Unleavened Bread 2006 - Sabbath: Part 2

Now let’s continue on. Let’s come to John 20. Now we’re going to look at John and then Luke and then Mark when the women came to the tomb early the first day of the week, and we’re going to understand some things concerning the resurrection of Jesus Christ. And as Jesus promised He would be in the tomb exactly three days and three nights. So He was put in the tomb just as the Passover day was ending at sunset, and that was on a Wednesday. Then you come forward three days and three nights and it puts you on the regular weekly Sabbath. Does that sound familiar where we started out? Yes, indeed. And He had to be resurrected at exactly that same time. But in order to understand what happened we need to come to the first day of the week and then put the events together that happened on the first day of the week so we can go back and see what happened when Jesus was resurrected and then we will come forward to when He ascended into heaven to the Father.

Now let’s come here, John 20: “Now on the first day of the weeks…” Now that is the first day counting to Pentecost. That is on a Sunday, the first day of the week, and it was the Wave Sheaf Offering Day. “…While it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came early to the tomb…” Now she came alone. The other women came and joined her. They probably had already decided that in the morning they were going to go and take the spices and to do more wrapping [of] Jesus body in spices in the morning. So she started while it was still dark. But understand as she was walking the sun was rising so it was getting lighter and lighter and lighter. “…Mary Magdalene came early to the tomb; and she saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.” So immediately she didn’t know what to do. She didn’t understand what was happening. “Then she ran and came to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, ‘They have taken away the Lord from the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid Him.’ ” (John 20: 1-2, FV).

Now let’s come over here in Luke 24:1: “Now on the first day of the weeks, they came to the tomb at early dawn, bringing the spices that they had prepared; and certain others came with them. But they found the stone rolled away from the tomb; and when they entered it, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.” So here the other women came. Mary came first and ran to tell Peter and John. The other women came and found exactly the same thing. How much later it was we don’t know, but they didn’t know that Mary had already been there.

Now verse 4: “And it came to pass that while they were puzzling over this, suddenly two men [who were angels] in shining garments stood by them. And as they bowed their faces to the ground, being filled with fear, they said to them, ‘Why are you seeking the living among the dead?’ ” So the key thing is this – let’s understand a very important and profound point which is this: No one witnessed the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The women who came to the tomb didn’t see it. The soldiers who were guarding the tomb didn’t see it. When they came early in the morning on the first day of the week, the Wave Sheaf Offering Day, He wasn’t there. There’s no such thing as an Easter Sunday resurrection. That is a lie, a fiction. Jesus was gone.

They said: “ ‘He is not here, but has risen: remember when He spoke to you while He was yet in Galilee, saying, ‘ “It is necessary for the Son of man to be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and to be crucified, and to arise the third day”?’ Then they remembered His words; and after returning from the tomb, they related these things to the eleven and to all the rest.” So they got there while Mary Magdalene was apparently telling them, because it says in verse 10: “…Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary, the mother of James, and the others with them, who told these things to the apostles” (Luke 24:1-10, FV), but of course they didn’t believe it.

Now let’s come here to Mark 16:2 and let’s see the account here: “And very early on the first day of the weeks, at the rising of the sun…” So Mary started out when it was still dark. Now we have the sun is rising. They were coming to the tomb. This is the parallel account of Luke 24. Verse 3: “…and they were asking themselves, ‘Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?’ For it was a massive stone. But when they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away. And after entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right, clothed in a white robe; and they were very frightened.” Now that was an angel. See there were two angels. In this case they’re emphasizing seeing one. “But he said to them, ‘Do not be afraid. You are seeking Jesus the Nazarene, Who was crucified. He has risen; He is not here. Look, there is the place where they laid Him. But go, tell His disciples and Peter that He goes before you into Galilee; there you shall see Him, as He said to you’ ” (Mark 16:2-7, FV). Quite an interesting thing, isn’t it?

Now let’s see what happened next, and then this will help us understand about the resurrection of Jesus, because He had to be raised from the dead exactly three days and three nights from the time He was put in the tomb. So He had to be raised at the end of the Sabbath. Remember, just like as we started out when they cut that premier sheaf for the Wave Sheaf Offering, it was cut right as the weekly Sabbath had ended, or was ending. That signified Christ being raised from the dead, no longer connected to the earth, as it were. No longer earthy, if we could put it that way.

Now let’s come back here to John 20 again and let’s see what else occurred. Let’s pick it up here in verse 3. After Mary Magdalene came, then the other women came: “As a result, Peter and the other disciple [that is John] went out and came to the tomb. Now the two ran together, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and came to the tomb first; and he stooped down and saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not enter. Then Simon Peter came following him, and he went into the tomb and saw the linen cloths lying, and the napkin that had been on His head, not lying with the linen cloths but folded up in a place by itself.” Quite an amazing thing, isn’t it? Now let’s read verse 8: “Then the other disciple, who had come to the tomb first, also went in and saw these things; and he believed. For they did not yet understand the scripture which decreed that He must rise from the dead.” (John 20:3-9, FV). Christ had to give them that understanding later.

Now let’s look at this and let’s analyze this for just a minute and let’s see what this is telling us. We know that when Joseph of Arimathaea and Nicodemus took Jesus’ body off the cross that they had a hundred pounds of spices and aloe, and they wrapped His body. Now it was not like a shroud. The Shroud of Turin is a lying fiction. It has nothing to do with Christ. They didn’t lay a shroud over Him. He was wrapped with the linen. They probably had strips of linen about like this – about six to nine inches wide. Probably more like about six inches. And they would wrap His body, beginning with His feet, and add in the spices as they were wrapping, go right on up on up His torso, all the way up and then do His body and then do His arms. And then cover His head with a special covering that was called a napkin.

Now they saw the linen cloths lying. What did they see? What would be a profound witness of the resurrection of Christ but to see the wrappings of these linen cloths still in their wrapped form but no body in it and perhaps with a little sag in the middle of the wrapped cloth showing that He wasn’t there? Now what would this demonstrate? This would demonstrate that 1) no one took the body; 2) if they would have taken the body they would have taken the burial wrappings with them. Wouldn’t you think? Now if they didn’t want to, if they stole the body and didn’t want to take the wrappings with them then they would have to unwrap it or cut it off. So they saw the linen cloths laying there to demonstrate that as a Spirit Being, Christ, as we will see a little later, did not need to have the cloth removed to be resurrected. He just simply rose through it. Now to demonstrate that He was alive we have this: the linen napkin, which was on His head, was folded and put in another place. Now do you think if anyone was going to steal His body, would they not have taken the napkin too? Do you think that they would have…whoever the group claiming that the disciples stole the body away – and of course the Jews still believe that lying fable to this day because they won’t take the New Testament and read what it says and look at the evidence. Now if you were a forensic expert today what would you have to conclude? That the napkin was folded up and put in another place and no one had gone into the tomb, except Jesus was put in there when He was dead. You’d have to conclude that He was resurrected from the dead. And you would have to conclude that He deliberately folded the napkin and put it in another place to demonstrate that He was alive. That’s quite an important thing to understand.

Now let’s look at some psalms which bear on the resurrection of Christ. Now in Psalm 16 we find something very interesting. Let’s ask the question: What do you suppose that may have been the first thoughts of Jesus when He was resurrected and He’s in the tomb, and He realizes that He is alive. Because His last thought was what? On the cross saying, “Father into Your hands I commend My Spirit,” and He died. So what would He think right after He’s resurrected? Now if you’ve ever been unconscious or if you’ve ever had an operation where you’ve gone under a sedation and you wake up, your thoughts are entirely different, right? Well we have it right here, maybe these are the words of Christ. A prophecy of the words of Christ, the very first ones that He spoke when He was raised from the dead. Psalm 16:8: “I have set the LORD always before me: because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope. For Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell [You will not leave me in the grave]; neither wilt Thou suffer [allow] thine Holy One to see corruption.” And that happened to Jesus. And probably His first thought was to praise God, to praise God for the tremendous and wonderful blessing of the resurrection, that He did not see corruption, that He didn’t leave Him in the grave, that the Word of God was true and the covenant that Jesus Christ and God the Father made before Jesus came to the earth in the flesh that He would raise Him back to life when He died, was fulfilled.

Let’s finish verse 11: “Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in Thy presence is fulness of joy…” Now we’re going to see that on the Wave Sheaf Offering Day Jesus came again into the presence of God the Father. “…At Thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Psa. 16:8-11, KJV).

Now let’s come to Psalm 23. Here is another one which I think are the very words of Christ after He was resurrected in thanking and praising God. Now let’s begin right here. We’ve covered this before. We’ve gone through some things concerning Psalm 23. There are many, many, many lessons we can learn out of this. But let’s think of it in the praising of God the Father by Jesus Christ after He was resurrected from the dead.

Now, Jesus did not stay in the tomb very long. Where did Jesus go? Now let’s understand something: He was raised from the dead; the burial clothes were there; the napkin was folded up; His first conscious thoughts were probably thanking God of the fulfillment of Psalm 16; and then since He was a Spirit Being He merely walked through the stone which covered the tomb, and the soldiers didn’t see Him when He came out the other side because He would be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights. So He could not have stayed there very long at all – get right out. Where would He have gone, because He didn’t ascend until the next morning as we are going to see? Well, right near there is the garden of Gethsemane, right? And in the garden of Gethsemane was the place where Jesus always prayed. And as a matter of fact, the night of the Passover, after He had the Passover with the apostles, they went there and He prayed for three hours and then was arrested. So Jesus probably went out to His, as it were, familiar or favorite praying place in the garden of Gethsemane, and perhaps this was His prayer.

Let’s read it, Psalm 23: “The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want [anything]. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul [His soul and His body would not see corruption – yes, restored it through the power of the resurrection, right?]: He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake [to do the will of God]. And isn’t that what Jesus said? “Lo, I come to do the will of the Father Who sent Me”? Yes. “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death [He just experienced it, right?], I will fear no evil…” Did He have any fear when He went through the scourging and crucifixion? No. “…For Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies…” Quite a fantastic thing, isn’t it? You talk about preparing right in the presence of the enemies. The soldiers were guarding the tomb – He walked right out. The civil government of the Romans was against Him; the religious government of the Jews was against Him; His own apostles didn’t believe Him until later [when] He opened their minds. You talk about “preparing a table in the presence of my enemies.” “…Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.” Remember He was anointed with oil twice before the crucifixion. “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever” (Psa. 23:1-6, KJV).

Now let’s come to Psalm 108 and let’s see another prophecy about Jesus. And let’s look at this as having to do with also His prayer of the resurrection: “O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory. Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early [a type of the resurrection]. I will praise Thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto Thee among the nations [yet to happen, isn’t it?]. For Thy mercy is great above the heavens: and Thy truth reacheth unto the clouds. Be Thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and Thy glory above all the earth; that Thy beloved may be delivered [which He was]: save with Thy right hand, and answer me. God hath spoken in His holiness; I will rejoice…” (Psa. 108:1-7, KJV). Quite a wonderful thing that Christ experienced.

Now one other psalm here. Let’s come to Psalm 63. Although David wrote this and he did see a similitude of God in the small little tabernacle where he had the Ark of the Covenant that was in his house after it was retrieved from Kirjath-Jearim. Now here, let’s look at it from the point of view of the resurrected Christ and what He was thinking: “O God, Thou art my God…” Think of Him now praying in the garden of Gethsemane, praying all that night thanking God for resurrecting Him from the dead and waiting for the time when it was time for the fulfillment of the Wave Sheaf Offering. “…My soul thirsteth for Thee, my flesh longeth for Thee [which it did when He was in the flesh] in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; to see Thy power…” Because now He knew that He was going back to God the Father; now He knew that He was going to ascend into heaven; now He knew that He was going to see the sanctuary of God again. “…To see Thy power and Thy glory, so as I have seen Thee in the sanctuary. Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise Thee” (Psa. 63:1-3, KJV). Quite a wonderful thing.

Now, let’s talk about, a little more, the Wave Sheaf Offering Day and the ascension of Jesus Christ. Let’s come to John 20:10 and let’s get the story flow from here: “Then the disciples went away again to their home. But Mary stood outside the tomb weeping; and as she wept, she stooped down and looked into the tomb. And she saw two angels in white who were sitting, one at the head and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had been laid.” Because she could see also the burial cloths. “And they said to her, ‘Woman, why are you weeping?’ She said to them, ‘Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid Him.’ And after saying these things, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, but did not know that it was Jesus.” Because He was able to manifest Himself in a form that she couldn’t see Him as He was. And there was a specific purpose for that.

Verse 16: “Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?’ Thinking that He was the gardener, she said to Him, ‘Sir, if you have carried Him off, tell me where you have laid Him, and I will take Him away.’ Jesus said to her, ‘Mary.’ Turning around…” She apparently turned and was crying and wasn’t looking at the man and just saying “Oh, if you’d just tell me where He is.” “…Turning around, she said to Him, ‘Rabboni’; that is to say, ‘Teacher.’ Jesus said to her, ‘Do not touch Me, because I have not yet ascended to My Father. But go to My brethren and tell them that I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God.’ ” (John 20:10-17, FV). Now, this was still in the morning. When was the Wave Sheaf Offering to be elevated for the first of the firstfruits? In the morning, somewhere right around nine o’clock in the morning. So this fits the time frame. So, Mary Magdalene went and told them; Jesus ascended into heaven; He was accepted of God the Father.

Now let’s see another vision, another psalm in Psalm 24 which talks about the acceptance of Christ. Then we will go to Revelation 4 and Revelation 5 and we will see the fulfillment of that. Let’s come to Psalm 24. Now there’s quite an interesting sequence of things here with the psalms. First of all Psalm 22 is about the crucifixion of Christ. Psalm 23 is about the resurrection. Psalm 24, which follows, is about Jesus ascension into heaven and being accepted.

Now let’s pick it up here in Psalm 24, and let’s think of it this way: These are some of the thoughts of Jesus as He is ascending to the Father, and He’s looking down on the earth, verse 1: “The earth is the LORD’S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.” As He’s ascending He sees the earth, He sees the land, He sees the oceans. “For He hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods. Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in His holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart…” Now this may be the angels singing as Christ is ascending, “Who shall ascend into the hill of God? or who shall stand in His holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart?” That was Christ. “…[He] who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.” Quite a wonderful thing. Just imagine how Christ is ascending.

Now verse 7: “Lift up your heads, O ye gates…” The gates where He would walk through to go to the throne of God the Father and be accepted by God the Father as the perfect sacrifice for the sins of all the world – all mankind. “…And be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.” That is Christ, the King of glory. The one Who conquered death; the one Who overcame sin; the one Who overcome the pulls of the flesh; the one Who was crucified and yet in His days of His flesh He cried out in fear and trembling to the one Who was able to save Him from death (that is God the Father), and now He’s ascending; now He’s at the gate; now He’s walking into in just a little bit, right into the presence of God the Father. And we’ll go to Revelation 4 in a minute and see what He saw.

“…Be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.” And hadn’t He overcome everything? Yes. He had just overcome Satan the devil; He had just overcome all the demons; He had just overcome death; He was now resurrected, strong and mighty in battle, and that was in the battle for us. And by the grace of God He tasted death for every one of us that He could be resurrected and ascend to God the Father to be that perfect sacrifice and our High Priest at the right hand of God the Father.

“Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, He is the King of glory. Selah” (Psa. 24:1-5, 7-10, KJV).

Now let’s come to Revelation 4 and let’s see what Jesus saw when He was resurrected to come in the presence of God the Father. Now we know this by vision that was given to John, so let’s look at it this way: This is also what Jesus saw. And I want you to picture the angels singing in glory and power that Christ had overcome; that He now is going to walk down to the presence of God the Father, see God the Father, and they are going to embrace each other for the very first time since Jesus left to become a human being.

Now here’s the setting that He saw. And we’re blessed to have this given to the apostle John. Now let’s begin in Revelation 4:1: “After these things I looked, and behold, a door opened in heaven…” Didn’t we just talk about the door? Didn’t we just talk about the everlasting gates? Yes. “…And the first voice that I heard was as if a trumpet were speaking with me, saying, ‘Come up here, and I will show you the things that must take place after these things.’ And immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one was sitting on the throne.” And this is what God the Father looks like in appearance – great, glorious and marvelous. “And He Who was sitting was in appearance like a jasper stone and a sardius stone; and a rainbow was around the throne, like an emerald in its appearance.” So here is the throne of God with the Father sitting in it and a great rainbow all around the throne and the sea of glass that it sits on.

“And around the throne were twenty-four thrones; and on the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white garments; and they had on their heads golden crowns. And proceeding from the throne were lightnings and thunders and voices; and seven lamps of fire, which are the seven Spirits of God, were burning before the throne.” So here is Jesus coming closer and closer. “And before the throne was a sea of glass, like crystal. And around the throne and over the throne were four living creatures, full of eyes before and behind…” And this is what Isaiah saw with the Seraphim. “…And the first living creature was like a lion, and the second living creature was like a calf, and the third living creature had the face of a man, and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle. And each of the four living creatures had six wings respectively [and that’s what Isaiah saw – six wings]; and around and within they were full of eyes; and day and night they cease not saying, ‘Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty…’ ” Now it doesn’t mean that they did this repeatedly without stopping. There were certain times when this occurred, because as we will see when it occurred the twenty-four elders bowed down and worshipped. So this was at certain set times that this was done.

“ ‘…Lord God Almighty, Who was [now referring to Christ], and Who is, and Who is to come.’ And when the living creatures give glory and honor [so it wasn’t continuously] and thanksgiving to Him Who sits on the throne, Who lives into the ages of eternity, the twenty-four elders fall down before Him Who sits on the throne; and they worship Him Who lives into the ages of eternity, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, ‘Worthy are You, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power because You did create all things, and for Your will they were created and exist’ ” (Rev. 4:1-11, FV). Everything that there is, is by the will of God for His great plan for all of humanity. And Christ is going to be the one Who is going to execute this plan all into the future. And so this Wave Sheaf Offering Day, when Christ ascended into heaven, this is what He saw. This is Whom He met, and He came to God the Father and presented Himself.

Now there must have been some portion of blood yet left in Christ that He took with Him when He ascended into heaven so that the holy place could be sanctified with His blood in heaven above so that He would be the propitiation for our sins. And that the blood of Jesus Christ can cover the sins of all mankind, that is for those who repent.

Now let’s see Chapter 5 because this also tells us something else. Not only is He there with God the Father, but Christ is there to carry out the will of the Father from heaven, to complete the plan of God. Now let’s read here Revelation 5:1: “And in the right hand of Him Who sits on the throne I saw a book [this is the rest of the book of Revelation], written within and on the back, which had been sealed with seven seals.” Now a key important thing: Nothing is going to be understood without Christ revealing it. Remember that. Whatever we understand in the Bible it’s because of what God has written in the Spirit of God. Whatever understanding that we have of the prophecies it’s because God reveals it, therefore we must be very careful in interpreting prophecies, that we interpret them correctly according to the will of God.

“And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, ‘Who is worthy to open the book and to loose its seals?’ But no one in heaven, or on the earth, or under the earth was able to open the book, or to look inside it.” And so John said: “And I was weeping greatly because no one was found worthy to open and to read the book, or to look into it. Then one of the elders said to me, ‘Do not weep. Behold, the Lion Who is of the tribe of Judah [that’s Christ], the Root of David, has overcome to open the book, and to loose its seven seals.’ Then I saw, and behold, before the throne and the four living creatures, and before the elders, was standing a Lamb…” So we have the two aspects of Christ – the Lamb as Savior, and the warrior of Judah. And David was a man of war – the two aspects of Christ. That’s why He’s coming as conquering King. Here it is the Lamb: “…as having been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God that are sent into all the earth…” Now if you don’t have the tape on the “Spirit of God – The Seven Spirits of God,” write in for it.

“…And He came and took the book out of the right hand of Him Who sits on the throne [that’s of the Father]. And when He took the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having harps and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.” So our prayers come right up before God the Father. “And they sang a new song, saying…” And this is a new song for the saints that they are going to sing this song when they are resurrected. And this is what we will sing when we come before God the Father: “ ‘…Worthy are You to take the book, and to open its seals because You were slain, and did redeem us to God by Your own blood [not the elders – the saints], out of every tribe and language and people and nation, and did make us unto our God kings and priests; and we shall reign on the earth.’ ” So the first thing we are going to know when we are resurrected is what God has in store for us to be ruling and reigning with Christ as kings and priests.

And now then he saw a great and spectacular thing. Remember, the angels were rejoicing in the gates opening and Christ walking in to come down to God the Father. “And I saw and I heard the voices of many angels around the throne…” So just picture this: here’s the throne of God; twenty-four elders; Christ standing right there at the right hand of God; the rainbow around the throne and a vast sea of glass. And all on the sides of that a tremendous chorus of angels going all around behind the throne, and on this side of the throne. All around the throne were the voices of many angels around the throne. “…And the voices of the living creatures and the elders, and thousands of thousands…” Great and marvelous was this Wave Sheaf Offering Day and the ascension of Jesus Christ. “…Saying with a loud voice, ‘Worthy is the Lamb Who was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory and blessing.’ ” And if you don’t have the “Messiah”, you get the “Messiah” and you listen to this song. Great and fantastic is this song. This finishes off the whole “Messiah” – the reception of Jesus Christ at the throne of God.

“ ‘…Worthy is the Lamb Who is slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory and blessing.’ ” And the whole creation is going to rejoice. And we are going to join Christ there at the first resurrection and we are going to be given the things that God wants to give us to rule and reign with Christ. And just as Christ came and received this great blessing, we will be resurrected and the angels will rejoice. The angels will carry us up to the throne of God to the sea of glass and we will sing praises to God. We will see Jesus Christ. We will see the twenty-four elders. We will see the four living creatures. We will see the thousands and thousands and thousands of angels, and we will look back on the earth just like it was here.

“And every creature that is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and those that are on the sea, and all the things in them, I heard saying, ‘To Him Who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, be blessing, and honor, and glory, and sovereignty into the ages of eternity.’ ” Fantastic thing. This is what happened on the Wave Sheaf Offering Day – the reception of Jesus Christ by God the Father as the perfect sacrifice for the sins of all mankind. The Creator had died, but was resurrected back to save His creation. Later in that day He came back to the earth and appeared to the apostles and so forth. You can read of that in the Harmony or in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

Now let’s finish it off here, verse 14: “And the four living creatures said, ‘Amen.’ ” That part of the plan of God with the ascension of Jesus Christ to the throne of God to carry on the work of the church from then on was finished – Amen. “And the twenty-four elders fell down and worshiped Him Who lives into the ages of eternity” (Rev. 5:1-14, FV). This is the fulfillment of the Wave Sheaf Offering Day. And this is the meaning of Revelation 4 and 5.

Unleavened Bread – Sabbath – 2006

Scriptural References

Leviticus 23:9-11
I Corinthians 15:20-23
Matthew 24:35
Matthew 12:40
Colossians 1:14-19
Revelation 1:4-6, 17-18, 12-17
Exodus 33:17-23
Exodus 34:5-7
Isaiah 6:1-10
Matthew 17:1-9
II Peter 1:14-21
John 20:1-2
Luke 24:1-10
Mark 16:2-7
John 20:3-9
Psalm 16:8-10
Psalm 23:1-6
Psalm 108: 1-7
Psalm 63:1-3
John 20:10-17
Psa. 24:1-5, 7-10
Revelation 4:1-11
Revelation 5:1-14