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Month 1
In this chapter the TMR article presents the
Biblical Passover and Exodus account followed by
some conclusions drawn from the story. We will
address some of these conclusions.
TMR:
"6. The death angel was to pass over
at midnight on the night of the 14 th,
the sixth day of the week. Ex
12:12 & Jn 19:31" p.6 (all emphasis in original)
Comment:
Here we are presented with an assumption
that cannot be proved from scripture. The
assumption is that the 14th
was
the sixth day. The text from John1
used
to prove this is not speaking of the Exodus at
all, but rather of the year of the crucifixion
of Christ (to assume that this is the case every
year is only an assumption). The text
given in Exodus says nothing of the sixth day
whatsoever. This conclusion cannot be
established from the context of the Exodus
account. This will be clearly demonstrated
shortly.
TMR:
11. Counting from the New
Moon, Passover the 14th, is always on the
sixth day of the week, also called the
preparation day. John 19:31 p.7
Comment:
As noted before, this assumption finds no basis
in scripture. The text provided does not prove
that conclusion at all. The next few points
(12-17) are based on this assumption. There is
no further evidence provided to support the
assumed conclusion. The crucifixion of Christ
does not prove the day of the week in the
Exodus.
TMR:
Point 13 quotes Mrs. White in support of the
conclusion. The slaying of the Passover lamb
was a shadow of the death of Christ. Says Paul:
Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us. 1
Cor. 5:7. . . . These types were fulfilled, not
only as to the event, but as to the time. On the
fourteenth day of the first Jewish month, the
very day and month on which for fifteen long
centuries the Passover lamb had been slain,
Christ, having eaten the Passover with His
disciples, instituted that feast which was to
commemorate His own death as the Lamb of God,
which takes away the sin of the world. GC 399
p.7
Comment:
The careful reader will readily see that the
quote does not support the assumption that the
14th day is always on the sixth
day of the week. The quote simply states
that Christ fulfilled the type of the Passover
on time. It gives no intimation of the weekly
days in the Exodus. That still remains an
assumption. The article seeks to support its
conclusions from the pen of Ellen White which
gives the impression that both are in harmony.
This is not the case, as shall shortly be seen.
TMR:
17.
"Observe the month of Abib, and keep the
Passover to the LORD your God, for in the month
of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of
Egypt by night. Deut 16:1
Each of the following illustrations demonstrate
the Biblical facts up to this point. p.8
Comment:
The illustrations apply the night of departure
to the following night after the death of
the firstborn. Thus leaving the Israelites in
Egypt for nearly 24 hours after the death of the
firstborn!
The text in Deuteronomy 16:1 refers to Pharaohs
decree issued at night which God brought
about (thus delivering them). It is the same
night of the Passover, not another night!
While the illustration is true in part, it is
wrong in placing the Exodus on the night
after the death of the firstborn and the
command of Pharaoh.
A period of over 12 hours is inserted between
the decree to leave and the exodus.
This is done to maintain the idea that the 15th
was a seventh-day Sabbath. Let us examine this
aspect a little closer:
TMR:
18. It was
the Lord Yahweh who on the first day of the
first month, established the first two dates;
day 1 and day 14, which made it possible for us
to fill in the rest of blanks with the details
that establish the 15th
day as the seventh-day Sabbath. Once the 15th
is established as a Sabbath, then it is possible
to count seven more days to the 22nd,
and seven more days to the 29th,
making these both Sabbaths as well. Also, from
the 15th
day counting backwards seven days makes the 8th
day of the month, a Sabbath. p.8
Comment:
It has been seen that only assumptions
lead to that above conclusion. If it can be
demonstrated that the 15th was not
a 7th day Sabbath then the entire
chapter is invalidated. Just as the 15th
being a Sabbath would prove the other dates, so
also if it is not a Sabbath it would
immediately prove the other dates as non-Sabbath
days.
TMR:
19. Notice
also, how the twelve hours of the Sabbath
daylight is sandwiched between two overactive
nights. It is not possible from scripture to
prove a 24 hour Sabbath with the night preceding
the daylight. Yahweh would not break His own
Sabbath commandment by leading them forward on
the Sabbath hours. This will be further proven
in the following two successive months. p. 9
Comment:
It is
possible to prove a 24 hour Sabbath beginning
with the evening from Scripture2. We will
not take the time to repeat the evidence here.
Notice how the TMR article plainly recognizes
that any travel would violate the Sabbath
hours. This is confirmed later on in the same
article:
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