Founder of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star, Olumba Olumba Obu, has dismissed the generally held belief in Christendom that Jesus Christ was crucified on Good Friday, saying that the crucifixion of Christ took place on Thursday.
He described as a great misconception in Christendom the belief that Jesus Christ died on Friday, noting that it was contrary to the bible.
The statement read: “People argue that the Lord Jesus Christ was killed on Friday. This is the argument against that assertion. If He died on Friday, then He is not the one. What you hear is what He said before it ever happened. That is why we usually preach this gospel at a time like this every year,” Obu noted in a statement made available to the Next Edition.
The cleric who quoted various bible passages to support his claim, said that God won’t tell lies because He is the truth and His words are also true and that everything will pass away but that God’s words will not pass away until they are fulfilled.
He added, “I thank God immensely that the Lord Jesus Christ has openly made the declaration that He will only die for three days and three nights. I have already told you that this week is a wonderful one. The feast of the Passover was always celebrated on Friday. All the Jews from all parts of the world had to assemble in Jerusalem for the Passover feast on Friday. Saturday was observed as the Sabbath day, and you know how the Jews regarded the Sabbath day.
“How then would He have been crucified on Friday? That was the day of the great feast of the Passover and so they could not have crucified Him on Friday. It was because they were afraid that there would be uproar among the people if He was crucified on Friday, the feast day. That is why His death was shifted two days backwards. On Thursday morning, at 6:00 a.m., he was condemned to death. From that time till Thursday evening was one day. 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Friday was the second day. 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Saturday was the third day.
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“The night of Thursday was one night. The night of Friday was the second night; and the night of Saturday was the third night. And so altogether you have three days and three nights. How would you compute yours? The whole of Christendom and the so-called Orthodox churches argue that He was crucified on Friday, and so they refer to that day as Good Friday. I want them to count with me whether they would have three days and three nights.
“Do not forget that there were two feasts celebrated that week. The death of Our Lord Jesus Christ was to abolish the feast of the Passover. His death was to be substituted for the Passover so that people would no more sacrifice animals. He was to be the final sacrifice. Now the people of the world argue that the Christ was crucified on Friday.
“By their own computation, Friday was the first day; Saturday was the second day but what about the third day? Does it mean that the Lord Jesus was lying when He said that He will die for three days and three nights? But the whole Christendom and the Orthodox churches argue that He was crucified on Friday. If He died for two days and two nights, then he was not the one.
“They argue that it does not matter when Our Lord Jesus Christ actually died. How does it not matter? If somebody tells you that at two o’clock you should meet him at a certain place, but you go there at two o’clock and he is not there, is that person a truthful person or a liar? It matters a lot; and that is why at this period every year, we always put forth this argument with the whole of Christendom, the Muslims and all those who argue that the Lord Jesus died on Friday, so that they may realize their foolishness.
“I do not, however, blame you because Our Lord Jesus Christ had said that when the Comforter comes, He shall lead you to the wisdom of truth because He shall not speak of Himself but He shall declare unto you all that He has received from me. The question is, now that the Comforter has led us to the wisdom of the truth, why do we not acknowledge that He was killed on Thursday?
“You argued that He was killed on Thursday in ignorance and unbelief because the Comforter did not yet come. But now that He has come and revealed the truth to us that He died on Thursday what hinders the whole of Christendom, the Orthodox churches and the whole world from observing this day? That is why we observe fasting every Thursday from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. in order to commemorate the death of Our Lord Jesus Christ. If someone dies on Monday would his funeral be conducted on Tuesday? It must be conducted on the same Monday.”
