Easter 2024

[koberstein]

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Bouncing from Matt 12:40 we get Jonah 1:17, which says:

"The Lord provided a great fish to swallow Jonah, and he was inside the fish three
days and three nights."

FAQ: Was Jonah alive in the fish?

REPLY: Yes. (Jonah 2:1)

FAQ: The whole time?

REPLY: No; at some point in his nautical adventure Jonah went to a place called
sheol (Jonah 2:2) which is located at the roots of the mountains. (Jonah 2:6)

Well; the roots of the mountains aren't located in the tummies of fish, nor are they
located under the sea, rather: they're located underground deep in the Earth. So,
the only way that Jonah could possibly be at the roots of the mountains while
simultaneously in the belly of a fish was for the man and his body to part company
and go their separate ways. (This is not impossible because according to Matt
10:28 people can exist as disembodied souls.)

Also, the language of Jonah's prayer strongly suggests that his corpse was restored
to life, i.e. resurrected.

● Jonah 2:6 . . I descended to the roots of the mountains. The earth with its bars
was around me forever, But Thou hast brought up my life from the pit, O Lord my
God.

The Hebrew word for "pit" basically pertains to holes in the ground, but sometimes
speaks of putrefaction too, e.g. Ps 16:8-10 & Acts 2:25-31. In other words; had
Jonah's body been left inside that fish's tummy for much longer, it would've been
digested to oblivion.

● Matt 12:40 . . For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge
fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Now when you think about it; Jesus' remains weren't laid to rest in the heart of the
Earth; and in point of fact they weren't even buried in the Earth's soil. They were
laid to rest up on the surface of the earth in a rock-hewn tomb. So the only way
that Jesus could be up on the surface of the Earth and down its interior
simultaneously was for he and his body to part company and go their separate
ways the same as Jonah's did.

Also: it was essential to get Jesus back up on his feet again before a fourth day to
prevent his body from being lost to rot. (John 11:39, Ps 16:8-10, Acts 2:25-31)

NOTE: Jonah 2:5-7 strongly suggests that he was already deceased via drowning
prior to the fish; which makes sense seeing as Jesus was deceased prior to the
tomb, viz: neither man was buried alive.
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I think you got off your dementia medication.

 

[sethproton]

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● Matt 12:40-41 . . For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the
great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the
earth.

An abundance of textual evidence indicates Jesus' crucified dead body was restored
to life during the third day rather than later after the third day was completely over
and done with, viz: his actual time interred was less than 72 hours.

Matt 17:22-23
Matt 20:18-19
Mark 9:31
Luke 9:22
Luke 18:33
Luke 24:5-8
Luke 24:21-23
Luke 24:46
John 2:19
Acts 10:40
1Cor 15:4

FAQ: What about Matt 27:63 and Mark 8:31? They say "after" the third day rather
than during the third.

REPLY: To begin with, those verses are outnumbered 11÷2.

Plus; the Greek word translated "after" is somewhat ambiguous. It can indicate
moments following the conclusion of an event, but it can also indicate moments
within an event. I suggest letting the 11÷2 majority decide how best to interpret
the intent of Matt 27:63 and Mark 8:31.

FAQ: Luke 24:21-23 says the morning that women came to the cemetery was the
third day. How can that be true when according to John 20:1 the sun wasn't up yet
when they arrived?

REPLY: That's an excellent point because according to the first chapter of Genesis,
day is when the sun is up and night is when the sun is down.

However, liturgical days-- e.g. feasts and sabbaths --complicate things a bit
because they begin at sunset instead of sunrise; for example:

● Matt 28:1 . . In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day
of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.

According to Genesis time, it was not yet a new day when the women arrived;
whereas liturgically it was because the sabbath wrapped at sundown the previous
day.

FAQ: Can the hours of darkness during Jesus' crucifixion be counted as one of the
three nights?

REPLY: Jesus survived those hours. Matt 12:40 requires that he be dead and
buried.
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I have many times thought about the 3 days and the seeming contradiction of the time period described. After many years of thought it suddenly simply dawned on me that anyone doubting that it reconciles was, like me, thinking poorly. The writers of these books were experienced and intelligent. How could several intelligent men confuse this? Not going to happen and they all agree. What that led me to was that, we of the future do not understand them.