Thursday, June 1, 2023

A.D. 30 or A.D. 33?

In writing about the time when two thousand years will have expired since the death and resurrection of Christ, I have accepted the view of others that Christ was crucified in A.D. 30. However, the linked writer is certain that it is A.D. 33. "April 3, AD 33: Why We Believe We Can Know the Exact Date Jesus Died" (See here)

If Christ did die in A.D. 33, then we should look for the coming of Christ in A.D. 33 and not A.D. 30 as I have stated along with others. 

Further, there is a beginning and ending to the "coming" (parousia) of the Lord Jesus. Just as the first coming of the Lord involved thirty three years, so too his second coming will span years. See my posts here and here.

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