In The Tomb

Explaining the Chart:
ABIB 14 Wednesday Passover Leviticus 23:6
Hung on the Cross and gave up his spirit Luke 23:26
Removed from the cross and placed into the tomb Luke 23:56
ABIB 15 Thursday A sabbath Day Luke 23:57 – Unleaven Bread Leviticus 23:6-7
Lies in the Tomb guarded by Temple Guards
ABIB 16 Friday
Lies in the Tomb guarded by Temple Guards
ABIB 17 Saturday 7th day Sabbath Leviticus 23:3
Lies in the Tomb guarded by Temple Guards
ABIB 18 Sunday 1st day of the week Luke 24:1
The Tomb is empty Luke 24:3
The Lord Jesus speaking of His death:
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.
Mark 8:31 And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

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God’s Final Word

   When his work on earth was complete, he said:
John 19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

   And the Apostle Paul tells us:
Hebrews 1:1-2
God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

   John the Apostle ends the Scripture with these words:
Revelation 22:18-21
For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

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Ministry of Jesus

The Lord Jesus came to present Himself as the King of Isarel and bring in the Kingdom of God promised to Abraham. But the nation of Israel Rejected Him and had Him crucified. During His earthly ministry He tried to reach the Jew. The 4 Gospels a test to that.
John 1:11-12 He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
The Lord came for the House of Israel only:
Matthew 15:24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
And He sent His disciples to the Jew only:
Matthew 10:6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Paul reminds us of the Lord’s earthly ministry:
Romans 15:8 Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:
After The Lord’s ascension into Heaven He called Saul (Paul) on the road to Damascus to go to the Gentiles with the salvation gospel;
Acts 9:1-6 And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem. And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
The 4 Gospels contain many truths and we need to be aware of them. But believers need to be spending our study time in Romans to Philemon, the epistles of Paul.

THE LORD JESUS came for the House of Israel. He sent Paul for the gentiles.

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Jewelry

Jewelry mentioned in Scripture:
Bracelet, Necklace, Chain, Earrings, Ring, Signet (ring), Crown.
Abraham’s servant goes for the wife of Isaac.
Genesis 24:22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;
Genesis 24:30 And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and braceletsupon his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.
Genesis 24:47 And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, the daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earringupon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.
God tells Jacob to visit his brother, Easu:
Genesis 35:4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
Tamar, Judah’s daughter in law tricks him:
Genesis 38:18 And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.
Genesis 38:25 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.
Pharaoh rewards Jacob:
Genesis 41:42 And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
Aaron gathers jewelry to mold an idol:
Exodus 32:2-3 And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me. And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
Moses gathers donations to build the Tabernacle:
Exodus 35:22 And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto the LORD.
Moses servants have taken the sum of the men of war:
Numbers 31:50 We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the LORD.

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The Last Days

The Last days have different meanings
Jacob warns his sons:
Genesis 49:1 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.
Durning the 1000 year reign of Christ on earth:
Isaiah 2:2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
Micah 4:1 But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.
God says:
Acts 2:17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
Paul warns about Tribulation (7 years)
2 Timothy 3:1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
A warning to believing Jews:
James 5:3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
2 Peter 3:3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
Are you prepared for the last days? You don’t have to be there.
The rapture come first!
1 Corinthians 51:51-52 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

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Some WORLD and BIBLE Part 3

586 BC to 4 BC
586
Judah (southern kingdom) falls to Babylon
Gautama Buddha, founder of Buddhism, born in Nepal
King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon dies
Aesop writes his fables Confucius, famous Chinese scholar, born
King Cyrus the Great conquers the Medes and founds the Persian Empire;
Lock and key, water level, and carpenter’s square invented
Horseback postal service in Persian Empire
539
Babylon overthrown by Cyrus of Persia
First Jewish exiles return to Jerusalem
Tragedy emerges as a form of Greek drama
Polo a sport among Persians
Public libraries open in Athens, Greece
New Temple completed in Jerusalem
Rome becomes a Republic
Glass first imported into China from Near East;
Indian surgeon, Susrata, performs cataract operation;
Origin of Halloween, a Celtic festival
490
First time Greek men choose short haircuts
Esther becomes Queen of Persia
480
Golden age of Athens, Greece, begins
470
Socrates, philosopher of the ancient world is born
460
Birth of Democritus, who introduced an atomic theory by arguing that all bodies are made of invisible and unchangeable atoms
Ezra returns to Jerusalem
The Parthenon built on top of Athens Acropolis
445
Nehemiah builds Jerusalem wall
Greek sculptor Pheidias makes a 60 foot high statue of Zeus –
one of the seven wonders of the ancient world
Romans agree to concept of a dictator in times of military emergency
Malachi becomes a prophet
400
SILENCE FROM GOD – Last 400 years
399
Socrates condemned to death by Athens jury
390
Aramaic begins to replace Hebrew as Jewish language
380
Aristotle born
375
Plato writes his most famous book “The Republic”
331
Alexander the Great defeats the Persian Empire
312
Rome builds first paved road, the “Appian Way” from Rome to Capua
285
Hebrew Old Testament translated into Greek and called the “Septuagint”
241
Romans conquer Sicily and add their first non
-Italian territory to the Roman Empire
220
Great wall of China built
169
Temple of Jerusalem plundered by Antiochus IV
165
Judas Maccabaeus begins a revolt against Antiochus IV
Jews and Astrologers banished from Rome
First Chinese ships reach east coast of India;
Ball bearings used in Danish cart wheels
100
Julius Caesar, first emperor of Rome, born
51
Cleopatra becomes last independent Egyptian ruler of the ancient world
44
Julius Caesar elected dictator for life, then assinated that same year
43
Romans conquer England and make it part of Roman Empire until 442 AD
30
Cleopatra and her lover, Mark Antony both die by suicide
Herod the Great made king of Judea by the Romans
Sumo wrestling in Japan
Mary mother of Jesus born
20
Herod the Great begins remodeling the Temple in Jerusalem
4
CHRIST IS BORN IN BETHELEM

*Dates are best extimates

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Some WORLD and BIBLE Part 2

DATE-BC EVENT
1375 BC to 600 BC

1375
Judges begin to rule Israel
Egyptian King Tutankhamen dies, is buried inside an immense treasure- laden tomb
Silk fabrics manufactured in China
1209
Deborah becomes Israel’s Judge
Labor strike in Thebes; first Chinese dictionary
Destruction of Troy during Trojan
1102
Samuel born
1085
Samuel becomes Israel’s Judge
1046
Saul becomes Israel’s first king
1010
David becomes Israel’s king
City or Peking built;
Greek theology fully developed;
California Indians build wood-reed houses;
Chinese Mathematics utilizes root multiplication, geometry, proportions, and theory of motion;
Glazing of bricks and tiles begins in Near East
970
Solomon becomes Israel’s king
959
Temple in Jerusalem completed
Gold vessels and jewelry popular in Northern Europe
930
Kingdom of Israel divides
900
Celts invade Britain;
Assyrians invent inflatable skins for soldiers to cross-rivers
875
Elijah prophesies in Israel
874
Ahab becomes Israel’s king
850
Evidence of highly developed metal and stone sculptures in Africa
848
Elijah prophesies in Israel
835
Joash becomes Israel’s king
Founding of Cartage, a Phoenician trading post
Development of caste system in India;
Babyloian and Chinese astronomers understand planetary movements;
Spoked wheels used in Europe;
Homer writes Iliad and Odyssey;
Ice skating a popular sport in northern Europe
793
Jonah becomes a prophet
First known date of Olympic games
Traditional date for founding of the city of Rome
Hosea becomes a prophet
Earliest music notation written in ancient Greece;
Celts introduce plow to Britain
Israel invaded by Tiglath-pileser III of Assyria
740
Isaiah becomes a prophet
Israel (northern kingdom) falls
Hezekiah becomes Judah’s king

701
Jerusalem besieged by Sennacherib of Assyria
False teeth invented in Italy
Japan established as a nation
Soldering of iron invented
Horse racing first held at 33rd Olympic Games
640
Josiah becomes Judah’s king
Jeremiah becomes a prophet

Assyrian capital of Nineveh destroyed
605
Daniel taken captive to Babylon
Temple of Diana built in Ephesus
– one of the seven wonders of the ancient world

*Dates are best estimates

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Jewels

Rings on the fingers, Rings in the nose, Rings in the Ear, and
Rings on the Toes, Rings are worn everywhere, Even Rings in the hair.
Piercing body parts everywhere. Necklaces, Watches, Bracelets and such,
Are worn on necks, arms, legs, almost too Much.
Although one might think this is new, A search of Scripture proves it untrue.
Jewels – Jewelry have been popular and worn throughout the Ages.
And we thought this was something new. WHAT SAITH THE SCRIPTURE?

Abraham used Jewels to pay for Isaac’s wife:
Genesis 24:53 And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.
As Israel departs slavery in Egypt :
Exodus 3:22 But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.
Exodus 11:2 Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver and jewels of gold.
Exodus 12:35 And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment:
When building the Tabernacle:
Exodus 35:22 And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto the LORD.
When returning from war:
Numbers 31:50-51 We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the LORD. And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.
When moving the Ark of the Lord:
1 Samuel 6:8 And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.
1 Samuel 6:15 And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Bethshemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the LORD.
Judah gathers the spoils of War:
2 Chronicles 20:25 And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.
God has richly blessed Judah:
2 Chronicles 32:27 And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant jewels;

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Good News

JUST WHAT IS GOOD NEWS????
“Boy, have I got good news for you”.
That means many things to many people, depending on where they are and what’s happening!
To the person waiting in a travel terminal for an overdue arrival.
To the person in the waiting room in a hospital.
To the student waiting for results of an exam.
There’s a Bible Translation called “The GOOD NEWS” for Modern Man.
Search the Scripture for GOOD NEWS. It is only found once:
Proverbs 25:25 As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
We have been told GOSPEL means GOOD NEWS.
.. Dictionary defines Good News as:
Teaching of Jesus and His Apostles
Anything earnestly believed
Absolute Truth
Books of the New Testament
In the Greek:
Euggelion- a good message (news)
Euggelizo- to announce a good news message
So, GOSPEL IS GOOD NEWS … But just what is Good News, and how good is this Good News?
Is it a Religious myth?
Is it a Philosophical Opinion?
Is it a Mystical meditation?
Religious myths (Roman/Greek Gods) are debunked by Science.
Philosophical Opinions are replaced by other Philosophical Opinions
Mystical meditations are shown to be folly in light of reality
No, these are not the GOOD NEWS. … Just what is the Good News? …
1 Corinthians 15:1-8 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.

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Death, Burial, Resurrection

The Apostle Paul, in his epistles explains THE GOSPEL and the way of Salvation:

1 Corinthians 15:1-4 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
He was the Apostle to the gentiles:
Romans 11:13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles,
When we believe the Gospel and follow Romans 10:9-13 we experience SALVATION.
But James, Peter, John and Jude writing to Jewish believers hardly mention these subjects, let alone put them together:
DEATH:
James 1:15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
James 5:20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
1 John 3:14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth indeath.
1 John 5:16-17 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it. All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.
BURIAL: Never Mentioned
RESURRECTION:

1 Peter 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
1 Peter 3:21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
And what about the Cross?
The Apostle Paul also has much to say about the cross:
1 Corinthians 1:17-18 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
Galatians 5:11 And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.
Galatians 6:12 As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.
Galatians 6:14 But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
Ephesians 2:16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross , having slain the enmity thereby:
Philippians 2:8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross .
Philippians 3:18 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
Colossians 1:20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross , by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
Colossians 2:14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross ;
Hebrews 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross , despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
But James, Peter, John and Jude writing to Jewish believers
never mention the Cross.

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