Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: bgsuvax!kutz@cis.ohio-state.edu (Kenneth J. Kutz) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: important biblical numbers Message-ID: Date: 29 Jul 90 17:48:12 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Bowling Green State University B.G., Oh. Lines: 38 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article , gt5599d@prism.gatech.edu (gt5599d TOLBERT,JASON ALAN) writes: > Didn't Jesus's spirit leave his body in the ninth hour. Also, didn't > the bible say something about the sixth hour after Jesus was nailed to the > cross. What is the explanation of the importance of these particular > hours? It is commonly accepted that Jesus died on Friday, the day before the Sabbath (called the day of Preparation). We know that on Thursday night, Jesus celebrated the Passover with his disciples, and it was this Passover supper that we entered a new age. The Passover became obsolete and the Lord's supper was instituted. Let me see if I can get this right. For those who lived outside Jerusalem, their day officially began at midnight. For those who live inside Jerusalem, their day officially began at 6am. Therefore the "ninth hour" was different depending on where you lived. This allowed Jesus to celebrate the Passover with his disciples on Thursday night, yet die on Friday at the exact same time the Passover lambs were being slain for the second group (they were to be slain within a two hour period, between 3-5pm according to the OT). The Passover celebrated the deliverance of the Jews out of Egypt. The Lord's table celebrates our deliverance from sin. The Passover remembers the time the blood of the lamb was put on the wooden door post so the angel of death would "pass over". The Lord's table reminds us of the time the blood of the Lamb was spilled on a wooden cross so we may "pass over" from death to life. The God who writes history and wrote "the lamb that was slain before the foundation of the world" prearranged the time of Jesus death to coincide with the death of the type which he represented. -- Kenneth J. Kutz Internet kutz@andy.bgsu.edu Systems Programmer BITNET KUTZ@ANDY University Computer Services UUCP ...!osu-cis!bgsuvax!kutz Bowling Green State Univ. US Mail 238 Math Science, BG OH 43403