THE LOST TEXT
Why Was It Never Found?
(4) Luke 24:1: "Now UPON
THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK, very early in the
morning, they came unto the sepulcher,
bringing their spices which they had prepared, and
certain others with them."
Luke wrote this
in AD 63 or 32 years after the new covenant. This is quite significant
because Luke was a Greek physician, not a Jew. The only Gentile that contributed
to the pages of Holy Writ. He wrote the only historical book in the Bible,
the Book of Acts and the Gospel of Luke. Luke mentions the 1st day of the
week and calls it by its common work name. Also the previous verse Luke
23:56 says, "And they returned, and prepared
spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment."
Let's make this crystal clear. 32 years after the new covenant, the 7th
Day Sabbath was still The Sabbath Day, God's rest day, according to the
commandment. Luke was a Gentile and he called the Sabbath Day by its God
given name. Some like to say the Sabbath was for the Jews, but there isn't
a place in the Bible that calls it the Jewish Sabbath. That's some more
they've added to God's word. LUKE WAS NOT
A JEW! Luke, the only Gentile writer
who contributed to the pages of Holy Writ said, "And
they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath
day according to the commandment." He didn't
qualify his statement. If it had been abolished, he would have said so.
He didn't say the Sabbath was nailed to the cross. He didn't say the 1st
day of the week was The Lord's Day from now on. God's word doesn't make
a mistake. The Sabbath Day is still the Sabbath day "according to the commandment".
You see, they went
home Friday after Jesus Christ was nailed to the cross. They prepared spices
and ointments. But when the sun sets Friday evening it's the beginning
of the Sabbath. The Sabbath is from sunset Friday until sunset Saturday.
Though they recognized Jesus as their Messiah, the Anointed, the Savior
of Mankind, they would not embalm him. They hastily put him in the tomb.
They went home and prepared spices and ointments and they rested the Sabbath
Day, according to the commandment. They came on the 1st day of the week
(Sunday) to embalm Jesus, something they wouldn't do on God's Holy Sabbath.
It would have been a good time to say, "Well the Sabbath has been nailed
to the cross anyway, let's go embalm him." But no, they kept the Sabbath
Day according to the commandment.
Hebrews 13:8
"Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever."
