Posted on 10/28/2016 4:08:30 AM PDT by NYer
From National Geographic, this exclusive:
For the first time in centuries, scientists have exposed the original surface of what is traditionally considered the tomb of Jesus Christ. Located in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem, the tomb has been covered by marble cladding since at least 1555 A.D., and most likely centuries earlier.
“The marble covering of the tomb has been pulled back, and we were surprised by the amount of fill material beneath it,” said Fredrik Hiebert, archaeologist-in-residence at the National Geographic Society, a partner in the restoration project. “It will be a long scientific analysis, but we will finally be able to see the original rock surface on which, according to tradition, the body of Christ was laid.”
…The burial shelf is now enclosed by a small structure known as the Edicule (from the Latin aedicule, or “little house”), which was last reconstructed in 1808-1810 after being destroyed in a fire. The Edicule and the interior tomb are currently undergoing restoration by a team of scientists from the National Technical University of Athens, under the direction of Chief Scientific Supervisor Professor Antonia Moropoulou.
The exposure of the burial bed is giving researchers an unprecedented opportunity to study the original surface of what is considered the most sacred site in Christianity. An analysis of the original rock may enable them to better understand not only the original form of the tomb chamber, but also how it evolved as the focal point of veneration since it was first identified by Helena, mother of the Roman emperor Constantine, in A.D. 326.
See the pictures and read all about it here.
Photo: Wikipedia
Catholic ping!
Christ was crucified and was not buried within the walls of Jerusalem...
The Garden Tomb is where he was interred.... not he Holy Seplechure Church..
MAYBE THE CRACKHEAD POPE NEEDS MORE TOURIST DOLLARS...
He is not here for HE IS RISEN...
Indeed...”Why look ye for the living among the dead? He is not here; he is risen!
HE IS RISEN, INDEED!
Don’t tell the mooselimbs. They’ll blow it to bits.
when we were in Jerusalem most locals referred to the Mt of Olives site as the location of the tomb
But the Church of Sepulcher site was very ceremonial with Coptic priests on watch duty
Is this a caucus thread?
Do some research. The “Garden Tomb” is only 1300 years old. And, the location of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre was outside the walls of Jerusalem 2000 years ago.
“He (Jesus) signed the deed with his atoning blood...he ever lives to make his promise good...though all the forces of hell march out to make a second claim....they all fall out at the mention of HIS name....”
“He (Jesus) signed the deed with his atoning blood...he ever lives to make his promise good...though all the forces of hell march out to make a second claim....they all fall out at the mention of HIS name....”
Doesn’t matter in the least. He’s not there, He’s alive and well and coming again soon. A slab is just a slab.
The tomb’s still empty. That’s the real news.
I just won’t be able to face my Jewish friends if they end up finding a body in there.
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It was a site of pilgrimage from that first Good Friday, when people came to pray there, to this day.
Christ died for our sins on Passover, in accordance with the scriptures. Not Good Friday.
That was part of Paul’s first importance of the gospel to the Corinthians.
It isn’t an accident some ‘false goddess day’ is substituted for the real day, but Truth will set us free..
Joseph of Aramathea?
ARTHUR: There! Look!
LANCELOT: What does it say?
GALAHAD: What language is that?
ARTHUR: Brother Maynard! You are a scholar.
MAYNARD: It’s Aramaic!
GALAHAD: Of course! Joseph of Arimathea!
LANCELOT: ‘Course!
ARTHUR: What does it say?
MAYNARD: It reads, ‘Here may be found the last words of Joseph of Arimathea. He who is valiant and pure of spirit may find the Holy Grail in the Castle of aaarrrrggh’.
ARTHUR: What?
MAYNARD: ‘...The Castle of aaarrrrggh’.
BEDEVERE: What is that?
MAYNARD: He must have died while carving it.
LANCELOT: Oh, come on!
MAYNARD: Well, that’s what it says.
ARTHUR: Look, if he was dying, he wouldn’t bother to carve ‘aarrggh’. He’d just say it!
MAYNARD: Well, that’s what’s carved in the rock!
GALAHAD: Perhaps he was dictating.
Leviticus 23
In the fourteenth day (14th-not 13th)of the first month at even(strongs Hebrew #6153-evening, sunset,twilight, fading of day) - is the Lord’s passover.
6 And on the fifteenth day(next day) of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the Lord: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.
7 In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
also from Exodus-
Your lamb shall be an unblemished male a year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats. 6You shall keep it until the fourteenth day (14th not 13th) of the same month, then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel is to kill it at twilight(twilight, same hebrew word as ‘evening’ and ‘also defined as ‘sunset’ and ‘fading of the day’-strongs Hebrew 6153)
That is why there was a supernatiural darkness on the 14th Day at 3:00 PM when the Lamb was on the tree. It wasn’t evening yet and the Lamb, according to the Law, was to be slain ‘at evening’-sunset. So He sent darkness was over the land to fulfill the Law of the Passover Lamb law..
what judaism or antichrists do is not of importance- They don’t have the Son. So, they don’t have the Father.
Not one jot or tittle of the law would pass away.
Because you accept Rome’s counterfeit calendar (and so does Judaism), you don’t understand that the 14th Day of every month on the Father’s calendar is the 6th Day.
And the 15th Day is always the 7th Day Sabbath.
and the 16th Day is always the 1st Day of the next week..
That pattern is set in Leviticus. It is set in the prophets(ezekiel 46:1) and it never changes.The pattern is set and His Creation can tell us when to start the count- (Revelation 12:1 is a key I was shown by Our Creator)
Friday is not the Father’s 6th Day. That is Rome’s counterfeit.
That would be news to muslims, jews and christians and the rest of the world.
But they don’t understand Daniel 7:25- that times and laws have changed.
So has the ‘1st importance of the gospel’
One that is according to Rome vs
One that is according to Scripture
And the two are different for a reason- times and laws would change (Daniel 7:25)
Most don’t wonder why Passover can appear to ‘float’ around the pope’s calendar, but I wondered- And I asked, sought and knocked.
The Truth is, it doesn’t float. The world floats around His calendar.
The world of believers will need to go back and study when ‘day’ begins. It isn’t at ‘evening’.
‘evening’ and the dark that comes after it, is what our Creator called the beginning of ‘night’.
It is 180 degrees from what it should be-
Which is why Scripture says satan deceives the whole world-
Even has Jews who reject Jesus following Rome’s counterfeit calendar and their 1st importabce of the gospel.
Paul to the Corinithians mentions Passover, Unleavened Bread and First Fruits for a reason- those are the days Jesus fulfilled- not ‘Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Easter sunday- those are Roman counterfeits to the Truth.
Our Father’s calendar has Truth as the 14th(Passover-6th Day), 15th(First day of Unleavened Bread -7th Day Sabbath)and 16th days(Feast of First Fruits- 1st day of week 3).
He changes not- but times and laws has. and the world doesn’t follow His Kingdom calendar.
It is difficult to see if we are conformed to this counterfeit world. Which is why Scripture should be our only source.
It is a difference- and the subtleness is the work of the enemy.
And another Jesus comes to life when one follows the Word.
The Word becomes Flesh- literally.
and Rome’s version becomes a house of cards that is paper thin...another Jesus and another ‘gospel’ pops up- Paul warned about that very thing..
If they come across this might have to ask themselves, do they believe Christ died for our sins on Passover as the Lamb in accordance with the scriptures or on some false goddess day, according to Rome?
Rome has its answer. and her daughters agree in large part.
And Rome only counterfeits the Truth.
And their version of the ‘birth’, circumcision and presentation in the temple is counterfeit too. all those days are fake. The genuine Truth is why John says the Word became Flesh.
And He showed me just by using His Word and His Creation..
subtle..but amazing to see!
But He has made me different. I know today is His 4th Day of His 4th week- a day that commemorates Him creating the sun, moon and stars. not a day named after goddesses or created things in the Kingdom.
So, tomorrow isn’t holy. neither is the next day, according to Scripture. He taught me to number my days to attain the heart of wisdom. (psalm 90:12)
I do it by faith because of what He has showed me by following His pattern and not Judaism’s or Christianity or Islam’s pattern. Just the Word.
And I only know any of this because of His Amazing Grace.. When He leads one out of the world, one of the first things to go are the traditions of men that rob them of wisdom, understanding and knowledge.
I pray more get eyes to see.. and ears to hear.
It will change their entire view of the world.
all for His Glory!
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