The
Julian calendar, proposed by
Julius Caesar in 708
Ab urbe condita (46
BC), was a reform of the
Roman calendar.
[1] It took effect on 1 January 709 AUC (45 BC), by edict. It was designed with the aid of
Greek mathematicians and
Greek astronomers such as
Sosigenes of Alexandria.
The calendar was the predominant calendar in the Roman world,
most of Europe, and in European settlements in the Americas and elsewhere, until it was gradually replaced by the Gregorian calendar, promulgated in 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII. The Julian calendar is still used in parts of the
Eastern Orthodox Church and in parts of
Oriental Orthodoxy as well as by the
Berbers.
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During the 20th and 21st centuries, a date according to the Julian calendar is 13 days earlier than its corresponding Gregorian date.
Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_calendar
The first day of the first month of the year according to the Julian and Gregorian calendars (January 1st) always falls on a different day of the week from the previous year, rotating through the days of the weeks. The latter, Gregorian calendar, with leap years every 4 years (except on the hundredth years that are not divisible by 400, e.g. 1700, 1800, 1900), repeats itself every 28 years.
The first day of the first month of the year (Nisan) according to the Bible should be the same day every year. The Bible refers to the days of the week simply as the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh days of the week.
The sixth day of the week is known as
the day of preparation (παρασκευή in Greek) because it's the day preceding the Sabbath day, the seventh day of the week, which is referred to as Saturday on the Roman calendars. However,
ALL of the days preceding the High Sabbath days are likewise referred to as
the day of preparation (παρασκευή in Greek)
regardless of what day of the week they fall on.
Very simply put, the fixed Biblical calendar dates are
RELATIVE to the Roman calendars, which is to say they rotate through the days of the week on the Roman calendars (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday) just as any fixed date does today (e.g. December 25 falls on a different day of the week from one year to the next).
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The seven festivals do not necessarily occur on weekly Shabbat (seventh-day Sabbath) and are called by the name miqra("called assembly") in Hebrew (
Lev. 23). They are observed by Jews and a minority of Christians.
Two of the shabbath (holy assemblies) occur in spring on the first and last day of the Feast of unleavened bread (Matstsah). One occurs in the summer, this is the Feast of Weeks (
Shavuot). And four occur in the fall in the seventh month. Yom Teru'ah (
Feast of Trumpets) on the first day of the seventh month; the second is Yom Kippur (
Day of Atonement); and two during the feast of
Sukkoth (
Feast of Tabernacles) on the first and last day. Sometimes the word
shabbaton is extended to mean all seven festivals.
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The
Gospel of John says of the day beginning following
Christ's death, "that sabbath day was a high day" (
19:31–42). That night was Nisan 15, just after the first day of Passover week (Unleavened Bread) and an annual
miqra and rest day, in most chronologies.
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Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Sabbaths
So we know
with absolute certainty, from the 4 Gospel accounts, the following:
1) the "last supper" was the Passover meal, eaten after sunset on
the day of preparation (παρασκευή in Greek)
before the High Sabbath marking the beginning of the Feast of Unleavened Bread;
2) the Crucifixion happened later that same day - the new day begins at sunset (
Gen. 1:3-5) and continues to the following sunset;
3) at sunset after the Passover and Crucifixion, the High Sabbath marking the beginning of the Feast of Unleavened Bread began, which is why Joseph of Arimaethea and the others hurried to get the body of Jesus down off of the cross and buried before sunset;
4) the women (the two Marys) witnessed the burial of Jesus, and then observed the High Sabbath
BEFORE going out to purchase sweet spices on the day
AFTER the High Sabbath, which was also the day of preparation
BEFORE the Weekly Sabbath (
Mark 16:1-2);
5) the women then rested on the
WEEKLY Sabbath,
AFTER preparing the spices, and
BEFORE going out early on the first day of the week (Sun-day on the Julian calendar) to anoint the body of Jesus, at which time they found the tomb
EMPTY; and
6) Christ is
NOT a liar (
John 14:6), and meant exactly what He said about the body of Jesus in
Matthew 12:40, as evidenced by a careful reading of the four Gospels, which prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that Jesus was buried in the "heart of the earth" for 3 days
AND 3 nights
EXACTLY as He prophesied.
CHRIST HAS IT RIGHT; the pagan Christian churches with their "Good Friday" and Easter/Ishtar Sun-day (the day of Babylonian sun-worship) have it
WRONG.
If the leaders of so-called Christianity can't get something as important as Christ's Crucifixion and Resurrection correct, when it only requires doing something as simple as being able to count to three, how can
ANYTHING they say be trusted?
How obvious does it need to be that the leaders of so-called Christianity are "the blind leading the blind" exactly as Christ said (
Matt. 15:14)?
How obvious does it need to be that the leaders of so-called Christianity, and their followers/children, who are all calling Christ a liar by contradicting Him, are anti-Christ? No wonder Christ has promised to deal with these
unrepentant antichrists according to The Law.
Revelation 2:20-23
2:20
Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel (
ch. 17),
which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
2:21
And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.
2:22
Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.
2:23
And I will kill her children with death; and ALL the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your WORKS.
Luke 19:27 But THOSE mine enemies, which would NOT that I should REIGN OVER THEM, bring here, and SLAY [them] before me.
