Which Day of the Week is the Sabbath? (2)

[Cliff2]

And happy Sabbath to you also, Cliff and our eastern Sabbath-keepers.

What a lovely Sabbath morning we have here, thanks and greetings and blessings to you and your family.

 

[BrightCandle]

The Waldensians were a sect that arose around Lyons in southern France in the 12th century. I don't believe they were Saturday Sabbath-keepers, although it would not really surprise me if that wasn't one among their various errors.

Anyway, the Waldenses were also called "Insabbatati," "Sabbatati," and "Sabotiers," not because they kept the Saturday Sabbath but because they wore Sabots, which were wooden shoes or sandals.

That is the spin that the Roman Catholic Church puts on the Waldenses origin, whereas their own tradition is that they originated when Pope Slyvester and Constantine the Great joined together in the 300's A.D.

It would make sense that their would have been some sects of Christianity would have seperated from the church of Rome when the Pagan/Christian Emperor Constantine joined the "church" in the 300's.

 

[rstrats]

ThreeAM,

re: "The only correct Type-Antitype match would be a Friday Crucifixion nisan 14th and Saturday Feast of Unleavened Bread Nisan 15th and Sunday Resurrection Nisan 16th."

I must be missing something because I don’t see how you are able to say that the first day of the week after the crucifixion was Nisan 16.

 

[ThreeAM]

ThreeAM,

re: "The only correct Type-Antitype match would be a Friday Crucifixion nisan 14th and Saturday Feast of Unleavened Bread Nisan 15th and Sunday Resurrection Nisan 16th."

I must be missing something because I don’t see how you are able to say that the first day of the week after the crucifixion was Nisan 16.

I don't think I said that did I? If I did its a typo.

1. Friday Nisan 14th Passover, Crucifixion [Christ Passover Lamb]
2. Satuday Nisan 15th Feast Of Unleavened Bread, [Freedom from sin.]
3. Sunday Nisan 16th First fruits, Resurrection [Christ is the first fruits of those who sleep]

This is the example given by God through the Israelites the very first time the celebrated First fruits in Canaan. The actual crucifixion, feast of unleavened bread and Resurrection has to follow this TYPE.


Jos 5 10And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho. 11And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes [Nisan 15th,] and parched corn in the selfsame day. 12And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn [Nisan 16th]of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.[see Lev 23 below]

Lev 23:10Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest: 11And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath [Feast of Unleavened Bread Sabbath Nisan 15th] the priest shall wave it.




[Fristfruits, They began to harvest food from Canaan, Food from the Harvest could not be eaten until the firstfruits wave sheaf was waved before God]

1 cor 5:7Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:

1 cor 5:8Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

1 Cor 15:20But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. 21For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.

 

[rstrats]

ThreeAM,

re: "I don't think I said that did I?"

Sorry. After rereading it, I can see how my comment might be confusing. Let me try it again; I must be missing something because I don’t see how you are able to say that the first day after the crucifixion week seventh day Sabbath was Nisan 16.

 

[ThreeAM]

ThreeAM,

re: "I don't think I said that did I?"

Sorry. After rereading it, I can see how my comment might be confusing. Let me try it again; I must be missing something because I don’t see how you are able to say that the first day after the crucifixion week seventh day Sabbath was Nisan 16.

May be my last post before this one will help you. Passover was always held on Nisan 14th, Feast of Unleavened Bread ...was always Nisan 16th, The Firstfruit was always Nisan 15th. Christ is the Firstfuits of them that slept.

Lev 23 4These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons. 5In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD’S passover. 6And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD....10Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest: 11And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath [Feast of Unleavened Bread Sabbath] the priest shall wave it.

[See Jos Chapter 5 for the example of this happening the day after the feast of unleavened bread]

 

[rstrats]

ThreeAM,

OK, I think I see the reason for my confusion. You are of the belief that the wave sheaf is presented on the day following the ANNUAL Sabbath and I was considering that the presentation was to be done on the day following the WEEKLY Sabbath.

If the annual Sabbath is the pivotal day, do you have any thoughts on why a count is needed? It would seem that Pentecost would always occur on Silvan 6 (I think) .

Also, do you see Passover/Unleavened Bread as a 7 day or as an 8 day event?

 

[ThreeAM]

ThreeAM,

OK, I think I see the reason for my confusion. You are of the belief that the wave sheaf is presented on the day following the ANNUAL Sabbath and I was considering that the presentation was to be done on the day following the WEEKLY Sabbath.

If the annual Sabbath is the pivotal day, do you have any thoughts on why a count is needed? It would seem that Pentecost would always occur on Silvan 6 (I think) .

Also, do you see Passover/Unleavened Bread as a 7 day or as an 8 day event?

Well I had a more detail post typed but my computer ate it LOL

Yes Penticost is timed from the 1st day of Unleavened bread Sabbath and the following day the Firstfruits.

6And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread. 7In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation:[feast day sabbath] ye shall do no servile work therein. 8But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation:[Feast day Sabbath] ye shall do no servile work therein.

Notice the 7th day weekly Sabbath has not been mentioned in these verses.
Lev 23:9And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 10Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest: 11And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.

In Jos. 5 I showed you the actual event predicted here and that the Israelites took this to mean the First fruits should be celebrated Nisan 16th the day after Feast of Unleavened bread nisan 15th.

None of Gods Ceremonial feast days or on fixed days of the week.

If we time Firstfuits/resurrection/wave sheaf from the 7th day of the week Sabbath instead of the feast of Unleavened bread annual Sabbath them the Time between Passover/crucifixion Nisan 14th and the Firstfruits/Resurrection could vary from 3-9 days depending on the year and does not match Jos.5.

We all know Christ was not in the grave 9 days.

The only Correct TYPE / ANTITYPE match is friday crucifixion Saturday Feast of Unleavened Bread and Sunday fristfruits resurection.


i Cor. 15:20But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. 21For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. 22For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 23But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.

 

[Cliff2]

Then click here for all texts in the Bible that says the "first day of the week".

I ask all first day keepers to look at these texts that are in the above link and see which one says that the Sabbath has been changed from the 7th day of the week to the 1st day of the week.

 

[visionary]

None of Gods Ceremonial feast days or on fixed days of the week

First fruits comes in the spring the day after the first weekly Sabbath (which means sunday) after the Passover. (Leviticus 23.9-14). Passover can happen any day of the week and then after the following sabbath (7th day) first fruits occurred and started the seven week count towards Pentecost. Let me repeat....The day after the first weekly Sabbath following Passover is also known as the Wave Sheaf.

Yeshua was resurrected on the Feast of First Fruits. This is the one time when the annual sabbaths are tied to the weekly cycle. This is also the time when two annual feasts (Wavesheaf and Pentecost) of the Lord occur on sunday every year.

Let's review Young's Literal Translation, from the respected 19th-century biblical scholar J.N. Young, to see how he translates these same verses:

MATTHEW 28:1 And on the eve of the sabbaths [sabbaton], at the dawn, toward the first of the sabbaths [mian sabbaton], came Mary the Magdalene, and the other Mary, to see the sepulchre, (YLT)
MARK 16:2 And early in the morning of the first of the sabbaths [mias sabbaton], they come unto the sepulchre, at the rising of the sun, (YLT)
LUKE 24:1 And on the first of the sabbaths [mia ton sabbaton], at early dawn, they came to the tomb, bearing the spices they made ready, and certain {others} with them, (YLT)
JOHN 20:1 And on the first of the sabbaths [mia ton sabbaton], Mary the Magdalene doth come early (there being yet darkness) to the tomb, and she seeth the stone having been taken away out of the tomb, (YLT)
JOHN 20:19 It being, therefore, evening, on that day, the first of the sabbaths [mia ton sabbaton], and the doors having been shut where the disciples were assembled, through fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and saith to them, 'Peace to you;' (YLT)
MARK 16:9 And he, having risen in the morning of the first of the sabbaths [prote sabbatou], did appear first to Mary the Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven demons; (YLT)

What would "First day of the sabbaths" have meant to a 1st-century Jew? It would be mean the counting of the Omer has started. As documented in Leviticus 23:15, there were seven weekly Sabbaths between Passover and Pentecost that were to be counted every year:

LEVITICUS 23:15 'And you shall count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering: seven Sabbaths shall be completed.' (NKJV)

So what about some of the other first day of the week....

Two other "first day of the week" passages are generally cited by Christians to show that the early Church met on Sunday: Acts 20:7 and I Corinthians 16:2. We'll begin by closely examining Acts 20, where Paul's journey from Philippi to Troas is described:

ACTS 20:6 But we sailed away from Philippi after [meta] the days of Unleavened Bread, and in five days we came to them at Troas, where we stayed [ou dietripsamen] for seven days. 7 On the first day of the week [mia ton sabbaton], when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and he prolonged his speech until midnight. (ESV)
The Greek word translated "after" in Acts 20:6 is meta. Friberg's Analytical Lexicon to the Greek New Testament (ALGNT) says that meta is a "preposition with basic meaning in the midst of." So instead of "after," let's translate meta as "in the midst of" in this verse.

Additionally, we need to examine a couple of other Greek words that are used in Acts 20:6. The phrase "where we stayed" comes from the Greek adverb/verb pair ou dietripsamen. ALGNT says ou is an "adverb of negation to an alleged fact, used predominantly in the NT with the indicative no, not." According to Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (Thayer), the indicative verb dietripsamen comes from a root word which literally means "to wear away, consume" or "to spend, pass time." Often it is simply translated "stay" or "remain."

So how did a phrase that should literally be translated "not consuming" or "not spending" end up being translated "where we stayed"? There appears to be two possible answers:

First, it seems that the translators rendered ou incorrectly. This Greek adverb can either be "no/not" or "where," based on the differing accent marks above the final letter. The Majority Greek text has ou accented to indicate "not." Additionally, in a very few Alexandrian Greek manuscripts, the phrase ou dietripsamen has been replaced by opou dietripsamen. The Greek word opou denotes place, and is translated "where." However, the vast majority of Greek manuscripts do not have this word, but rather ou ("not").

So what does all this mean? Changing these words to their best literal translation in Acts 20:6 significantly changes the meaning of the verse:

ACTS 20:6 But we sailed away from Philippi in the midst of [meta] the Days of Unleavened Bread, and in five days we came to them at Troas, not consuming [ou dietripsamen] seven days. (literal translation)

When we examine verse 7 in the Greek, we see again that the text says "First of the Sabbaths," not "first day of the week":

ACTS 20:7 And on the First of the Sabbaths [mia ton sabbaton], when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and he prolonged his speech until midnight. (literal translation)

These verses show that Paul and his companions sailed away from Philippi during the seven days of Unleavened Bread. However, the phrase ou dietripsamen indicates that the entire seven days of the Feast of Unleavened Bread were "not consumed". During the feast of Unleaven bread, they did not consume any leaven bread.

 

[ThreeAM]

First fruits comes in the spring the day after the first weekly Sabbath (which means sunday) after the Passover. (Leviticus 23.9-14). Passover can happen any day of the week and then after the following sabbath (7th day) first fruits occurred and started the seven week count towards Pentecost. Let me repeat....The day after the first weekly Sabbath following Passover is also known as the Wave Sheaf.

Yeshua was resurrected on the Feast of First Fruits. This is the one time when the annual sabbaths are tied to the weekly cycle. This is also the time when two annual feasts (Wavesheaf and Pentecost) of the Lord occur on sunday every year....

Not according to Joshua when the Firstfruits was celebrated for the FIRST time.

If they celebrated first fruits after the Feast of unleavened bread then First fruits will ALWAYS be 3 day [counted inclusively] from Passover. Since First fruits represents the resurrection the Type matches what happed in Joshua and what happened at crucifixion week. If we count as you state above first fuits can fall as late as 9 days after passover. WE ALL know Christ was not in the grave for 9 days so it cannot match type/antitype.


Jos 5 10And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho. 11And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes [Nisan 15th,] and parched corn in the selfsame day. 12And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn [Nisan 16th]of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.[see Lev 23 below]

Lev 23:10Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest: 11And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath [Feast of Unleavened Bread Sabbath Nisan 15th] the priest shall wave it.

 

[visionary]

Lev 23:10Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest: 11And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath [Feast of Unleavened Bread Sabbath Nisan 15th] the priest shall wave it.

It was not the Feast of unleaven bread that was the sabbath that the wavesheaf was to follow. It was the regular weekly sabbath.
t mia twn sabbatwn (Te mia ton sabbaton) correctly translated should be 'the first (day) of the sabbaths'. The word 'day', correctly interpolated as mia (first), is feminine and requires a feminine noun, sabbaton being neuter. Sabbaton cannot be translated 'week' as it is a plural noun. The term 'sabbaths' refers to the seven sabbaths (or weeks) between the waving of the 'sheaf of the firstfruits'

to clarify the Feast of Weeks ( Penticost) you need to understand the counting of 50 days and why it ends with the Feast of Weeks. It makes more sense then when you read the first of shabbaths because the people were instructed to count the days til Penticost.

"Shavuot (Feast of Weeks/ Pentecost) is the Biblical harvest-festival celebrated 50 days after the Sunday which falls out during Passover. These fifty days are called the Counting of the Omer."

"Like the Boethusians and Ancient Israelites before them, the Karaites count the 50 days of the Omer from the Sunday during Hag HaMatzot and consequentially always celebrate Shavuot on a Sunday. "

http://www.karaite-korner.org/shavuot.shtml

 

[ThreeAM]

Lev 23:10Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest: 11And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath [Feast of Unleavened Bread Sabbath Nisan 15th] the priest shall wave it.

It was not the Feast of unleaven bread that was the sabbath that the wavesheaf was to follow. It was the regular weekly sabbath.
t mia twn sabbatwn (Te mia ton sabbaton) correctly translated should be 'the first (day) of the sabbaths'. The word 'day', correctly interpolated as mia (first), is feminine and requires a feminine noun, sabbaton being neuter. Sabbaton cannot be translated 'week' as it is a plural noun. The term 'sabbaths' refers to the seven sabbaths (or weeks) between the waving of the 'sheaf of the firstfruits'

to clarify the Feast of Weeks ( Penticost) you need to understand the counting of 50 days and why it ends with the Feast of Weeks. It makes more sense then when you read the first of shabbaths because the people were instructed to count the days til Penticost.

"Shavuot (Feast of Weeks/ Pentecost) is the Biblical harvest-festival celebrated 50 days after the Sunday which falls out during Passover. These fifty days are called the Counting of the Omer."

"Like the Boethusians and Ancient Israelites before them, the Karaites count the 50 days of the Omer from the Sunday during Hag HaMatzot and consequentially always celebrate Shavuot on a Sunday. "

http://www.karaite-korner.org/shavuot.shtml

Your interpretation disagrees with the scriptures and of course with how the Children of Israel actually celebrated it in Joshua. Several other experts in Hebrew also disagree with your interpretation of the language. I think it is wiser to look to Joshua to see how the scriptures say the Children of Israel celebrated the first First Fruits and it is obvious that they celbrated it on Nisan 16th the day after the First day of the feast of unleavened bread which was a feast day Sabbath. I would like you comments about Joshua which you seem to ignore.

 

[visionary]

Jos 5 10And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho. 11And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes [Nisan 15th,] and parched corn in the selfsame day. 12And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn [Nisan 16th]of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.[see Lev 23 below]

The Complete Jewish Bible

Joshua 5:10
The people of Isra'el camped at Gilgal, and they observed Pesach on the fourteenth day of the month, there on the plains of Yericho.
5:11
The day after Pesach they ate what the land produced, matzah and roasted ears of grain that day.
5:12
The following day, after they had eaten food produced in the land, the man ended. From then on the people of Isra'el no longer had man; instead, that year, they ate the produce of the land of Kena'an.

Since each year is different.. you notice that in Joshua's day there was no over lapping of annual feasts and the weekly shabbath, so Joshua never mentioned the time of the counting yet.

If we count as you state above first fuits can fall as late as 9 days after passover.

Starting with monday Passover the most you can count til first fruits would be is seven days.

 

[visionary]

If we count as you state above first fuits can fall as late as 9 days after passover.

The most you go put it is seven if Passover was on sunday then after the sabbath would be seven days.

"There was a first-fruit offering connected with the beginning of the harvest. Leviticus, xxiii, 10-14, enacted that a sheaf of ears should be brought to the priest, who, the next day after the Sabbath, was to lift it up before the Lord. A holocaust, a meal-offering, and a libation accompanied the ceremony; and until it was performed no "bread, or parched corn, or frumenty of the harvest" should be eaten. Seven weeks later two loaves, made from the new harvest, were to be brought to the sanctuary for a new offering."

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06082a.htm

What are the Customs of Shavuot?

Shavuot has a number of customs which are deeply ingrained in the celebration of the holiday. Among these are the following:

Staying up all night to learn Torah on the first night of Shavuot
Spreading greens and flowers in the synagogue on Shavuot
Eating Dairy Meals on Shavuot
Staying Up (Without NoDoz)

There is a custom among the People of Israel to stay up all night to study the Torah on the first night of Shavuot. One of the reasons given for this custom is that it is to "make up" for the behavior of a large number of Jews who were present at Sinai, at the "main event," so to speak, yet they went to sleep that night. And Hashem had to wake them up with peals of thunder and Shofar blowing, to receive the Torah.

It is said in defense of those Jews that they slept "l'shem shamayim," with good intentions, for they felt that they would be better able to absorb and withstand the experience of Hashem's Revelation, which they knew was coming in the morning.

Those who stay up all night should wash their hands in the morning as usual, but without making the "brachah," or blessing, of "Netilat Yadayim," which is made each morning when one has had a regular night's sleep. Neither should they say the regular "Birchot HaShachar," the Blessings of the Morning, which contain blessings which correspond to the various aspects of "waking up:" opening the eyes, standing up, getting dressed, etc. On Shavuot morning, they should hear these "brachot" from someone who had slept during the night, but who came to "daven," to pray, typically at an early hour, with those who had stayed up to "learn."

http://www.ou.org/chagim/shavuot/customs.htm

 

[visionary]

The Hebrew words Hag B’Omer literally mean Feast of the Sheaf. An 'Omer' is actually a half-gallon measure, but, it can also mean a sheaf; i.e. the equivalent of its yield. On the first day of the week, following Passover, the cereal harvest began in Israel and the first grain to ripen - of those sown before the winter - was barley. A sheaf was reverently cut and the barley removed. This was then taken to the Temple and presented as a wave-offering, to the LORD of the harvest, as an expression of thanksgiving. The 'counting of the Omer' began this day (Lev.23:15-16).

Wheat is the last cereal to ripen and the First Fruits of that harvest are offered seven weeks later at Pentecost.

http://www.theolivetreeconnection.org/Feasts of Israel 3.htm

 

[ThreeAM]

Jos 5 10And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho. 11And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes [Nisan 15th,] and parched corn in the selfsame day. 12And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn [Nisan 16th]of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.[see Lev 23 below]

The Complete Jewish Bible

Joshua 5:10
The people of Isra'el camped at Gilgal, and they observed Pesach [Passover Nisan 14th ]on the fourteenth day of the month, there on the plains of Yericho.
5:11
The day after Pesach [Nisan 15th] they ate what the land produced,[From Egypt] matzah and roasted ears of grain that day.

We KNOW the 1st day of the Feast of unlevened bread ,a feast day Sabbath is ALWAYS Nisan 15th

5:12
The following day, [Nisan 16th] after they had eaten food produced in the land, the man ended. From then on the people of Isra'el no longer had man; instead, that year, they ate the produce of the land of Kena'an. [Harvest has begun...Firstfruits is the 1st day of the harvest]


Lev 23:9 The LORD said to Moses, 10 "Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter the land I am going to give you and you reap its harvest, bring to the priest a sheaf of the first grain you harvest.

The comments above in blue are mine

Since each year is different.. you notice that in Joshua's day there was no over lapping of annual feasts and the weekly shabbath, so Joshua never mentioned the time of the counting yet.

In Joshua's day the feast fell in this order...Passover Nisan 14th. Feast of unleavened bread Nisan 15th and First fruits Nisan 16th the first day of the harvest. You simply can not say there were no overlapping of annual and weekly sabbaths. In fact the Jewish priests commonly adjusted the last month of the year by adding one extra day to prevent two sabbaths being sequental thus causing extra the people not to able to buy or sell two days in a row.

Starting with monday Passover the most you can count til first fruits would be is seven days.The preferred the annual sabbath to over lap the weekly Sabbath when possible[/quote]

If Passover fell on Nisan 14th and a weekly Sabbath the next day after the weekly Sabbath and also after the weekly Sabbath would be Nisan 22 Sunday and that is 9 days counted inclusively.

9 days between the crucifixion and the resurection is of course unscriptural and a TYPE/ANTITYPE mismatch.

The Passover, Feast of Unleavened Bread, and First Fruits was to help them realize who Christ was when Paul told them Christ was the Passover Lamb and Christ was the Firstfruits. If the sequence was variable from 2 to 9 days it would have confused them when the sequence did not match the actual event sequence.



Try this for more detailed explaination. http://www.biblelight.net/pentecost.htm

 

[visionary]

If Passover fell on Nisan 14th and a weekly Sabbath the next day after the weekly Sabbath and also after the weekly Sabbath would be Nisan 22 Sunday and that is 9 days counted inclusively.

Rephrase please.. to many weekly sabbaths

 

[visionary]

We KNOW the 1st day of the Feast of unlevened bread ,a feast day Sabbath is ALWAYS Nisan 15th

Yes, the feast of unleaven bread always will be on Nisan 15. You statement is correct as long as you understand that the feast of unleaven bread is a annual sabbath and not a weekly sabbath.

 

[visionary]

If the sequence was variable from 2 to 9 days it would have confused them when the sequence did not match the actual event sequence.

There is no confusion if that is what you are use to.