J-M's History Corner

Today is Good Friday - in Australia, at least; it's still the day before in some parts of the world.  Today, many Christians celebrate and remember Yehoshua ha'Mashiach/Jesus the Christ's death by crucifixion on a Friday, and His resurrection 3 days later on a Sunday. BUT - it's all a myth.  No, Yeshua's crucifixion and resurrection is absolutely NOT a myth in any way, shape or form - nor is it "non-literal", as some absurdly claim.  However, the tale of "Good Friday" is a myth.  Allow me to elaborate. The Bible is clear that Jesus was raised on a Sunday.  More specifically, Saturday night.  And since in Biblical times days were counted from sunset to sunset, what we call Saturday night was in fact Sunday - or to use the Biblical phrase, "first day of the week".  (There was no "Sunday sunrise resurrection"; it was during the night.)  And it is made clear that Jesus was dead for THREE DAYS and THREE NIGHTS .  Think about t...

Yesterday (in Australia) was Pesach – The Feast of Passover .  Today is Matsot, the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which takes place from the 15th to the 21st of the month Aviv.  You can see my feastly calendar at Feast Calendar .  You can see my explanation of the calendar at Yom Teruah - The Feast of Trumpets . Matsot and Pesach are often confused with each other, and some view them as one, celebrating Passover on the 15th of Aviv.  However, Scripture is very clear that they're separate feasts.  Passover is the 14th.  Here are the Biblical instructions (for both feasts): 14  And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the Lord throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever. 15  Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be c...

Here is my Feast calendar for the next year - containing the dates I will be celebrating the Biblical feasts, for those interested. Yom Teruah - Feast of Trumpets - evening of Friday 28th September to evening of 29th September 2018 (timezones east of Jerusalem); evening of Thursday 27th September to Friday 28th September 2018 (timezones west of Jerusalem). Yom Kippur - Day of Atonement - evening of Sunday 7th October to evening of Monday 8th October 2018 (timezones east of Jerusalem); evening of Saturday 6th October to evening of Sunday 7th October 2018 (timezones west of Jerusalem). Sukkot - Feast of Tabernacles - evening of Friday 12th October to evening of Saturday 20th October 2018 (timezones east of Jerusalem); evening of Thursday 11th October to evening of Friday 19th October 2018 (timezones west of Jerusalem). Channukah - Hanukkah - evening of Friday 21st December to evening of Saturday 29th December 2018 (timezones east of Jerusalem); evening of Thursday 20th December t...