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The Sign of the Prophet JonahTable of Contents:
1.
 
Foreword (page 2)2.
 
 “Good Friday” Or Biblical Doctrine: Choose One (page 3)
3.
 
Jesus was Raised the Third Day According to the Scriptures,After Three Days and Three Nights in the Heart of the Earth (page 5)4.
 
The Preparation Day Does Not Mean “Friday”:A Quick Reference to the Bible Concerning Sabbaths (page 7)
 
5.
 
A Positive Proof of Messiah’s Prophetic Stay in the Tomb (page 9)6.
 
Addendum I: Jerusalem and Nineveh (page 11)7.
 
Addendum II: Comparing Alternative Theories (page 14)
 
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Foreword:
In January of 2006, I was participating in the choir program of a local Baptist church aswe prepared for the spring Resurrection theme program. When I had participated in thechoir the previous year, the musical theme was from “I Pledge Allegiance to the Lamb”which was a particular favorite of mine. In this year, the new music was a piece titled“Third Day” with taped vocals by Michael W. Smith.The music itself was very nice; however, the words of this new music were notscriptural, and in fact, sharply contradicted Christ’s own words. If I were the choir director and I found out that the music I had ordered had false words, I would alter theoffending words to make it compatible with the Bible. If the music was so defectivethat it was beyond repair, I would return it, and ask for a refund or replacement. Butsince I was not the choir director, I asked to talk to the choir director instead.Although I was allowed to speak with our choir director, I was essentially “brushed off”and told that we “couldn’t know these types of things” and that it didn’t make anydifference, and regardless, they planned to leave it as it was. This is commonly knownas being “brushed off.” I reasoned that perhaps I was at fault, because I didn’t have awritten explanation on hand, so I then wrote a letter to our choir director explaining howwe could know these things, and why it did make a difference.The first four sections of this paper are taken from that letter I wrote in January of 2006.I removed the personal introduction and closing sections that were personalized for thechoir and local church, but I have added two sections that were not in the original,which I have listed as Addendum I and Addendum II.The sections that comprise this paper are written with the following assumptions:1.
 
The Hebrew and Greek texts underlying our Bible have been preserved2.
 
The English King James Bible is an accurate translation of that text3.
 
That this Bible is correct, does not err, and does not contradict itself 4.
 
That we are intended to study these scriptures, and to live by them5.
 
That Truth does matter, and we should never lie concerning God’s WordWith that said, it seems that this is a very controversial topic. Like many points of scripture, no one wants to be told they were “wrong” about anything. To me, this is asimple thing: if shown to be wrong about something, just fix it, and then you’re onlywrong once. Additionally, the measure is easy as well: the Bible is our measure of truth,and if a subject is settled from the scriptures, tradition and opinions are to be cast aside.
I hope that you enjoy this paper.
If you have something to add, or if can findanything that I’ve said wrong here, you may contact me atmarron_glaces@yahoo.com so that I can fix the problem.Sincerely,
 -Andrew
 
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“Good Friday” Or Biblical Doctrine: Choose One
The scriptures tell us that Jesus would be in the tomb for three days and three nights,and after three days, he would be raised again. This is often referenced as being raised“the third day.”
Matt 12:38-41Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterousgeneration seeketh after a sign
;
and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of theprophet Jonas: For
as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly 
;
so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth
.The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas
is
here.
The days of the Hebrew calendar begin at sunset and end at sunset. Thus, the night portion precedes the day portion (see Genesis 1:5,8,13,19,23,31, also Leviticus 23).Likewise, hours were referenced as in relation to the sun. Thus, the “first hour” would be the first hour of daylight, and by the “ninth hour” only three hours in the day remain.
Gen 1:5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the eveningand the morning were the first day.John 11:9Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in theday, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.
Although Jesus died at the ninth hour, it spared his bones from being broken, it did not bring him to the tomb any sooner. He remained on the cross between the two dyingthieves. The Jews had the bodies taken down, with time for a quick burial before thesunset marking the beginning of the high day Sabbath.
Matt 27:46And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lamasabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?John 19:31The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should notremain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besoughtPilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.Mark 15:42-43And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is,the day before the sabbath, Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counselor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.John 19:42There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for thesepulchre was nigh at hand.
On the first day of the week, before the daylight had broken, Mary Magdaleneconfirmed that the tomb was empty. The night portion of the first day cannot beconfirmed, but the daylight portion certainly cannot be counted.
John 20:1The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark,unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
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