Note: this topic is from April 2, 2010. Thanks CondoleezzaProtege.
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Posted on 04/02/2010 9:27:17 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
The first reference found outside of the bible mentioning this darkness which fell over the land during the crucifixion of Christ, comes from a Samaritan historian named Thallus, who wrote around 52 A.D. His work was quoted by another early historian by the name of Julius Africanus who researched the topic of this darkness and wrote the following:
"Upon the whole world there came a most fearful darkness. Many rocks were split in two by an earthquake, and many places in Judea and other districts were thrown down. It seems very unreasonable to me that Thallus, in the third book of his histories, would try to explain away this darkness as an eclipse of the sun. For the Jews celebrate their Passover on the 14th day according to the moon, and the death of our Saviour falls on the day before the Passover. But an eclipse of the sun can only take place when the moon comes under the sun, how then could an eclipse have occurred when the moon is directly opposite the sun? (Scientifically it is impossible to have a full moon on the same day that there is an eclipse of the sun.)
Another first century historian who also mentions this darkness was Phlegon who wrote a history entitled the "Olympiads. Julius Africanus mentioned a quote taken from the Olympiads which said: "Phlegon records that, in the time of Tiberius Caesar, at full moon, there was a full eclipse of the sun from the sixth hour to the ninth . . . It is evident that he did not know of any such events in previous years."
Phlegon is also mentioned by Origen in his work ‘Against Celsus’ Book 2: "The darkening of the sun took place at the time of Tiberius Caesar, in whose reign Jesus was crucified, and the great earthquakes which then took place, Phlegon, I believe, has written an account in the thirteenth or fourteenth book of his Chronicles."
My dads buddy started a business in 75. He had a mobile dry cleaning rig. We went to penthouse suites at Ceasars Palace, took down the thick, purple, drapes, hauled em out back, threw them in the machines, put them back up same day.
When I think of the Veil being ripped, I know a little bit about how that stuff feels and how heavy it is.
Of course the dead rising and Earth blacking out for 4 hours is a big deal too but my mind goes back to God ripping them in half himself.
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A little basic positional astronomy and calendrics. Passover is on the 14th of Nisan, in the Hebrew lunar-solar calendar. All months in the Hebrew calendar begin on a new moon, and full moon (both in Christian liturgical calendars and in the Hebrew calendar) falls on the 14th day.
A new moon occurs when the moon overtakes the sun. In Islam, the month begins when the first crescent of the “new moon” is spotted visually. A full moon occurs about 14 days later.
A solar eclipse always occurs on a new moon, a lunar eclipse on a full moon.
Another fact that points to the darkness as uniquely caused: no eclipse lasts 3 full hours.
An eclipse lasting three hours? Sure. The sun stood still so the moon could get into position and hang out. That made the earth unstable so it wobbled a lot.
Easy-peasy.
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As your Scripture notes . . . the darkness was FAR too long for a mere eclipse to have anything to do with it.
I read that the curtain was almost a foot thick, thus no man could tear it and most certainly no man could tear the veil from top to bottom. It was torn as one would tear a rag.
hi,
can you send a sig this way when you post them? thanks
CGVet
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