What is Good Friday and what does it represent?
Let us discuss the week of our Lord's Death and Resurrection. I want
to share a Truth with you today. The feasts and celebrations which
were holy days that the Israelites were told by God to honor each
year were in fact ... Shadows of things to come:
Colossians 2:16-17
16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or
in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the
sabbath days:
17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the
body is of Christ.
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In other words, God created these days of celebration or Holy days as
a sign of future events that would occur at that specific date and
time of year. Many awesome events have occurred on these Holy days
just as these Feast shadows reflect and there are more to come. There
is one in particular that I want to share with you today. It is the
"Passover."
Leviticus 23:5
In the fourteenth day of the first month at evening is the
LORD's Passover.
Exodus 12:3-6
3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In
the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man
a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an
house:
4 And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him
and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number
of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count
for the lamb.
5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the
first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
6 And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day
of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of
Israel shall kill it in the evening.
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In this celebration, they were to bring in an unblemished lamb
on the 10th day of the first month of the Jewish calendar and
keep this lamb for 4 days. Then on the 14th day of the
first month the Israelites would kill their lamb and place
the Blood of
the Lamb on their homes to save themselves. They were told
to do this every year and was called Passover.
Let's take a little Good Friday Bible study field trip ... You've
probably heard of the story of the great Exodus from Egypt with Moses
in the Book of Exodus. After God plagued the Egyptians many times for
not allowing His people to be set free, He had one more plague that
would prove to do the trick. Moses told the Jewish people that an
angel of death would come and kill all the firstborn of Egypt. In
order to protect their children, they were to place lamb's blood
on their homes and the angel of death would pass over
them. They were to bring an unblemished lamb on the 10th day
of the 1st month of the Jewish calendar and keep this lamb for
four days. Then on the 14th day of the month, the Israelites would
kill the lamb and place the blood on their homes to
save themselves. They were to do this every year.
This celebration was a shadow of an event to come ... Jesus' death.
Jesus was the Lamb without sin and came into Jerusalem on the 10th
day of the 1st month (Palm Sunday) and was with the people for four
days. He was killed by the Jewish people's choice on the 14th day of
the month just as the Jewish people were celebrating Passover. Little
did they know that His Blood, like the lamb's was for them many years
ago, is now the saving Grace.
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There is another Jewish celebration called "First Fruits" which is 3
days after Passover. The people would offer a he lamb without
blemish as a sacrifice to God.
Leviticus 23:10-14
10 Speak 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:
11 And he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, to be
accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest
shall wave it.
12 And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the
sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt
offering unto the Lord.
13 And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals
of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the
Lord for a sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof shall be of
wine, the fourth part of an hin.
14 And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor
green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering
unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your
generations in all your dwellings.
This celebration was a shadow of an event to come ... The day after
the Sabbath (in Israel, the Sabbath is Saturday) so that would make
it Sunday, the first day of the Jewish week and in Truth the first
day on the American calendar.
Jesus (the He Lamb without blemish) was killed and He was
resurrected on Sunday morning as our Sacrifice.
Here is a very important Good Friday Bible study tidbit of truth ...
God used Jesus as that sacrificial He Lamb because there were not
enough sheep in all the world to atone for the sins.
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This brings us to another interesting fact.
The Jewish calendar day does not start at midnight but rather sunset.
This begins the 12 hours of night hours and at sunrise it begins the
12 hours of day hours.
John 11:9
Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? ...
Jesus died at the ninth hour of the day.
Mark 15:34-37
34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud
voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?
which is, being interpreted, My God, my
God, why hast thou forsaken me?
35 And some of them that stood by, when they heard it,
said, Behold, He calleth Elias.
36 And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and
put it on a reed, and gave Him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us
see whether Elias will come to take Him down.
37 And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the
ghost.
... Making it about 3:00 pm ... A few hours before sunset, when our
precious Lord died for our sins. We also know that Jesus was in the
earth for 3 days and 3 nights.
Matthew 12:40
For as Jonas [Jonah] was three days and three nights in the whale's
belly; so shall the Son of man [Jesus] be three days and three nights
in the heart of the earth.
And resurrected on Sunday morning as the first day of the Jewish week
is Sunday just as the American calendar begins on Sunday.
Mark 16:2
And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came
unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.
The stone was found rolled away and the tomb empty on Sunday morning.
Do the math on these Good Friday Bible study facts and this reveals
that Jesus was killed on Thursday, not "Good Friday."
So ... Where did the phrase "Good Friday" come from?
Many believe that because the Jewish people asked that Jesus'
crucified body be taken down from the cross because it would be
"Sabbath" at sunset. (Sabbath is from Friday sunset to Saturday
sunset.)
John 19:31
The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies
should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that
sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs
might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
So the next day was a Sabbath day (a day of rest from work).
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However ... Did you notice that it said that this particular Sabbath
was a "high" Sabbath day, meaning it was a special Sabbath.
The Sabbath being spoken of is a special Sabbath that occurred the
day after Passover.
Leviticus 23:6-7
6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast
of unleavened bread unto the Lord: seven days ye must eat unleavened
bread.
7 In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye
shall do no servile work therein.
According to Good Friday in the Bible information ... The first day
(the 15th day of the month) was the first day of the Feast of
Unleavened Bread and was a special Sabbath and at sunset it would
have been this special Sabbath ... Not the weekly Sabbath.
The math on proving this Truth is simple ... Matthew reveals that
Jesus was found missing the day after Sabbath.
Matthew 28:1
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.
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How can it be then that they asked Jesus to be taken down from the
cross on the day before Sabbath and His body was found missing the
day after Sabbath when we know Jesus told us He would be in
the earth 3 days and 3 nights?
Matthew 12:40
For as Jonas [Jonah] was three days and three nights in the whale's
belly; so shall the Son of man [Jesus] be three days and three nights
in the heart of the earth.
Good Friday Bible study trivia question ... If Jesus died on Friday
and was found missing on Sunday morning ... How can one ever make
that add up to 3 days and 3 nights?
Friday Night
Saturday Night
Sunday Night
The problem is that according to the Good Friday Bible verse
Scripture ... Jesus was found missing Sunday morning. As I
said, simple math ... Jesus died on the 14th day of the first month
of the Jewish calendar just as every other Passover lamb being
sacrificed to keep His people from death was.
Here is a little chart to make doing the math ... even easier!
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Blue Represents Passover Events and Days
Red Represents Jesus Events
Day of the Week
Palm
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
"Good"
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Easter
Sunday
Jewish Feast Laws
Lamb Brought
Lamb Kept
Lamb Kept
Lamb Kept
Lamb Killed
First Fruits Sacrifice to God
Events of Easter Week
Jesus Entered Jerusalem
Jesus Taught
Jesus Taught
Jesus Taught
Last Supper
Jesus was crucified at 9th hour (3:00 pm) - 1st day and night
2nd day and night
3rd day and night
Jesus' Resurrection - Tomb was empty at daylight
Day of the Week
Palm
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
"Good"
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Easter
Sunday
Day of the Month Abib
10th
11th
12th
13th
14th
15th
16th
17th
Day of Passover
1st day
2nd day
3rd day
4th day
5th day
6th day
7th day
8th day
Jewish Feast Laws
Lamb Brought
Lamb Kept
Lamb Kept
Lamb Kept
Lamb Killed
First Fruits Sacrifice to God
Events of Easter Week
Jesus Entered Jerusalem
Jesus Taught
Jesus Taught
Jesus Taught
Last Supper
Jesus was crucified at 9th hour (3:00 pm) - 1st day and night
2nd day and night
3rd day and night
Jesus' Resurrection - Tomb was empty at daylight
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Excellent Good Friday Bible Study Resources
Bible.org ... Good Friday - For example, Psalm 22:7 reads “All who see me taunt me; they mock me and shake their heads.” We read about this in Matthew 27:41.
BibleStudy.org ... Why Is It Called Good Friday? "Good Friday is the English designation of Friday in Holy Week . . . (the day) on which the Church keeps the anniversary of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
Christianity Today ... The Value of Lent and Good Friday - Don't skip too fast to Easter morning. Brandon O'Brien. The Value of Lent and Good Friday. Get Free Weekly Updates from Bible Studies.
Crosswalk.com ... Hey Mom, Why Do They Call it Good Friday? That is why we call the day Jesus died “Good Friday.” Because on that day Jesus took the punishment our sin
Christianity.com ... What's So Good about Good Friday? For Christians, Good Friday is an important day of the year because it celebrates what we believe to be the most momentous weekend in the history of the world.
Free Online Bible Study ... This Good Friday Bible Study explores the Scriptures in light of what happened on the day Jesus Christ was crucified.
Holy Spirit ... This Good Friday Bible Study will be much more intense if you include the Holy Spirit. He brings Spiritual understanding.
JesusWalk ... An e-mail Bible study on the Seven Last Words of Christ from the cross to help prepare your heart for Holy Week, Good Friday, and Easter.
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