RESURRECTION POWER

CHAPTER I

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G-D'S CALENDAR

R I S E N !

6. Resurrected: xbetween nightfall and dawn of the 1st day of the week (Saturday night to Sunday morning)
Matthew 28:1; John 19:39; Mark 16:2; Luke 24; Psalm 110:3

At the setting of the sun on Shabbath (motzei Shabbath in Hebrew), the 1st day of the week began. However, in modern day terms it would still be Saturday until midnight. When, precisely, did Yeshua rise from the dead? Scriptures do not give a precise hour but only hint toward the time of His resurrection.
In Psalm 110, which begins with“The L-RD said unto my Lord, ‘Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool’”, we read in verse 3 according to the Hebrew: “... from the womb of dawn like dew (or, “the dew of”) your youth shall come (to you)...” This is a true “Post-Resurrection” Psalm, outlining title, position, rights and events following Yeshua’s resurrection.

The term, “from the womb of dawn,” indicates very early in the morning, when dawn is conceived, so-to-speak. Those who habitually rise very early for work, or for prayer, understand that womb of the dawn very well. While it is yet night and the stars still shine in the sky, dawn is being announced by several signs: One is the onset of the birds’ singing, welcoming a new day; the other is the cockcrow in the country; yet another is the faintest coloring at the Eastern horizon, like the “darkness going up,” which in fact is the literal term for “dawn” in the Hebrew. But one specific “sign”, which one cannot see but only feel, is that sensation of “hope”, like a sigh of relief after a time of danger or difficulty. Darkness must give way to light and one’s soul and all of creation seem to sigh a breath of relief - instinctively rather than consciously. Even in intensive care units this phenomenon can be observed: as evening comes and darkness falls, patients often grow worse, the most crucial time being between midnight and 3:00 a.m., when critical cases are most likely to succumb to death. But after that hour there seems to be an inexplicable improvement and patients begin to feel much better. We even experience this phenomena with just a common flu.
Hence it appears, that His imperishable life and youthful appearance returned to Him in the hour of the “dew”, when the nightly vapor covered the ground, which is, in fact, VERY early in the morning. Or, it may also mean that it covered Him literally like dew, restoring Him to the life He had before, imperishable, incorruptible, eternal.
According to the Gospel accounts, especially those of John and Luke, it was just before dawn and still dark¹²² when one or two of the women went to the tomb where Yeshua had been laid. When they arrived at the tomb, they found the stone rolled away and the tomb empty.

It is in the Gospel of Matthew, however, that we find an occurrence of great significance mentioned; namely, that Yeshua’s resurrection was accompanied by a great earthquake and announced by an angel. And --- the guards posted at the tomb to prevent Yeshua’s disciples from "stealing" His body and claiming that He had risen from the dead¹²³, also saw the angel and, trembling for fear, fell over like dead men from his holy presence¹²⁴.
When Yeshua destroyed the power of death with His death, it shook the earth¹²⁵. When He rose from the dead it created such shock waves that the earth rocked from it. He opened the portals to imperishable life for all who would believe, for the Jew first and also for the Gentiles¹²⁶. He became the gateway¹²⁷ across the impassable chasm that separated man from G-d. Yeshua conquered Death and Hades and took their keys¹²⁸. Without those keys Satan stands divested of his power.
Surely such conquest would shake heaven and earth.
Although we don’t know the precise hour of this conquest --- there is one fixed moment of time in G-d’s Unchangeable Calendar that sets forth the exact hour:

¹²² In Mark 16:2 apparently a scribal error occurred, since it first says “very early on the first day of the week...”, but then continues “... when the sun had risen.” Obviously it should say, “when the sun had not yet risen,” since very early does not correspond with "and the sun had risen."

¹²³Matthew 27:62-66

¹²⁴Matthew 28:2-4; Probably what is classified today as “slain in the spirit”, which is a falling to the ground in the Presence of G-d’s holiness, power and anointing manifested by the Holy Spirit.

¹²⁵Matthew 27:51-52, 54 ¹²⁷John 10:7, 9; 14:6

¹²⁶Romans 1:16 ¹²⁸Revelation 1:18

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