A look at the Jewish Calendar will find it replete with observances to remind the Jews of both good and bad events throughout their history.  One of these observances is Av 9, when among many other bad events that have occurred on the same day, the Temple in Jerusalem was set on fire by the Romans in 70 AD.  Josephus, the famed Jewish historian and providentially working with the Romans at the time, watched it burned and wrote down how Jesus of Nazareth had been crucified 40 years previously.

A recent observance added to the Jewish Calendar in 1969 is "Jerusalem Unification Day", Iyar 28, which commemorates the retaking of the old city of Jerusalem from the Jordanians on June 7, 1967.

If one subtracts October 6, 2007 from June 7, 1967 one gets 14,731 days, (14,732 days inclusive of both dates).  If one subtracts 14,731 days, (14,732 inclusive), from Av 9 in 70 AD, (using http://www.calendarhome.com/converter/ or similar tool), one gets Nisan 14, in 30 AD.  Nisan 14 is the day before Nisan 15, the Passover that begins at sundown on Nisan 14.  Nisan 14 in 30 AD, would have been when a crowd of Jewish people in Jerusalem said "crucify him" to the Roman leadership when asked what to do with Jesus of Nazareth.  Nisan 14 in 30 AD would have been when Jesus was crucified and died the ninth hour of the daylight, three hours before sunset.  Nisan 14, 3790, according to the calendar converters, was a Wednesday, which would have allowed the full sign of Jonah before He arose on Firstfruits.  The sign of Jonah, described by Jesus as being three days and three nights in the grave, was the only sign that Jesus said that He would give those asking for a sign, to prove He was the Messiah.

April 5th was the Julian date, (April 3rd if the Gregorian calendar is extrapolated back), according to the calendar converters.  In the British Museum in London there is letter stating it is from Pontious Pilate to the Roman Emporer, trying to explain why he had Yeshua, (Jesus), crucified.  It is dated the "5th of the calends of April", or April 5th on the Julian calendar.

The Jewish followers of Jesus who were witnesses of his death and resurrection, spread the Word and many believed.  The Word was also rejected by many and the Word was taken to the Gentiles, included in them, the 10 lost tribes of Israel.  And the rest is HIStory.
 

Shalom,
Ted Porter

Looking Up!