2Ti 3:12  Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Messiah Yeshua will be persecuted.

2Ti 3:13  But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

2Ti 3:14  You, however, continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learnedthem,

2Ti 3:15  and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Messiah Yeshua.

2Ti 3:16  All scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness;

2Ti 3:17  so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.

For some time now I have been involved with an ongoing discussion with various and sundry people in my life. This discussion has been centered on the question of “America, is it a Christian nation?”.

Now, I must tell you that the rest of this paper is not for the faint of heart, so, get out now while you still have a chance, or you risk possibly wanting to scream at me from within cyberspace.


You see, my contention is that not only are we not a Christian nation today, I don’t believe we ever were a “Christian nation”. I plan on defending my point with the scripture and commonly well known history. I write this paper because I am tired of the counterfeit posing itself off as a substitute for real Biblical faith and truth. This is not just a minor or peripheral issue. It is an issue that is subtle and insidious.
Popular opinion has it that we are, or at least were, “One nation under God”. The prevailing point is that our founding fathers established this country on the premise that it was a “Christian nation”. Now, I have no problem in accepting that the founding fathers used certain Judeo Christian Biblical principles in our Declaration of independence, Constitution, and Bylaws. I am sure that a goodly number of these men who wrote our founding documents were God fearing men who loved their Messiah. This can be seen in many of their personal manuscripts. I will go so far as to say that I believe that God has used this great nation in the past as a tool to be his hand, outstretched. We have in many ways been a tremendous blessing to the World. But all that being said, it still does not mean we are a “Christian nation”. Example: God used Cyrus to bring Israel back to its land but we have no indication that Persia was ever a country that believed in or served the God of Israel, qualifying them as a God fearing nation.

2Ch 36:22  Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia--in order to fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah--the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he sent a proclamation throughout his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying,


2Ch 36:23  "Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, 'The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and He has appointed me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all His people, may the LORD his God be with him, and let him go up!'"

To presuppose that all of the above qualifies us to be a “Christian nation” would mean that we are a theocracy.  And if we are a theocracy, then God must rule in all matters and affairs. If this were a “Christian” nation then (Christ) Yeshua would be prominent. If He is not prominent then we cheapen what it means to be a “Christian” follower of Yeshua. People are Christians, not nations or churches.

A Muslim nation defines itself as that because the nation is ruled by Sharia law, not secular pluralistic law based upon Koranic principles.
The problem I continue to have with this idea of America as a “Christian” nation is that the only nation that I know of that was called to be a theocracy in the Bible was Israel. Even Israel couldn’t keep true to that calling. What vanity would ever make us think that we are greater in our calling than Israel? Is the USA ever mentioned once in the Bible either literally or typologically? Do we see anywhere that God would substitute His People Israel for another? I see quite the opposite.

Jer 31:35  Thus says the LORD, Who gives the sun for light by day And the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night, Who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar; The LORD of hosts is His name:


Jer 31:36  "If this fixed order departs From before Me," declares the LORD, "Then the offspring of Israel also will cease From being a nation before Me forever."


Jer 31:37  Thus says the LORD, "If the heavens above can be measured And the foundations of the earth searched out below, Then I will also cast off all the offspring of Israel For all that they have done," declares the LORD.


I don’t see any where in the scripture that God made the same promise to any other nation at any other time period, past, present or future. I have heard more people in the past 2 years make the statement that this is greatest nation on the face of the planet. Granted, we are a great nation but to suppose that we are the greatest nation that ever was or ever will be smacks of a vanity that defies God Himself. Not only will this nation cease to be in the future the scripture says that this planet will also be made new.

Rev 21:1  Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longerany sea.


Rev 21:2  And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband.


I find it rather curious that God is not willing to spare the planet but He will spare America. To say that we are the greatest nation is to tell God that He does not know what He is doing and that His choice of Israel was a mistake. This is called replacement theology. The Lord is not going to set up His Millennium kingdom in NY, Washington or Independence Mo. During the Millennium Kingdom we will not celebrate the 4th of July or Patriots day.

Zec 14:16  Then it will come about that any who are left of all the nations that went against Jerusalem will go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Booths.


Israel will be the place where God sets up His reign because He chose Jerusalem above all the cities of the world. After all it is the apple of His eye.

Zec 2:8  For thus says the LORD of hosts, "After glory He has sent me against the nations which plunder you, for he who touches you, touches the apple of His eye.


Israel won’t get it right until the Messiah comes to reign on this earth. What makes us think that America got it right thus qualifying it to be a “Christian nation”? If we look at the checkered past of this Nation and see what we (our government) have done all in the name of God and manifest destiny it is enough to make you sick.

Need I point out that we killed and enslaved almost the entire indigenous population of this country? We burned witches at the stake during the Salem witch trials. Then we dehumanized and made cattle slaves out the African negro. Even after we set the slaves free we had Jim Crow laws until the middle of the 20th century. This behavior should never have happened if America were truly a nation under the leadership of the God of the scriptures and His Messiah.
It seems that more and more of the “churches” in America now are not even “Christian”. We have Mormons, Moonies, Jehova witnesses, Christian Science, Unitarians, Methodists, Presbyterians and Anglicans who now find it acceptable to ordain homosexuals. Need I mention more?
How about the Way International who refuse to except the Diety of Yeshua. Where do we draw the standard, in a title? Or do we hold people up to the standard of the word of God in word and deed? The burden of proof is on the proponents of this ideology. If we are a “Christian nation” how do we define that? What does it mean to be a “Christian Nation”? What is the standard that we use to define the statement?

Does a Christian nation kill 5o million unborn children since 1972, then call it "the termination of a fetus", to justify the act? Does that same said Christian Nation put its constitution above the word of God in order to validate it’s murderous behavior?

 The scriptures alone are inspired by God not the constitution. As I said above, there are many groups that call themselves “Christian” and others would deny their claim when they compare their doctrines to the scripture. For example, who in the world of Christendom would consider the Unification Church (Moonies) to be true believers in Yeshua? They believe that Sun Yun Moon from Korea is the second coming. Does their mere declaration alone give them the right to be a legitimate Biblical believer? I would say, only if their claims that Sun Yun Moon are correct. Hitler himself wrote in Mein Kamph that he was doing God’s work. We Know what that came to.

You see, the problem is that when this country was founded it was founded as a pluralistic nation. A place where all men could worship according to the dictates of their own conscience. Now, I have no problem with that . The problem I have is calling this a “Christian Nation” based upon the premise of that pluralism. We are also a very religious nation. But that still does not qualify us to a Christian nation. Every one has their own interpretation of how they want to live out their faith in the god of their choice. Many of our founding fathers were true believers, there were also many who were deists. They believed in a god but it was not the god of the scriptures.
The State of Rhode Island was founded as an experiment in pluralism. Maryland was founded as a safe place for Catholics. What about the rest of those who call themselves Christians? Do we define ourselves as the Catholic or Protestant brand of “Christian” nation? After all, they are both exclusive in their claims concerning the revelation they have received by God to their group. Each believes that they are exclusively right. Mormons believe that after they die, if a male has done all the right things he may someday become a god of his own planet. Is this how we define our Biblical faith? What happens if a Mormon becomes president someday? It is very possible. Do we now adhere the Mormon definition of faith as applied to our nation?

We have made the faith of Yeshua so homogenized that we are all able to meet at the altar of generalism, bring with us all of our differences and agree to disagree and find common ground. Again, I agree that this is ok for a pluralistic society but not for a “Christian” nation. It continues to be that when Israel is replaced, you can change the revelation to include anyone and anything. The American brand of Christianity is just another form of replacement theology. God set a standard. He used and continues to use Israel to be the standard bearer even in their disobedience.

The claims of Yeshua are exclusive.  The claims of the American “Christian" system are not. They are at best, a cheap substitute for the truth of the Gospel. Another attempt of Satan to confuse the believers and keep them from preaching the truth to a lost and dying world. If you want to be a good American then be the best one you can. I support that. I pay my taxes even though they are not fair. I even went to a Tea Party rally. But don't confuse that with the preaching of the Gospel or serving the God of the scriptures. Just because our American currency says "in God we trust", it does not mean that this God that they  trust in is the God of the Bible.

So we must conclude that the burden of proof is upon this country to prove it’s Christianity. Any people who call on Yeshua as their Lord and Savior and deny Israel of its rightful place are truly mislabeled to say the least. Let us as believers not be deceived by any one person, system, philosophy or political agenda. I end this little paper as I began.

2Ti 3:12  Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Messiah Yeshua will be persecuted.


2Ti 3:13  But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.


2Ti 3:14  You, however, continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learnedthem,


2Ti 3:15  and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Messiah Yeshua.


2Ti 3:16  All scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness;


2Ti 3:17  so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.

Let’s not be deceived by a faulty substitute system that could end up being a tool for the anti Messiah in the end.

1Ti 4:1  But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons,


2Ti 3:1  But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come.


2Ti 3:2  For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,


2Ti 3:3  unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good,


2Ti 3:4  treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,


2Ti 3:5  holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these.


The power of the Gospel is in the exclusive nature of the death burial and resurrection of Yeshua, not the substitute American republic/democracy. God is not a republican nor a democrat. God doesn’t bless America just because we sing it in a song. His guidelines are very clear.

Prov 14:34 righteousness exalts a nation; but sin is a reproach to any people.

Shalom uvracha b’Yeshua Sar Shalom. the Prince of peace.
Rabbi Henry

As I watch our president’s attempt to have a world nuclear summit this week I am reminded of the scripture in Eze 38:16

"And you will come up against My people Israel like a cloud to cover the land. It shall come about in the last days that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I am sanctified through you before their eyes, O Gog."

 Nations from all over the world gathered to discuss the status of the nuclear arms race that has the world in a panic. That is many nations except for Israel. Prime Minister Netanyahu has refused to join in with these meetings on the basis that he has declared these meetings an ambush against his tiny little country.
As America continues to turn its back on Israel and cow tow to the demands of Islam and other world despots we are starting to see prophesy come to pass before our very eyes. Every nation throughout history that has turned its back on Israel has suffered the same fate. In order for the Messiah to come again we must see the man of perdition make his way onto the world scene and expose his evil intensions against Israel.
 
2Th 2:1  Now we request you, brethren, with regard to the coming of our Lord Yeshua Hamashiach and our gathering together to Him,
2Th 2:2  that you not be quickly shaken from your composure or be disturbed either by a spirit or a message or a letter as if from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come.
2Th 2:3  Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not comeunless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,
2Th 2:4  who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.
 
Now I am not saying that Mr. Obama is that man of Lawlessness but it sure seems to me that the acts more and more like a 
friend of that man of perdition. The world continues to be more and more intent on the destruction of Israel as everyday passes. 
This is in line with all that we know about the events that will transpire in the end times. The world will descend upon the 
country of Israel as a ravening wolf.
 
But take heart, it is all in God’s hands. Rejoice as you see the day fast approaching. These times can be a comfort to us or they 
can be bring us tremendous angst.
 
1Th 4:13  But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as do the rest who have no hope.
1Th 4:14  For if we believe that Yeshua died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.
1Th 4:15  For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.
1Th 4:16  For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Messiah will rise first.
1Th 4:17  Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord.
1Th 4:18  Therefore comfort one another with these words.
 
Keep your eyes on Israel and how the world continues to respond to her. It’s the same story just a different year. The theme of all 
Jewish history, they tried to kill us God saved us let’s eat. Israel will survive and in the end be victorious. There is nothing Mr. 
Obama nor any of his hench men can do to thwart that.
 
Jer 31:35  Thus says the LORD, Who gives the sun for light by day And the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night, Who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar; The LORD of hosts is His name:
Jer 31:36  "If this fixed order departs From before Me," declares the LORD, "Then the offspring of Israel also will cease From being a nation before Me forever."
Jer 31:37  Thus says the LORD, "If the heavens above can be measured And the foundations of the earth searched out below, Then I will also cast off all the offspring of Israel For all that they have done," declares the LORD.
Jer 31:38  "Behold, days are coming," declares the LORD, "when the city will be rebuilt for the LORD from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.
 
Come Adonai Yeshua quickly.
 
In Him Rabbi Henry

shalom one and all:

I do pray you had a glorious Passover and resurrection celebration, not to be confused with the pagan holiday of Easter.

Based upon the incredible response I received from mylast letter I have decided to finish this off with another and
make it a trilogy. I was rather amazed with the difference in
response this time as all of the letters I received were very
positive. I am unable to get back to all of you at this time
because of the shear numbers that wrote. But let me thank
you for taking your time to consider the importance of the
topic. The resurrection has been dealt with, by all too many
“Christians”, as just another holiday. The refusal to do any
research on their own is discouraging to say the least. This
shows the lack of importance that has been placed on the
topic. Most people who call themselves “Christian” know
only what they have been taught and refuse to learn it for
themselves by studying the word of God. This has got to stop
being the norm for believers if we are to stand in the midst
of trial. We must know what we believe first hand. So here
we go on the last installment in this short series. If you
disagree with what I have written then prove me wrong
scripturally not by opinion or cliche. Happy reading.
 
This is what we were called to do. Take a lamb and kill it at
twilight. These are the only actual instructions we received
from God concerning our Passover observance. Now, while
it is true we have many things we do as part of  our
celebration we have to also see that Yeshua gave credibility
to many of these rituals in luke 22. He not only gave
credibility to them He showed that He was the ultimate fulfillment of them all.
 
Exo 12:5  'Your lamb shall be an unblemished male a year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats.
Exo 12:6  'You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month,then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel is to kill it at twilight.
Exo 12:7  'Moreover, they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses in which they eat it.
 
 
Lev 23:1  The LORD spoke again to Moses, saying,
Lev 23:2  "Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'The LORD'S appointed times which you shall proclaim as holy convocations--My appointed times are these:
Lev 23:3  'For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there is a sabbath of complete rest, a holy convocation. You shall not do any work; it is a sabbath to the LORD in all your dwellings.
Lev 23:4  'These are the appointed times of the LORD, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at the times appointed for them.
Lev 23:5  'In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight is the LORD'S Passover.
Lev 23:6  'Then on the fifteenth day of the same month there is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.
Lev 23:7  'On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work.
Lev 23:8  'But for seven days you shall present an offering by fire to the LORD. On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work.
 
Num 28:16  'Then on the fourteenth day of the first month shall be the LORD'S Passover.
Num 28:17  'On the fifteenth day of this month shall be a feast, unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days.
Num 28:18  'On the first day shall be a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work.
Num 28:19  'You shall present an offering by fire, a burnt offering to the LORD: two bulls and one ram and seven male lambs one year old, having them without defect.
 
Joh 19:14  Now it was the day of preparation for the Passover; it was about the sixth hour. (12:00 pm)And he *said to the Jews, "Behold, your King!"
Joh 19:15  So they cried out, "Away with Him, away with Him, crucify Him!" Pilate *said to them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief priests answered, "We have no king but Caesar."
Joh 19:16  So he then handed Him over to them to be crucified.
 
“Why have you forsaken me?” “It is finished”. These are the
 events that lead up to the death burial and resurrection of
Yeshua.
 
Mat 27:46  About the ninth hour  (three o’clock) Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "ELI, ELI, LAMA SABACHTHANI?" that is, "MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?"
 
Mar 15:34  At the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "ELOI, ELOI, LAMA SABACHTHANI?" which is translated, "MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?"
 
Luk 23:44  It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness fell over the whole land until the ninth hour,
Luk 23:45  because the sun was obscured; and the veil of the temple was torn in two.
Luk 23:46  And Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said, "Father, INTO YOUR HANDS I COMMIT MY SPIRIT." Having said this, He breathed His last.
 
Joh 19:30  Therefore when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, "It is finished!" And He bowed His head and gave up His spirit.
Joh 19:31  Then the Jews, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
 
He dies after 3 in the afternoon before Passover and the
Shabbaton. The Shabbaton was a special Shabbat declared
for that Holy day no matter what day of the week it fell on.
 
Exo 12:16  'On the first day you shall have a holy assembly, and anotherholy assembly on the seventh day; no work at all shall be done on them, except what must be eaten by every person, that alone may be prepared by you.
 
 
He is in the grave 3 days 3 nights just like Jonah is in the
belly of the great fish. This is a period of 72 hours.
 
Jon 1:17  And the LORD appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights.
 
This  is how Yeshua declared His resurrection as a
historical fact to come. He compared His death, burial and
resurrection, to the life of Jonah. He was not speaking
figuratively. He was speaking prophetically.
 
Mat 12:38  Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from You."
Mat 12:39  But He answered and said to them, "An evil and adulterous generation craves for a sign; and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet;
Mat 12:40  for just as JONAH WAS THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS IN THE BELLY OF THE SEA MONSTER, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
 
Mat 16:1  The Pharisees and Sadducees came up, and testing Jesus, they asked Him to show them a sign from heaven.
Mat 16:2  But He replied to them, "When it is evening, you say, 'It will befair weather, for the sky is red.'
Mat 16:3  "And in the morning, 'There will be a storm today, for the sky is red and threatening.' Do you know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but cannot discern the signs of the times?
Mat 16:4  "An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and a sign will not be given it, except the sign of Jonah." And He left them and went away.
 
Luk 11:29  As the crowds were increasing, He began to say, "This generation is a wicked generation; it seeks for a sign, and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah.
Luk 11:30  "For just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation.
 
Joh 2:18  The Jews then said to Him, "What sign do You show us as your authority for doing these things?"
Joh 2:19  Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."
Joh 2:20  The Jews then said, "It took forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?"
Joh 2:21  But He was speaking of the temple of His body.
Joh 2:22  So when He was raised form the dead, His disciples remembered that He said this; and they believed the scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken.
Joh 2:23  Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name, observing His signs which He was doing.
 
Act 10:38  "You know of Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.
Act 10:39  "We are witnesses of all the things He did both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They also put Him to death by hanging Him on a cross.
Act 10:40  "God raised Him up on the third day and granted that He become visible,
 
When the women traveled they did it by night He had already risen. He did not rise on a Sunday morning. That would have impossible because as the scriptures above said He died before the high Shabbat of that Passover.
 
Mat 28:1  Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to look at the grave.
Mat 28:2  And behold, a severe earthquake had occurred, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled away the stone and sat upon it.
Mat 28:3  And his appearance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow.
Mat 28:4  The guards shook for fear of him and became like dead men.
Mat 28:5  The angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid; for I know that you are looking for Jesus who has been crucified.
Mat 28:6  "He is not here, for He has risen, just as He said. Come, see the place where He was lying.
 
Mar 16:1  When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, and Mary themother of James, and Salome, bought spices, so that they might come and anoint Him.
Mar 16:2  Very early on the first day of the week, they *came to the tomb when the sun had risen.
 
Luk 24:1  But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared.
Luk 24:2  And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb,
Luk 24:3  but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
 
Joh 20:1  Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene *came early to the tomb, while it *was still dark, and *saw the stone alreadytaken away from the tomb.
 
The problem is that everyone wants to have Yeshua rising
on the first day at sunrise. This is not what the scripture
says. If He died in the late afternoon before sunset at dusk
and rose 72 hours later then it only makes sense that he
would have had to have risen at the same time that he died.
The Jewish calendar is based on the lunar cycle. It is not
like our calendar. The new day begins at sundown, not after
12:00 midnight.
 
Gen 1:5  God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
 
The scripture never says anywhere He arose on the first day
of the week, it says he arose on the third Day after his death.
The ladies arrived after He was risen. 

We know He had to arise before Sunday am our Gregorian
calendar time. He was not there when the ladies arrived.
 
It could not have been any other time than on Saturday
late afternoon our time. This would have put His
resurrection before the end of the weekend Shabbat (not to
be confused with the Passover Shabbaton). These are 2
different events.
 
 Shabbat celebrates that God created the earth in six days
and rested on the seventh. The Shabbaton celebrates the   
holy nature of the Holy day and requires rest on whatever
day it falls. By rising before the end of the Shabbat He  
shows He is the Lord of the Shabbat.
 
If we work backwards from late afternoon Saturday 72 hrs
we have Him dying on Wed afternoon before the Passover
and the Shabbaton. The same time that the Passover lamb is slaughtered for the nation of Israel. This proves He is the
fulfillment of all of the prophecies and the final Passover
lamb. All you have to do is work the math. It is not too Hard. There is no way under God’s green earth he could have died on Friday and risen on Sunday Am.
 
Once we take the  resurrection out of the specific context of
the Passover Yeshua can no longer be the Passover lamb.
He can no longer be the one who fulfills the events of the
Passover because the perception is that the Passover is not
needed for the resurrection  to be a legitimate event.
No matter how you slice it, it still all comes down to
replacement theology. Not only are the Jews replaced by the
new people of the church but it even stretches to the extent
of all of their holy days which speak of Him. These Holy
days become replaced by made up ones which have no
prophetic meaning at all.
 
Celebrating Easter mocks the resurrection, as the critical
days that lead up to it have been substituted by days made
up that have no historical or prophetic credibility.
Celebrating Passover reinforces the resurrection as it puts
those days back into their historical and prophetic context.
This shows that we understand the importance of God’s
moedim. The appointments that Yeshua  alone kept.
 
A blessed Passover.
A glorious prophesied and fulfilled resurrection.
Rabbi Henry