The customary manner of observing the Easter season consists of commemorating Friday, known as Good Friday, as the day on which Jesus was crucified, and Sunday morning as the moment of His resurrection. Nevertheless, this practice does not align with the manner in which God instructed that Christ’s death and resurrection should be observed.
To begin with, it is necessary for us to determine whom we intend to believe. Do we place our trust in Almighty God and His holy scriptures, or do we instead choose to follow the traditions established by man? Undoubtedly, if you are genuinely searching for the truth, the Bible alone can serve as your sole source of information and inspiration.
Pro 25:2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
The Tomb
At the moment when you are searching for a particular matter, I would kindly ask that you not overlook the Old Testament. An excessive number of individuals in the present day consider this book to be outdated and of no relevance whatsoever to the era in which we now live. However, what is it that the word of God has to state regarding this particular matter?
2Ti 3:16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness.
All scripture means exactly what it says. ALL SCRIPTURE, both the old and the new testaments.
There is one particular point that I would like to emphasise now, and it is simply this. God the Father and Jesus Christ had the whole of eternity at their disposal prior to creating the earth, during which they could work out precisely how everything was going to unfold and in what sequence it would occur. They have committed no errors whatsoever, and there is absolutely nothing that has been left to chance, nor is there anything that came about merely as an afterthought. They deliberately and carefully planned the entirety of the creation so as to direct our attention towards something of enormous significance.
Consequently, we may with complete confidence hold that the sequence of events surrounding Christ’s crucifixion, burial, and resurrection, exactly as it has been set down in the scriptures, is entirely accurate, even to the precise hour in which each occurred. At the time when Jesus observed the Passover meal in the early hours of the 14th of Abib, shortly after the sun had set, He was not mistaken in His timing; and likewise, when He gave up His life on the cross during the late afternoon of that very same day, He was again not mistaken in His timing.
At every occasion when Jesus speaks, it is fitting that we should give the most careful and attentive heed to the words He is saying. This most excellent counsel has been provided by God Himself.
Mar 9:7 Then a cloud appeared and covered them, and a voice came from the cloud: “This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!
The first thing I will say in this brief introduction is this. The most important piece of scripture we need to unravel this mystery is in Mat 12:39.
Mat 12:39 He answered, “A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.”