cfposter
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That is a great response Deborah. I also believe that the resurrection was in 31 AD (I know you see a different date). I hope you keep studying and hold onto what you believe is right but be sure to challenge all claims and make sure that you have the Truth. That is the important thing.I think you have a lot more research to do, but if you have been studying this question, which has kept historians and theologians and archaeologists and laymen alike fascinated for generations, then wonderful!, we should have a lot of things we can compare and talk about and discuss, in a spirit of Christian fellowship. Just because I don't agree with your conclusion doesn't mean I am manipulating the Bible. What it does mean is that there is a LOT of evidence that you are unaware of that would probably change your view. Notice I said change your view, not change the Bible.
I dearly love studying any and everything that pertains to the life and ministry of Jesus Christ, and have been studying these things for over 40 years. And the highlight of my academic life has been some wonderful opportunities to share with fellow Christians and non-Christians alike. I would love to share with you what I have learned, for the sole purpose of building up your faith in the times and the seasons of the life of Jesus, the historical authenticity of the eyewitness accounts of his life in the Gospels, and the Christian observance of the most important events in the history of the world ... the Christmas observance of his birth, and the Easter observance of his death and resurrection.
I have no other motive than to testify of the historical evidence of the life of our Great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.
In His Name,
Deborah~
One of the key things that binds 31 AD to the crucifixion is that there must be 40 years from that time to the destruction of the Temple which took place in 70 AD. So you might think that 70 - 31 = 39 but you have to include the year in which He was crucified inclusively so it makes 40 years. Because the destruction of the Temple actually BEGAN with Christ. Recall at the crucifixion is when the Veil was rent in two. The sages recorded how after that time the Temple was not the same. The gates would remain open the and the Menorah wouldn't stay lit, and more.
That year was also the 490th year in the count from Daniel's 70 weeks prophecy. Jesus was crucified on March 25th as the early Church fathers and historians have heralded. The changes to the Jewish calendar didn't take place until Hillel II. Therefore, those earliest Jews turned Christians and others would have known the day, Jesus was crucified. A key understanding in all of this is that the sabbath days were according to the phases of the moon. Therefore, the 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th were all Sabbaths of each lunar month. That means a lunar year - you would have 48 Sabbaths. These were administered from Sabbath to Sabbath by the 24 courses of the priest setup by King David (Chronicles 24). So they would serve twice in a year. I have all these courses mapped out and when they served even going back to the start of their courses under King Solomon. I find that the 8th course of Abia was serving during the Day of Atonement in 4 BC which would be when Zecharias was visited with the news that Elizabeth would bring forth John the Baptist. These things can't be understand unless one understand that the Jews served from Sabbath to Sabbath via a Lunar Calendar that was aligned with the equinoxes.
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