CH> At the setting of the sun cannot possibly be made any plainer!
 JH> This is to translated, "as the sun begins to set, or go down," or "the
 JH> going down of the sun."  When the sun reaches its highest apex (noon),
 JH> it immediately starts its trek "down."  Therefore, the going "down" of
 JH> the sun begins at 12:01 pm.  Clarence.  I want to to consider an event
 JH> in the time of Nehemiah.  I will post the scripture.
CH> No way has anyone alive seen the sun set behind a hill at its CH> highest 
apex (noon)!  :)  But continue on!  :)
That's the point.  If touching the horizon where the sign of Sabbath,  then, 
those who live in the valley would start Sabbath at a different  time as he 
who is on the hilltop, though they may only live a few miles  apart.  For 
instance, a man who lives between the crevous of two  mountains, could have 
"sundown" at 3 or 4 o'clock in the afternoon,  while someone who lives on the 
top of the mountain, may not have  sundown until 7 o'clock p.m.
 JH> "And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be
 JH> dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be
 JH> shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the
 JH> sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there
 JH> should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day."  (Neh.
 JH> 13:19.)
CH> Excellent quote my brother!  :)
CH> And just where do you find the word "shadow" and will make it
  > even easier on you "shadows" anywhere in the Book of Nehemiah?
  > And Jerusalem could in no way begin to be dark at the sixth hour
  > of the day, right?
The word "shadow" is my interpretive for "when the GATES of Jerusalem  `began 
to be dark' just before the Sabbath (or in front of the 
Sabbath)"  Again, as the sun ascended upward into its apex (high noon),   it 
cast its light upon the eastern gate of the city.  However, when it  went 
past its apex (high noon) moving towards the west, it cast a  shadow upon the 
gate, in which, only moments before, it had 
illuminated.  Therefore, "when the GATES (not Jerusalem, but) of  Jerusalem 
"began to be dark," the Sabbath began.
 CH> Mr   15:25 And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
 JH> Yes, He was nailed to the cross at 9 a.m.  This was the same time that
 JH> the lamb was tethered to the alter within the temple.
CH> Now brother Jerry, ya' sure dun got the old man with the lamb
  > being tethered to the altar at third hour of the day, and you
  > will just have to point this one out to these tired old eyes!
  > Book, Chapter and Verse will do nicely, please!  :)
  Well, it is not as easy as that.  It take much knowledge of  
Scripture to define this.  Knowledge I am sure you have, so, I will  only 
refresh your memory.
On the 10 day of Nisan (Aviv), YaHshua looked down from the Mount of  Olives, 
where there was a great procession of priests, musicians,  singers, dancers 
and throngs of people heading from the east to 
Jerusalem and the Temple (Luke 19:41-44).  They had the lamb that would  be 
slain in the public sacrifice on the fourteenth.  This lamb stood in  the 
Temple for four days for all to see that he was indeed without  spot (Luke 
19:45;22:6; John 12:12-50; Mark 11:1-13,37; Matt. 21:1-26). As they entered 
the city, the crowds waved palm branches before the  lamb and sang Psalm 118. 
 As they entered the Temple area, they waved  the branches to the six 
directions (north, south, east, west, up, and  down) as they recited: "Ana 
YaHVaH Hoshia-na, Ana YaHVaH Hoshia-na.   Ana YaHVaH Hatzlicha-na, Ana YaHVaH 
Hatzlicha-na.  Baruch ha ba B'Shem  YaHVaH,"  which means:
    "Oh YaHVaH, please save us, Oh YaHVaH, please save us.  Oh YaHVaH, 
     send us prosperity, Oh YaHVaH, send us prosperity.  Blessed is He
     that comes in the name of YaHVaH."
YaHshua descended the Mount of Olives, and followed the same route down  
which the lamb had just been led.  The same crowds who waved the palm  
branches before the Pesach lamb met the Lamb of YaHVaH who would take  away 
their sins, and cried out:
"Hosha-na Baruch ha Ba B'Shem YaHVaH B'rucha Malchut David Avinu ha  Ba-a 
B'Shem YaHVaH Hosha-na Ba-m'romim"
and 
"Buruch Ha-Melech ha-Ba b'Shem YaHVaH Shalom ba-Shamayim v'Chavod  
Ba-M'romim," which means:
    "Hosanna-Save us.  Blessed is He that comes in the name of YaHVaH!
     Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that comes in the name 
     of YaHVaH.  Hosanna is the Highest!"
    "Blessed is the King that comes in the name of YaHVaH Peace in 
     Heaven and Glory in the Highest!"
Even as the Passover lamb stood for four days tethered in the Temple in  
public view, so Yahshua sat and taught in the Temple courtyard for all  to 
examine.  During this time, the Sadducees (Matt. 22:23-33; Mark  12:18-27; 
Luke 20:27-38), the Pharisees (Matt. 22:15-22; Mark 12:13-17;  Luke 
20:19-26), and others asked YaHshua their hardest questions.   (Continued to 
next message)
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