Sunday, May 23, 2010 is a very sacred annual SABBATH-day appointed by God! It is the annual day of PENTECOST,
or Festival of First Fruits. On that day we are commanded to cease our work, just as on the weekly Sabbath, and to
assemble in holy convocation.

The word "Pentecost" is a GREEK word. It was not used in Old Testament times. It signifies "fifty", because this day was
determined by COUNTING fifty days FROM the morrow [or that Sunday] after the weekly Sabbath which falls during the
days of unleavened bread. Literally, the Greek word "Pentecost" means "fifty-count." Count fifty.  Seven weeks were
counted until the fiftieth day after the Sabbath or to that Sunday Called Pentecost.  Fifty can be a very meaningful number.

The Day Of Pentecost is observed
Sunday, May 23, 2010.   Service is  at **03:00p.m. or the appointed time.   The Day
Of Pentecost observance Service is scheduled to be held here in the RMA BUILDING in Fayetteville, North Carolina. In
addition, an offering is taken up on this holy day. Please don't forget to bring an offering. Thanks.  For more information,
please contact Mr. Robert Nunnery at 910-483-0658, 910-323-1959  for this observance. Thanks, please.
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Since the creation of man, GOD has always had his work in the earth. A work that holds out hope for all humanity.
Pentecost pictures the preparation work which GOD is doing in the earth today in preparing for HIS kingdom to come and
in order to save all of mankind from SIN and our temporary state in the end of the world.

On the Day Of Pentecost, authorities have proven that the
TEN (10) COMMANDMENTS were given, GOD’S HOLY
SPIRIT
came, and that THE DAY OF PENTECOST is the birthday of The New Testament Church Of GOD. How
wonderful!!

Pentecost pictures
A DAY OF SALVATION, now made possible by the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ…and the
out pouring of God’s Holy Spirit. THE DAY OF PENTECOST pictures GOD working through a selected or elected few
by pouring out HIS Holy Spirit in human fleshly people. These ELECTS are
God’s Elects which are the first called or the
election and
the firstfruits in GOD's PLAN OF SALVATION chosen from AMONG MANKIND since the time man
was created upon the earth. Eventually, God will call and select or elect all people, giving everyone a chance for
SALVATION. It is not the will of God that any should perish, but that everyone be SAVED.
2Peter 3:9 The Lord is not
slack, concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should
perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Pentecost is not the only DAY Of SALVATION. 1 Corinthians 15:19 If in
this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most MISERABLE
.  There is the APPOINTED DAY OF
SALVATION coming
at the end of the world, after the resurrection of the dead, at the return of Jesus Christ to this earth.
Please notice
Acts 17:31-32 (King James Version) 31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the
world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath
raised him from the dead.
32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will
hear thee again of this matter.
 How comforting to know that there is hope after the resurrection!! At this time we are called
to be use of God to do God’s work.

Jesus Christ kept and observed THE DAY OF PENTECOST.  The early New Testament Church (whose converts were
made up of anybody God called of both Jew and Gentile) happily and joyfully kept and observed  THE DAY OF
PENTECOST.   
ACTS 1:3 – 5,  3 To whom also HE [Jesus Christ] shewed himself alive after his passion by many
infallible proofs, being seen of them FORTY DAYS, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
4 And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the
promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.
5 For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with THE HOLY GHOST NOT MANY DAYS HENCE.

AND verse 8  But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto
me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and
unto the uttermost part of the earth.

ACTS 2:1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.

I CORINTHIANS 16:8 But I [Paul] will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.
AND
ACTS 20:16 For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he
hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem THE DAY OF PENTECOST.

MATTHEW 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you
always,
even unto the end of the world. Amen.

** = unless spoken otherwise, rescheduled, or otherwise changed.
Here is wishing you and yours a most happy, exciting, joyful and meaningful Day Of Pentecost.
WARM WELCOME
THE PASSOVER DAY IS
MONDAY, MARCH 29, 2010
THE DAY MESSIAH DIED
SIX MONTHS BEFORE HIS 34TH BIRTHDAY OF THE
SEVENTH MONTH
MESSIAH WAS CUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
WEEK,  6 MONTHS BEFORE HIS BIRTH DAY, AND HIS
PROPHETIC SEVEN YEARS MINISTRY,  MAKING
POSSIBLE
THE BEGINNING OF GOD'S SALVATION
PROCESS
Exodus 12:13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you ...
On this day Jesus Christ our Passover was slain and sacrificed  on the tree for US in order that we may be past over from sin's death claim, curses, and
captivities on and over our lives, when we repent and accept his sacrifice in our stead.  Jesus Christ
satisfied the claim of the death penalty of the law over
the lives of those of us that accept him as
our Passover. He died for the ungodly and for our sins.  He took our sins upon himself.  Jesus Christ redeemed
and ransomed us form Satan and demons' captivity.   Jesus Christ bought our liberty and freedom with a
price.  1 Corinthians 5:7 Therefore purge out
the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since
you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover was sacrificed for us.
Exodus 12:9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.  .Just as the
PASSOVER LAMB of THE OLD TESTAMENT was slain and roasted whole, with fire, Jesus Christ BECAME THE LAMB OF GOD which was slain
hanging on a tree  for us all. He became our PASSOVER by being beaten and crucified for us. When we accept his sacrifice, his
SHED BLOOD IS
APPLIED TO US AND ON THE  DOOR POSTS OF OUR HEARTS,
for the remission of each and every one of our sins.  Our  sins are past over
because he took or takes our sins and curses upon himself.   We eat of his (
OUR PASSOVER'S) sinless broken flesh and drink of his sinless blood
spiritually, daily according to
John 6:54 where it is written, " Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at
the last day
. John 6:55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. John 6:56 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth
in me, and I in him."  The scriptures explain just how Jesus Christ is our meat, food, drink, dinner or supper.  The Holy Scriptures explain how we become
begotten of God.  When we become begotten of God, or receive eternal life as a new fetus, the scriptures show how we are become a new living creature
that must eat and drink in of the eternal life of Jesus Christ daily for spiritual nourishment that aids us in our spiritual growth, development, and maturity
until we are finally born of God, with inherited eternal life into the kingdom and family of God
by GOD'S  salvation process.  Awesome!!!  Jesus Christ
had eternal life and was ETERNAL LIFE in the flesh...yet, HE was crucified...and now lives eternally.
TIME FOR RECONCILIATION
Jesus Christ was slain in our stead and for our sins and the sins of the entire world that will accept his sacrifice...as depicted by the acceptance of the
ceremony of feet washing, broken unleavened bread, and the wine.   He was wounded and his body was broken for our physical and spiritual sins, for our
well being, and for our healings.  His blood washes away all our sins when we repent, because he takes our death penalty upon himself.   Jesus Christ
redeemed and ransomed us from our captivity and slavery to sin and from eternal damnation and eternal death which Satan bound and held over us by the
law.   Yet, somehow, Jesus Christ in love, managed to ransomed, redeemed us and reconciled us back to God, His Father, and to himself, from our enemy
and helpless disadvantaged condition.  . Notice
Isaiah 52:13 -15 and Isaiah 53:1 -12 has to say on this subject.  Awesome!!!
Notice how we are reconciled to God, please. II Corinthians 5:18 - 19 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and
hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; (19) To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto
them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.  It doesn't matter what sins or abuses were committed, be they mental, physical, spiritual,
emotional or however; the flesh profits nothing, when it comes to the sins that can be committed.  
1 Corinthians 6:9 - 11.   Yet, upon repentance, Jesus
Christ forgives and reconciles  us to God and to himself, anyway... and teaches us to do likewise.     
Matthew 6:15 But if ye forgive not men their
trespasses, neither will your Father
forgive your trespasses.  Jesus Christ made it possible for divorced husbands and wives or separated brethren to put
away their differences and to be reconciled if they truly love each other ... because, no matter what the cost caused by our sins, Jesus Christ paid the price.  
 God reconciled us to himself.  Even after divorcing ancient Israel because she played the harlot, through the SEED, Jesus Christ, all Israel shall be cleaned
from her sins and remarried to God.   God will not hold Israel's past sins against her or use her sins to harass her when all Israel repents and returns to God
through Jesus Christ our MESSIAH.  Not only Israel, but all nations are blessed through this SEED, Jesus Christ, who takes our sins upon himself when
we repent and accept his sacrifice in our stead.
1 Corinthians 7:11,  Jeremiah 3:1, Hosea 2: 2,7, and 19-20.  However, this does not mean that you can
not divorce over unreconcilable differences, when there is no reconciliation or forgiveness from a person.  How sad!
THE PASSOVER SERVICES CALLED, THE LORD'S SUPPER
The Passover Service is Sunday Night after sunset, at **7:30p.m. or the appointed time, on March 28, 2010. This service is scheduled to be held in
the RMA BUILDING here in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
The communion (which consist of feet washing, symbolically eating of the Passover and drinking his blood, eating and drinking in of the one
who is our Passover symbolized by the eating of the broken unleavened bread and the drinking of the wine) …
which is called THE LORD'S
SUPPER, will start off the celebration as we once again focus on THE DEATH OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST who instituted the
inheritance of Eternal Life in The Salvation Process by these symbols.  
I Corinthians 10:16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion
of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the
communion of the body of Christ?  Jesus Christ is that bread and Eternal life that was
broken for us.   We show that we accept and need  His sacrifice  every year we take of these symbols as instituted...for The New Testament Christian.
THE OLD TESTAMENT PASSOVER, symbolically, pointed to how the children of Israel received their freedom and liberty from Pharaoh and the
Egyptian   captivity. The children of Israel were delivered from captivity OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT AND ITS HOUSE OF BONDAGE
by
divine miracles
. The Old Testament Passover also pointed to the time when Jesus Christ would become the Lamb of God who would die for the sins of
the whole world, all nations,  delivering mankind from spiritual Egypt and its house of bondage and captivity.  Jesus Christ has become THE PASSOVER
LAMB OF GOD and has fulfilled THE PASSOVER by shedding his blood and by his death.  Therefore,  we do not go out and slay lambs or goats in order
to keep The Passover and for our Passover any more. We symbolically eat and drink in of him who is THE PASSOVER. These symbols were instituted in
the night in which Jesus Christ, The Passover or OUR PASSOVER, was betrayed and arrested.
However, Jesus did not do away with The Passover Day in which he was slain. He did away with the animal sacrifice.  He caused the bloody animal
sacrifices which pointed to him,  to cease.  Those animal sacrifices pointed to his death for the sins of everyone. If YOU were the only person in all the
world, He died for YOU and he died for ME.  ON THAT FATAL PASSOVER DAY, in the night in which OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST WAS
BETRAYED AND ARRESTED, Jesus Christ instituted a new observance.  The humble feet washing service, the drinking of wine, and the eating of the
broken unleavened bread commemorates his death for us.  He urged us to SHOW HIS (OUR LORD'S) DEATH yearly, until he returns from heaven to
earth again as LORD OF LORDS AND KING OF KINGS.  He instituted this service in the night on the beginning of THE PASSOVER DAY
.
THAT FATAL PASSOVER DAY (when the humble feet washing is done and eating the humble  broken unleavened  bread and the drinking of the wine is
done)  claimed Jesus Christ's life in our stead.  The Passover Day pointed to a  day when Jesus Christ would be slain for all the world.    The Passover Day
was ordained and instituted for Jesus TO DIE FOR THE UNGODLY.   The Passover Day's purpose was fulfilled when Jesus Christ was made OUR
PASSOVER.  How can we forget what our Lord did for YOU and for ME and had to suffer in order that we may be saved from condemnation and be put
in God's kingdom, on that fatal day for him.  He instituted the humble service of feet washing, eating of the broken unleavened bread, and drinking of the red
wine as a memorial for us to remember what he did on that fatal day for him and how he made our salvation possible.  Therefore in the night on the
beginning of every Passover Day there is a remembrance of our Lord's passion and death for us to sit in heavenly places and where we sit here today, by
his holy sacrifice in our stead.   As long as every Passover Day comes around each year, this memorial service is to be kept on those Passover Days, until
Jesus Christ returns.  Does the Passover Day exist?   It sure does continue to exist and come around yearly.   The second Passover Day exist today, also,
but they never will claim Jesus Christ's life any more.  He died once.   He is not going to die again.   He is alive forever more.   The second Passover day
exists today, also, and are the only times of the year the sacraments (or the holy communion of humble feet washing,   eating the humble  broken
unleavened bread, and drinking the wine) are to be done in their season by those IN THE BODY OF JESUS CHRIST.  In a case where one could not keep
or attend THE PASSOVER service in the first month due to a qualified emergency according to the Holy Scriptures. In such a case, GOD has instituted the
emergency date for its observance in the second month according to THE SACRED CALENDAR. THE COMMUNION of the humble feet washing,
drinking of the wine,  and eating the humble  broken unleavened bread is to be taken only in its season, only on THE NIGHT OF THE PASSOVER DAY
as it begins, IN THE NIGHT IN WHICH OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, WAS BETRAYED AND ARRESTED. This communion is not
to be taken and done every day, every Saturday, every Sunday, once a month, in the morning or in "the evening masses" or whenever the notion arises. It
does matter to God how often we observe HIS PASSOVER SERVICE. It has to be done right and eaten on the right day and at the right time, because Jesus
Christ ate his supper at night and instituted his new PASSOVER SYMBOLS of himself on THE PASSOVER DAY as it began that night, after supper had
ended. Even though supper had ended, some refer to the institution as during supper, or as supper was ending.  This service is holy and sacred.
It was JESUS CHRIST'S CUSTOM to keep THE OLD TESTAMENT PASSOVER and he commands us today to keep the new Passover Services on the
same day in remembrance of him, A MEMORIAL.
Luke 2:41 - 43, Luke 22:1,8, 14 - 20. Jesus knew that he was THE LAMB OF GOD that had to be
slain on the 14th day of the first month
of the year,  called Abib or Nisan, according to the sacred calendar, in order TO REDEEM AND RANSOM US
from the eternal death penalty that was upon all of us, which is to be executed at the end of the world, called the second death. Jesus Christ kept The
Passover not only symbolically but LITERALLY. The Passover always was about him. The Passover pointed to him and his death for our reconciliation.
He made THE NEW TESTAMENT PASSOVER SERVICES possible for us by fulfilling the meaning of PASSOVER and becoming OUR PASSOVER
which was sacrificed for us and we eat and drink his blood spiritually, daily. He satisfied the requirements for OUR RANSOM AND REDEMPTION by
his shed blood.
He satisfied the price and the death claim the law held over us by its death penalty. He took our sins and death
penalties upon himself. He died for us in our stead. The grace or favor of GOD was made possible for us to be reconciled to JESUS'  HOLY FATHER, to
JESUS, and to become begotten of GOD with
eternal life so that we would not perish in condemnation at the end of the world. Therefore, as a result,
Jesus Christ commanded his followers and us to symbolically eat of and feed on him who IS OUR PASSOVER, on the 14th of the first month at evening,
as the 14th begins and not when the 14th is ending. Yet, Jesus Christ's simple command has been misunderstood by so many to do otherwise to the
contrary.   Jesus commanded his early followers to teach believers through the ages to come, around and over all the entire earth, to do and observe the same
things he taught them.  So, today, what we have been taught from the early followers of God, we pass on to others that symbolically, we wash feet and
symbolically, we eat Jesus' flesh and symbolically, we drink His blood, beginning on the 14th. Eating of the unleavened bread and drinking of the wine,
which symbolizes that daily we believe in Jesus Christ, prayerfully drink in of God's Holy Spirit and live by every word of God, in order to have and
maintain
eternal life, as this new thing of God develops and is formed in us in its completeness and inherited eternal life, with God's help, all the days of
our physical existence. The feet washing symbolizes humility, the outgoing concern, the give way, and the same care and service all for one and one for all
in love in the body of Jesus Christ.  Again, Jesus Christ, the Eternal Life, possessing eternal life, while tabernacling or dwelling in the temporary flesh, was
crucified and now lives eternally.  John 1:14
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt (tabernacled) among us... 1 John 5:20 ..."This is THE TRUE GOD,
AND ETERNAL LIFE.
"  He is our only HOPE.  John 6:48 (King James Version)  I am that bread of life.
The early New Testament Church did not keep EASTER. The early New Testament Church (which consisted of anyone God called,  both the Jews and
the Gentiles) kept The Passover Services in the first month of the year, called Abib or Nisan, on The Sacred Calendar, on the 14th day, long after Jesus
Christ had ascended up into Heaven.
I Corinthians 11:23 - 34 and John 13:14 - 15, 16 and 17.     So, it does matter whether we observe EASTER or
THE PASSOVER SERVICES on PASSOVER DAY, in which Jesus Christ became Our Passover, if we are to be born into the kingdom of God.
PERSONAL EXAMINING TIME IN GOD'S SALVATION PROCESS
1 Corinthians 11:23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed
took bread:
I Corinthians 11:28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
A time of revival, rejuvenating, repenting, and turning to Jesus who is each person's personal Savior, and to God, our heavenly Father, the FATHER of
Jesus Christ in a deeper
relationship and fellowship. I John 1:3 That [or Jesus Christ] which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also
may have fellowship with
us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
If you are a baptized person who has repented of your sins,  and have received God's Holy Spirit and are wanting to take part in the Passover services  
which some call  the Lord's Supper, or are worried about whether or not you should take part in the Passover services this year because you have sinned
and made mistakes which you are trying to overcome,
in the salvation process, and now feel unworthy, you are not alone, because no one is worthy to
take part in The Passover Services. (
Ecclesiastes. 7:20 For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.) This is not to give us a
license to sin (leave the faith) or to outright live in disobedience to God's law. But this was written and spoken for those of us who are struggling against sin
and are willing, with God's help, to obey God, and who want to be in the kingdom of God. This is not written or spoken in order for us to disobey God and
to turn from God's Way of Life to the captivity and sinful way of Satan and this world. The Apostle John commands us not to sin ( or leave the faith).
     
1 John 2: 1
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin (or leave the faith) not. And if any man sin (or leave the faith), we have an
advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: ) (Even if we would have back-slide and turned from God's Way and had chosen Satan's lying way and
captivity, God forbid, and now want to return to God in obedience.
Its not to late!!!)
Now verse 2 (And he [Jesus Christ] is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for [the sins of] the whole world.).
Let us take, for example, the Apostle Paul, while building holy and righteous character, which matters, with God's help, found himself in sins on occasions
as his writings indicate, but he did not give up trying to be in God's kingdom with God's help. He did not consider himself
already perfect in character, as
many suppose. He knew that building holy and righteous character was
a salvation process of venturing out on God's word and overcoming. (Philippians
3:12
Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: ) Philippians 3:13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this
one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,).  
Write Stanley Roberts, Chris
Cumming, or Mark Armstrong for material,
 articles, pamphlets, or audio programs, of a better understanding on "What Did Christ Jesus Mean, when
HE said,
"Matthew 5:48  Be ye therefore perfect...."  since some of the apostles, and saints of God, recorded in scripture  that they were fallible and not
perfect yet.  However,  they assure us that they will be in the coming Kingdom of God.  Isn't this contradictory?  Notice 2 Timothy 4:6-8 “ …
I have kept
the faith: 8.  Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness …”
The Apostle Paul, after saying above that he did not consider
himself already perfect, stayed in the Salvation Process in the faith.  Yet he showed that the saints are counted as being perfect because of the
Salvation Process.  
Philippians 3:15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded.  Let us not ABORT.
Even the Apostle John gives us an example, by including himself as having sins, in his own writing. He included himself by saying "WE". (1 John
1:8
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.) Yet, on the other hand, these saints were considered perfect before
God as was
ancient King David of ancient Israel, because in their weaknesses they love God and His WAY and did not turn from God's Way and from
God. For example,
Solomon turned from God's Way and was not considered perfect in God's sight as was his father, King David. I Kings 11:4 For it
came to pass, when Solomon was old, that
his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart  was not perfect with the LORD his God, as
was the heart of
David his father.). Here one man sinned in the faith and was considered perfect. The other man sinned by going out of the faith after other
religions or other gods and was not found to be perfect.
 Please, let us not ABORT.
No, not one of us is worthy to take part in the Passover services. That is one of the major reasons why we should take part in the Pass over services. We
see that we need Jesus Christ in our lives, his help, his mercy, his forgiveness, and his assistance in
the salvation process, as we have seen from the
example of the saints and the apostles before us, so that we will not turn from God's Way and so that we will finally
become born (complete, perfect,
perfected)
and enter into the kingdom of God... because ... God makes us perfect.  Notice Hebrews 12:23 ...  the spirits of just men made perfect.
In other words, in order to develop right and to be born (made complete) again we must receive instructions and eternal life from God in this salvation
process.
As we examine ourselves, lets ask ourselves, How far have I drifted from God and his Way of Life this past year? Do I understand the symbols
and know what they represent? Do I know how to take them properly and not in an unworthy blasphemous or sacri- legious manner? Have I forgotten
what is required of me to enter into eternal life? Then let us, with God's help have God to help us and cause us to make that mid course correction so that
we will be perfect with God.
Philippians 3:15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God
shall reveal even this unto you.).  
 Let us not ABORT.
We definitely should not take part in the Passover service foolishly and in an unworthy blasphemous manner, not understanding the symbols or what
each symbol represent and why we need to take part in the Passover or how often we should take part in the Passover services. That would be a terrible
mistake and a sin especially if we do not recognize and accept the sacrifice of Jesus Christ our PASSOVER as a holy thing. We are not to treat Jesus
Christ's Passover service and symbols as an unholy thing. That would be a terrible mistake!
You and I do want to be covered by the blood of Jesus.
THE SEVEN DAYS OF THE FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD
All leaven bread products, all leaven and leavening agents should not be found in our homes. For seven days unleavened bread is to be eaten.
THE NIGHT TO BE MUCH OBSERVED, MONDAY, MARCH 29, 2010, AROUND  **7:30P.M.
IS THE NIGHT TO BE MUCH OBSERVED FEAST UNTO THE LORD AS MENTIONED IN   EXODUS 12:42.
This is not the night in which our Lord Jesus Christ was betrayed. Yet, many Jews observed this night as the Old Testament feasting of the Passover. The
Jews in Jesus Christ's day observed this night as the Old Testament feasting of the Passover also. However, the New Testament Church Of God does not
observe this night as the feasting of the Old Testament Passover.  As the children of Israel were brought out of the land of Egypt with and by  divine
miracles, the Passover, and a high hand of rejoicing and giving thanks to God for what he had done, we rejoice with a feast in this Night To Be Much
Observed, with the fellowship of the brethren, giving thanks to God for bringing us out of our typical and spiritual house of bondage to sin, out of our
spiritual land of Egypt of this world, and delivering us from our spiritual Pharaoh, Satan and his demons by Jesus Christ's sacrifice, as our focus at this time
is on the memorial and the death of OUR LORD and on how we got our  deliverance from sin. Why should we not gather and observe this night with
brethren, as we focus on our roots that bring us back to the sacrifice of Jesus Christ and to how we got our spiritual deliverance and receive our spiritual
salvation, as the beginning of the feasting of the seven days of Unleavened Bread unto the Lord commences?  Keeping with church tradition, it has been
customary over the years for the church of God to have a joyful unleavened feast on this night.  So, God willing, we will have our annual unleavened feast
on this night as we rejoice and celebrate what God has done to bring us where we are in him.    What a thanksgiving!!!  We should keep this feast unto God,
with God's help;  its the lease we can do considering what God has done and gone through for us.  
2 Thessalonians 2:15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast,
and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
Following the tradition of the church The Night To Be Much Observed is Monday  Night after sunset, at **7:30p.m. or the appointed time, on
March 29, 2010.
The Fayetteville Church usually meet  in the R.M.A. Building with the brethren or gather with invited  brethren in their homes  for a
grand feast and fellowship as we begin the First Day Of Unleavened Bread Feast in appreciation to God and His Son Jesus Christ.  Usually a potluck
dinner is served.   PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COME AND FEAST WITH US!  Contact Mr. Robert Nunnery at 910-483-0658, 910-323-1959
THE FIRST DAY OF UNLEAVENED BREAD
The First Day Of Unleavened Bread Service is Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at or around **11:00a.m. or the appointed time. The First Day Of
Unleavened Bread Service is scheduled to be held here in the RMA BUILDING in Fayetteville, North Carolina. In addition, an offering is taken up on this
holy day.  Please don't forget to bring an offering.  Thanks, please.   

For more information, please contact Mr. Robert Nunnery at 910-483-0658, 910-323-1959   rnloghomes@hotmail.com..  Thanks, please.  

** unless rescheduled, changed, or stated otherwise.
WAVE SHEAF OFFERING
IS NOT A HOLY DAY. JESUS CHRIST IS THIS WAVE SHEAF OFFERING., THE DAY IN WHICH JESUS CHRIST WAS PRESENTED IN HEAVEN
BEFORE GOD HIS FATHER  AS A WAVE OFFERING OF THE FIRST FRUITS  TO GOD POINTED TO A SUNDAY .  SUNDAY, APRIL 03, 2010,
THE DAY OF THE WAVE SHEAF OFFERING IS DAY 1 OF THE  50 DAYS COUNT DOWN TO WHEN PENTECOST BEGINS.
THE LAST DAY OF UNLEAVENED BREAD
The Last Day Of Unleavened Bread is Monday, April 05, 2010 at **11:00a.m. or the appointed time. The Last Day Of Unleavened Bread Service
has been scheduled to be held here in the RMA BUILDING in Fayetteville, North Carolina, unless changed. In addition, an offering is taken up on this holy
day. Please don't forget to bring an offering. Thanks, please.     For more information, please contact Mr. Robert Nunnery at 910-483-0658, 910-323-1959,
or call Mr. Rick Hyatt at 336-861-2212. Thanks, please.
** .. Unless changed, or stated other wise.  Thanks. More information will be given as we near these holy days.
IT WAS JESUS' CUSTOM to keep the seven days of THE FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD. Luke 2:41 - 43, John 19:31 and 42 and Mark 14:1.
The early NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH did not keep EASTER. The PAGANS kept Easter. The early NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH kept THE
PASSOVER and THE DAYS OF UNLEAVENED BREAD. The Days Of Unleavened Bread symbolized the joy of feeding on the doctrines, living by
every Word Of GOD, and the drinking in of GOD'S’S HOLY SPIRIT of eternal life until our formative lives have become COMPLETED or until our
physical existence ends, beginning with the 15th day of the first month of ABIB OR NISAN, according to The Sacred Calendar. The feast of unleavened
bread ended at the end of the 21st day of the first month. Seven symbolizes COMPLETENESS
. I Corinthians 5:7 - 8.  Acts 12:3 and 4. The word
"EASTER" is a mistranslation here and is misleading. In the margin the word is PASHA. PASHA never means EASTER. Pasha never can mean EASTER.
Pasha only means PASSOVER.
Acts 20:6. So, it does matter whether we observe EASTER or whether we observe THE PASSOVER. Passover and Easter
are not the same.
** = unless spoken otherwise, rescheduled, or otherwise changed
THE INTERCONTINENTAL CHURCH OF GOD
AND
THE  GARNER TED ARMSTRONG EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION
Back ground music: Surely He Has Borne Our Griefs.
Please, may I ask your attention?  Please, wait until you read the revealing  information at the end of this page!!!    Be sure to get the times in your local area from your local minister
because the times of services typed throughout this page may not be correct for your area.  Your local minister will give you the times of the services in your area.   Please, thanks.
Revelation 1:18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
Isaiah 61:1-3 (King James Version)  1  The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach
good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the
prison to them that are bound;    2  To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort
all that mourn;
Matthew 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Ephesians 4:8  Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
Revelation 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is
athirst
come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
Just because the Passover service is composed of God ordained symbolism, we should not take it upon ourselves to  be rebellious to God,
rejecting one or all of the God ordained symbols of the humble feet washing, the broken  unleavened bread, and the wine for your own or some
other substitute, like, using unfermented grape juice or red cool aid for a God ordained wine substitute, or leavened self rising or leavened
plan flour as a substitution for the ordained broken unleavened bread.    You should not take the Passover at any and all times ... as some have
done and do year after year in defiance to the word of God,  because the communion is only symbolic ... and it doesn't really matter ... so they
think to themselves.  What open self deception!!!    We should never take of the Passover in any of these unworthy manners.  
 2 Corinthians
13:5-7
5   Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you unless, of course, you fail
the test?
   6  And I trust that you will discover that we have not failed the test.   7    Now we pray to God that you will not do anything wrong. Not that
people will see that we have stood the test
but that you will do what is right even though we may seem to have failed.  Don't ABORT.
What Farther Proof Do We Need Of Messiah's First Coming And Ascension To Heaven?

Daniel 9:26   And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, ...   Daniel 9:27  And he shall confirm the
covenant with many for one week: and
in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, ...  
 John 4:25-26  25The woman saith unto him,
I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he
will tell us all things.    26
Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.      John 1:41 He first findeth his own
brother Simon, and saith unto him,
We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
A VERY IMPORTANT POINT TO REMEMBER
YOUR SALVATION DEPENDS UPON THIS POINT
THIS POINT PROVES AND POINTS TO THE TRUE MESSIAH
THE TIME OF DAY JESUS CHRIST, THE MESSIAH, WAS BURIED
On a Wednesday, Jesus Christ, THE MESSIAH, was placed into the tomb on Passover Day before the sun went down or
set beyond the horizon.  Jesus Christ was buried before the sunset or went down, on the Passover Day, just before the
UNLEAVENED BREAD HOLY DAY SABBATH  BEGUN.   For that next day after the Passover Day was the High
Day annual Sabbath of UNLEAVENED BREAD.

Three days later, on that third day of his death, Jesus Christ rose from the dead at or around the same time of the day in
which he was placed in the tomb or the heart of the earth, since he was buried before sunset on the first day of his death..  
Jesus Christ rose just before sunset on the third day of his death, since he was buried before sunset on the first day of his
death.   So, from the time of Jesus Christ's burial on the first day of his death, to the time of his burial on the third day of his
death, just before sunset, Jesus, THE MESSIAH, rose from the dead, proving that
HE WAS THE ONLY TRUE
MESSIAH
... as authoritarians have proven.    Please notice   Luke 9:22 Saying, The Son of man must suffer many
things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain,
and be raised the third day. Well, was he
or was not he raised on the third day?  None other god or false religions of this world has ever met this test as this God of
the Jews.
Had Jesus Christ risen from the dead very early in the morning, after completing his stay in the tomb 3 days and 3 nights,
would mean that he was placed in the tomb very early in the morning 3 days earlier on the day of his death...wouldn't it?  
Again let me repeat, had Jesus Christ been placed in the tomb at midnight he would have risen 3 days later at or just after
midnight  completed his 3 days stay in the tomb.  Had Jesus Christ been placed in the tomb early in the morning he would
have risen 3 days later at or just after morning completed his 3 days stay in the tomb.  Had Jesus Christ been placed in the
tomb at 12noon he would have risen 3 days later at or just after 12noon completed his 3 days stay in the tomb.   But Jesus
was not placed in the tomb at any of those times.   He was placed in the tomb hastily and hurriedly just before sunset.  So, 3
days later at around sunset when his stay in the tomb was completed, Jesus Christ rose from the dead late on Saturday
before the sun went down beyond the horizon.

On Wednesday, the Preparation Day, which was the Passover Day,  Jesus Christ was hastily and hurriedly buried in the
tomb before sunset.  He rose three days later, from the time of his burial and stay in the tomb, on Saturday just before
sunset.   For more information, please,   
CLICK HERE   3 days and 3 nights
The Proof Of The True Messiah and the True Jesus Christ.
Three Days And Three Nights Proven
From
Sunset
FIRST
DAY
To Sunset
THIRD  DAY
Completed
3 Days and 3
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To Sunset
THIRD  DAY
Completed
3 Days and 3
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From
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From the time Messiah was placed into the tomb, from about SUNSET THE FIRST DAY    to about SUNSET THE  THIRD  DAY  completed  3
Days and 3 Nights
DANIEL PROPHESIED THAT THE DEATH OF THE MESSIAH WOULD BE IN THE MIDDLE OF A WEEK AND A SEVEN YEAR MINISTRY.
Daniel 9:26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off [NKJV: Messiah shall be cut off], but not for
himself:...     
27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst [NKJV: middle] of
the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,...
Jesus Christ was not to be raised after the third day, but on the third day...as He said.    So, from having been hurriedly buried before sunset on the
Passover Day  of his death, called the PREPARATION DAY, to that same time of being placed in the tomb before sunset, three days later  Jesus Christ
rose from the dead on the third day, after having completed three days and three nights in the tomb or the heart of the earth just before sunset.  Jesus Christ
was crucified on a Wednesday.  Buried before sunset on that Wednesday.  

So, from that time of his burial, three days later, on Saturday, at the time of Christ's burial, just before sunset, completed three days of being in the tomb.  
So, on this third day, not after, Jesus Christ rose from the dead before sunset.   If Jesus Christ had been buried early in the morning, on the day of his death,
he would have arisen early in the morning on the third day of his death.   If   Jesus Christ, THE MESSIAH, had been buried at midnight, on the day of his
death, three days later, he would have risen at midnight on the third day of his death.   But, it so happened that Jesus Christ was buried before sunset, on
the day of his death.  Three days later, just before sunset, after having been in the tomb three full or complete days just before sunset, MESSIAH, rose
from the dead on that third day, Saturday, just before the sun went down...not after.
FOR THE TRUE MESSIAH, JESUS CHRIST, there was no Sunday or first day of the week resurrection.  Because of how the scripture is written,
The King James Version, many have been misled and deceived into thinking that Jesus Christ rose from the dead on Sunday...not understanding Passover
and the Days Of Unleavened Bread...and how the Jews counted their days.   They started their days from sunset to sunset.   However, on the first day of
the week, Jesus Christ had risen...was risen... is risen...of course.   Notice, past tense of "rise".   Jesus Christ was not rising, or just rose, when the first day
of the week, Sunday, arrived.  He was not in the tomb.   He was simply  not there in His grave.  He had risen, like he said, on the third day, which
happened to be on that Saturday afternoon, before sunset, just before the Jewish 1st. day. .. according to how the Jews start and end their days.   Early that
1st day, Sunday morning, when Mary and the women with her, came to the tomb, the angels told Mary and the women with her,  that
Jesus is not
here.
  He has or is  risen...not just rose...or is rising.  The tomb, His grave, was empty all day  on that first day of the week, Sunday,.  The scriptures
show that Jesus Christ rose close before the 1st day of the week began.   
Luke 24:5-7 (King James Version)   5   And as they were afraid,
and bowed down their faces to the earth, they
[the angels] said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?    6   
He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,  7   Saying, The Son
of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified,
and the third day rise again.
Leviticus 23: 5. In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the Lord's passover. 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. In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile
work therein. 8.  But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile
work therein.

Continuing with
John 19: 14. And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he (Pilot) saith unto the Jews, Behold your
King!  That Sabbath Day which would be following The Passover Day was not the weekly seventh day Saturday Sabbath according to the commandments
... the scriptures say so. That Sabbath Day which would be following The Passover Day was
The First Day Of Unleavened Bread ... as we have just
seen from the verses in the book of Leviticus and the book of  Numbers.  This was a Jewish
High Day Sabbath.  A Jewish High Day Sabbath is a yearly
or annual sabbath.  A special celebration.  Ask any Jew, what is a high day sabbath and he will tell you.
It is not the weekly Sabbath, but an annual
sabbath.

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,)     
Of course, that day was the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread and the high holy day sabbath which
followed
the preparation day ... which is the Passover Day, according to Leviticus and Numbers.  But during Jesus' time, the day following the
preparation day, we find being called,
correctly the high day sabbath, and incorrectly, the passover day.   Unleavened Bread was to be eaten
seven days.  
On the preparation day which is the Passover Day, all leavening agents had to be removed from the homes by sundown or sunset.
                                       The Day On Which The Passover Is Kept:  
                            Jesus Christ Meets The Deadline And Not A Day After.

Jesus Christ became our Passover on the Passover Day and not a day after.  He satisfied the requirements of the Passover Day.  He satisfied the
requirements of the sacrificial lamb causing all other sacrifices and oblations to cease on the Passover Day.  On That Day Jesus Christ Took
Our Sins And The Sins Of The Whole World Upon Himself And Became Sin For Us All.

Numbers 9: 2. Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season. 3.  In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall
keep it in his appointed season:
according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it. 4. And Moses spake
unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover. 5.  And
they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the
wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.

Numbers 28: 16. And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the Lord. 17.  And in the fifteenth day of this month is the
feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.
18.  In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work therein: 25.  
And
on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work.  26.  Also in the day of the firstfruits, (This would be the Day
Of Pentecost
) when ye bring a new meat offering unto the Lord, after your weeks be out, (Seven weeks are to completed with the addition of one day)  
(Pentecost was on the fiftieth day.) ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work:
Luke 23: 54. And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.  And the women also, which came with him from
Galilee, followed after, and
beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.   As you notice, the women did not
purchase spices on this preparation day, which was the Passover Day
... too many things were going on.

Counting from the time of his
burial just before sunset on the day of his death, Jesus spends his first night of his death in
the Tomb.

Matthew 27: 62. Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto
Pilate,  63.  Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.  64.  Command therefore that the
sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the
last error shall be worse than the first.  65.  Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can.  So they went, and made the
sepulchre sure,
sealing the stone, and setting a watch.  On the High Day Sabbath, which was the First Day Of Unleavened Bread Sabbath, a
watch was placed at the tomb and the stone was sealed.

Jesus Christ spends his first day in the tomb, counting from the time of his burial just before sunset on the day of his
death
, on the High Day Sabbath.

Counting from the time of his burial just before sunset on the day of his death, Jesus Christ spends his second night
in the tomb after the High Day Sabbath passes.

Mark 16: 1. And when the sabbath was past, [Friday arrived] Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James,
and
Salome, had bought [went and bought spices to prepare]  sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him [Didn't say that they came and
anointed Jesus Christ, in a sealed tomb with Roman Guards all around for security].

Luke 23: 56.  And they returned  [after buying the spices], and prepared spices and ointments [ they did not live in modern times, it took
them a while to prepare the spices];
[Saturday arrived] and rested the sabbath day according to the
commandment
[The women rested and observed the weekly sabbath, on Saturday. The Sabbath had not
changed].   

On the second day of Jesus Christ's death, counting from the time of his burial just before sunset on the day of his
death,
the women went out and bought spices and prepared them that they might use them to anoint Jesus Christ's body.  (They must not have
known the tomb had been sealed and a watch set. So that there were no entrance into the tomb, by law.)

Counting from the time of his burial just before sunset on the day of his death, Jesus Christ spends his third night
in the tomb on the Sabbath according to the commandments.

Jesus Christ rose from the dead near sunset on this third day of his death from  the time in which  he was placed in the tomb before sunset on the day of his
death...which fulfilled and completed 3 days and 3 nights near sunset...on the weekly Sabbath, Saturday.  Many hours of the Saturday, weekly Sabbath had
past...the day was about to end.  So, late, at the ending of the weekly Saturday Sabbath Day, as it began to dawn toward the beginning of the first day of
the week , Sunday.  The first day of the week, Sunday, had not arrived.  It was near, and about to arrive as the Sabbath, Saturday was coming to an end near
sunset, Jesus Christ rose from the dead in and on the third day, like he had always said he would rise.  But, who paid him any attention to what he had
been saying all along?
The Jews did not want Jesus slain on the High Day. They wanted him slain before the High Day.  So, Jesus Christ died and was buried before the high
day sabbath.  
They did not want Jesus' body hanging on the tree on that annual high day sabbath.

John 19: 37.
And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.   38.  And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of
Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took
the body of Jesus.   39.  And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and
brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an
hundred pound weight.  
40.  Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.   41.  
Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.
There laid they Jesus
therefore
because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.

Jesus Christ died around three o'clock in the evening before sunset.  So, they buried Jesus Christ in the Tomb before Sundown.  They hurried.  The
tomb was near at hand.
After 3:00p.m. Joseph of Arimathaea had to hurry, he had to race for time before sunset to get permission and to bury Jesus just
before sunset  What a responsibility!

Matthew 27: 45. Now from the sixth hour [twelve noon] there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour [three o'clock in the evening].  
And about the ninth hour
[ 3: P.M. ] Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou
forsaken me?  
 Matthew 27: 50.  Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
Matthew 28: 1 - 6  "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 sepulcher. And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel
of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. His
countenance was like lightning, and His raiment white as snow: and for fear of Him the keepers did shake, and
became as dead men. And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not you: for I know that you seek
Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here: for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay."

Some feel these verses prove an "Easter Sunday" resurrection. Understand that the entire account speaks in the past tense.
Verse 2 mentions that a great earthquake "had been" (the correct Greek tense). In effect, verse 6 says, "He has already
gone; for He is risen [already]." This is because Christ had already been crucified on the previous Wednesday, and would
have been raised on Saturday. Hence, He would have already been gone (out of HIS grave) by Sunday morning!
The Final Proof
There is yet one final clinching PROOF of this amazing truth.
Matthew  12: 38. Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from
thee.
39.  
But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be
given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:  
For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall
the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
John 2: 17. And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.
18.  Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
19.  
Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
20.  Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
21.  But he spake of the temple of his body.
22.  When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto
them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.

Luke 9: 22. Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes,
and
be slain, and be raised the third day.

Matthew 16: 21. From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and
suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and
be killed, and be raised again the third day.

The following scripture shows when the Passover and the Days Of Unleavened Bread is observed.
Leviticus 23: 5. In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the Lord's passover.   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.  In the first day
ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.

The following scripture shows what the preparation day is used for. It used for getting leavening and leavening agents out of
our houses.
Exodus 12: 15. Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your
houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no
manner of work shall be done in them,
save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.
Many people try to use this scripture to show that Jesus Christ rose from the dead on Sunday,  where The Apostle John
writes of a time when Mary Magdalene came to the tomb on Sunday morning, while it was yet dark,  the first day of the
week.  But she did not find Jesus Christ there laying in the tomb.   Jesus Christ was not there in the grave.  The stone had
been rolled from the door.  The tomb was opened.  She found an empty tomb.  So, she ran to tell some of Jesus' disciples
about it. So, some people are mislead to believe that Jesus Christ, therefore rose on Sunday.   Please notice
John 20:1 The
first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early,
when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken
away from the sepulchre.
A vital text proving that there were two Sabbaths in that week (that one sabbath was the annual high day sabbath and the other sabbath
was the sabbath according to the commandments)
has been obscured by almost every translation into English. Only Ferrar Fenton's version
has this point correct. Turn to
Matthew 28:1. In the common versions it says, "In the end of the Sabbath," or more correctly, "after
the Sabbath."
Notice that both of these renderings use the singular -- Sabbath. But in the original Greek the word is in the
PLURAL.
Fenton renders it correctly by saying, "After the SABBATHS," although the remaining part of the verse he
has not translated quite correctly.  
In a foot-note to this text, he says, "The Greek original is in the plural, 'Sabbaths'."
Matthew 28: 1.  In the end of the sabbath (or after the sabbaths) ,  [as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, (this
describes the time of day and what is meant by after the sabbaths, pointing to the time of the women coming to the tomb, not
the time of Jesus Christ's resurrection.    Giving way to dawns early light.  It was dark. Daylight was breaking, leading to the
rising of the Sunday  morning sun, according to what  JOHN has written.  ..Meaning that it was truly after the sabbaths,
while it was yet dark, very early on Sunday morning, the women came to the tomb to work.   This is not about the time of
the resurrection at all, but of the time of the women coming to the tomb to work and what they found].  
came Mary Magdalene
and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.  2.
And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from
heaven, and came and
rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.  3.  His countenance was like lightning, and his
raiment white as snow:   4.  And for fear of him
the keepers [the security guards, the watch] did shake, and
became as dead men.   
5.  And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was
crucified.   6.
He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
Luke 24: 1. Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had
prepared, and certain others with them.

Matthew 28:11 Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch [Roman Security Guards that had witness the resurrection] came
into the city, and shewed unto the chief priests all the things that were done
.

1 Corinthians 15:4-6 (King James Version)  4  And that he [Jesus Christ] was buried, and that he rose again the third day
according to the scriptures:
5  And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:   6  After that, he was seen of above five hundred
brethren at once;
of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.

Counting from the time of his burial just before sunset on the day of his death, Jesus Christ spends his third day in
the tomb.
.. and was resurrected on this very  same third day according to the time of his burial  or being placed in the tomb, just before sunset on the
day of his death.

Jesus Christ rose on the weekly seventh day Saturday sabbath just before sundown and just before the start of the first day of the week which is Sunday.  
He rose in the end of the Sabbath, Saturday, and is referred to as being the end of the Sabbath to those with wisdom.  So, Jesus Christ was in the tomb three
days and three nights.  Jesus Christ rose from the grave on the third day as  he had said.  THE TOMB WAS EMPTY  ON SUNDAY.

If Jesus Christ had risen Sunday  morning, we know that he was placed in the tomb in the morning on the day of his death.   But none of the scriptures
show that Jesus Christ was placed in the tomb early in the morning,  on the day of his death.  So, therefore, he could not have risen early in the morning on
the 3rd day.   Counting from the time in which he was placed in the tomb on the day of his death unto that same time on the day of his resurrection, would
complete 3 days and 3nights.  Now , we know from proof that Jesus Christ was buried  or placed in the tomb on a Wednesday, before sundown on the day
of his death and we know from proof which day Jesus Christ rose from the dead on.  With this information,, we can now find out what day of the week
Jesus Christ was crucified on and the time of his burial or being placed in the tomb..   If Jesus Christ, the MESSIAH, had been placed in the tomb early in
the morning, at or before the break of day, on the day of his death, then he would have risen very early in the morning at or just before the break of day.   
We who know the scripture know that Jesus Christ was placed in the tomb late in the evening, sometime after 3 P.M. and before sunset.   
So, counting
back from Saturday just before sunset
unto the day of Jesus Christ's death and burial, we count Saturday as one day,
Friday night as one night,
Friday as two days, Thursday night as two nights, Thursday as three days, and Wednesday
night as three nights
.  So we have proven that The True Messiah, the True Jesus Christ was slain on a Wednesday, died after 3 P. M.. and was
buried or placed in the tomb just before sunset.
Truly, in the midst or the middle of the week, six months before his 34th birthday in the middle of the
seventh month,  in the middle of a seven years ministry, he ministered for three and one-half years and was cut off, Messiah was cut off, according to
Daniel's prophecy.  He rose from the dead at the end of the Sabbath, on Saturday, just before Sunday began.  Sunday was close and about to begin.
 The
scripture does not say that Jesus rose from the dead on the first day of the week, Sunday
.  But it does show that Jesus Christ rose from the dead on
the Sabbath, Saturday, as the day drew closer to the start of Sunday.

Matthew 28:1-6   that the entire account speaks in the past tense. Verse 2 mentions that a great earthquake "had been" (the correct Greek tense). In effect,
verse 6 says, "He has already gone; for He is risen [already]." This is because Christ had already been crucified on the previous Wednesday, and would
have been raised on Saturday. Hence, He would have already been gone by Sunday morning!
If Matthew 28: 1 - 6 is referring to the same time as what the Apostle John is writing about, and I think it is,   I would be
wrong to think that is giving the time of Jesus Christ's resurrection, its not,  it is not telling the time of Christ Jesus'
resurrection, but of the time the women coming to the tomb and what they found.  Yes, the scriptures verify that the women
came to the tomb, at night, very early in the morning, before day break or before sunrise and found the tomb empty of a
dead body.    That is correct.  But when the women arrived at the tomb, they found that Jesus Christ was not there in the
grave.   He had been risen.   So people assume Jesus Christ rose from the dead on Sunday, since the tomb was found to be
empty on Sunday...by the women.  They assume wrong...or are misled.
THERE WERE TWO SABBATHS IN THAT WEEK.
(1)
THE ANNUAL HIGH DAY SABBATH AND (2) THE WEEKLY SABBATH ACCORDING TO THE
COMMANDMENTS.
JESUS CHRIST FORETOLD HIS RESURRECTION / REMEMBERED ACCORDING TO THE
SCRIPTURES
Please come with us and celebrate this special occasion for YOU and I to
be the literal children of God and brothers and sisters of Jesus Christ, by His Holy Spirit,
made possible by God our Heavenly Father and His Son, our Lord And Savior Jesus Christ.
John 6:48   I am that bread of life.
John 6:51   I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my
flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
GOD'S, (the FATHER of Jesus Christ, and Jesus Christ's) out reach and invitation to all people.
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The preparation day is for throwing out leavened bread and leavening agents in preparation for the days of unleavened bread.
Have you ever wondered why Jesus Christ and His disciples were eating unleavened bread at a regular supper when the days of unleavened bread had not yet begun and when leavening
had not been thrown out as yet?  Read John's account in the Gospel Books for the answer.  
Become Perfect can also mean, be complete, come to full maturity, after begettal.  Notice in this sense how Jesus Christ became perfect.  Hebrews
5:8-10
Though he were a Son, ... being made perfect (complete)... How? By suffering and the resurrection from the dead.  Notice Romans 1:4 And declared
to be the Son of God ... by the resurrection from the dead.  The same perfection goes for us when we are born of God. Notice
1 John 3:9  Whosoever is
born of God doth not commit sin...he cannot sin, because he is born of God. This is the true perfection like God our Father in Heaven.
Notice Hebrews
11:39-40
"... God having provided some better thing for us (the saints who now live), that they (the saints that now sleep) without us (the saints
who now live) should not be made perfect
(complete)(finally born of God).  We are commanded to be  perfect as our Father in Heaven is Perfect.