Granpa Ralph

So, just what are the 'works of the law'?
from Strong's concordance:-
WORKS: G2041
ἔργον
ergon
er'-gon
From ἔργω ergō (a primary but obsolete word; to work); toil (as an effort or occupation); by implication an act: - deed, doing, labour, work.

Physical activity, not that of 'the spirit'. "Rom 7:14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin."

The 'law is spiritual'. In other words it is an attitude of the mind and nothing to do with the expenditure of energy ie.'works'.
In the AKJ the ten commandments are expressed as "Thou shalt not", see Exo.20:4 thru 17. Or in other words, 'refrain from', which is a direct instruction to cease from 'work'.

So, what were the 'works' of the law?
"Heb 9:10 Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation."
Those things were really hard work (ergon)

If someone were to ask my religious beliefs and my ‘denomination’ I would respond by saying that I am a ‘Christian Israelite’.

This might sound strange at first but I base my response on what I read in:-
“Gal 3:29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.”

Any serious Bible student can tell you that Abraham, sometimes known as ‘the father of the faithful’, was the father of Isaac who was the father of Jacob whose name was changed as in:-
“Gen 32:28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.”

As a consequence, having accepted Jesus Christ as my personal saviour, believing what He said and taught, then I can say I am His, I am Christ’s, ie. a 'true blue' Christian, and of ‘Abraham’s seed’, a descendant of Abraham, as in Gal. 3:29.

Hence I think I can faithfully refer to myself as a Christian and an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, through Isaac and Jacob. As a result I believe that the term ‘Christian Israelite’ is meaningful and reasonable.

In addition to that, it follows that I am subject to, and accept, the laws that were given to Israel back in the time of Moses. Those laws, statutes and judgments, that are described as “Wisdom and Understanding” in “Deu 4:5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.
Deu 4:6 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understandingin the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

Can you imagine ‘the nations’ following up their exclamation and saying “Let us emulate them so we also will be ‘a wise and understanding people.”
Which, I believe, was God's intention, but Israel 'muffed it', so to speak.

There are some in what I call ‘mainstream Christianity’ who propose that the laws of God have been “nailed to the cross”. Can you imagine, “Wisdom and Understanding” nailed to the cross? I am persuaded that those who follow such doctrine are bereft of both wisdom and understanding.

So, I am bound to ‘keep the Passover’ as in
"Exo 12:13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
Exo 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.

Exo 12:25 And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the LORD will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.
Exo 12:26 And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?
Exo 12:27 That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD'S passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped."

and

"Exo 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."

The ‘Feast of Unleavened Bread’, as part of ‘The Passover’, is to be observed ‘for ever’. So many people just don’t seem to understand the meaning of that term.
The 'Feast of Unleavened Bread', of course, has absolutely nothing to do with hot, yeast filled buns decorated with the 'cross of Tammuz'. See "Bible Tools' here

Much the same applies to ‘The Day of Atonement’ :-
“Lev 16:29 And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:”

Remember the concluding words of Gal.3:29 “heirs according to the promise.”
So, what was the promise”

“Gen 17:7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

The promise is found in the next verse:-ie. "Gen 17:8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God. "
For ever!

Then we can find:- "Eze 36:27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
Eze 36:28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God."

So what’s all this talk about going to heaven?

Potential Visibility - Torah or Takanot?

In our modern day, this is a difficult issue, but it was not an issue at all for the ancients. Today we have astronomy that is more precise than the ancients had. The ancients simply looked for the moon with their eyes and no other factors entered in to the determination. They either saw it or they didn't. Today there is a propensity to bring in modern astronomy (aka man's wisdom) as a 'witness'. I understand the persuasion of this argument and on the face of it may seem logical but it poses several problems:

1) Since the ancients would have made a different declaration, they must have been wrong. Therefore Yahweh gave us a calendar that we would not be able to follow with full veracity until millennia later, at the very close of the age in fact, when our own technology/wisdom advanced enough to enable it. Has Yahweh ever given commandments that are too technical to be able to follow without 'scientific' advancement? Or, is He a Creator who delivered the faith once, without revision, and said that at the last all things will be restored, not 'advanced'?

2) It essentially says that the weather is not in Yahweh's control and can, in fact, thwart His will. The mere vapour of clouds can block Yahweh's intended sighting of His new moon, and further, that He needs us to correct this 'error' with our technology. Presumptive declarations say that either Yahweh is not interested, too lazy, or unable to part the clouds in order to make His month known. "We didn't see it, but we know He meant us to. The clouds are just prevented Him from getting His message out so we'll overrule them ourselves." Is Yahweh like the god Elijah mocked in 1Kg 18:27? Has He perhaps wound up the universe like a toy and now just lets it run unattended on its own, que sera sera. Or, is He the God who revealed Himself to Job, ch 40-41, and takes an active role in His creation?

3) The god of technology trumps the God of Creation, except when otherwise noted. It's so strange to me that, while the latest astronomical calculations are fair game in this contest, other astronomical aides like binoculars and telescopes are not. The ancients didn't have those so we must not use them either. Late 20th century calculations that presuppose new moon sightings are OK though! What? Here's a quote from Nehemia Gordon in the Karaite's new moon group:

"On Sunday February 6, 2000 the New Moon was NOT sighted by observers from Jerusalem, Ashdod and elsewhere. There was total cloud coverage in Jerusalem and heavy cloud coverage in other locations. Magdi Shamuel located the moon for about 2 minutes from Ashdod in a gap in the cloud through 20x60 BINOCULARS, but the moon disappeared BEFORE he was able to locate it with the NAKED EYE. Binocular sightings can not be used to determine Rosh Hodesh (New Moon Day). Using modern optical aides, the moon can almost always be located (even close to conjunction!). The New Moon (Hodesh) referred to in the Hebrew Bible is the moon which reappears to the naked eye after several days of concealment, not that which remains constantly visible to sophisticated telescopes."

Has Yahweh made a ruling on which of our technologies may be used to modify His commandments and which may not? Has He not said 'You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of Yahweh your God which I command you."? (Due 4:2) And again "Whatever I command you, be careful to observe it; you shall not add to it nor take away from it." (Due12:32) And again, "Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar." (Pro 30:6)

4) Who's moedim are they anyway? The sacred calendar was established by Yahweh in the beginning of creation, even before plants, animals or man. The feasts that are appointed by it are not ours but His. They were celebrated in heaven before they were revealed to the patriarchs. Key events in the lives of these men revolved around and happened exactly on His feasts, feasts they didn't even know about, at least not as Israel was later instructed. Our calling to assembly at the moedim is not just an earthly happening. We assemble, along with all the heavenly host, in the banquet hall of the Most High at His gracious invitation. The argument has been floated that Yahweh has given authority to men, certain ones at least, to determine His calendar - but by what standards? I would argue the standards of Torah, the same ones the ancients used. Those standards demand that nothing be added or removed from the Word of Yahweh, the bedrock for all judgments. If we use astronomical calculations to determine the new moon in the absence of a sighting, we depart from that standard. Those ancient judgments were used in Yahushua's day and He never challenged them but rather observed Himself assembling with all Judah at the Temple for all His Feasts. Had he not been there due to a conflict He had with their reckoning of His calendar, it would have been a scandal the Pharisees would have hastened to seize upon to discredit Him in the eyes of the people, but they couldn’t get anything on Him! If the ancients were wrong in their simple observation-only method then Yahweh has remained silent. When we overrule the signs in the heavens, we change the timing of the feasts, His feasts. Do we imagine that heaven, which has been hosting these moedim for millennia, hangs on the judgment of men's mathematics and rearranges the Divine calendar accordingly? This smacks of the blasphemous rabbinic philosophy that says Yahweh must obey the rulings of the rabbis. When Messiah’s own practice, such as this one, can be verified today, how can we dare to ‘improve’ upon His own ways? Isa 55:9.

5) Torah standards for judgment also mandate that two or three faithful witnesses are required to establish a matter. The mathematical calculations used to trump the sighting of human witnesses cannot be considered a witness by Torah. Those calculations cannot establish anything. They cannot testify before a Sanhedrin. They are deaf, dumb and blind, without hands or feet, much like the dumb idols Yahweh hates so much. These have no lawful place in the determination of the calendar. In fact, the determination of Yahweh's calendar is His alone, we just have to observe it. Who has set the lights in the sky? Will we now create our own lights by calculation? He orders the heavenly bodies, He sets the clouds in motion and He is the author and arbiter of time.

6) Saints who have passed through the error of the modern Hillel II Jewish calendar to return to Yahweh's New Moon time keeping have already dealt with this issue of pre-calculated months and years. We have already stepped away from those counterfeit replacements for Truth and rightly judged those ‘refinements’ as error. But have we stepped far enough? Is there another,
comparatively small, step still to take? Why would we hold on to a calculated calendar just because purported improvements have been made in the last decade that make it “OK”? Make no mistake, the potential visibility method is an 85% pre-determined calendar! It obviates the need for most observations, except in a few isolated cases where the calculations are judged too uncertain. Over the last 10 years of observations, only 14% of them (17 out of 121) were deemed necessary due to uncertain calculations. The rest of the time the calendar was a forgone conclusion and the new moon sighting a superfluous ritual. It's disingenuous to say that the calculations are backed up by actual observations when calculations are used as the determining factor 85% of the time. Moreover, approximately 10% of the time, 12 times in the last 121 sightings, the calculations not only determined the calendar, but overrode the actual sighting. We've come out of the folly of a pre-calculated calendar but have we fallen into the same trap by another, more subtle method? It is subtle, quite persuasive sounding and smooth as oil to our human nature that takes pride in its own wisdom.

7) Does all this sound a little confusing? Isn't it a rather long and arduous path that we have had to take to unravel all the corruptions that have been done to Yahweh's calendar? It's much harder to unlearn than to just learn the right way from the start. Let's consider the source of this confusion for a moment. Yahweh says He is not the author of confusion, but of peace (1Co 14:33). Yahushua also said that His yoke (commandments) is easy and His burden light. That leaves us as the culprits. Time and time again we have seen how the simple, pure words of Yahweh have been twisted and turned into complex burdens He never intended. It's always the vain wisdom of man and the ways that seem right to us that get in the way. That's where the confusion always starts and, once started, it tends to grow more and more complex. Just take a look at the ever-evolving Talmudic laws as a stark example of that. Eliminate all the calculations men have added, be they Hillel II or post-modern astronomers, and things get a whole lot simpler. When confusion is eliminated, peace, Yahweh's peace, can enter in. More importantly, a blessed unity can begin to take root in which we can truly enrich each other's walk with Messiah without the constant distractions of arguments over which man-made revisions are holy and which are profane. That disunity, and the ever finer denominational divisions that result, is the adversary's game, and we're playing into his hands every time we bow to man's additions and subtractions to Yahweh's eternal truth. Confusion and division is the hallmark of man's meddlesome tampering with the simplicity that is in Messiah. Yahweh hates it with an everlasting hatred.

8) Some feel, because there is so little instruction given in Torah about how to observe the sacred calendar, that we need some extra rules to adjudicate it. For example, there are those that make a hard and fast a rule tying the new year to the vernal equinox. But this rule is not found in scripture either. All we need to do is observe the barley. Is it abib or isn't it? The equinox will take care of itself. Simple! I submit that the reason for the lack of detailed rules and precedents and exceptions for observing Yahweh's calendar is because they simply aren't needed. He created the signs, set them in perfect order, untouchable by any human tampering, and said "Observe"! It's a no-brainer by design, as easy as seeing when one day ends and the next begins. It was never Yahweh's desire for us that we become slaves to the endless angles of human reasoning and the contentions they generate. His purposes for creating us are so much bigger than that. He made the obedience part pretty straightforward, especially where His calendar is concerned, leaving us free to get on with the weightier matters of practicing justice, loving mercy and walking humbly with Him.

9) Finally, consider the mystery of Yom Teruah, the Feast of Blowing of Trumpets. This moedim is unlike any other in that it is the only one for which there is no means of determining it with precision in advance. All other feasts are known precisely as soon as we see the 1st new moon and the 7th new moon. But Yom Teruah falls on the 7th new moon itself and the sages tell us that makes it a feast of concealment, its exact timing unknown until the crescent new moon is sighted, and then it is immediately upon you. You have to be ready, anticipating it. Some feel that this element of mystery and anticipation makes this day a good candidate for Messiah's return - a day and hour you can not know with certainty in advance! The point here is not to theorize on the date of Messiah's return but to note that when the 7th month is predetermined by a 'potential' new moon calculation, which is most of the time, it removes the whole aspect of watchful, excited, preparedness that is a feature of that day. Waiting on Yahweh's timing, with joyful hope and eager anticipation, is blessed in His sight and a sure strategy for victory!
(authored by Darren Clarke)

Psa 27:14
Wait on YHVH;
Be of good courage,
And He shall strengthen your heart;
Wait, I say, on YHVH!

Psa 37:9
For evildoers shall be cut off;
But those who wait on YHVH,
They shall inherit the earth.

Psa 37:34
Wait on YHVH,
And keep His way,
And He shall exalt you to inherit the land;
When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.

Isa 8:17
And I will wait on YHVH,
Who hides His face from the house of Jacob;
And I will hope in Him.

Isa 30:18
Therefore YHVH will wait, that He may be gracious to you;
And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you.
For YHVH is a God of justice;
Blessed are all those who wait for Him.

Isa 40:31
But those who wait on YHVH
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.

A Logical Progression.

If today were Wednesday, and I said to you that today is the third day since Sunday, would you have a problem with that? Because yesterday,Tuesday, would have been the second day since Sunday and the day before that, Monday, would have been the first day SINCE Sunday. No real problem with that is there?

So on that basis there should be no problem in determing what day Cleopas and his friend spoke of in:-
"Luk 24:18 And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days?
Luk 24:19 And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:
Luk 24:20 And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.
Luk 24:21 But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done."

Previous scripture tells us that the day that Cleopas and friend met with Jesus on the road to Emmaus was on Sunday, the first day of the week, as in:-
" Luk 24:12 Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass.
Luk 24:13 And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.
Luk 24:14 And they talked together of all these things which had happened.
Luk 24:15 And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.
Luk 24:16 But their eyes were holden that they should not know him."

The first day of the week, Sunday, is three days since the previous Thursday, the day Jesus was crucified.

Relative to 'The Lord's Supper'.


TUESDAY April 4 30AD
This night, last meal eaten with disciples.
New symbolism given to traditional Kiddush, the bread and wine ritual.
Arrested and taken to High Priests palace. Interrogated most of the night. Then, at around 3AM:- "Luk 22:60 And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew.
Luk 22:61 And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
Luk 22:62 And Peter went out, and wept bitterly."
"Went out" - from the High Priests palace, at around 3AM.

WEDNESDAY April 5 30AD
1. Early AM - Sanhedrin Trial:- "Luk 22:66 And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying,
Luk 22:67 Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe:
2. Noon. - Pilate delivers Jesus to be crucified.
3. Jesus imprisoned overnight:- "Mar 15:16 And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium; and they call together the whole band."

THURSDAY April 6 30AD
The Day of Crucifixion:- "Mar 15:20 And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.
Mar 15:21 And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.
Mar 15:22 And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.
Mar 15:23 And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not.
Mar 15:24 And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take.
Mar 15:25 And it was the third hour, and they crucified him."
on the Day of Preparation for the following Annual Sabbath (Matt.27:62)
"Joh 19:31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

FRIDAY April 7 30AD
An Annual Sabbath, the First Day of Unleavened Bread.

Wednesday and the Sanhedrin Trial:
1. “Babylonian Talmud: Tractate Sanhedrin Folio 32a CHAPTER IV”
CIVIL SUITS ARE TRIED BY DAY, AND CONCLUDED AT NIGHT.10 BUT CAPITAL CHARGES MUST BE TRIED BY DAY AND CONCLUDED BY DAY. CIVIL SUITS CAN BE CONCLUDED ON THE SAME DAY, WHETHER FOR ACQUITTAL OR CONDEMNATION; CAPITAL CHARGES MAY BE CONCLUDED ON THE SAME DAY WITH A FAVOURABLE VERDICT, BUT ONLY ON THE MORROW WITH AN UNFAVOURABLE VERDICT.11 THEREFORE TRIALS ARE NOT HELD ON THE EVE OF A SABBATH OR FESTIVAL.12 IN CIVIL SUITS.13 AND IN CASES OF CLEANNESS AND UNCLEANNESS, WE BEGIN WITH [THE OPINION OF] THE MOST EMINENT [OF THE JUDGES]; WHEREAS IN CAPITAL CHARGES, WE COMMENCE WITH [THE OPINION OF] THOSE ON THE SIDE [BENCHES].
Found at:-http://comeandhear.com/sanhedrin/sanhedrin_32.html#chapter_iv
Thus, by Jewish Law, the Sanhedrin ‘morning’ trial could not have been conducted on Thursday, the “Preparation Day”, the day of the Crucifixion, the EVE OF A ‘SABBATH’.

2. Noon. Pilate delivers Jesus to be crucified.
"Joh 19:14 And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
Joh 19:15 But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.
Joh 19:16 Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away."

Roman “Law of the Twelve Tables”
6-9. When the parties compromise the matter, an official shall announce it. If they do not compromise, they shall state the outline of the case in the meeting place or market before noon. They shall plead it out together in person. After noon, the judge shall adjudge the case to the party that is present. If both are present, sunset shall be the time limit (of the proceedings). At:-Table No.1 http://www.umass.edu/wsp/comparative/law/rome/twelve/table01.html
Thus, by Roman Law, to which Pilate was bound, John 19:14 stands as read, “about the sixth hour”, which was about noon, the day before the 9AM crucifixion.

3. Jesus imprisoned overnight (after being ‘led away’, as in Joh 9:16) and crucified the following day, Thursday, at 9AM
"Isa 53:8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken."

Different Christian groups have different ideas as to how we should view the last meal Jesus had with his disiples. Perhaps the following discourse will provide additional thought on the matter. I have called it:-

A Sequence of Events.

Night 1. The Lord’s Supper, after which Jesus was betrayed.

Matt .26:45 Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
:47 And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.

Then led away to Annas (the father in law of Caiaphas) first.
John 18:13 And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year.

Then taken to appear before Caiaphas and the Sanhedrin, possibly for arraignment, late that same evening.
Matt.26:57 And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled…………(through to)
.:75 And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly. [Notice particularly vs.58, 69 & 71 as to where Peter was. Cock crow would have been around around 3 AM. See www.ortzion.org/darkhour6.html and scroll down to reference “Jewish night hours”]

Day 1-The following Day.

Appeared before Sanhedrin again for a “morning trial” around dawn the following day in accordance with Jewish law. This was the day after the "Lord's Supper".
Matt.27:1 When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:

Appeared before Pilate that morning, after daybreak.
Mark 15:1 And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.

Pilate sends Jesus to Herod later that same morning.
Luke 23:7 And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem at that time. Herod questions Jesus with many words, :9-- continuing the “trial”, then sends Him back to Pilate.
Verse 11 And Herod with his men of war set him at naught, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.

Pilate appeals three times to the Judeans to allow him to release Jesus, but to no avail.
Matt. 27:11 And Jesus stood before the governor: and the
governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews?
And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest. –on through :12 to :24
:24 When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a
tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the
multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see
ye to it.
:25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and
on our children.
:26 Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had
scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

Still Day 1.

Sentenced by Pilate around noon! Pilate was a Roman governor. For him to hold court at night-time itself would have been CONTRARY TO ROMAN LAW.
John 19:14 And it was the preparation of the passover, and
about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your
King!
Matt.27:26 Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when
he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

Then into Night 2

Matt.27:27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the
common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.
:28 And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.
:29 And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon
his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee
before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
:30 And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the
head.
:31 And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from
him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify
him.

Tortured and mocked by a “cohort” or band of between 400-600 Roman soldiers (not ‘gentlemen in uniform’ but typical lowlife army grunts, well experienced in murder, rape, pillage and degradation of human life. Men who probably would rather be carousing in a local brothel-male or female-back home than stuck in this hell hole called Jerusalem). Grunts who took out their anti-Semitic rage and contempt on Jesus who was in their power for about 20 hours! Can you honestly think that Jesus was ‘slapped around a bit’ or ‘given a spanking’ by a couple of the guys while the rest of them took time out for a smoko?
‘--Just leave this Jew to us!! – We’ll teach Him a thing or two!! –-
--We’ll show Him who is King (or Fuhrer) around here!—‘


Then Finally-Day 2-NISAN 14. Thursday April 6th AD30

Led out to be crucified on the morning of day 2.
Matt.27:32 And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene,
Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.

Jesus’ entire, precious body had been so abused, thrashed and mutilated by the Roman soldiers that He was unrecognizable and had not the strength to carry the cross on which He was soon to be murdered and yet
Joh 19:36 ……………………. A bone of him shall not be broken.
…………..Cracked perhaps, but not broken!

Isa.52:14 As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so
marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of
men:

Nailed to the cross at around 9AM on this, the second morning.
Mark 15:24 And when they had crucified him, they parted his
garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take.
And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.

And He hung there until around 3PM in the afternoon of Day 2. and He died.
Luke 23:44 And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a
darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
:45 And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in
the midst.
:46 And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father,
into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave
up the ghost.

In conclusion.

So, just what is it that is being done by the COG spinoffs at that sombre ceremonial ritual which has been described as “the annual Lord’s supper” and that excludes all children?
Exo 12:26 And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?
Exo 12:27 That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD'S passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped.

1Co 5:7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:

Is it celebrating the true Passover-one day early, is it an annual celebration of the "Lord’s Supper"-one day late, that is, on the day after the original event-because it is obvious that the last supper Christ had with the ‘twelve’ was two nights before the true Passover, or is it something else?
Just what is it? …One of those “PERIPHERAL MATTERS” maybe?
Or doesn’t it really matter what it is, just as long as it is done
to CHRIST – even as the Roman soldiers did it – to CHRIST?

And, at that supper, what kind of bread did Jesus break? Just what is Greek 'Artos'?

Jesus Himself said in John 4:22 “…salvation is of the Jews.”
He didn’t say “…of the Romans”.

"Luk 12:32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom."

These are the words of Jesus Christ, Yeshua haMoshiac, quoted from the book of Luke as found in the AKJ New Testament.
So, how can that "little flock" be recognised in this topsy-turvey world?

The Book of Acts tells us:-
"Act 11:26 And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch."

So, where can 'true' Christians, this 'little flock', be found today, and just what is a "True Christian?"
There are so many groups that lay claim to the title.