Easter 2025

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The Jews' liturgical days begin in the evening so Passover this year kicks off
at sunset Saturday April 12

Were 2025 the year of Jesus' crucifixion, he would be dying on the cross
during Saturday's daylight hours while at the same time the Jew's would be
slaughtering lambs and preparing them for that night's celebration.
Consequently, while the Jews would be eating their lambs, Jesus would be
spending the first of his three nights in the tomb.

According to Matt 12:40, Jesus was interred three days and three nights. So
if we allow for his first night to begin at sunset Saturday April 12, then the
three nights for 2025 would be Saturday night, Sunday night, and Monday
night; and the three days would be Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday.

The preponderance of textual evidence indicates Jesus' crucified dead body
was restored to life during the third day rather than after the third day was
over and done with. In other words, Jesus was deceased less than 72 hours.

Matt 17:22-23
Matt 20:18-19
Mark 9:31
Luke 9:22
Luke 18:33
Luke 24:5-8
Luke 24:21-23
Luke 24:46
John 2:19
Acts 10:40
1Cor 15:4

So then Easter 2025 would fall on Tuesday were we to go strictly by the
book.


FAQ: What about Matt 27:63 and Mark 8:31? They say "after" the third day
rather than during the third.


REPLY: To begin with, those verses are outnumbered 11÷2.

Plus; the Greek word translated "after" is somewhat ambiguous. It can
indicate moments following the conclusion of an event, but it can also
indicate moments within an event. I suggest letting the 11÷2 majority
decide how best to interpret the intent of Matt 27:63 and Mark 8:31.


FAQ: Luke 24:21-23 says the morning that women came to the cemetery
was the third day. How can that be true when the sun wasn't up yet when
they arrived?


REPLY: The original Easter is a mite confusing due to a natural day following
close on the heels of a liturgical day.

Whereas liturgical days were a twenty-four hour amalgam of daytime and
nighttime; natural days consisted of only twelve hours of daytime. (John
11:9-10)

The day preceding the first day of the week was a sabbath (Matt 28:1)
which began at sunset Friday and ended at sunset Saturday. So that in
accord with liturgy the first day of the week began with sunset Saturday,
whereas in accord with nature it began with sunrise Sunday morning. I can't
advise folks how best to untangle the confusion resulting from mixing and
mashing liturgical days with natural days 'cause I can't even do it myself.
It's definitely a bit of a challenge.


FAQ: Can the hours of darkness during Jesus' crucifixion be counted as one
of the three nights?


REPLY: Jesus survived those hours. Matt 12:40 requires that he be dead and
buried.
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FAQ: Was it really necessary to restore Jesus' crucified dead body to life?

REPLY: Jesus' crucifixion made it possible for everyone to obtain a pardon
per Isa 53:6. However, his crucifixion alone wouldn't have cleared them, viz:
it would've left the record of their wrongs intact.

For example when folks pay fines for traffic violations, they satisfy the law's
requirement for retribution, but fines don't clear people's names, viz: their
violations remain on the books as a matter of record. Another example is the
pardon that former US President Gerald Ford gave former US President
Richard Nixon. The pardon kept Nixon out of prison, but he's still known in
history as a crook because the pardon didn't clear his name.

The thing is: books are to be opened at the great white throne event
depicted by Rev 20:11-15. Jesus' resurrection makes it possible for God to
wipe those records so that on the books it will look as though people have
never been anything but 100% innocent.

Rom 4:25 . . He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to
life for our justification.

The Greek word translated "justification" in that passage means acquittal;
roughly defined as an adjudication of innocence due to lack of sufficient
evidence to convict, viz: exoneration.

In other words: by means of Christ's crucifixion & his resurrection, God
closes the believer's case and it's never reopened-- not because it's a cold
case, but because all charges against them-- those past, those now, and
those future --went to the cross laid on Christ and when he came back from
the dead, none of those charges came back with him: they were gone.

2Cor 5:19 . . God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not
counting their trespasses against them. (cf. Jer 31:34)

The Greek word translated "counting" pertains to keeping an inventory, i.e.
an indictment. Well; without an indictment, the great white throne will have
no cause to proceed with a trial.
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It starts Ash Wednesday Its what Mardi Gras is all about your last night of sinning before repenting for 40 days.It ends at midnight on Tuesday.The temptation of Christ.You are to turn from sin as much as possible. during the 40 days suffering with Christ and go without..You should be trying to avoiding sin at all cost today and for the next 40 days.
 

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I would teach newbies that it was necessary to restore Jesus, not just his body, to life. He was lifeless in the tomb.

Jesus of Nazareth was alive. Jesus of Nazareth was dead. Jesus of Nazareth was made alive again via bodily resurrection from the realm of the dead.
 

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FYI: This topic wasn't set up to discuss a man-made tradition such as Lent.
It was set up to discuss Jesus' resurrection relative to its depiction in the
gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John & the epistles of Paul, James,
John, Peter, and Jude.

So please folks, let's us all make an effort to stay with the Bible.

Thank You
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FYI: This topic wasn't set up to discuss a man-made tradition such as Lent.
It was set up to discuss Jesus' resurrection relative to its depiction in the
gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John & the epistles of Paul, James,
John, Peter, and Jude.

So please folks, let's us all make an effort to stay with the Bible.

Thank You
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such as lent or any other pagan pratice .
The sooner the people learn that you cannot blend the pagan with the holy
the far better off it had been .
Blending in any kind of pagan NEVER HONORS THE ONE TRUE GOD who we supposed to BE HONORING
when we REMEMBER SUCH THINGS . all easter bunnies , eggs , christmas trees
and yuletide carols , MUST be abadoned . I can and do remember HIS birth , THOUGH i do not know the actual day
And his LIFE , HIS WORDS , HIS DEATH and HIS RESSURECTION . WE DONT need any pagan to do so either .
 
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It starts Ash Wednesday Its what Mardi Gras is all about your last night of sinning before repenting for 40 days.It ends at midnight on Tuesday.The temptation of Christ.You are to turn from sin as much as possible. during the 40 days suffering with Christ and go without..You should be trying to avoiding sin at all cost today and for the next 40 days.
Nimrod would be proud .
Partner WE SHOULD BE DOING ALL TO AVOID any kind of sin EVERY DAY OF OUR LIFE . YEAH .
 
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FYI: This topic wasn't set up to discuss a man-made tradition such as Lent.
It was set up to discuss Jesus' resurrection relative to its depiction in the
gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John & the epistles of Paul, James,
John, Peter, and Jude.

So please folks, let's us all make an effort to stay with the Bible.

Thank You
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