It was in 1780 that smoke from a massive fire in Canada drifted across part of the eastern United States. About 9am in the morning it began. It lasted all that day. According to the poet Whittier, darkness came upon the land. Cows came to the barn and chickens went to their roost. Who was to believe that out of this event on May 19, 1780 a new revelation would be born?
Most of us have known that Jesus was not crucified on Friday and the resurrection on Sunday. We know this does not agree with the testimony of the eye witnesses. They said, even Jesus, he arose on the 3rd day. We assume they meant normal days. But in 1780 a new revelation would challenge this. From what I hear it was a Catholic priest who came up with the revelation. He wanted some way to prove there was three days and three nights between Friday and Easter Sunday morning.
Here is what he invented.
On May 19, 1780 he witnessed the chickens go to roost when the sun turned to darkness about 9am. This awakened in him a theory. He would often say to those who ask about the three days to go and ask the chickens. He would then tell the story like this.
On Friday morning Jesus was on the Cross at 9am. At noon darkness came upon the world and the chickens went to the roost. At 3pm the darkness went away, day returned, and the chickens came off the roost. Then at 6pm the sun went down and the chickens went back to the roost. They stayed on the roost that night and the next morning at sunrise came off the roost. They remained off the roost until 6pm Saturday night and went back on the roost. They stayed on the roost until Sunday morning and then came off.
So from 9am to noon on Friday is the first day. From noon to 3pm on Friday is first night. From 3pm to 6pm on Friday is the second day. And from 6pm to Saturday sunrise was second night. From 6am to 6pm on Saturday was the second day. From 6pm on Saturday to 6am on Sunday is the third night. And at 6am on Sunday and Easter is the third day.
When I first heard this chicken house revelation I laughed and laughed. It was really funny. What was even more funny was to get this story in the mail from a bishop. He sent it out as good doctrine on how to explain the death and resurrection of Jesus from Friday to Easter Sunday morning. See not all bishops are equal :).
So, Brothers and Sisters, if you want to know about Jesus in the grave and his resurrection, go ask the chickens!
Wait, you know I'm kidding right?
As Jonah "was" (a condition) in the whale's belly three days and three nights. I wonder how the chickens went to roost and got off the roost during his time in hell? Anyone got any ideas?
The chicken house revelation also reminds me of a story I heard of a woman praying one night at her bed for God to send her a husband. As she was asking God for a husband an owl flew in the tree outside her house and it said "hoo, hoo." Making the natural owl sound. She mistook this for God speaking to her and asking her who did she want for a husband: when she heard the owl, she was quick to answer God: "ANYONE LORD, ANYONE WILL DO."
So many revelations today coming from recliners, and beds, and none from the altar. One church told me, they do not believe in altars. Well, no wonder all their revelations come from recliners and beds.
Abraham got a revelation at his altar.
I could talk about that for awhile.
Back to the altar preachers. Back to the altar saints.
Chicken house and recliner revelations will not do in this hour.
Bishop Reckart
A Man God Loves
Most of us have known that Jesus was not crucified on Friday and the resurrection on Sunday. We know this does not agree with the testimony of the eye witnesses. They said, even Jesus, he arose on the 3rd day. We assume they meant normal days. But in 1780 a new revelation would challenge this. From what I hear it was a Catholic priest who came up with the revelation. He wanted some way to prove there was three days and three nights between Friday and Easter Sunday morning.
Here is what he invented.
On May 19, 1780 he witnessed the chickens go to roost when the sun turned to darkness about 9am. This awakened in him a theory. He would often say to those who ask about the three days to go and ask the chickens. He would then tell the story like this.
On Friday morning Jesus was on the Cross at 9am. At noon darkness came upon the world and the chickens went to the roost. At 3pm the darkness went away, day returned, and the chickens came off the roost. Then at 6pm the sun went down and the chickens went back to the roost. They stayed on the roost that night and the next morning at sunrise came off the roost. They remained off the roost until 6pm Saturday night and went back on the roost. They stayed on the roost until Sunday morning and then came off.
So from 9am to noon on Friday is the first day. From noon to 3pm on Friday is first night. From 3pm to 6pm on Friday is the second day. And from 6pm to Saturday sunrise was second night. From 6am to 6pm on Saturday was the second day. From 6pm on Saturday to 6am on Sunday is the third night. And at 6am on Sunday and Easter is the third day.
When I first heard this chicken house revelation I laughed and laughed. It was really funny. What was even more funny was to get this story in the mail from a bishop. He sent it out as good doctrine on how to explain the death and resurrection of Jesus from Friday to Easter Sunday morning. See not all bishops are equal :).
So, Brothers and Sisters, if you want to know about Jesus in the grave and his resurrection, go ask the chickens!
Wait, you know I'm kidding right?
As Jonah "was" (a condition) in the whale's belly three days and three nights. I wonder how the chickens went to roost and got off the roost during his time in hell? Anyone got any ideas?
The chicken house revelation also reminds me of a story I heard of a woman praying one night at her bed for God to send her a husband. As she was asking God for a husband an owl flew in the tree outside her house and it said "hoo, hoo." Making the natural owl sound. She mistook this for God speaking to her and asking her who did she want for a husband: when she heard the owl, she was quick to answer God: "ANYONE LORD, ANYONE WILL DO."
So many revelations today coming from recliners, and beds, and none from the altar. One church told me, they do not believe in altars. Well, no wonder all their revelations come from recliners and beds.
Abraham got a revelation at his altar.
I could talk about that for awhile.
Back to the altar preachers. Back to the altar saints.
Chicken house and recliner revelations will not do in this hour.
Bishop Reckart
A Man God Loves
Good article. We need a return to altar based preaching, altars of prayer and tarrying. If we had this, most of these new revelations would be shown for what they are, more peperoni than Holy Ghost.
ReplyDeleteAccording to scripture, Jesus was crucified on the day after the first night of Passover, which would be the 15th of Nisan. He was in the grave three days and nights, counting that first day. This does not equate with the modern died on Friday rose on Sunday doctrine.
As I said, good article.
"Altar based preaching." Most have no altar any more and do not believe in them. They have stages where the actors put on their show. I am what I am because of altars in my life. I have discovered that the most who hate me have no altar in their church. They pray at a chair which is not in the Bible. They claim they got their revelation in a recliner. Because they are not an altar based Church they are damned to the perdition of ungodly men who will slip in and out and ruin the Church. If a preacher will not pray at my altar he will not preach behind my pulpit. In years past I did not require this but now I do. They that serve at the altar will qualify themselves. We have an altar at which they have no right to serve (Heb 13:10). And this goes to law-keepers and all else out of due order. I said so!
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