Yes, I see your point...
Num 28:17 corresponds exactly to Lev 23:6.
Both say unleavened bread is eaten for 7 days. Both say it is the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
But notice that is does
NOT say "the 15th is
the first day of the feast of unleavened bread".
Then we also see that Lev 23:6 and 7
both use the term "
holy convocation" to set Day 1 and Day 7 apart from the other 5 Feast Days.
So, if one is a holyday (Day 1), then the other must be too (Day 7).
Now, notice that
all seven days are Feast Days of the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
The 14th is the Feast of of Unleavened Bread (and also is a "holy convocation" day, Holyday 1).
The 15th is the Feast of of Unleavened Bread.
But the 16th is also the Feast of of Unleavened Bread.
So is the 17th, 18th, 19th and the 20th (which also is a "holy convocation" day, Holyday 2).
Notice that the
seven days of unleavened bread continues from the 14th
until the
21st day, according to
Ex 12:18 (not according "my argument").
Notice that the word "
until" here must mean "
not including", just as it also does in
Ex 12:6.
This "interpretation" resolves the apparent contradiction in the Scriptures, for me, that seems to indicate that the 15th is the
first day of unleavened bread in Lev 23:6 and Num 28:17, which would only account for
6 days of unleavened bread that must end at the
start/evening of the 21st day of Nisan, and so
not including the 21st.
But you are right about the Resurrection Day being significant. It is celebrated in the OT on what is called the "Wave Sheaf Offering" day (
Lev 23:11), which is performed on "the morrow
after the Sabbath", which is
Sunday.
This coincides exactly with the literal day, Sunday, Nisan 18/April 7,
Day 5 of the Feast, on which Jesus Christ was raised from the dead, and was presented to the Father in heaven for formal acceptance and recognition of His sacrifice and becoming the First of the Firstfruits.
But again,
Day 5, the Wave Sheaf Day, symbolizing the Resurrection and Acceptance in Heaven event (Jn 20:1, 1) is NOT
Day 7, the "Holy Convocation" Day, Holyday 2.
We cannot force the
Wave Sheaf Day 5 to be the same as the
Last Day of Unleavened Bread Day 7.
These are
2 separate days, indicating
2 separate events that are very significant.
So thank you for forcing me to delve into this more thoroughly. I genuinely appreciate your viewpoints and concerns to not miss the significance of the Lord's Resurrection.
Let's keep at this... I do not want to be brainwashing myself anymore than you would want to brainwash yourself.
I want the truth... and Jesus promised we can know it in
Jn 16:13.