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Title: Does The Celestial-Geophysical-Historical Time Clock Provide Evidence For An Easter Crucifixion & Resurrection?
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Lew Rockwell
URL Source: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2018/03 ... ster-crucifixion-resurrection/
Published: Mar 28, 2018
Author: Bill Sardi
Post Date: 2018-03-28 09:15:53 by Deckard
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Views: 1394
Comments: 18
Is there any evidence outside of the Bible that the Resurrection of Jesus was a real historical event rather than a myth or an allegory? Unfortunately, there is no time machine to go back in history and confirm this event that is memorialized in the way the western world divides modern from ancient history, B.C and A.D. However there is, surprisingly, evidence revealed from celestial, geophysical and historical accounts outside of the Bible that confirm this event. According to Wikipedia, Easter (aka Resurrection Sunday) is a remembrance of the resurrection of Jesus from the dead (~30 A.D.) as described in the New Testament. Jesus was crucified, that is, hung on a wooden cross, nailed through his hands and feet and hung on a wooden cross. The historical leaders in place at the time, Pontius Pilate the prefect (governor) of Judea at the time, and King Herod the Roman king, are established historical figures in the same time period and place as the Bible describes. They were responsible for assigning and delivering punishment to Jesus for blasphemy (claims He was God’s Son). In the Biblical account of the crucifixion, an earthquake and a darkness came over the land between 12 noon and 3 PM that coincided with Jesus’ crucifixion as explained in the Gospel of Matthew. (Matthew 27: 45-54) Historian Eusebius of Caesarea cites Phlegon who wrote that in the year 32-33 AD: “A great eclipse occurred at the sixth hour that excelled every other before it, turning the day into such darkness of night that the stars could be seen in heaven and the earth moved, toppling many buildings.” There is also another independent historical account: “Dionysius, a pagan philosopher at the time, was present in Heliopolis (modern Cairo), Egypt, when the catastrophe occurred, in the company of a philosopher friend, Apollophanes. His account reads as follows: ‘We [Apollophanes and himself] were both present, standing together in Heliopolis, when we saw the moon falling into alignment with the sun in an abnormal way. For it was not the right time for a conjunction. Then again, we saw it [the moon] from the ninth hour [around 3 pm] till sundown, restored naturally to its place [in the sky] opposite the sun’.” By the way, Dionysius was converted to Christianity during the Apostle Paul’s Areopagus sermon in Athens. Dionysius heard the Apostle Paul talk about the earthquake and eclipse of the sun that occurred during Jesus’ crucifixion. He personally knew the scriptures were accurate on that account. Of additional interest, it was 800 years prior that the prophetic Book of Isaiah (chapter 13) foretold when “the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine (an eclipse).” What are the odds that would happen? Did Jesus die on the cross? Or was His death faked? Because Roman soldiers in this instance departed from their practice of breaking a criminal’s legs on the cross to ensure He was dead, probably not wanting to enrage his mother, brothers and other followers who were in attendance to the point of a riot, a Roman centurion thrust a spear in Jesus’ side to confirm He was dead, and the Bible account says water the blood came out. (John 19:34) This meant blood circulation had ceased and the clear blood serum had separated from the heavier red blood cells. Jesus was certainly dead. There is another Biblical account of an event that surrounded the crucifixion. This story is from the 5th chapter of the book of Mark and the 8th chapter of the book of Luke. Jesus Himself was the fulfillment of over 300 prophecies, which included His place of birth (Bethlehem), His birth order (firstborn), His family line (from the line of David), the method of His death (crucifixion), even the amount of money he would be betrayed for (30 pieces of silver). It says in the 27th chapter of the book of Matthew that in remorse, Judas Iscariot, the betrayer of Jesus, returned those 30 pieces of silver to the priests and elders who had accused Jesus of blasphemy. They refused his offer to return the silver coins so it says Judas threw the money into the temple and left. As the Bible account goes, the chief priests considered it blood money and used it to purchase a field as a burial place for foreigners. It was called the FIELD OF BLOOD. In the Aramaic language that Jesus spoke, that field, called the Akeldama (HAKL-ED-DAMM), today is a large square sepulcher. The land was used as a burial place for non-Jews into the 19th century. The Christian Crusaders buried their dead there. This part of the crucifixion story is also partly confirmed. Some skeptics say Jesus never existed. The story of His life and death were fables. Is there any astronomical evidence for the Christmas star in the east the Magi followed to find the baby Jesus and bring Him gold, frankincense and myrrh? Astronomer Ernest L. Martin, as explained in his text THE START THAT ASTONISHED THE WORLD, ran computer simulations of the stars that shone in the sky over Palestine in 3 B. C. From his initial work astronomers came up with the date of September 11, 3 BC as the date for Jesus’ birth that correlates with astronomical alignments explained in the 12th chapter of the Book of Revelation. Martin explains that Christmas star was the planet Jupiter aligned in conjunction with Venus and other stars to produce an ultra-bright star that would have appeared in the east. Martin’s explanation of the Star of Bethlehem is now the accepted explanation by modern astronomers. regarding=" Regarding" account. We don’t have a time machine. There is no way of knowing conclusively how the crucifixion and resurrection occurred. The Apostle Paul said we “only know in part,” not the whole. (I Corinthians 13: 12) Jesus said: “…all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.” (Luke 24:44) 
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#1. To: Deckard, redleghunter, Liberator (#0)
Interesting piece. You wouldn't expect this kind of article from a hotbed of irreverent Rothbardian libertarians like the Rockwell bunch but Lew has published a few interesting Christian writers over the years. There is a rare type of libertarian we never hear about, the libertarian Christian. Admittedly, a herd of cats by any measure but they do exist in smallish numbers.
Thanks good piece. May your Holy Week be blessed.
You might notice this is the only planetary conjunction in the modern era that the New Agers and the Lefties don't want to talk about. They jabber endlessly about doom-filled minor conjunctions and the 2012 Mayan apocalypse but here is the one planetary conjunction that they just don't want to talk about at all. Funny how that works, eh?
You might notice this is the only planetary conjunction in the modern era that the New Agers and the Lefties don't want to talk about. They jabber endlessly about doom-filled minor conjunctions and the 2012 Mayan apocalypse but here is the one planetary conjunction that they just don't want to talk about at all. Funny how that works, eh? One reason they might not discuss this Star of Bethlehem phenomena is...ignorance. (*I* didn't know this Jupiter/Venus planetary alignment). Cynics are naturally willfully blind in any case. Other obvious reasons are indifference, OR these individuals feel the science on this issue is irrelevant or contrived (ironic, I know.) Astronomy, Science and Archaeology actually help make the historical case for Jesus. Funny how THAT works too, as well. Tack on all the hundreds prophecies come true; multiple eyewitness accounts of Scripture and secular accounts of say, Josephus, and the evidence not only for the question of Jesus existence, but His Deity becomes overwhelming. .
It's not an entirely unknown topic by any means. I have a free Kindle book on my iOS devices by E. Walter Maunder, a noted Brit astronomer in the late 19th century. He wrote a book in 1908 called Astronomy of the Bible: An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References in the Holy Scripture. You can find it in various places on the web as a free PDF as it is a public domain book now (though it was reprinted in 2007). He thought the Star of Bethlehem was most likely a "new star", visible for only a brief time and cited other modern known occurrences of such "temporary stars". He treated the entire subject of astronomy an the Bible. It is still an interesting book to browse through.
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Martin explains that Christmas star was the planet Jupiter aligned in conjunction with Venus and other stars to produce an ultra-bright star that would have appeared in the east. Martin’s explanation of the Star of Bethlehem is now the accepted explanation by modern astronomers.
#5. To: Tooconservative, redleghunter, CZ82 (#4)
Martin explains that Christmas star was the planet Jupiter aligned in conjunction with Venus and other stars to produce an ultra-bright star that would have appeared in the east. Martin’s explanation of the Star of Bethlehem is now the accepted explanation by modern astronomers.
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