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THE Resurrection Numbers The Numbers "The key that opens the door does not have to be the same key that closed it".
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The New Genesis As mentioned in the previous part, the period that was chosen for the passion story of Jesus, offered some unique possibilities. After the symbolical conclusion of the the Old-Time and Jesus' rest on the seventh day, came the start of the New-Time on the first day of the new week, our current Sunday. In Christian terminology this day is also called "the eights day of creation", symbolically a very applicable name. a new week Presuming that this symbolism would limit itself to the number eight as an expression of the new era, than the entire passion week could have taken place at whatever period of the year. In reality, Jesus passion story definitely did not take place during an arbitrary moment of the year. Instead it was made to take place during the rare occasion of a Major Passover, when the Pesach feast coincides with a Sabbath. birth of the nation The deliverance from Egypt was regarded as the starting point of the Hebrew nation, hence this Sabbath was no ordinary weekend but also the "birthday" of the entire Hebrew nation. the first week The resurrection of Jesus took place not only on the first day of the new week, but also on the first week of the new year. The Jewish year knows 54 weekly Sabbath readings, a yearly cycle starting on Shimchat Torah, the 23st of the month Tischri. As such the number 54 symbolically represents the number of weeks in a religious year. a new season Besides this, his resurrection also coincided with the start of spring, the first of the four seasons of the year. It was the awaking of nature after a winter that according to Jewish time calculation lasts 88 or 89 days. the first month It also was the first month of the year, a affirmation that is less obvious than it seems because the Jewish lunar and solar year have to be constantly modified in order to coincide as good as possible. the first hour Furthermore, the gospels mention the fact that Jesus first appearance after his resurrection took place at the break of dawn, the first hour of the second part of the two times twelve hour lasting Jewish day. the third day Jesus resurrection was predicted to take place on the third day after his death. In reality this period is considerably shorter. But then of course, it had to be, in order to fit the time scheme of the symbolic beginning of the New-Time. If one accepts to considers the crucifixion day as day one, then Jesus actually rose from the dead on the third day. The table below give an overview of the calendar starting points (and their periods) that coincided with Jesus resurrection thanks to the intricate time scheme that coincided with a Major Passover.
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The Resurrection Numbers The number eight has a specific symbolic meaning in Christian religion that is taken from the fact that Jesus resurrection took place on the first day of the week, explained also as "the eights day of creation" The first day was in a way added to the normal period of seven days in order to express the start of a new era of salvation through the death of Jesus for mankind. It should however be considered that Jesus resurrection did not only take place on the first day of the week, but practically on the first hour-, first week-, first month- and first season of the Jewish calendar. As such it is logical to calculate what will happen if we apply the same mechanism of "adding the first" to the other cyclic periods that were completed during Jesus passion week: The week is increased with one and creates the eights day of the week: 8 The twelve month in a year are increased with the first month of the new year in order to create the thirteenth month of the year: 13 Jesus appearance after his resurrection took place during the first or thirteenth hour of the first day: 13 The four seasons are increased with the first season of the year: 5 The 54 weeks of the year ( based on the number of weekly Sabbath readings) is increased with one: 55 The fixed length of the seasons of 88 days is increased with the first day of the new season: 89 The last cycle that came to an end through Jesus death was his own earthly life, that according to the gospels and Christian tradition lasted 33 years. This cycle is increased with the first year of Jesus new spiritual existence: 34 Jesus resurrection took place on the symbolic third day after his death: 3 Alert readers will have noticed that these resurrection numbers belong to a simple mathematical progression known as the Fibonacci series, put in correct order below: 3 The most important question at this moment is whether this is pure coincidence or whether these numbers have been deliberately used to provide a symbolic key that expresses the concept of initiation of the New Era through the resurrection of Jesus. In order to provide an answer to this question it is important to valuate the importance that these numbers have in Jewish religion. The chapter on Biblical numbers of this book provides substantial information on this subject. In Matthew 16, Jesus says to the Pharisees when they ask for a sign from heaven: "..you cannot interpret the signs of the times". The context of these words makes it clear that Jesus was talking about the importance of the unique time-concept of his death and resurrection. |
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