†. Mtt 12:40 . . For just as Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish three days
and three nights, so the Son of man will be in the heart of the earth three
days and three nights.
When you think about it, Jesus' corpse was never in the heart of the earth.
It wasn't even in the earth's soil. It was on the surface of the earth in a rock
tomb. And when you think about it further, Jonah's corpse wasn't in the
heart of the earth either. It was in the tummy of a fish; yet sometime during
his ordeal; Jonah was at the bottoms of the mountains.
†. Jon 2:6a . . To the bottoms of the mountains I went down. As for the
earth, its bars were upon me
The bottoms of the mountains aren't located in a fish's tummy; no, they're
located at the boundary between the earth's tectonic plates and it's magma
regions.
There's only one possible way that Jonah could be in a fish's tummy while at
the same time be at the bottoms of the mountains and that's if he existed
beyond the death of his physical body. Yes, Jonah was dead.
†. Jon 2:6b . . But out of the pit you proceeded to bring up my life, O
Jehovah my God.
The Hebrew word for "pit" in that verse is shachath (shakh'-ath) which
means-- besides a pit --destruction; which Ps 16:8-10 and Acts 2:24-27
translate as rot. In other words: Jonah 2:6b is the language of physical
resurrection.
Other than the nature of their tombs; those two men's experiences so
duplicate each other that it is 100% accurate to say "as Jonah; so Jesus". In
other words: both were dead, both were in graves, both went to the bottoms
of the mountains, both were raised from the dead, both revived inside their
graves, and both came out of their graves within three days and nights.
†. Jon 1:17 . . Jonah came to be in the inward parts of the fish three days
and three nights.
The little prophecy of Jonah is the best rebuttal to the lie that the Hebrew
word sheol always refers to the grave. No; sheol isn't narrow. It refers not
just to the grave; but also to the netherworld because that's where the
bottoms of the mountains are located.
†. Jon 2:1-2 . . Then Jonah prayed to Jehovah his God from the inward parts
of the fish and said: Out of my distress I called out to Jehovah, and he
proceeded to answer me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried for help.
That passage testifies to the fact that Jonah prayed twice: once from the
bottoms of the mountains, and once from the tummy of a fish. In my
opinion, his is the most remarkable story in the entire Old Testament.
Note : the bars of Jon 2:6 are the bars of a netherworld prison from which it
is humanly impossible to escape; and Jonah is an eye witness to that fact--
but do afterlife opponents believe him? HAW! no more than they believe The
Lord's testimony at Luke 16:19-31. You know; Abraham was right: though a
man were to come back from the dead, there are certain people who would
never believe what the man saw down there.
Note : the Lord's church need not fear those bars.
†. Mtt 16:19 . . On this rock-mass I will build my congregation, and the
gates of Hades will not overpower it
Cont.
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and three nights, so the Son of man will be in the heart of the earth three
days and three nights.
When you think about it, Jesus' corpse was never in the heart of the earth.
It wasn't even in the earth's soil. It was on the surface of the earth in a rock
tomb. And when you think about it further, Jonah's corpse wasn't in the
heart of the earth either. It was in the tummy of a fish; yet sometime during
his ordeal; Jonah was at the bottoms of the mountains.
†. Jon 2:6a . . To the bottoms of the mountains I went down. As for the
earth, its bars were upon me
The bottoms of the mountains aren't located in a fish's tummy; no, they're
located at the boundary between the earth's tectonic plates and it's magma
regions.
There's only one possible way that Jonah could be in a fish's tummy while at
the same time be at the bottoms of the mountains and that's if he existed
beyond the death of his physical body. Yes, Jonah was dead.
†. Jon 2:6b . . But out of the pit you proceeded to bring up my life, O
Jehovah my God.
The Hebrew word for "pit" in that verse is shachath (shakh'-ath) which
means-- besides a pit --destruction; which Ps 16:8-10 and Acts 2:24-27
translate as rot. In other words: Jonah 2:6b is the language of physical
resurrection.
Other than the nature of their tombs; those two men's experiences so
duplicate each other that it is 100% accurate to say "as Jonah; so Jesus". In
other words: both were dead, both were in graves, both went to the bottoms
of the mountains, both were raised from the dead, both revived inside their
graves, and both came out of their graves within three days and nights.
†. Jon 1:17 . . Jonah came to be in the inward parts of the fish three days
and three nights.
The little prophecy of Jonah is the best rebuttal to the lie that the Hebrew
word sheol always refers to the grave. No; sheol isn't narrow. It refers not
just to the grave; but also to the netherworld because that's where the
bottoms of the mountains are located.
†. Jon 2:1-2 . . Then Jonah prayed to Jehovah his God from the inward parts
of the fish and said: Out of my distress I called out to Jehovah, and he
proceeded to answer me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried for help.
That passage testifies to the fact that Jonah prayed twice: once from the
bottoms of the mountains, and once from the tummy of a fish. In my
opinion, his is the most remarkable story in the entire Old Testament.
Note : the bars of Jon 2:6 are the bars of a netherworld prison from which it
is humanly impossible to escape; and Jonah is an eye witness to that fact--
but do afterlife opponents believe him? HAW! no more than they believe The
Lord's testimony at Luke 16:19-31. You know; Abraham was right: though a
man were to come back from the dead, there are certain people who would
never believe what the man saw down there.
Note : the Lord's church need not fear those bars.
†. Mtt 16:19 . . On this rock-mass I will build my congregation, and the
gates of Hades will not overpower it
Cont.
/
