Annual Reminder that Jesus was crucified on Passover Thursday, Nisan 14, 32 AD, and was in the grave for three days, andthreenights before rising on the Feast of First Fruits, Sunday, Nisan 17, as prophesied. By Jesus.
Many were crucified, and died.
One man was crucified, and dismissed his spirit and died like a King dismissing a courtier.
Puzzling his enemies.
To the point where they verified his death by piercing his heart with a spear.
And when the sun went dark, and the earth shook, even the head centurion knew that they had killed the Son of God.
Every knee shall bow, every tongue confess, that Jesus Christ is LORD.
Jesus remained on the earth for 40 days following the resurrection, and appeared to as many as 500 believers, including all of his apostles except for the dead Judas.
Jesus likely caught up with Judas in Torment when he was there to free the righteous from Hades and lead them to heaven.
40 is a number of significance in the bible; it is a time of testing, a time of trial.
I believe that had Israel turned to Jesus as their Messiah during that 40 day period, you and I would not be having this conversation.
Christos, Anointed One, does not mean oil.
Oil is the thing one uses to anoint people.
It is not magical in and of itself, nor holy, nor can it convey the Holy Spirit.