Carl -- I agree with you that Jesus was not in the grave for three days but rather a day or less. We celebrated Seder (sp?) at our church this year on Thursday before Easter. It was the first time I'd ever gone to one, and I loved it. We had no choice but to celebrate it on the wrong date because it would make no sense to celebrate it after the Easter date ordained by, I guess, the Roman Catholics. Cheryl ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl Felland" <cfelland@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 5:38 PM Subject: [geocentrism] Re: Calendar query > Neville, > > The short answer is "No." > > My longer response is two-fold. First, that your thesis would > necessitate the understanding that the New Moon is the Full Moon and > second, that the Gospels do not show Messiah in the grave for three days. > > Passover and the first day of Unleavened Bread fall in the middle of the > month on the 14th and 15th, respectively. Now, there is a very small > group of people who argue that the New Moon is the Full Moon, which may > allow your thesis. I can't see this as a possibility because of history > and logic. History, as in dictionary definitions, shows the New Moon > being firstly astonomical new moon and secondly a crescent moon. > Logically, the two primary divisions of the moon's appearance from earth > are when it is visible and when it is not visible. The period when it > is not visible is that unique period of time each month that I argue is > a "month-end/beginning" holiday. The Full Moon is still important, but > as the second sabbath of the month and being at the beginning of the > pilgramage feasts of Unleavened Bread in the first month and Tabernacles > in the seventh month. > > Concerning the Gospel accounts... In Mark 15: 42 "And now when the even > was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the > sabbath," we see Messiah's death and burial on the preparation, the day > before the sabbath. Exodus 16:5 shows that the day before the weekly > sabbath is a preparation. The next reference to sabbath is Mark 16: 1 > "And when the sabbath was past..." Logically, this would be the same > sabbath that was referred to in Mark 15: 42. Compare also Luke 23: 54- > 24: 1. > > In Matthew 27: 62 "Now the next day, that followed the day of the > preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate," > we see again the preparation and based on the above evidence the next > day would be the sabbath. Continuing on to Matthew 28: 1 again we have > the women going to the tomb after the sabbath on the first day of the > week. [An alternately punctuated Matthew 27: 66 - Matthew 28: 1 as "So > they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a > watch in the end of the sabbath. As it began to dawn toward the first > [day] of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the > sepulchre." may better hamonize the Gospels.] In John 19:31 "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." The preparation was for a weekly sabbath > day, that also happened to be an high day. In John 19: 42- 20: 1 again > we see no gaps in the sequence of 1st day) preparation where death and > burial occurred (Passover), 2nd day) sabbath in the grave (First day of > Unleavened Bread), and 3rd day) first day of the week with resurrection > (Wave Sheath offering). This sequence fits the resurrection on the > third day as in Luke 24:46 "And said unto them, Thus it is written, and > thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third > day:" > > On another note, I found a error in my Biblical Calendar overview. > Towards the end in the New Moon section the last sentence should read > "The crescent may be easily visible after twenty four to thirty six > hours depending on location, local conditions, lag time, etc." > > Carl > > Dr. Neville Jones wrote: > >>Carl, >> >>Sorry, I meant the Sabbath on the 29th, which precedes the New Moon, and >>thus explains the gap before the "first day of the week." >> >>Yours in Christ, >> >>Neville. >> >> >>"Dr. Neville Jones" <ntj005@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>Carl, >> >>In your opinion, is it possible that Christ's execution took place on the >>day before a New Moon, thus explaining how he was in the memorial tomb for >>three days? >> >>Neville. >> >>Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com >> >> >>. >> >> >> >