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SPTruth:
It is one thing to believe in the Bible and another to believe in the Spirit that inspired the Bible. The Bible is a Lock, it can only be truly studied and understood with the right key the HOLY SPIRIT. Any other key you are using will lead to wrong interpretation. Even prostitutes, homosexuals, muslims, traditionalists twist the Bible to their favor, claiming it supports their views. Many churches out there only claim to believe in the Bible. But when you show them in plain white and black that what they are doing is unscriptural, they will refuse to repent and still hold true with their "church traditions ". Because their words are far from what is in their hearts. Many Churches don't take the Word of God as Supreme. Same way, Jesus said, If you love Me, obey me, yet many of us keep shouting, I love Jesus and moving from one sexual partner to the other.

obiekunie01:
Bros na that two holes whn i dey see so be your door??

chiefolododo:
It is demonic to speak evil of sacred things.


But I have learnt that no matter how you value a person , if he is not regenerated, redeemed,washed in the blood, satan can enter him anytime

it was around this period satan entered Judas

Parachoko:
Sanwo Olu is not handling this issue well at all

immortalcrown:
“Father, I challenge you to clarify this, if Christ was buried on Friday and rose on early hours of Sunday, does it give a complete 3 days and 3 nights as Christ said, that as Jonah was in the belly of fish for 3 days and 3 nights so shall he be in the grave, and also clarify what makes up a day to give a complete day.” ~ Maduakor Oluoma

Challenge accepted!

The first part of the question is on "3 days and 3 nights in the grave."

This is the passage that is causing your confusion. It
is Matthew 12:40:

"For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster, so for three days and three nights the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth."

Following that passage literally, Jesus was supposed to spend 72 hours in the grave before rising to make it a complete three days and three nights’ experience.

To this, if we say he died on Friday by 3 pm and he rose on Sunday before dawn, then it is just on Saturday alone that he experienced a complete day and night in the grave.

So, with the above, many people of our generation have concluded that Jesus couldn’t have died on Friday. Some have suggested that he died on Wednesday. . .so he can have a full Thursday, Friday, and Saturday in the grave, and rise on Sunday.

And that is exactly where the problem is. . .

To spend three days and three nights in the grave is a way of saying that Christ rose on the fourth day. If you are in a grave for three days and three nights, then you rise on the fourth day. It is simple mathematics.

If Jesus died on Wednesday as many are postulating, then he spent a complete Thursday, Friday, and Saturday in the grave which is three days. Then he rose on Sunday, which is the fourth day.

But, there is a very big but. . .

According to 1 Cor 15:4. Jesus did not rise on the fourth day, he rose on the third day.

"...and that he was buried, and that he was raised ON THE THIRD DAY in accordance with the scriptures."

Even the same Matthew noted elsewhere that Jesus rose on the third day:

Matthew 16: 21 says: “From then onwards, Jesus began to make it clear to his disciples that he was destined to go to Jerusalem and suffer grievously at
the hands of the elders and chief priests and scribes and be put to death and be raised up ON THE THIRD DAY.”

There is no mathematical formula that will enable someone to spend three days and three nights in a grave and rise from the dead on the third day. I don’t know of any.

So, it is obvious that the use of “three days and three nights” as noted in Mathew 12:40 is a figurative expression and not literally. This is so true because “Three days and three nights” is a special phrase used in the ancient world with the meaning “long enough to be definitely dead.”

When Christ used it, it is a way of him saying that he would REALLY die, and not that he would be literally dead for exactly seventy-two hours.

So, how can we conclude, following the bible, that Jesus spent three days in the tomb and rose on the third day?
Next post will clarify that.


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Second part: Did Jesus spend three days in the
tomb?

The four gospels are so clear in these three
chronologies of events: Friday, Jesus died and was
buried – Saturday, he was still in the tomb – Sunday,
the tomb was found empty.

Let us explain. . .

1. The first is that Jesus died on “the day of
preparation” and was buried the same day. The
question is, which day is the day of preparation?
In ancient times, they do not have names for days of
the week as we do today. This is why, people of this
modern era may not be typically familiar with the
phrase “the day of preparation,” but it was a way of
referring to the day before the Sabbath.

It was called that because devout Jews had to make
preparations to rest on the Sabbath. For example,
they needed to prepare all the food that they would
eat on Saturday.

I wrote about this in my previous posts. I told you
that Jews do not even cook on Sabbath. So, they use
a day before Sabbath to make all the necessary
arrangements. You can read Exodus 16 to
understand:

“This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Tomorrow
is a day of solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord;
bake what you will bake and boil what you will boil,
and all that is left over lay by to be kept till the
morning’” (Exodus 16:23).

So, from the above, we can rightly conclude that the
day of preparation is Friday. This means that Jesus
died and was buried on Friday.

2. The second chronology of events is the Sabbath
day which followed the day of preparation.
Luke’s gospel records that as soon as Jesus was
buried, the women “returned and prepared spices and
perfumed oils. Then they rested on the Sabbath
according to the commandment” (Luke 23:56).

If we read from verse 54, we will see why the women
returned quickly from the burial to prepare spices: “It
was the day of preparation, and the Sabbath was
about to begin” (Luke 23:54).

So, in summary, Jesus’ burial was done in haste so
that Sabbath day will not meet them. Then the
women rushed home and prepared spices since they
are not supposed to do anything once it is Sabbath
day. The Sabbath day for the Jew is what we refer to
as Saturday.

Before I go to the third chronology, I want you to
note that for the Jews, the day begins in the evening.
Friday evening is the beginning of the Sabbath. This
is different from how we calculate time in this era.

For us, our day begins in the morning. If you read
Genesis on the account of creation, you will hear the
narrative saying, “Evening came and morning came,
the first day. . .” Whereas, for us, it would have been
“Morning came and evening came, the first day.”
3. The third chronology of events is what is known
as “The First Day of the Week”.

On this, the gospels are clear that the tomb where
Jesus was buried on the day of preparation (Friday),
was found empty on the first day of the week. You
can read from the four gospels saying the same
thing: Matthew 28:1, Mark 16:1, Luke 24:1, John
20:1.

This first day of the week is what we refer to as
Sunday.
So, how can we conclude, following the bible, that
Jesus spent three days in the tomb and rose on the
third day?

The reason it is difficult for most of us to understand
this is that the way we understand time and the way
we calculate our day is different from the way ancient
people do.

For us, if you are born in the month of April 2022, to
complete a one-year birthday, it will be April 2023.
For ancient people, if you are born in April 2022 and
the year ends in December, at the end of the year in
December, it will be counted for you as one year.
They won’t wait until April the following year.

The same is applicable to days. If you are born by 3
pm on Friday, and since the new day usually begins
in the evening around 6 PM, even though you were
born three hours before the beginning of a new day
(3 pm to 6 pm), once it gets to 6 PM of the new
day, you are considered a day old.

The trick to understanding this is that the ancient
people counted parts as the whole.

We see this also in the parable Jesus told
concerning the landowner that went out early in the
morning and hires men, agreeing to pay them the
daily rate. He hires them at various times throughout
the day– 9 am, 12 pm, 3 pm, and 5 pm. In the end,
he paid all of them the same rate because the
agreement was that he will pay them what they pay
per day. In this case, even one hour before the day's
end, is one complete day. (Matthew 20:1-16).
Back to Jesus’ resurrection.

Jesus died at around 3 p.m. (cf. Luke 23:44-46),
which means the first day of his death was the
remainder of the day of preparation, between 3 p.m.
and sunset.

The second day then began at sunset and lasted
through the entire Sabbath (i.e., it was Friday night
and Saturday daytime).

The third day then began at sundown on the Sabbath
and lasted until sunset on the first day of the week
(i.e., it was Saturday night and Sunday daytime).
This is why, on the road to Emmaus, on that Sunday
of his resurrection, the disciples were discussing and
Jesus came to be with them and as they were
narrating the story, they told Jesus that “it is now the
third day” since the Crucifixion (Luke 24:21).

Their calculation is clear. Their understanding is
clear. Na we dey carry our own 2022 understanding
of time go join how people of over 2000 years ago
understand time and days.

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immortalcrown:
Does your own Bible say Jesus died on Friday? Why don't you also question the Friday?

immortalcrown:
Why do you wholly base your argument that does not major in the death of Christ? Why not also consider the Bible parts that contains more about the death of Christ?

immortalcrown:
Following your logic means Jesus resurrected on the FOURTH day. Doesn't the same Bible say Jesus rose on the third day? How could Jesus spend 3 days and 3 nights in the grave and still rise on the 3rd day?

Dtruthspeaker:
Before the times and Laws were changed, A Day is "Evening and the morning" Genesis 1:5 i7; Exodus 12:10 and 18.

The 3 days starts from Thursday evening to Sunday Morning!

Daniel already warns you that the times and Laws were wickedly changed! Daniel 7:25

The Truth is in the past.

As you can see now the Americans are throwing out the books which spoke the truth about their evil of slavery and racism just as they were trying to say that the holocaust did not happen.

dulux07:
So what is your point? or how does this help you become a better xtian

FamilyAdviser:
It was destined that Jesus Christ will come and save the world, one of the stringent policy attached to his coming was his death which he accepted wholeheartedly when every other Angels declined.

We all know the story of how Judas Iscariot Betrayed Jesus:
For instance in Luke 22:4-6

4 And Judas went to the chief priests and the officers of the temple guard and discussed with them how he might betray Jesus. 5 They were delighted and agreed to give him money.(G) 6 He consented, and watched for an opportunity to hand Jesus over to them when no crowd was present.

In Matthew 27:3-5, Judas tells the chief priests and elders, "'I have sinned,' he said, 'for I have betrayed innocent blood. ... ' So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.


Did Judas Iscariot Betrayed Jesus or help him Fulfill the Scripture??

derecho:
This Just reminds me of the proverbial antelope who practiced so much for a dance competition but never participated in it because it broke one of its limbs during the rehearsals.

You've not even gotten the ticket yet...

By the way, it's not hard to gather crowd in Nigeria today.
Just get an artiste like "portable" or even "terry gee".
People go come.No need to pay the crowd sef

AkhereOkaka:
Currently Obaseki, doesn't have the structure of the party at his hand.



We rise by lifting others

WATCHOVER:
I think the board of trustee of PDP needs to settle both Obaseki and Wike as soon as possible.
OBASEKI must try to be loyal to people, whether big or small, this one that he now seen as a betrayer every where he goes is not good, even Phillip Shuaibu for me should cut down his pride, because good name is better than Riches.

BigRocky:
But why ameachi,osinbajo,wike and the rest never resign?

SlyIg:
It's really a pity!
So sad how someone will wake up hale and hearty but end up in the mortuary.

Uprightness100:
With the number of terror attacks just increasing in intensity and frequency over the last two weeks the fuse has been lit!

We can so clearly see where this is headed! The local Arab Muslim preachers in mosques inside Israel predict, according to calculations based on some Koran verses, that Israel will be completely destroyed by July 8, 2022!

The spike in violence coincides with warnings that tensions look to escalate next week as Israeli settlers and far-right activists announced plans to storm al-Aqsa Mosque during the Jewish Passover holidays, to perform religious rituals inside the site.

With tensions on the Temple Mount as Ramadan and Passover converge next week, i can so clearly see the war of Biblical propotions just around the corner!

Over the next few days/weeks, the eyes of the world will be on Jerusalem, and one false move would spark the war of Biblical propotions!

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the Rapture is the next event on God's prophetic calender!. JESUS Christ is Coming! Are u Ready!

Totilopussylick:
He came back to same failed party .

immortalcrown:
You are in bondage when you focus on what does not concern you. You become free when you focus on what concerns you. If Christ is not for you, why are you spending your time in talking about Christ? Leave Israel's Christ and focus on your own saviour.

spydera:
You have started again!

chigoziri2403:
Where did you get your doctrine from

immortalcrown:
If that be the case, stop talking about Christianity because you are not an Israeli. Abi you wan carry Israel matter for ya head?