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sparkman

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prove-all said:
“In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week,
came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre” (Matthew 28:1).

The King James, along with just about every other Bible version, translates
the first part of this verse, “In the end of the sabbath” or “after the sabbath.”


But if you study the Greek text, you learn that the word for sabbath is
actually plural! “After the sabbaths,” it should read.

Jesus crucified on a Wednesday afternoon and buried later that evening,
before sunset. The next day, Thursday, was an annual sabbath. The day
after that, was preparation day for the regular weekly Sabbath.

The reason Matthew refers to sabbaths, plural, is because there were
two sabbaths that week! When Matthew says Mary came early Sunday morning,
before dawn, after one of the sabbaths, he is referring to the weekly Sabbath.

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Mark 16:1 says Mary Magdalene and her companions bought spices
“when the sabbath was past.” They were planning to prepare these
ointments and spices so that they might anoint the body of Jesus.

Yet Luke 23:56 says they prepared these spices and then rested on
the weekly Sabbath day. Compare these two texts carefully.

Christ inspired four different Gospel accounts to be written so that all the
important details of His life might be canonized. Mark said these women
bought the spices after the sabbath was past. Luke said they prepared
the spices before the Sabbath arrived.

Mark 16:1-Luke 23:56
Those who hold to the Good Friday-Easter belief must conclude that these
verses are a glaring contradiction. They are not! They complement each
other perfectly, if you understand that there were two sabbaths that week.





The women bought the spices on Friday, after the annual sabbath on Thursday.
They prepared the spices that same day, before the weekly Sabbath,
and then rested on the Sabbath according to God’s command.

When Mary approached the tomb early Sunday morning, before sunrise,
an angel nearby exclaimed, “He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come,
see the place where the Lord lay” (Matthew 28:6).

There were no eyewitnesses to Christ’s resurrection,
and there is only one historical record: the Holy Bible.

Christ’s proof of His messiahship was singular:
the length of time He would be in the ground.

Yes indeed! He had already risen—the day before, just prior to sunset
at the end of the weekly Sabbath.

His death, burial and resurrection happened precisely the way
He prophesied it would happen.
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You are quoting Armstrong's view on this topic and he had no knowledge of the Greek.

Here's an article that refutes his view:

AS BEREANS DID: The Two Sabbaths of Matthew 28

Armstrong had ZERO knowledge of Hebrew or Greek, outside of his Strong's concordance, yet he, in his ignorance, thought he was in a place to correct the rest of Christianity...and his modern-day followers have exactly the same mentality.

Beware, folks, where prove-all gets his material from.
 
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sparkman

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sparkman said:
You are quoting Armstrong's view on this topic and he had no knowledge of the Greek.

Here's an article that refutes his view:

AS BEREANS DID: The Two Sabbaths of Matthew 28

Armstrong had ZERO knowledge of Hebrew or Greek, outside of his Strong's concordance, yet he, in his ignorance, thought he was in a place to correct the rest of Christianity...and his modern-day followers have exactly the same mentality.

Beware, folks, where prove-all gets his material from.
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Herbert Armstrong's intention was to prove the rest of Christianity wrong on as many topics as possible because he thought he had the "true faith". This is a common claim amongst cults, anti-Trinitarians and some "Sabbathkeeper" groups. They speak of their belief as "the truth" and view Christianity as being corrupted and/or false. Their view is associated with a poor understanding of church history and a conspiracy theory mentality generally involving Constantine and the Roman Catholic Church.

In Armstrong's case, he taught that Armstrongites would become literal children of God, exactly like God the Father and Jesus Christ. He denied the Christian doctrines of the Trinity, original sin, and biblical regeneration. He claimed that the white people of Western European origin were the "lost Ten Tribes of Israel" and that most of the prophecies of the Bible were about them. He also taught that observance of the Sabbath, festivals, and clean meat laws were requirements of salvation, and that those who met on Sunday belonged to a false, counterfeit form of Christianity created by Satan.

This is just the tip of the iceberg. He was a kook, plain and simple. My mother was a member of the church and that is a large part of the reason why I was sucked into it for a decade as an adult.

I'd also be aware that many Sabbathkeepers (not all), while not as extreme, hold a similar mentality about Christianity. They won't tell you that straight-up, but it is underlying their belief system. Personally, I wouldn't mind belonging to a sound, non-conspiracy theory mentality fellowship that is Christ-centered but observed Sabbath, festivals rather than Christmas and Easter but those are very, very rare. I'll stick with my Evangelical Free church rather than hang out with conspiracy theory kooks.
 
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funny at least I know how to count 3 days and three nights
 
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