[soc.religion.christian] ANOTHER LOOK AT THREE DAYS & NIGHTS

jhaynes@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu (06/02/91)

I know this topic can get a little bit out of hand but I thought that I would
put in my two cent worth on this topic of Three Days and Three Nights in the
center of the earth.

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 nights in the heart of the earth."(NIV)

I have heard many of the arguements of Thursday death and ressurection sunday
but not a wednesday day and sunday resurrection.  I my studies of the words Day
and night I found that Day can be the period of time when Goodness is and
Darkness is evil.  

2 Cor 6:14 "Do not be yoked together with unbelievers.  For what do
righteousness and wickedness have in common?  Or what felowship can LIGHT have
with DARKNESS?"

Paul uses LIGHT as good and DARKNESS as evil.  I am not surpised for God in
Genesis 1:1-5 "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.  Now the
earth was formless and empty, DARKNESS was over the surface of the deep, and
the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.  And God said, "Let there be
LIGHT," and there was LIGHT.  God saw that the LIGHT was GOOD, and he separated
the LIGHT from the DARKNESS.  God called the LIGHT "DAY," and the DARKNESS he
called "NIGHT."  And there was evening and there was morning-- the first day."

I believe it is save to say that Light can stand for a Day and Darkness can
stand for a Night.  Remember this is the beginning of time and it was until the
fourth day of creation that God created the sun and stars to mark of the days
and nights and season. Gen 1:14-19  

Ok with that line of thought could it be possible that Jesus was talking about
is death when Darkness would reigns.  And the resurection of the Light and
evening and a morning making one spiritual day.

Luke 22:53 Every day I [JESUS] was with you in the temple courts, and you did
not lay a hand on me.  But this is your hour-WHEN DARKNESS REIGNS. (NIV)

I know this sound like I am using scripture to prove a point but think about it
every thing I have read on the topic and historical account says Friday evening
and morning one day saturday evening and morning second day sunday tomb empty.
I think it could be that the spiritual day of His death and resurrection could
be the answer to the missing day.  

Well,  there you have it I used the scriptures to prove my point but maybe I am
in left field and sharing silly wishful thoughts to prove the mistery of the
three days and three night.

In His Hands,

Joel

Prov 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (NIV)

1 Thes 5:21 Test everything.  Hold on to the good. (NIV)