I've entitled this thread, the three days and three nights, because since Herbert W. Armstrong stole this idea from E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible, and made it popular flying around the U.S. and the world on a corporate jet, many of his followers, disciples, and splinter groups have been going to religious forums spreading their finite logic of this doctrine to unsuspecting Christians, Messianics, and anyone who even discusses the death, burial, and resurrection of the Biblical Messiah.
Those who espouse this doctrine, claim that Messiah was buried sometime on Wednesday evening, as they say, and arose from the dead at 3 pm on a Saturday evening, as they say, and exactly 72 hours in the grave, and citing Matthew 12:40 as their timing proof text. Many even go so far as to say-quote " Why, if you don't believe Christ's or Messiah's only sign-the sign of Jonah, as Jonah was in the fishes belly three days and three night, and that Messiah was in the heart of the earth 3 days and 3 nights, then you don't even accept the true Christ or Messiah of the Bible ", and some critics even say a believer is lost, and can never receive salvation, and Herbert W. Armstrong dogmatically stated this.
However, there is a fairly decent article booklet in PDF format reading, by my friend Matthew Jansen, who visited me in 2006, he is in Conyers GA here...http://www.ministersnewcovenant.org/articles.html that covers this in some detail, and it is easy to understand, however, this article booklet does not cover all the details of Messiah's resurrection, such as who are all the women involved in buying the spices and ointments.
This will be an on going process of information given in this thread, however, if anyone wants to respond, they may do so, however, it seems this forum is almost dead, because I have seen a lot of joiners and no posters.
Shalom,
Eliyahu C.
Those who espouse this doctrine, claim that Messiah was buried sometime on Wednesday evening, as they say, and arose from the dead at 3 pm on a Saturday evening, as they say, and exactly 72 hours in the grave, and citing Matthew 12:40 as their timing proof text. Many even go so far as to say-quote " Why, if you don't believe Christ's or Messiah's only sign-the sign of Jonah, as Jonah was in the fishes belly three days and three night, and that Messiah was in the heart of the earth 3 days and 3 nights, then you don't even accept the true Christ or Messiah of the Bible ", and some critics even say a believer is lost, and can never receive salvation, and Herbert W. Armstrong dogmatically stated this.
However, there is a fairly decent article booklet in PDF format reading, by my friend Matthew Jansen, who visited me in 2006, he is in Conyers GA here...http://www.ministersnewcovenant.org/articles.html that covers this in some detail, and it is easy to understand, however, this article booklet does not cover all the details of Messiah's resurrection, such as who are all the women involved in buying the spices and ointments.
This will be an on going process of information given in this thread, however, if anyone wants to respond, they may do so, however, it seems this forum is almost dead, because I have seen a lot of joiners and no posters.
Shalom,
Eliyahu C.
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