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why 10 days?
Posted by: Shirstout | Mon, Feb 26, 2007 8:29 pm | Tag(s): Bible Verses | Permalink |
As I listened to the interview on 3ABN, I was impressed that this is God’s doing and wanting of us. But, I can’t stop wondering why 10 days of prayer instead of seven. My mind keeps going back to the story of the Israelites marching around the walls once everyday for six days and seven times on the seventh day. Are we not going in prayer that the walls of sin that separate us from God, to fall. But also, the coming of the promised land? I’m not a pastor or a bible scholar, so please correct me if I’m wrong in my thinking.
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5 Responses to “why 10 days?”
loving4christ | February 26th, 2007 at 11:41 pmThe 10 days represent the 10 days between the ascension of Christ and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the expectant disciples in the upper room at
Pentecost.
For 40 days after His resurrection on Passover, Jesus walked and talked with His disciples, teaching them important truths. Then He asked them to “wait.” They were to wait for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Pentecost happened 50 days after Passover, so we know that their wait was for 10 days. During this waiting time, they were purified as they became unified and of “of one mind.”
Shirstout | March 20th, 2007 at 2:33 pmThank you for your responses.
There are very helpful.
I thank the good Lord for people with understanding.
ShirStout
PowerOfChoice | April 25th, 2007 at 6:10 amAfter having made a very thorough multiyear study of New Testament chronology beginning with the crucifixion week I am convinced that:
1. The outpouring of the Holy Spirit occurred on the Sabbath which was not only the 7th Sabbath after the Sabbath during which Yeshua was in the grave, but which was also the day of Pentecost. The idea that Pentecost occurs on a Sunday is not based upon any part of the Bible any more than the idea that Sabbath is to be celebrated on Sunday.
2. The Ascension occurred on the 6th Sabbath of the above referenced count, which count is also known as the count of Omer. This same Sabbath was also the 40th day following Jesus’ resurrection as referenced in Acts 1:3. That this day was a Sabbath is evidenced also by Acts 1:12. The idea that the Ascension occurred on a Thursday has no biblical basis. However, there is some evidence that the third of Jesus’ temptations occurred on a Thursday. I do see some associations between that latter event and the word ‘ascension,’ maybe you do too?
3. As Jesus himself said so many times and which is also stated by both Peter and Paul, Jesus rose on the Third Day of the week, which day starts after sunset on Monday. This confirms the one and only sign Jesus himself said would be the only sign ever to be given, i.e. the sign of the prophet Jonah. Jesus actually rose on Monday evening according to the original text. See e.g. Mark 16:9 while considering that the word “early” points to the beginning of a 24 hour day beginning at sunset. The KJV phrase “the first day of the week” is actually a consistent mistranslation of the Greek words “mia ton sabbaton” which literally means “the most important of the Sabbaths” and it specifies uniquely the Seventh Day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which day is also the last of the three Sabbaths specified in Leviticus 23 for the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
4. It is confirmed that Jesus was crucified on the Sixth Day of the week and that he was buried in the grave at sunset just prior to Sabbath.
For more details of the events of the crucifixion week and said NT chronology study, please see TreeOfLife.lan.io/NTCh/TimingOfTheEventsOfThePaschalPesachWeek.htm.
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I couldn’t understand some parts of this article, but it sounds interesting…
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