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The Third Day - Day Of New Beginning Or Life!
George
L. Faull
I Corinthians
15:1-4
“1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto
you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and
wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I
preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you
first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according
to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:"
INTRODUCTION: The Bible is a
fascinating book that contains phenomena that is truly amazing!
Men lean upon things like the Shroud of
Turin and the so-called “Bible Code”, which are bogus, as proof of religion.
But this subject is something we can
investigate in this article and find out for ourselves.
What
does it mean, “raised from the dead on the third day,” according to the
scriptures?
There is a law in Hermeneutics called
“The Law of First Mention”.
Consider Genesis 1:9-13 with me and see that the Third Day brought life out
of dry earth. A new beginning and set
the stage for a new relationship with God – the Creator.
PROPOSITION: The Phenomenon of the Third Day showing
a day of new life and beginnings is consistent throughout scripture.
I. GENESIS 22:4 – NEW LIFE FOR ISAAC.
“4 Then on the
third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.” Isaac was dead in Abraham’s mind for three
days. But he received him from the dead
in a figure…Hebrews 11:19
II.
GENESIS 30:30ff,
36 – NEW LIFE FOR JACOB – THREE DAY’S JOURNEY FROM LABAN. JACOB BEGAN BUILDING HIS OWN INHERITANCE.
“30ff…and now
when shall I provide for mine own house also? 36 And he set three days' journey
betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.” New beginnings.
III.
GENESIS 40:13 –
NEW LIFE FOR THE BUTLER; DEATH TO THE BAKER.
“Yet within
three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place:
and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner
when thou wast his butler.” Like life
from the dead.
IV.
GENESIS 42:17-19
– JOSEPH TOOK HIS BRETHREN OUT OF PRISON, SENDING THEM HOME WITH CORN SAYING – “THIS
DO AND YE SHALL LIVE”.
“17 And he put
them all together into ward three days.
18 And Joseph
said unto them the third day, This do,
and live; for I fear God: 19 If
ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison:
go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:” Like life from the dead.
V.
EXODUS 3:18 –
NEW LIFE FOR ISRAEL AS A NATION AND A DELIVERANCE FROM BONDAGE.
“18 And they
shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel,
unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews
hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into
the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.” See also Exodus 5:3 and 8:27. New beginnings.
VI.
EXODUS 19:15 – MOSES
GAVE THE LAW – RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD CHANGED.
NOW GODS’ PEOPLE ARE IN A COVENANT WITH GOD.
“And he said
unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.” Like new life.
VII.
NUMBERS 10:33 –
SEARCH AND REST
“And they
departed from the mount of the LORD three days' journey: and the ark of the
covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days' journey, to search out
a resting place for them.” Rest for God’s
people.
VIII.
JOSHUA 1:11 – NEW
LIFE OF POSSESSION OF THE PROMISED LAND.
A NEW BEGINNING FOR ISRAEL.
“Pass through
the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within
three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which
the LORD your God giveth you to possess it.”
IX.
JOSHUA 2:16, 22
– SPIES HIDDEN FOR THREE DAYS TO SAVE LIFE.
“16 And she said
unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide
yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may
ye go your way. 22 And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there
three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.” Like life from the dead.
X.
I SAMUEL 20:19 –
DAVID DELIVERED FROM DEATH BY JONATHAN
“And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down quickly, and
come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone
Ezel..” Like life from the dead.
XI.
I SAMUEL
30:11-13 – DYING SERVANT IS GIVEN NEW LIFE.
“11 And they
found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread,
and he did eat; and they made him drink water; 12 And they gave him a piece of
a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit
came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights. 13 And David said unto him,
To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an
Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick.” Like life from the dead.
XII.
II KINGS 20:5-8
– HEZEKIAH IS HEALED FROM DEATH ON THE THIRD DAY.
“5 Turn again,
and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of
David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I
will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD. 6
And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this
city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for
mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake. 7 And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
8 And Hezekiah
said unto Isaiah, What shall be the
sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the
LORD the third day?”
XIII.
ESTHER 4:16 – ISRAEL
SAVED AFTER THE THIRD DAY.
“Go, gather together
all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat
nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise;
and so will I go in unto the king, which is
not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.” Like life from the dead.
XIV.
JONAH 1:17 –
THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS.
“Now the LORD
had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of
the fish three days and three nights.”
Matthew 12:40, “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.”
XV.
HOSEA 6:2 – DELIVERANCE
PROMISED ON THE THIRD DAY.
“After two days
will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in
his sight.” Like life from the dead.
XVI.
LUKE 2:46 –
THREE DAYS – JESUS WAS FOUND ALIVE BY PARENTS.
“And it came to
pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst
of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.”
XVII.
MATTHEW 15:32 –
NEW FOOD FOR LIFE.
“Then Jesus
called his disciples unto him, and
said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now
three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting,
lest they faint in the way.” Food for
life.
XVIII.
MATTHEW 16:21 –
JESUS’ PROPHECY OF THREE DAYS.
“21 From that
time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto
Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes,
and be killed, and be raised again the third day.”
Matthew 20:19, “And shall deliver him to the Gentiles
to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him:
and the third day he shall rise again.”
Matthew 26:61, “And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build
it in three days.”
Mark 8:31, “And he began to teach them,
that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and
of the chief priests, and scribes,
and be killed, and after three days rise again.”
XIX.
JOHN 2:1 – BEGINNING
OF JESUS’ MINISTRY – FIRST MIRACLE.
“And the third
day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was
there:” New beginning of Messianic age.
XX.
LUKE 24:44-46 – THIRD
DAY PROPHECY FULFILLED.
“44 And he said
unto them, These are the words which
I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled,
which were written in the law of Moses, and in
the prophets, and in the psalms,
concerning me. 45 Then opened he their understanding, that they might
understand the scriptures, 46 And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise
from the dead the third day:”
Acts 10:40, “Him God raised up the third day, and
shewed him openly;”
XXI.
ACTS 9:9 – SAUL
FOUND NEW LIFE.
“And he was
three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink.” Acts
22:16 – New life.
XXII.
REVELATION 11:11
– NEW LIFE.
“And after three
days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood
upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.”
CONCLUSION: Do you believe that I can show such
phenomena from the writings of Shakespeare?
I’ve done this in
15 books by 13 different authors!!!
It’s Friday, but Sunday’s coming.
It’s Friday!
It’s Friday and
the cold, dark shadows
Fall across a
weary land;
Lengthening, at
last those shadows
Rest upon a
bleeding hand.
Friday….and the
storm He silenced
Falls with fury
on the earth!
Friday…can this
be the payment
Needed for my
second birth?
Friday…will it
last forever
Can the world
e’er be the same?
Have they washed
away forever
E’n the trace of
Jesus’ name?
Friday…and the
evening shadows
Steal within my
aching soul;
Friday…with
despair, depression
Telling me I am
not whole.
All my hope seems
dead forever,
Then within my
silent gloom,
Shine a far and
distant glimmer –
Is it coming from
a tomb?
Sunday’s
coming! All those shadows
Will be flooded
with His light!
Sunday’s
sure!…and Heaven rejoices
As they see the
garden site!
Sunday! – Oh, my
heart is flying!
Yes! The Victory is won!
Sunday! Sunday!
We are Victors
For the work on Friday’s done!
Joan Clifton Costner