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PASSOVER

To truly understand the Passover, one needs to study both Moses’s and Jesus’s Passovers in detailed. “For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me; for he wrote of me.” (John 5:46)

Pertinent excerpts are identified below for the time of Moses’s Passover:

• Exodus 12:2, “This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.”
• Exodus 12:3, “Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:”
• Exodus 12:6, “And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.”
• Exodus 12:14, “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.”
• Exodus 12:15, “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 cut off from Israel.”
• Exodus 12:16, “And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.”
• Exodus 12:17, “And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.”
• Exodus 12:18,” In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even.”
• Exodus 13:4, “This day came ye out in the month Abib.”

• Leviticus 23:4, “These are the feasts of the Lord, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.”
• Leviticus 23:5, “In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the Lord’s passover.”
• Leviticus 23:6, “And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the Lord: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.”
• Leviticus 23:7, “In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.”
• Leviticus 23:8, “But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.”

To add further clarity, identify the events by DAY in calendrical form:

Additional pertinent excerpts are identified below for the time of Moses’s Passover:

• Exodus 12:22, “And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.”
• Exodus 12:29, “And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.”
• Exodus 12:30, “And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead.”
• Exodus 12:31, “And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the Lord, as ye have said.”

The beginning of the “death of firstborns” was at midnight and continued for an unspecified time. The “death of firstborns” was not instantaneous at midnight as Moses instructed none shall leave their house until morning. Moses (a firstborn) and Aaron did not abide to their own warning as they went to the Pharaoh “by night” which infers that they knew it was safe to do so. This infers the darkness of death departed the earthly realm in the early hours of the night, before morning. Midnight infers the darkest point of night and coupled with death, it could be considered one of the darkest nights of all times.

Pertinent excerpts are identified below for the time of Jesus’s Passover:

• Matthew 27:45, “Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.”
• Matthew 27:46, “And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”
• Matthew 27:47, “Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.”
• Matthew 27:48, “And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.”
• Matthew 27:49, “The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.”
• Matthew 27:50, “Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.”
• Matthew 27:51, “And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;”

During the time of Moses’s Passover, the darkness of death, the beginning of the “death of firstborns” was at midnight; while the time of Jesus’s Passover, the darkness of death, the beginning of the spiritual “death of the Firstborn” was at the sixth hour, midday, or 12PM – a difference of 12 hours. Also as midnight is associated with the darkest part of night, midday is associated with the lightest part of the day; being opposites of each other and separate by 12 hours. For a prophecy to be accurate, valid, and fulfilled then it is reasonable to expect the times to match to the second. Where did the 12 hour difference originate?

A search of the text for “twelve hours” reveals only one verse, from John 11:9:

Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.

In the surrounding text, Jesus’s question is not answered. It is as if the question is addressed to the reader; to seek the relationship of the quantity of 12 hours and how it relates to a “day”.  To seek (walk) filled with light or you’ll stumble. The definition of a day has two meanings (Genesis 1:1-5): 1. A complete cycle of darkness followed by light until darkness appears again. 2. The period of light between darkness.

The first question perspective sought is when are there twelve hours (the period of daylight) in the (complete) day. In Genesis DAY 1, the complete day was divided into two parts called Night and DAY, but the concept of hours was not disclosed. A whole divided by two, equals two equal parts. With the knowledge a complete day is about 24 hours and it is divided by 2, it equals 12 hours – 12 hours for Night, 12 hours for Day. But this equal division of hours existed only on Genesis DAY 1 – a day of God’s involvement and work. This would likely answer the question posed: Yes, there are (exactly) twelve hours in the (complete) day, but only on Day 1 of Genesis, by the work of God.

The second question perspective sought is when are there NOT twelve hours (the period of daylight) in the (complete) day. As all parts of light is about two-thirds of a complete day with night about one-third, and the length of day/night is variable throughout the earth and dependent upon latitude location, which would make most days greater than 12 hours, this is not the type of day in question. As we look at Genesis DAY 2 and 3, they were complete days of light, as the precept to “divide the day from the night” (Genesis 1:14) was not till Genesis Day 4 – both days of Gods involvement and work. This would likely answer the question posed: Yes, there are NOT (exactly) twelve hours in most (complete) days, but only on Day 2 and 3 of Genesis is the entire (complete) DAY of light by the work of God.

The answers to the question posed by Jesus involved three days of Creation and in all three days God was involved and at “work”. It is revealed to seek a quantity of 12 hours, a complete day, a day of God’s involvement, and some relationship to three days.

A search of the text for “whole day” reveals only one verse, from Joshua 10:12-14:

• 12: Then spake Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
• 13: And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.
• 14: And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the Lord hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the Lord fought for Israel.

Analysis (internet) of Joshua’s whole day of lightness by many reputable historians, theologians and Biblical scholars assert the day in question was near to the summer solstice, the longest period of daylight of the year. It is inferred that day had about 14 hours of daylight, for its geographical location, and with the addition of twilight hours, the total amount of daylight that day might have been just about 15 hours. As Joshua was involved in an epic battle, he really was unaware of the passage of time, and the claim of a whole day of lightness is just a battle weary exaggeration. It was concluded it was impossible for the sun and the moon to remain still in the sky.

It is revealed that the Lord fulfilled Joshua’s request by adding 12 hours to the existing day’s light period bringing the total portion of daylight that day to “about a whole day”. The passages of those 12 hours were not marked in the physical realm’s timeline (earth, sun, moon, and universe). But the additional 12 hours changed and extended the spiritual/heaven realm’s timeline and therefore all compacts, covenants, and prophecies in effect. The Joshua 10 verses shown above are true and accurate, just as is the rest of the Bible.

The 12 hours added to fulfill Joshua’s request perfectly matches the difference in time from midnight during Moses’s Passover to the midday time of Jesus’s Passover and explains the shift in time. However, that is not all it reveals.

Events of the time of Jesus’s Passover:

• Jesus died on the cross about the ninth hour (3PM) on Passover day the fourteenth day of the first month. (Leviticus 23:5,” In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the Lord’s passover.”)
• The next day was the first day of the Feast of Unleavened bread, a Holy Convocation day (Sabbath). (Leviticus 23:6, “And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the Lord: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread. Leviticus 23:7, “In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.”)
• The next day was Day 7 of the Week, the Sabbath. (Exodus 20:10, “But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work.”) This is also the second day of the Feast of Unleavened bread.
• The next day was the First Day of the Week and the third day of the Feast of Unleavened bread and the day of Jesus’s resurrection. (Mark 16:9, “Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.”)
• The First Day of the Week was also the Feast of FirstFruits and the resurrected Jesus was the “he lamb without blemish”. (Leviticus 23:11, “And he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.” Leviticus 23:12, “And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the Lord.”)

Verses of three days or third day:

• Matthew 12:40, “For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.”
• John 2:19, “Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
• Matthew 17:23, “And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again.”
• Matthew 20:19, “And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.”
• Matthew 27:64, “Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.”
• Mark 9:31, “For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day.”
• Mark 10:34, “And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.”
• Luke 9:22, “Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.”
• Luke 18:33, “And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again.”
• Luke 24:7, “Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.”
• Luke 24:46, “And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:”
• Acts 10:40, “Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly;”
• 1 Corinthians 15:4, “And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:”

The third day and the three days and three nights accurately represent three complete days or a period of 72 hours. If three complete days or 72 hours are extended forth from the fourteenth day of the first month at the time of death of ~3PM, it identifies a time exactly three full days or 72 hours at ~3PM on the First Day of the Week as defined in Genesis 1:5. The First Day of the Week is identified as the resurrection day in multiple verses (Luke 24:1, Mark 16:1, Mark 16:2, Mark 16:9, Matthew 28:1, John 20:1 ), however each verse states the resurrection was early in the morning, not at ~3PM of the same day. If exactly 12 hours are removed from the three full days or 72 hours, the resurrection time becomes ~3AM on the First Day of the Week which is in agreement with all the multiple resurrection verses that infer “early in the morning”.

As it was revealed that the darkness of death, that physically kills firstborns, came about midnight, the darkest hour of the night, during the Passover of Moses’s time and the same darkness of death, that spiritually kills the Firstborn, came about midday, the brightest hour of the day, as result of the insertion of 12 hours during Joshua time, that those 12 hours would be reclaimed upon fulfillment of the prophecy, restoring the earthly and heavenly timelines in synchronization (Luke 11:2 Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.) For a moment, considered if Jesus died on the timeline of the Passover of Moses’s time: at midnight the darkness of death would have appeared, at ~3AM Jesus would have died, exactly three full days or 72 hours later he would have risen at ~3AM on the third day. In Jesus’s Passover timeline he was risen at ~3AM on the First Day of the Week – this is only possible if the 12 hours added during Joshua’s time were reclaimed on fulfillment of the prophecy at Jesus’s death.

In Moses’s Passover timeframe, the sacrificial “Paschal” lamb was killed in the evening (Exodus 12:6) and its blood painted/striked on the houses doorway (Exodus 12:7). In Jesus’s Passover timeframe (offset by 12 hours), this period of time would have been in the hours just after sunrise on the fourteenth day of the first month, when he was delivered to Pontius Pilate (Matthew 27:2). Matthew 27:30 states, “And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.” Jesus’s blood was let on the ground from the time he was tortured early in the morning to after he “yielded up the ghost” (Matthew 27:50) on the cross. His physical state was so degraded, “he was led away (barely able to walk) to be crucified” (Matthew 27:31). Unable to carry the cross, “a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross” (Matthew 27:32). It was as if He was physically dead or near to it, only compelled forward to the crucifixion by the immense strength of His immortal spirit.

The First Day of the Week, as defined in Genesis 1:1-5, states “without form, and void; and darkness” and “Let there be light: and there was light”, symbolizes the resurrection of Jesus. When Jesus died on the cross, he had suffered the death of flesh, his earthly life, at the hand of Man, but Man was not empowered to kill him spiritually. At midday, just as in Moses’s time but offset by 12 hours, the darkness of death appeared. Jesus suffered the agony of spiritual death for about three hours at the hand of God’s servant/angel. However, even the servant/angel of the darkness of death sent by God could not kill Jesus. Jesus, of his own free will, out of his unmeasurable love for Man, had to voluntarily “yield” (“yielded up the ghost” Matthew 27:50) his immortal spirituality for the servant/angel of the darkness of death sent by God to kill him spiritually. Jesus died of flesh and spirit to forgive ALL sins, both of Man and the hosts in heaven. Jesus died of flesh and spirit and ceased to exist in all realms of God’s creation – he became “without form, and void; and darkness”. At the anointed heavenly time, only known by God (But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. Matthew 24:36), God created Light – God created Jesus (John 12:46), his earthly body was resurrected.  God reclaimed the 12 hours inserted into the heavenly timeline during Joshua’s time, restoring the symmetry between heaven and earth. Jesus rose on the First Day of the Week – the Day Light was created, at the exact same instant of his death after 3 days, three days and three nights, 72 hours, the third day as prophesied, but invisible to Man was the 12 hours reclaimed by God (“with God all things are possible” Matthew 19:26)

The prophesied “third day” in many verses, means three full (complete) DAYS, 72 hours, but also aligns with the “third day” of the Feast of Unleavened Bread Day 3 that was also on the First Day of the Week, the day of Jesus’s resurrection at about ~3AM. The convergence of the number three (3) is exhibited throughout all prophesy and the reality of the Passover and Resurrection DAY.