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Many accepted myths related to ‘Holy Saturday’

‘Holy Saturday descent’ icon (Wikipedia) COGwriter This Saturday is called ‘Holy Saturday’ by the Roman Catholics. The Church of Rome and the Eastern Orthodox celebrate the day called Pascha (which is the Greek word for Passover) by the Eastern/Greek Orthodox and called ‘Easter‘ by English-speaking Protestants and Catholics on different days (for the Orthodox it […]

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Sermon: Is Easter Really a Christian Holiday?

Eostre: Goddess of the Dawn COGwriter The Continuing Church of God has the following sermon on its ContinuingCOG channel: 1:11:20 Is Easter a Really Christian Holiday?   Did you know that Easter is supposed to be Passover according to the ‘Catechism of the Catholic Church’? Was this originally observed by Christians on a day other […]

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CBS: WORLD Israel accused of killing dozens of Syria troops and Hezbollah fighters with major airstrikes near Aleppo

Israel hits Syria in heaviest raid on Iran proxies in months https://t.co/MBGWavrtLw — New York Post (@nypost) March 29, 2024 COGwriter Israel attacked Syria harder than usual: Israel accused of killing dozens of Syria troops and Hezbollah fighters with major airstrikes near Aleppo March 29, 2024 The Syrian army said Friday that Israeli airstrikes near […]

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Temple Institute to go over red heifer scriptures this Sabbath–another step?

Photo from Temple Institute’s newsletter of February 2, 2024 COGwriter The Temple Institute had the following in its newsletter today: “This is the law of the burnt offering” (Leviticus 6:2) Adar Sheni 19, 5784/March 29, 2024 Parashat Tzav, the second weekly reading of the book of Leviticus deals almost exclusively with a detailed listing of […]

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A nail into the heel of Jesus?

Heel (Wikipedia) COGwriter Artifax, a publication of the Near East Archaeological Society had two items some may find of interest, part of which my wife Joyce graciously typed as Artifax is not generally online. Here is one item: HEEL BONE CRUCIFIXION FOUND IN ITALY Italian archeologists Emanuela Gualdi-Russo and Ursula Thun Hobenstein from the University […]

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Passover on the 14th for Christians, and some Jews

A Shmura Matzo (Unleavened Bread is Used for Passover) COGwriter The Christian Passover for 2024 is after sunset April 21st which is the start of Nisan/Abib 14 this year. April 22nd after sunset, which is when the 15th of Nisan begins, is called the Night to be Observed (watch also The Night to Be Much […]

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Fed Chair: US debt not sustainable; JH: US has less than 10 years to solve it

(Unsplash photo) COGwriter ZeroHedge reported: March 27, 2024 We’ve been pointing it out for so long – in fact, for most of our 15 years in existence – that it has become more of a chore than actual reporting, especially since the “number only go up“, as it hits a new all time high virtually every day. […]

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Did they kill Jesus on a Friday or was it Wednesday?

COGwriter What day of the week was Jesus killed on? Was He killed on “Good Friday” or perhaps on a Wednesday? Does the Bible give us enough information to figure this out? When the scribes and Pharisees asked Him for a sign, Jesus answered with: 39 An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, […]

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Should Eostre/Easter be accepted as a replacement for Passover?

Eostre: Goddess of the Dawn COGwriter Passover will be April 21st after sunset in 2024. And while most seem to consider that Passover is a Jewish holiday, the reality is that most who profess Christ actually are in churches that somewhat claim to observe Passover. Oddly many call it something else–Easter (plus many intend to […]

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Dealing with death

(Unsplash photo) COGwriter Several of us have been dealing with more death issues than usual recently. A few weeks ago my wife and I attended the funeral of my geographically nearest relative. She was a smoker and basically died of lung cancer. She would have been 85 this week. That said, she had long been […]

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