dwelling places.
The 7th day of Hag haMatzot (the Feast of Unleavened Bread); V'yikra (Leviticus) 23:3-8, which is a picture of the 7th Millennium where the sin (leaven) introduced by the 1st Adam on the 1st day is now completely removed by the Last Adam, Yeshua, during the 7th Millennium.
The day of Shavuot (the rehearsal of Weeks); V'yikra (Leviticus) 23:15, 16 & 21, known also as the Day of Pentecost, and which occurs on the 50th day immediately following completion of the 7th Sabbath following the offering of the Bikurim (First Fruits) at Pesach. It is accompanied with the blowing of the First Shofar, and represents the Shofar blown at Mt. Sinai, and of the calling out of the assembly of Yahuweh’s people into His presence.
Then there is the day of Yom Teruach (the rehearsal of Trumpets); V'yikra (Leviticus) 23:23-25, I Corinthians 15:51-54; I Thessalonians 4:14, 16; Yechezk'el (Ezekiel) 37:1-14; Revelation 20:4-6, and Yahuchanan (John) 5:22-25 which occurs on the 1st day of the 7th New Moon of the year, and is accompanied by the blowing of the Last Shofar. It represents the blowing of the Last Shofar at Jericho, and symbolizes the fall of the nations, as even the walls of Jericho fell, and represents the day that the breath of life was breathed into Adam after he was formed from the dust, and of the day our resurrection when we, likewise, will be raised from the dust and have the breathe of life breathed back into us.
Then there is the 1st day of Succot (the rehearsal of Tabernacles); V'yikra (Leviticus) 23: 34, 39; Zechar'yahu (Zechariah) 14:12-21 which represents when Yahuweh would dwell with man once again.
And after the 7 days of Succot are complete, the 8th day following the 7th day of Succot (the rehearsal of Tabernacles) occurs; V'yikra (Leviticus) 23: 34, 39; Mattit'yahu (Matthew) 25:31-46; Yahuchanan (John) 5:26-29 & 6:39,40,44,54 & 7:37; Revelation 20;11-15. It is also known as "the Last Great Day" and as "Shemini Atzeret". It is when the Great White Throne Judgment shall take place after the 2nd resurrection occurring after the Millennial Reign of Yeshua. It represents the completion of the restoration of the earth, and establishment of Yahuweh’s Kingdom upon the earth, where all things will have been made new, with the fullness of the Torah restored back to its inhabitants, and with Paradise (Eden) restored back to the earth.
And finally, there is the Year of Jubilee; V'yikra (Leviticus) 25:8-17, Luke 4:17-19. It occurs every 50th year, and is introduced on Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) of the 50th year through the blowing of the Great Shofar throughout the land of Israel. It is blown in proclamation of rest for the land, for the cancellation of debts, for the return of property to the original inheritors, and for the release of slaves. Yeshua came the first time on the 80th Jubilee from Adam, and will return the 2nd time on the 120th Jubilee from Adam. See Time Line 1.
These days of rest that resemble Sabbaths likewise, can, and do, fall on any day of the week, with the exception of Shavuot, which always falls on the 1st day of the week.
Likewise, all of these "non" Sabbath days of rest occur during the appointed feasts.
These days of rest are also distinguishable from Sabbaths in that the 3 Sabbaths of Scripture always fall in a pattern of seven, and are not limited in their observation to the appointed feasts.
That is, the Sabbath of the 7th day always falls on the 7th day of the week, the Sabbath of Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) always falls in the 7th Moon, and provides for us the picture of transition from our work in this world into the 7th day Millennial rest of His Kingdom. And finally, there is the Sabbath year, which always falls on the 7th year.
Outside of these 3 Sabbaths, there are a total of 7 "sabbath like" days of rest. These 7 "non-sabbath" days of rest outside of the 3 Sabbaths are referred to by our people as "High Days" and can fall on any day of the week during the appointed feasts of Scripture.
In all, there is a combined total of 10 different times of rest (3 Sabbaths, and 7 High Days, that require cessation from work), that are observed throughout the 50 year Jubilee cycles of Yahuweh‘s calendar.
Additionally, all of the "Sabbath" days and "High" days are referred to in Scripture as "Mikra Kodesh", that is, as "Days of Public Assembly".
In Yeshua's day, these "High Days" came to be referred to as "High Sabbaths", not because they were Sabbaths, but because, like the Sabbath Days, labor, and the purchase and selling of merchandise was forbidden.
And because buying and selling are forbidden on the Sabbath, the people refrained likewise from buying or selling on any day that was similar to, or treated as, a Sabbath.
As it is written in Nehem’yahu (Nehemiah) 13:15-18 concerning the 7th day Sabbath,
13:15 In those days I saw in Judah some people treading wine presses on the Sabbath (Shabbat), and bringing in sheaves, and loading donkeys with wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath (Shabbat) day. And I warned them about the day on which they were selling provisions.
13:16 Men of Tyre dwelt there also, who brought in fish and all kinds of goods, and sold them on the Shabbat (Sabbath) to the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.
13:17 Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, ‘What evil thing is this that you do, by which you pollute the Sabbath day.
13:18 Did not your fathers do the same, and [as a result] did not our Elohim bring all this disaster upon us and on this city? Yet you [continue to] bring additional wrath on Israel by [continuing to] pollute the Sabbath.
And concerning the High Days of the appointed times Nehem'yahu (Nehemiah) 10:31 states,
10:31 "...if the peoples of the land bring merchandise, or any grain to sell on the Sabbath day, that we would not buy it from them on the Sabbath, or on any holy day."
These "holy days" referenced here are the "High Days" of the appointed times/feasts.
Now, with this understanding we can return to our original question and ask again, during Yeshua’s 3 day burial in the tomb, was there observation of one day of rest, or of two?
Let’s see what the Scriptures say on this subject.
In Book of Yahuchanan (John), just after Yeshua died, the Jews asked that the legs of Yeshua, and of the two other men, be broken so that they could be removed from their crosses and not have to hang on them through the quickly approaching "High Day" of rest.
As it is written in Yahuchanan (John) 19:31,
19:31 Therefore, because it was the Preparation Day, in order that the bodies should not remain on the cross into the sabbath, (for that sabbath was a High Day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken so that they could be taken away.
The "High Days" in Scripture, as explained above, are the days of rest and of public assembly that occur during the appointed feasts of Scripture, and these days of assembly occur on,
1- The first day of Hag haMatzot (Unleavened Bread),
2- The seventh day of Hag haMatzot (Unleavened Bread),
3- The day of Shavuot (Pentecost),
4- The day of Yom Teruach (Day of Trumpets/Rosh Hoshannah),
5- The day of Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), which is both a High Day and a Sabbath,
6- The first day of Succot (Tabernacles)
7- And on the 8th day following the 7th day of Succot.
The reference to this day above, in verse 19:31, as a "sabbath" is what throws most people off, but the term "High Day" is really the clarifying factor here that distinguishes this day from the 7th day Sabbath, for High Days, ONLY occur during the appointed feasts, whereas the 7th day Sabbath occurs every week throughout the year independent of, and regardless of, the feasts.
The preparation day, accordingly, is always the day immediately preceding a "High Day" or Sabbath; the "High Days" of which, over time, all came to be called "sabbaths"; though, Scripturally speaking from the Hebrew, Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement), is the only day among these 7 High Days that is called a Sabbath.
Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) is also the one appointed time of Scripture that is not a day of feasting, but rather is a day of self-affliction and repentance, and picture of our doorway into the Millennial Kingdom of Yeshua.
So when we go to the next verse in this study I will show you how that when it talks about a "sabbath" being past, it is referring to the "High Day" mentioned in Yahuchanan (John) 19:31, that had come to be called a Sabbath through oral tradition, but which, in fact, was not the 7th day Sabbath, but the 1st High Day of Unleavened as you will soon see in just a few paragraphs.
In Mark 16:1, it is written,
16:1 "Now when the sabbath was past (the High Day that Yeshua had been buried on in Yahuchanan [John] 19:31), Miriam (Mary) Magdalene, and Miriam (Mary) the mother of Ya’aqob (James) and Shalome, bought spices hoping that they could come and anoint Yeshua."
This High Day of Public Assembly, and rest, was the 1st Day of Hag haMatzot (Unleavened Bread) following the day of Pesach (Passover).
So this Scripture states, in simplified terms, that when the first day of Hag haMatzot (the 1st day of Unleavened Bread following Pesach [Passover]), which was a "High Day", had passed, the two Miriam’s (Mary’s) and Shalome (Salome), purchased spices and anointing supplies.
Then in Luke 23:56 it states,
23:56 "Then they returned and prepared the spices and fragrant oils, and then, rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment."
This verse states that after they prepared those spices and fragrant oils they rested on the 7th day Sabbath, which is further re-enforced by the fact that Yeshua was seen risen from His grave the very next day which the Scriptures identify as the 1st day of the week (S-nday).
As it is written in Mark 16:2,
16:2 Very early in the morning, on the 1st day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen.
And again in Luke 24:1,
24:1 Now on the 1st day of the week, very early in the morning, they, and certain other women with them, came to the tomb bringing the spices they had prepared.
This establishes the following,
1- That Yeshua was placed in a tomb prior to a "High Day", a Mikra Kodesh (day of public assembly and cessation from work); Mark 15:42-46; Luke 23:50-54; Yahuchanan (John) 19:31.
2- That prior to this "High Day" (Mikra Kodesh) the two Miriams (Marys) observed where Yeshua was laid; Mark 15:47; Luke 23:54,55.
3- That after this "High Day" (Mikra Kodesh) was over, the two Miriams (Marys) and Shalome (Salome) went and purchased spices and ointments for Yeshua’s corpse; Mark 16:1
4- That after the women prepared these spices and ointments they rested on the 7th day Sabbath; Luke 23:56.
5- That when the 7th day Sabbath was over, on the 1st day of the week, the two Miriams (Marys) and Shalome went to the tomb with the spices and ointments they had prepared: Mark 16:2; Luke 24:1.
6- That when they arrived at the tomb after the 7th day Sabbath, after this 2nd day of rest, they found that Yeshua had already risen from the tomb and departed from the area. Mattit'yahu (Matthew) 28:1-7: Mark 16:2--7; Luke 24:2-6;
7- And that this day they went to the tomb after the 7th day Sabbath was the day of the Bikurim offering (First Fruits offering), which is why Yeshua is referred to as the first of the First Fruits to be resurrected from the grave; I Corinthians 15:20-23.
This evidence presents the observation of two days of rest over the 3 day period.
This means that one of these two days had to be a High Day of rest, and the other had to be a Sabbath Day of rest. And because the 2nd day of rest was followed by the 1st day of the week, the day of the First Fruits offering, we can establish that this 2nd day of rest was the "7th day Sabbath Day" of rest.
Accordingly, this determines the first day of rest to have been the "High Day".
This High day was the first day of the feast of Hag Matzot (of Unleavened Bread), and fell on the 5th day of the week, Th-rsday, the first day that the women rested. This in turn was followed by a regular work day, the 6th day of the week, Fr-day, the day that the women purchased and prepared the spices; which, in turn, was followed by the second day of rest, the 7th Day Sabbath, where the women rested once again.
So, to believe the Good Friday/East-r Sunrise tradition, one either has to conclude Yeshua to be an impostor for having been in the grave for only half as long as He prophesied He would be, or conclude the women to have done the impossible by preparing spices and ointments before the 7th day Sabbath that they apparently had not yet bought until after the 7th day Sabbath.
So, being that neither of these conclusions that the Good Fr-day/East-r tradition raises is correct, then what is the truth about Messiah’s death and resurrection as taught by the sacred Scriptures?
PART 2
Yeshua, our Pesach (Passover)
We will begin with the following foundation and review,
1) That Yeshua died as our Pesach (Passover) Lamb on the Day of the Pesach (Passover) celebration; 1 Corinthians 5:7, 8; Yahuchanan (John) 19:14-18.
2) That Yeshua was in the tomb for 3 days and 3 nights [72 hours]; Mattit'yahu (Matthew) 12:40.
3) That the first of these 3 days began just prior to a "High Day" (a Mikra Kodesh); Mark 15:42; Luke 23:50-54.
4) That this "High Day" of public assembly, and rest (Mikra Kodesh), was the 1st day of Hag haMatzot/Unleavened Bread]; V'yikra (Leviticus) 23:5-7; Luke 23:50-54.
5) That Miriam (Mary) Magdalene, and Miriam (Mary) the mother of Ya’aqob (James) and Shalome, purchased spices and anointing oils after this "High Day"; Mark 16:1.
6) That these same women, after preparing these spices and anointing oils, rested on the 7th day Sabbath; Luke 23:55, 56.
7) That this Sabbath, which is followed by the 1st day of the week, is indeed the 7th day Sabbath; Mattit'yahu (Matthew) 28:1; Mark 16:1,2; Luke 23:56 & 24:1 and,
8) That when these women arrived at the tomb early in the morning on the 1st day of the week, on the day of the Bikurim (First Fruits) Offering; V’yikra (Leviticus) 23: 9-14; I Corinthians 15:20-23, and while it was yet dark; Yahuchanan (John) 20:1, that they found the tomb empty, for the Messiah Yeshua had already risen and departed from the area, prior to their arrival, and prior to sunrise; Mattit'yahu (Matthew) 28:17.
Let’s proceed.
YESHUA AS OUR PESACH (PASSOVER) LAMB
Yahuchanan (John) 1:29,
1:29 The next day, Yahuchanan (John) the Immerser (Baptizer) saw Yeshua, and went to Him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of Yahuweh, who takes away the sin of the world."
I Corinthians 5:7, 8;
5:7 ...For indeed, Yeshua, our Pesach (Passover), was sacrificed for us.
5:8 Therefore, let us celebrate the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of trouble making and Torahlessness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
THE PESACH (PASSOVER) LAMB HAD TO BE WITHOUT DEFECT
Shemot (Exodus) 12:5,
12:5 Your lamb shall be without defect, a male of the first year. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats.
YESHUA, AS OUR PESACH (PESACH) LAMB WAS WITHOUT DEFECT
I Kepha (I Peter) 1:18, 19;
1:18 ...You were not ransomed from your valueless behavior with perishable things like silver and gold...,
1:19 But with the precious blood of Messiah, as a lamb without fault or defect.
THE PESACH (PASSOVER) LAMB CAN HAVE NO BROKEN BONES
Shemot (Exodus) 12:43, 46.
12:43 This is the ordinance of the Pesach (Passover)...
12:46 In one house it shall be eaten; you shall not carry any of the flesh outside the house, nor shall you break any of its bones.
YESHUA, AS OUR PESACH (PASSOVER) LAMB, HAD NO BROKEN BONES
Yahuchanan (John) 19:32-33, 36,
19:32 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first [man], and those of the other man, who was crucified with Him.
19:33 But when they came to Yeshua and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs.
19:36 ...this thing was done so that the Scripture could be fulfilled, [prophesying that] "Not one of His bones shall be broken." Shemot (Exodus) 12:46; Mizmor (Psalm) 34:20.
The Pesach (Passover) Lamb is Slain on the 14th Day of the New Moon at Dusk, Between the Two Evenings; Between the Two Periods of Dusk and Dawn
V'yikra (Leviticus) 23:5,
23:5 On the 14th day of the first Moon at twilight (Hebrew: bayn ha-erevim; that is, between the two evenings, the two dusks; between the dusky part of evening and dusky part of dawn) is Yahuweh’s Pesach (Passover).
Shemot (Exodus) 12:3, 6;
12:3 ...On the 10th day of this Moon every man shall take for himself a lamb...
12:6 ...you shall keep (the lamb) until the 14th day of the same New Moon. Then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall slay (their lambs) at twilight (between the dusky part of the evening and dusky part of the dawn.)
Again in D'varim (Deuteronomy) 16:6,
16:6 ...at the place where Yahuweh your Elohim chooses to make His name remain; there you shall sacrifice the Pesach (the Passover) at twilight, "at the going down of the sun", at the time you came out of Egypt.
That is, they must slay their lambs at the beginning of the 14th day, for the biblical day begins with the dusk of evening and continues on through the night; and the blood had to be on the door post and the lintel prior to midnight; Shemot (Exodus) 12:21-23, 29
It is on this Night that the Pesach (Passover) Lamb or Goat is Roasted and Eaten with Bitter Herbs and Unleavened Bread
Shemot (Exodus) 12:8,
12:8 Then they shall eat its flesh that night roasted in fire, with unleavened bread, and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
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