God is the great revealer of all knowledge. God not man. God will not share his glory with another. Isaiah 42:8
We received a letter from a reader some time ago that had ideas that were a little different. The actual topic which was the Lord's Supper, was one that we did not give really a passing thought because we were keeping the Passover correctly and the Lord's Supper was only of passing technical interest. This was because we had come out of Worldwide and knew that they had got it wrong.
Keeping in mind that in the New Testament there is no mention of days in the sense of 13th 14th 15th or 16th of Nissan, or that the Year of Christ's death is also not mentioned by date so that when we read that Christ died in the year 30 AD or 31 AD or as Josephus puts it 33 AD or some have even put it at 34 AD; these ideas must be taken with just a little bit of salt until proven accurate.
The afternoon of the 14th of Nissan is generally regarded by most Church of God organisations as being the afternoon of his death simply because in Exodus 12:6 it is the afternoon of the 14th in the evening that the lambs were to be killed. This time being from 12.00 noon or midday to the going down of the sun. And Christ was to be our Passover Lamb.
So there is NO days or years mentioned in the New Testament but there are hours. And most people regard Christ's death as being on the afternoon of the 14th which is one day before a full moon.
John 11:9 "Are there not 12 hours in a day?" A Hebrew day being counted from 6.00 AM to 6.00 PM that is daylight hours so that:
Mark 15:25; Matt. 20:3; and Acts 2:15, Hebrew time for the Third Hour.
John 19:14; Matt. 20:5; Matt. 27:45; Mark 15:33; Luke 23:44; John 4:6 and Acts 10:9. Hebrew time for the Sixth Hour
Matt. 20:5; Matt 27:45-46; Mark 15:33-34; Luke 23:44; Act 3:1, 10:3, 10:30.
Hebrew time for the Ninth Hour
John 1:39 Hebrew time for the Tenth Hour
Midnight 12.00 would be the sixth hour of darkness; midday 12.00 or NOON would be the sixth hour of daylight.
Most people blindly accepted that Jesus Christ (Yashua
the Messiah) --was taken captive by the Jews on a Tuesday night, and then
crucified the following Wednesday morning at 9 AM.
Now for people like us who now keep a later 14th early
15th Passover you really have no problem. But for those who keep it
STILL as Armstrong did. Then there really is a shake up. Catholic readers and
Church of England readers should NOW get their bibles out and see physically
where Worldwide was and still is wrong.
Mark 15:25 and John 19:14.
Mark 15:25 states--And it was the third hour, and they
crucified him.
John 19:14 states--And it was the preparation of the Passover, and about the
sixth hour...
As our reader pointed out and one does need to concentrate on this:
"When everyone reads these two scriptures, they soon see that we have a
definite contradiction as there is no way that you can crucify a man at
9 A.M. (Mark 15:25) and still be judging him for that crucifixion at 12 noon
(the sixth hour) John 19:14 and call it the same day."
There are two reasons why the problem was not picked up. One was that very
few people understand Jerusalem/Hebrew time. Roman or Babylonian time doesn't
help with its 24 hour "DAY" starting at midnight. NO day
has 24 hours of daylight. The last thing is that by reading from John 19:13-18
one does get the impression that all these things happened in
less than 24 hours.
Now the reality is very gruesome. It is SO gruesome that the Ancient
of days has in his mercy anaesthetised our minds to it by spreading the details
out over a number of descriptions of the scene by different people.
Christ had sent Judas off. They left the supper after a song and went into
Gethsemane and Christ prayed that "This cup would pass from me". Then in Matt
26:47 Judas brings on the scene a great multitude. There was blood
lust in the air.
Someone in the crowd struck off a servants ear. Matt 26:51. This turns out to
be Simon Peter, John 18:10. Christ tells him to put up his sword. John 18:11 and
Matt 26:52.
Christ was then physically bound by rope or something else and was then led
away to Annas. John 18:12-13 for he was father in law to Caiaphas.
From Annas, Christ was sent to Caiaphas, John 18:24. Now Annas had sent him
bound unto Caiaphas the high priest. Matt 26:57.
NOTE It does not say that there was darkness upon the whole
land, at this sixth hour. At the sentence there must have been bright
sunshine outside or we would have been told.
Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and
gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers Matt 27:27; Mark
15:15-20. Later Simon takes the cross (Matt 27:32)
Jesus Christ did not have himself whipped and beaten to "
.......within an inch of his life" for people like Armstrong and now Dankenbring
to steal from others and call it their own. It appears that he has done the same
thing with others.
Either Dankenbring publically apologises or he will know what it is like to
fall into the hands of the living God.
It was also NOT the last week of Jesus Christ as quite clearly Acts 1:3 shows
that he was on earth a FURTHER 40 days.
We would like to thank Mr Glen Myers for his letter showing us where we need
correction. Address.1047 Iroquois st. Clearwater, Fla. 33755 USA
Dankenbring seems to be desperate like Armstrong to try and prove that God is
only opening his mind.
My wifes mind was opened when she realise that the Identity doctrine had been
removed from the WWCG a few years ago.
My mind was opened when I realised that foot washing was performed AFTER
supper and not before as done in WW.
It became clear that Mr Bill Cockerels mind was opened when we studied into
the original Exodus Passover using his material.
That J H Allens mind was opened by GOD when he wrote the Identity Doctrine
book Josephs Birthright ETC.
Recently Phillip Derstines mind was opened when he wrote the Marriage supper
of the Lamb and all its attendant themes.
Now we have Mr Glen W. Myers who's mind has been opened with the statement:
Mark 15:25 and John 19:14
"When everyone reads these two scriptures, they soon see that we have a
definite contradiction as there is no way that you can crucify a man at
9 A.M. (Mark 15:25) and still be judging him for that crucifixion at 12 noon
(the sixth hour) John 19:14 and call it the same day."
God is not preparing one man these days, he is preparing 144,000 people that
will follow him wherever he goes.
Now to continue with Jesus was not a Jew
as Jews are now defined.
"How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of
Samaria? For the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans." (John 4:9.)
The Samaritan woman judged, either by His dress or deportment, that Jesus was
a follower of Judaism. However, after He talked with her, she soon discovered
that He actually had nothing in common with those she knew as
Jews. In the course of His conversation with her, Jesus said, as
translated in the King James Version:
"Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for
salvation is of the Jews." (John 4:22.)
The Ferrar Fenton translation gives a more correct rendering:
"You pay homage without knowledge; we pay homage with
knowledge: because the salvation comes from among the Judeans.
The time will come, however, and is even now here, when the real worshippers
shall worship the Father in spirit and truth; because, indeed,
the Father desires such to be His worshippers." (John 4: 22-23.)
In other words, there was to be a complete change in the mode of the worship
of God and this truly came about with the dawn of the Christian Era.
Only from the standpoint of his religion before his
conversion could the Apostle Paul be called a Jew. He said of himself:
"I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an
Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin." (Rom.11:1.)
Speaking of his racial background, Paul declared he was "an Hebrew of the
Hebrews," but in the category of ecclesiastical law, he was a Pharisee
(Phil.3:5). By citizenship he was a free born Roman (Acts 22:25-28) but, due to
his religious affiliation, he declared himself to be a Jew (Acts 21:39 &
Acts 22:3). Therefore, it was only because Paul, a Benjamite, had accepted the
religion of the Jews that he could be designated as a Jew.
What was true of Paul, in regard to his religion, was also true of all but
one of the disciples of Jesus. The exception was Judas Iscariot, who was Judas
of Kerioth and therefore a Jew, not a Galilean. The name "Iscariot" is deduced
to be from Ish Kerioth; that is, "a man of Kerioth," a town in the tribe of
Judah (Joshua 15:25). The other eleven were Galileans and there were no Jews,
racially speaking, in Galilee.
It was Judas who betrayed Jesus and it was the Jews who fought against the
Christians, persecuting them and driving them from Jerusalem - causing the early
church to be scattered abroad. John tells us what developed during the ministry
of Jesus:
"After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry,
because the Jews sought to kill him." (John 7: I.)
The inference is clear. Because the Benjamites were residing in Galilee, and
were therefore the Galileans, it was safe for Jesus to sojourn there.
Accordingly, Jesus confined His activities to that territory for the time being
and kept away from Jewry. It was not until the hour of His crucifixion drew near
that He set His face to go to Jerusalem and into the territory occupied by the
Jews.
The willful ignorance of the Christian world concerning the distinction
between one who is a Jew by race and one who is a Jew by religion has led to
much confusion where the term Jew is used in the New Testament. When Peter
denied that he was one of the disciples of Jesus at the time of our Lord's
trial, he was told: "Thy speech betrayeth thee." Ferrar Fenton translates this:
"For your dialect proves it plainly" (Matt.26:73).
Why did they say this of Peter? They could do so because Peter, although by
religion a Jew, was not one racially, for he was a Galilean and of the tribe of
Benjamin. His dialect would be that of a Galilean and therefore not Jewish. It
was known in Jewry that the men of Galilee were the followers
of Jesus Consequently, at Jesus' trial, Peter, known to be a
Galilean, was immediately accused of being one of His disciples.
Furthermore, contrary to the declaration of many present-day leaders in
Christendom the Jews were not responsible for giving Christianity to the world.
The phrase, "Judeo- Christian heritage," continually used by modernists, is an
absurd misnomer! Here again, careful study of what is contained
in the Scriptures discloses that it was the Galileans who became the disciples
of our Lord an they were of the tribe of Benjamin. They became the Light bearers
of the glad tidings the Gospel and our Lord said of them:
"Ye are the light of the world." (Matt.5:14.)
The tribe of Benjamin belonged to Northern Kingdom of Israel, but was loan to
the Southern Kingdom of Judah David's sake. The account states:
"And unto his [David's] son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may
have a light always before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to
put my name there." (1 Kings 11:36.)
Therefore, the tribe of Benjamin remained with the House of
David at the time the Northern Kingdom revolted from the rule that House. This
was all providentially prearranged so that when Jesus came later and selected
His disciples, He did so from among the Galileans, or Benjamites, constituting
them the first Light bearers of the Gospel.
The Prophet Zechariah gave utterance to a cryptic prophecy in regard to the
thirty pieces of silver for which Judas betrayed our Lord. The silver, it will
be recalled, was cast into the Temple and the priests used it to purchase the
potter's field. Zechariah's pronouncement was:
"Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands [i.e., the binders], that I
might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel." (Zech.11:14.)
Following the betrayal of Christ by Judas, and the persecutions which took
place after His resurrection, the brotherhood that had bound the Jews (of Judah)
and the Galileans (of Israel) together was indeed broken. Jesus told His
disciples:
"And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the
desolation thereof is nigh. Then let them which are in Judea flee to the
mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not
them that are in the countries enter therein to. For these be the days of
vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled." (Luke 21:20-22.)
History reveals that the Christians heeded this warning and
none perished in the destruction of the city of ' Jerusalem in 70 A.D. However,
the Prophet Jeremiah tells us it was those of the tribe of Benjamin who were to
respond to the call:
"0 ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of
Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in
Beth-haccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction."
(Jer.6:1.)
Thus, the Benjamites, the Galileans and the first members of the early
Christian Church were one and the same classification of people. It is a gross
departure from common sense to declare Jesus to be a Jew and it is also
completely false to assert that He chose Jews to be His disciples - apart from
Judas who betrayed Him. The Jews, as a race, rejected Jesus Christ then and they
do so now. They were against His followers then and this is equally true today.
There is now a movement afoot to attempt to exonerate Jewry from all
implication in the death of Jesus. But surely Peter and the disciples of Christ
had full knowledge concerning those who were guilty of bringing
about His crucifixion. Addressing the Jews, Peter said:
"The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath
glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of
Pilate, when he was determined to let him go. But ye denied the Holy One and the
Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you; and killed the Prince of
life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses" (Acts
3:13-15.)
Then Peter told the Jews what they must do:
"Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out,
when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; And he
shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: whom the heaven
must receive until the times of restitution of all things,
which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world
began." (Acts 3:19-21.)
For Jewry there is - as there has always been - a way out
and it lies in their acceptance of Jesus Christ as their Messiah He who is great
David's Greater Son. In this one fact alone the solution to the centuries of
tribulation the Jewish people have had to endure will be found. If they would
allow the saving grace of the Jesus Christ to enter into their hearts, the
difficulties and troubles they have conjured up for themselves would disappear,
making it possible for them to live as good neighbours among their brethren in a
genuine brotherhood of peace.-
This article was taken from David's Greater Son by Howard B. Rand of destiny
publishers. Destiny Publishers P.O. Box 177 Merrimac, MA 01860-0177 USA.
The Queen of England is a Davidian not a Jewess as many people have thought.
Alex Cain
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From the Daily Telegraph Thursday 15 April 99.
Sir - Your leading article (April 14) omits the clearest opportunity for
Conservatives to turn the tables on New Labour. Surely there must be a vote or
two in all the British interests that have felt the dread hand of
Brussels?
These include our food, water, fisheries, waste disposal, Eurobond market,
slaughter houses, working week, herbal medicines, bridges, lorries, takeovers,
dairy farmers, car bumpers, whisky distillers, currency, pheasant shooting,
market gardeners, Civil Service, taxis, cheese-makers, paper rounds, boat
builders, legal system, hallmarks, oak trees, duty-free shopping, ponies, the
roast beef of old England, the London bus and the excellent lavatory designed by
Thomas Crapper.
We suffer this pain for the declining 14 per cent of our gross
domestic product that goes in loss-making trade with the EU, and for no
discernible gain that we could not enjoy independently.
Mr Prodi and other Eurocrats repeatedly reveal the destination for our
remaining national sovereignty, which the Prime Minister is foolish enough to
deny. So, should not the Conservative Party at least take a serious look at
Conrad Black's suggestion that the United Kingdom might be much better off in a
North Atlantic Free Trade Area? Can Smith Square truthfully tell us why we
should not negotiate a better bilateral free trade agreement with the EU than
the one enjoyed by Switzerland?
The shadow cabinet still intones that the Treaty of Rome is a good thing and
that our greatest achievement in "Europe" is the disastrous Single European Act
of 1985. Until the party can cure this immobilising
constipation, it cannot win back its natural supporters on the greatest
issue of our day.
Lord PEARSON OF RANNOCH
London SW1
This is God saying to the British people come out of Babylonian Europe with
its Religious system based on Roman Catholicism. The system of Popery has
created HELL for its adherents down through the centuries to the extent that the
modern Pope has apologised for the sins created. This Pope know his days are
numbered he knows Catholicism is Spiritually DEAD. But still wont repent, and
still he wants Britain to be part of the Catholic Church with its evils.