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SATURDAY, THE TENTH
While this
section has little to do with the Millennial Calendar per se, it is added here
to show the chronology of other events leading up to Yahshua’s
crucifixion, as well as the consistent truth regarding the order of Yahweh in
the light of the Remnant. And as
revealed only to the Remnant Bride, who have been given the spirit of truth, we
will see, as we have in other writings, the marvelous truth revealed in Bible
contradictions. But we cannot
explain the depths of these specific contradictions, but only point them out
and touch on them. We will seek to
be brief and to the point.
In Exodus
12:3, we read Yahweh’s command regarding the preparation of the Passover:
“Speak to all the congregation of Israel,
saying, ‘On the tenth of this month they are each one to take a lamb for
themselves, according to their fathers' households, a lamb for each
household.’”
This was the
same day that the sons of Israel crossed the Jordan and entered into the
promised land (Joshua 4:19). And
as you will see, undoubtedly this is the very day that Yahshua entered into
Jerusalem on a donkey, being heralded as King.
We have
already seen that Yahshua was crucified on a Wednesday on the fourteenth day of
the first month, and that He resurrected on a Saturday, the Jew’s
sabbath. Let us lay this out and
see precisely what day was the tenth.
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This would have
explained one of the reasons why the Pharisees objected so fervently about what
was taking place when Yahshua rode into Jerusalem on a donkey and was heralded
as king, whereupon the people gathered palm branches and laid them before Him. Once again they saw Him as being a
sabbath breaker. In fact, it is
quite revealing that Yahshua made reference to the very thing that so often
they desired to take up so as to put Him to death – the stones. As recorded only in second Remnant Luke
19:40, Yahshua said, “I tell you, if these become silent, the stones will
cry out!" Of course what He
was truly saying was that if this Elijah second Remnant company does not cry
out, then as it is written in Malachi 4:5-6, the stones will cry out –
Yahweh’s wrath will come. We
read in Malachi that Yahweh sends Elijah so as to avert the fullness of the
great and terrible day of Yahweh.
That day has been transpiring for 2,000 years in the church; and by
sending Elijah, it is cut short from 3,000 to 2,000.
Once again we
see Yahshua carrying out events on the Jews’ sabbaths that prophesy what
will take place on the true sabbath – the Millennial period that we are
in now. Therefore, it is time for
the Elijah company to cry out so as to prepare His way and to thereby cut short
the wrath against the kingdom that has taken place for 2,000 years.
Also, we note
here that this day was the day when the Passover lamb was selected. In truth, what Yahshua was doing by His
entry into Jerusalem on this tenth day was to present Himself as the true
Passover Lamb, ready for slaughter on the fourteenth. This is obviously a very important point to note.
But regarding
this taking place on the sabbath, someone might read Matthew 21:12-13 or Luke
19:45-46 and object, noting that they were buying and selling in the
temple. This would have never
taken place on a sabbath.
Quite so, but
the main purpose of the Scriptures is to prophesy. And one of the ways the Holy Spirit has chosen to prophesy
in them is through the riddles of Bible contradictions; and clearly there is
one in play regarding cleansing the temple.
If you read
the account of these same events in Mark 11, you see that, instead of cleansing
the temple on the same day of His triumphal entry, verse 12 tells us that it
was the “next day” that He came into Jerusalem and cast out the
moneychangers. Which order
actually took place? Undoubtedly,
it was the Mark account. This
would have meant that Yahshua came into Jerusalem on the Jews’ sabbath on
Saturday, looked around in the temple, obviously finding it clean (vs. 11), and
then returned on Sunday to cleanse the temple of the moneychangers. Thus we see:
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So does this
make Matthew and Luke wrong or historically incorrect? Only if you want to look at the Gospels
as having the purpose of being historical records. Unquestionably, there is far more taking place here than
history. These contradictions are
revealing riddles. (Not to speak
of Yahshua cleansing the temple at the very beginning of His ministry in John
2:13-16.)
It does seem
though that Mark, at least here and in another account, has toed the tighter
line on actual history. In the
other instance, we have read in Mark 16:1:
When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, and
Mary the mother of James,
and Salome, bought spices, so that they might come and anoint Him.
But in Luke
23:56, we read concerning these women immediately following the crucifixion on
the same day:
Then they returned and prepared spices and
perfumes. And on the Sabbath they
rested according to the commandment.
Thus we have
another contradiction riddle, once again with Luke taking on a different
account. And once again Luke is
carrying out the matter of spices earlier, just as cleansing the temple was earlier. And as pointed out in the writing, Cleansing
the Temple,
the Remnant are dealt with one day, or 1,000 years, earlier. This is indicated as well in the graph
above where the temple in Matthew and Luke – the first and second Remnant
– is cleansed on the sabbath, prophetically in the Millennial reign;
while the temple in Mark – Christianity – is cleansed on their
sabbath, Sunday.
Now, if you
haven’t had enough Bible contradictions, Matthew, Mark, and Luke give an
account that Yahshua ate the Passover meal with the disciples on Wednesday
evening, and was crucified on Thursday, the fifteenth. (Interestingly, Mark actually
contradicts himself on this per 16:1.)
But in clear contrast, John gives the account that Yahshua had a meal
with the disciples, and was crucified on the day of the preparation of the
Passover on the fourteenth. (Read Passover.)
The latter is what had to have actually taken place. But as you will see in the next
section, Yahweh stacks the fifteenth on the fourteenth, and makes the two
one. This seems to be one of the
messages of this obvious contradiction here; because by the testimony of the
Scriptures, they are both days on which He was crucified. Remember, once again – in the
Scriptures, the Holy Spirit is not as concerned about historical facts, as He
is about prophetic and governmental facts and attesting order.
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