L.B. Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 From bible.ca "Another story that attracts much ridicule is the miracle of Jonah and the fish (whale?). "And the LORD appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights" Jonah 1:17. Yet Jesus said, "just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster, so shall the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. Matt 12:40. Jesus based the prophecy of his resurrection upon the fact of Jonah and the fish. Jesus would not base the single most important event in history (His resurrection) upon a fairy tale (Jonah). "Jesus was declared the Son of God with power by the resurrection from the dead" Rom 1:4." Bold and underline are mine. Assuming Jesus was real (and I can concede that he may have been real, but certainly not magical and in no way saw himself as god), I find the bolded statement hilarious. Jesus would have been just another man indoctrinated into his people's superstitious beliefs and religious traditions. Certainly he would have been taught that the magical stories were true or at least mystically. magically significant morality tales designed to teach deep truths about his ancestors' warring, bloodthirsty tribal deity, All that to say that the historical Jesus never said anything about rising from the dead because he never imagined anyone founding a religion so unlike his own - and with him at the center of it, no less, including magical cannibalism! Jesus would have accepted his tribe's folk tales the way every other barely-beyond-primitive ancient culture would have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdelsolray Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Interpolation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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