tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5528158760608808912.post8471678910326295698..comments2024-03-28T16:55:57.201-04:00Comments on AS BEREANS DID: Easter History - part IMarthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438486498450616814noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5528158760608808912.post-13664124466791755572024-01-22T17:01:00.127-05:002024-01-22T17:01:00.127-05:00I've made the decision to completely rewrite t...I've made the decision to completely rewrite this article. It's basically the same topics, worded very differently. I never liked how it explained the timing. Plus, I've learned a couple things since it was originally posted. I think this new version does a better, albeit far from perfect, job.xHWAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01061716053302210598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5528158760608808912.post-48324453401009270442019-01-06T19:00:23.041-05:002019-01-06T19:00:23.041-05:00Hello Anonymous 1/3/19. Thanks for reading, and th...Hello Anonymous 1/3/19. Thanks for reading, and thanks for taking the time to comment.<br /><br />I can most certainly appreciate your view on the three days and three nights. I was told from the time that I was a very little boy that the crucifixion was on Wednesday. We at AsBereasDid have looked into this, but we concluded for a Friday crucifixion based on several points. We have discussed these things in depth in other articles that I hope you will read.<br /><br /><a href="http://asbereansdid.blogspot.com/2013/03/three-days-and-three-nights.html" rel="nofollow">Three Days and Three Nights</a><br /><a href="http://asbereansdid.blogspot.com/2013/03/wednesday-crucifixion-not-likely.html" rel="nofollow">Wednesday Crucifixion? Not Likely.</a><br /><a href="http://asbereansdid.blogspot.com/2010/03/two-sabbaths-of-matthew-28.html" rel="nofollow">Two Sabbaths of Matthew 28</a><br /><a href="http://asbereansdid.blogspot.com/2013/04/easter-faq.html" rel="nofollow">Easter FAQ</a><br /><br />I will give you a short list of our reasons here.<br />>>Since the Hebrews counted inclusively, a Wednesday crucifixion is not possible. "The third day" to a person who counts inclusively is the same as "the day after tomorrow." Sunday is not the day after tomorrow to Wednesday. Thursday is a remote possibility, but we discuss why we are not as satisfied with Thursday as Friday.<br />>>The Hebrews had a concept called the "onah" which counts part of a day as a whole day, so it is perfectly acceptable to have only a small portion of a day count. This goes right along with counting inclusively. The first day and the last day are always included in the count no matter how partial they are.<br />>>"Three days and three nights" is a known idiom, which we demonstrate from other parts of the Bible, and is not to be understood as 72 hours. Idiomatic expressions (e.g. "tickle the ivories") are not to be made into literal expressions.<br />>>Preparation Day for the Sabbath is another name for Friday.<br /><br />We make many more points in the articles I've linked you to, and go into a lot more depth.<br /><br />As for the Hebrew dating of 14th/15th, I don't see that the Wed/Thu/Fri day of the week would change that. The events had to be on a certain date regardless of what day of the week it would have fallen upon.<br /><br />God bless!xHWAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01061716053302210598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5528158760608808912.post-64112122909675419242019-01-03T12:32:34.883-05:002019-01-03T12:32:34.883-05:00So, I very much appreciated this article. I'm...So, I very much appreciated this article. I'm curious though as to why you believe the crucifiction was on Friday rather than Wednesday. It seems the basis for this is the use of the term "preparation day" but I am confident that would be used before any Sabbath or Holy Day and not just the weekly Sabbath. I feel much better about the sign of Jonah being fulfilled with 3 days AND 3 nights being fulfilled and not 3 partial days. In fact by the Friday crucifiction rendering there is only the single "day" period-- the Sabbath. Even looking at 3 days and nights -- "days" is plural as is "nights", I don't believe that satisfies the sign of Jonah.<br /><br />Does a Wednesday crucifiction interfere with your overall stance here that the Passover is the 15th and that Christ was crucified on the 14th? I'm not sure how it would.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5528158760608808912.post-67280257174949011142018-03-19T22:25:21.555-04:002018-03-19T22:25:21.555-04:00What's up everyone, it's my first go to se...What's up everyone, it's my first go to see at this website,<br />and paragraph is genuinely fruitful for me, keep up posting these types of content.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5528158760608808912.post-41434406524444227332012-11-28T10:29:19.607-05:002012-11-28T10:29:19.607-05:00Ah, but according to whom?
In Jerusalem, the days...Ah, but according to whom?<br /><br />In Jerusalem, the days started and ended at sundown. In Galilee, and Jesus was more or less based out of Galilee, the days started and ended at sunrise. There is a great deal of evidence that the province of Galilee had its own calendar one day off from the religious calendar used at the temple in Jerusalem.<br />When we include that Judea was a Roman province again when Jesus was alive there, we see that there were at least three calendars in use in Israel at that time.<br /><br />Kinda messy, no?xHWAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01061716053302210598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5528158760608808912.post-81482165644577678592012-11-27T12:03:31.230-05:002012-11-27T12:03:31.230-05:00As far as I can tell, Passover starts when the sun...As far as I can tell, Passover starts when the sun goes down and the full moon rises.jack635https://www.blogger.com/profile/08419045741839152708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5528158760608808912.post-58755024236955281072012-11-13T10:38:46.887-05:002012-11-13T10:38:46.887-05:00I am no expert on the correct interpretation of pr...I am no expert on the correct interpretation of prophecy. But, since you ask my opinion, I would say no. I do not see how sun worship fits.<br /><br />Apollo is associated with the sun. However, I do not see Revelation 9 as referring to Apollo at all. I see it much more in line with how Barnes' sees it. I can't speak for him but I believe Luk here at ABD would agree as well. I believe it is a symbolic reference to destruction - specifically the kind that swarms of locusts leave. And these locusts are symbolic for armies of men. (Barnes will explain the rest. It's quite interesting.)<br /><br />There are at least three different ways to look at Revelation. Either we are well past most of it, we are in the middle of most of it, or we haven't yet started with most of it.<br /><br />If we are well past most of it, then I suppose sun worship could possibly be referred to, since we see the unified church overcoming the pagan Roman Empire led by its sun-worshiping emperors. Sun worship was pretty popular in the Roman Empire and previous. If this is your preference, look for what affected the church until the fall of Rome.<br /><br />If we are in the middle of it, then sun worship would not be referred to since most people of this pursuasion believe either the Catholic Church or the Muslims are the beast. Neither of those groups are sun worshippers. (I would say the people who believe it is the Catholics seriously need to dump the petty squabbles of the post-Reformation era and reevaluate.) If this is your preference, look at what outside forces have affected the Christian Church over the centuries.<br /><br />If we are prior to most of it, then there is no way to tell, but I do not personally see how sun worship can make a comeback. I honestly believe that the most likely candidate in this scenario is secular godlessness or Islam. Islam is not a sun worshiping group. One might make a weak case that they are moon worshipers if anything. If this is your preference, look at what outside forces are affecting the church now.<br /><br />As time goes on, I see more and more how Revelation seems to be written in the same style as the Old Testament apocalyptic writing. Very Hebrew. Very stylistic. Very graphic and exaggerated. Look for the meanings of those old symbols and you'll have a better idea of what Revelation means.<br /><br />I know this is a lot of nothing definite. My apologies. But it's my best.xHWAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01061716053302210598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5528158760608808912.post-24011859653786458432012-11-13T09:53:06.892-05:002012-11-13T09:53:06.892-05:00X, some say that the mark of the beast is sun wors...X, some say that the mark of the beast is sun worship and because apollo is related to the sun the say that the antichrist is the sun god. Is there any merit to such a claim?Dillonhttp://www.youtube.com/user/MrPaulroxxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5528158760608808912.post-87119093758931360092012-11-12T16:02:14.928-05:002012-11-12T16:02:14.928-05:00I figured I would pop back in and make a quick rec...I figured I would pop back in and make a quick recommendation. I recommend reading Barnes Notes for Revelation 9. I really find it to be interesting and reasonable.xHWAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01061716053302210598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5528158760608808912.post-713275012187331212012-11-12T12:03:20.399-05:002012-11-12T12:03:20.399-05:00You're welcome, Dillon.
The scholarly consens...You're welcome, Dillon.<br /><br />The scholarly consensus is split.<br />Some do say that Apollo and Apollyon are the same, and others disagree.<br /><br />I believe Apollo and Apollyon are only related in that the names come from the same root words, but at the end of the day they are false friends. Appolyon is just a Greek translation of the word Abaddon. And Abaddon is where the importance lies, in my opinion.<br /><br />Early Christians understood it to be a reference to Satan.<br />Older Jewish tradition saw Abaddon as a place and not a being.<br /><br />Perhaps this verse really is a vague reference to Satan and a place at the same time. <br />Since the immediate context is that this angel is the leader of the locusts that come up from the pit, so we have a being and a place, then perhaps the name Abaddon is dual. Perhaps it refers to the leader (Satan - who causes the destruction) and the pit (the place of destruction).<br /><br />At the end of the day, I do not believe that Apollo is referred to here. But who am I?<br /><br />I recognize that not everyone will agree. I will accommodate this by saying that Satan no doubt originally inspired men to invent the Apollo false god to worship. So, in that round-about way, maybe Apollo has always been Satan, and thus Rev. 9: 11 does mean Apollo.xHWAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01061716053302210598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5528158760608808912.post-87192409537521254592012-11-10T13:34:38.270-05:002012-11-10T13:34:38.270-05:00X, Tanks for putting it up. By the way does the gr...X, Tanks for putting it up. By the way does the greek god Apollo have anything to do with Apollyon of the Bible?Dillonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5528158760608808912.post-69620601735034100222012-11-07T15:37:11.373-05:002012-11-07T15:37:11.373-05:00I guess this got deleted. I had to find it in an a...I guess this got deleted. I had to find it in an archive and restore it.<br /><br />Now I have to go fix some links.<br /><br />THIS DOES NOT MEAN THE BLOG IS RE-OPENING!xHWAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01061716053302210598noreply@blogger.com