Another year has gone by, and now it is Good Friday again - the day most Christians will honor as the day that Jesus Christ was crucified. However, are you believing something that is true or something that is false? Let's take a look at what the Bible - God's Word - has to say about it.
In Matthew 12:40, Jesus said that He would be 3 days and 3 nights in the ground (grave). Simple math shows that He was cruicified on a Wednesday. The next day, Thursday, was a special Sabbath day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread (Leviticus 23:5-7). It was when THAT "Sabbath was past" (Mark 16:1), that the ladies went shopping for spices - which would have been Friday. The following day would have been the 7th day Sabbath (Saturday) when they rested again, and then early the next day, Sunday morning, they went to the tomb and found Christ had already risen from the dead!
So, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday nights make 3 NIGHTS in the grave. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday make 3 DAYS in the grave. So to say today, Good Friday, is the day of Christ's crucifixion is not true! Many have asked me, "Why does that even matter?" Well, it should matter to us as Christians because if ANY part of this prophecy didn't come true - then Christ was not the Messiah (God in the flesh)! He staked His right to claim Messiahship on this prophecy! If we teach otherwise, then that means we are denying the Truth of God's Word and that Jesus Christ is the Messiah, the True and Living God come to earth to offer Himself as a sacrifice for our sins!
How does taking part in false teaching such as this, bring honor and glory to our Lord? Basically, we are saying that He lied! We are also going against the 9th Commandment of God which says, "Thou shall not lie!" So let me ask you, "Are you going to choose to believe God's Truth or are you going to choose to believe a man-made lie?" Whose Truth will you choose to believe?
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