Encyclopedia Judaica admits the 15th was not the original way of keeping Passover.The Passover kept at the start of the biblical day is the correct timing, and one should made a deep study, into the biblical history because it is as important to keep as are the Jubilees. 1) In Exodus 12:6, Israel was instructed to kill the Passover in the evening. The Hebrew for in the evening really means BETWEEN THE TWO EVENINGS. This shows that the evening was a time period that was bounded by two end points -- it started with SUNSET and it ended with TOTAL DARKNESS. We call that period dusk. Before the first evening it was still day and after the second evening it was night. 2) The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia, Copyright 1942, published in the USA, Volume 8, Page 406, Article Pascal Lamb says the following: The Pharisees and Sadducees had a dispute as to the time when the slaughtering (of the lamb) should take place; the former held it should be in the last 3 hours before sunset (and therefore AT THE END of the 14th day!), the latter, between sunset and nightfall (and therefore AT THE BEGINNING of the 14th day!). This Jewish authority acknowledges that even at the time of Christ SOME people in Jerusalem kept the Passover at the beginning of the 14th day (i.e., the Sadducees), while others kept it at the end of the 14th day (the Pharisees). 3) The Encyclopedia Judaica, published in Jerusalem, 3rd printing, 1974, Volume 13, Page 170, Article Passover says the following: The feast of Passover consists of two parts: The Passover ceremony and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. ORIGINALLY BOTH PARTS EXISTED SEPARATELY; BUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE EXILE THEY WERE COMBINED. Passover was originally NOT a pilgrimage feast, but a domestic ceremony consisting of the slaughtering and eating of the paschal animal. This Jewish authority admits that ORIGINALLY the Passover (observed at the beginning of the 14th) was SEPARATE from the Feast of Unleavened Bread (which starts at the beginning of the 15th). It also acknowledges that TODAY the Jews observe both parts together as one ceremony at the start of the 15th day, which is contrary to the instructions in the Bible. In plain terms: originally the Passover was killed just after sunset, after the 13th had ended and the 14th had just started. 4)Yahusha observed the Passover with His disciples at the beginning of the 14th; He was crucified the following morning, still the 14th day, died around 3:00 p.m., and was placed in the tomb around 6:00 p.m., AT THE END of the 14th and beginning of the 15th day. At that time SOME of the Jews (i.e., the Pharisees!) were about to start their own Passover observance, which the Encyclopedia Judaica admits was contrary to the ORIGINAL instructions.
Posted on: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 09:35:20 +0000
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