Where in the Bible …is Resurrection
(Genesis 2:18-24) We begin with Paul’s magnificent reading of Moses’ account of the creation of Eve. In his Ephesian letter Paul describes the privilege of the Christian husband to imitate Christ’s own sacrificial love in his relationship to his wife. “Husbands love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her” (Eph 5:25). The apostle derives his doctrine from the… Read more »
Where in the Bible …is Resurrection
There is an evident pattern of remarkable deliverances from a decree of death, whether pronounced by God or the king, taking place on the third day. This theme runs through the entire Old Testament. This section will survey the suffering and glory pattern by such a deliverance as seen in the accounts of Isaac, Joseph’s brothers, the spies of Joshua, the Gibeonites, David, Daniel, and… Read more »
Where in the Bible …is Resurrection
The prominence of the “third day” in the Lord’s eschatological expectation is widely attested in the gospels. Jesus almost always associates his resurrection with the third day, and he begins by announcing the third day as the day of his triumph when he addresses the scribes and Pharisees about the prophetic significance of Jonah’s three days and nights in the belly of the great fish… Read more »