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From this discussion, if "three days and three nights" is taken idiomatically, it means 3 days as the Jewish people of the day would have understood it.
Now lets take a look at Jesus time in the sepulchre:
Part of Friday = one dayspan.
All of Saturday = one dayspan.
Part of Sunday = one dayspan.
Literally three days and three ...
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Faulty Premise #1: John the Baptist was a reincarnation of Elijah
When Jesus asked Peter who people said he was, he answered that some people thought that Jesus was Elijah come back. Peter knew better and said Jesus was the Christ. In any event, John the Baptist himself directly denied the claim (see John 1:19-21).
What Jesus more likely was saying in ...
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In addition to Affable Geek's answer, I would like to add this verse clearly showing that reincarnation is incompatible with Christianity, Hebrews 9:27:
... man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment...
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Safe answer: John 20 is the only passage of scripture that discusses this event, so the short answer is - we can't say for sure. In general, we need to be cautious about "reasoning from an absence of scripture."
My guess: Thomas made a statement to the effect of "I refuse to believe that Jesus rose from the dead, and the only thing that could change my ...
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Probably the most definitive verse on this is in Luke:
36 While they were telling these things, He Himself stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be to you.” 37 But they were startled and frightened and thought that they were seeing a spirit. 38 And He said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts?
39 See My ...
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I have heard this explained most often in context of the Jewish culture of the day. For Jews any part of the day is considered as representative of an entire day and night. Thus if Jesus was in the tomb any part of Fri, Sat and Sun it was considered to be three days and three nights.
We do something similar, when we say things like "I was at the park all ...
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It has been well said that mankind's greatest enemy is death. Whoever would be the Savior of all mankind must then, of necessity, conquer mankind's greatest enemy. Had Jesus merely died and returned to Heaven without overcoming death, then man's greatest enemy would remain unconquered. As it is, we can ask along with the apostle Paul, "Where, O Death, is ...
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St. Augustine said in City of God that we'd all be about 33 (same age as Christ) at that time it was thought that unbaptized babies might go to limbo.
Then, again, these words, “Predestinate to be conformed to the image of the Son of God,” may be understood of the inner man. So in another place He says to us, “Be not conformed to this world, but be ye ...
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Jesus died for our sins
What we (and the Bible) mean by the phrase "Jesus died for our sins" is that all sins have a penalty. We see the same thing in the justice systems of nations--for every crime, there is a penalty. When the penalty is paid, we say that justice has been served, and that's a good thing.
Our sins are really rebellion against God, and ...
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The reason Jesus said this has been the subject of debate. One common belief is that He didn't want her to tarry there, that it was more of a "now is not the time" statemen. Example:
Clarke's Commentary on the Bible
Touch me not - Μη μου ἁπτου, Cling not to me. Ἁπτομαι has this sense
in Job 31:7, where the Septuagint use it for the Hebrew דבק ...
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Old Testament prophecies are sometimes 'thematic', by 'type' or 'metaphor' as in the case of these three days. There are various places in the Old Testament that give special meaning to three days. The gospels however only refer to the prophecy of Jonah. Christ said that Jonah would be the 'sign' that God would give the Jews, as a rebuke for their ...
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St. Thomas Aquinas addressed this pretty deeply, and as I suspected, his answer was yes, Our Lord's risen body was a glorified one. Although it differed in glory in some way from His body in Heaven.
I answer that, Christ's was a glorified body in His Resurrection, and this is evident from three reasons. First of all, because His Resurrection was the ...
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To understand this perspective, it is better to think of "death" as "a separation", rather than "a ceasing to exist". So, when you "die", your spirit is separated from your flesh, and from this world.
1) The second death is the ultimate separation of (the spirits of) sinners from the presence of God.
2) Indeed, (the spirits of) those who are "resurrected" ...
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1. Is there a name for this period in the various traditions?
I am not aware of any for protestant Christianity, but Catholicism refers to this period as Eastertide or the Season of Easter.
2. When he wasn't appearing to people, where and on what was Jesus spending his time?
Jesus told the thief on the cross that "today, you will be with me in paradise", ...
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If one chooses to explain away 1 Corinthians 15:4-7
that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, 5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. 6 Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. 7 Then he appeared to James, ...
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Jesus was resurrected to a physical body, and as Paul says, was the first-born with that new eternal and physical body. That is our hope now too, because of his resurrection.
Colossions 1:15-20:
The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all
creation. For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on
earth, visible ...
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The rule is "no", but like every rule there are exceptions. So "yes".
It should be stressed that such views are not mainstream, majority or orthodox in any way. However there are groups that claim to be Christian and hold to a metaphorical view of Christ's resurrection. Likewise, there are groups who claim to be Christian but don't even believe that Christ ...
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In our tradition, the hymnography states unequivocally that Thomas does touch his side. The words:
"The apostle touched thy flesh and was not burned..."
So this essentially affirms two theological points about the resurrected Christ:
He was physical, as in, solid
His resurrected body was not physical in a normal way, and would have harmed an ordinary ...
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Three Days and Three Nights says being in the heart of the earth doesn't mean being dead in the grave, but rather being controlled by the world, so the three days and three nights began when the Son of Man was betrayed into the hands of sinners.
The Heart of the Earth
So the phrase “in the heart of the earth” can easily be translated as “in the midst of ...
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Jesus is called "Israel" (Isa. 49:3) and "David" (Ezek.37:24), both notable patriarchs. Would you also think that Jesus is a reincarnation of both Israel and David?
John was prophetically referred to as "Elijah." It has nothing to do with reincarnation.
John 1:21
And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith , I am not. Art thou that ...
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The phrasing of Matthew 12:40 is an anomaly. The bulk of the New Testament testimony is that Jesus was resurrected, not after three days but on the third day:
Matthew 16:21 ...and on the third day be raised.
Matthew 17:32 ...and on the third day he will be raised.
Luke 9:22 ...and on the third day be raised.
Luke 18:33 ...and on the third ...
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One short set of Bible verses that capture many answers to your question is here:
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him! For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him ...
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No.
(For simplicity, I will accept your presupposition that He only had one body prior to the ascension - both before and after the resurrection.)
But someone will say, “How are the dead raised? And with what kind of body do they come?”... All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, and another flesh of beasts... There are also ...
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The resurected Jesus appears to have a pretty normal body.
Luke 24:36-43 (ESV)
As they were talking about these things, Jesus himself stood among
them, and said to them, “Peace to you!” 37 But they were startled and
frightened and thought they saw a spirit. 38 And he said to them, “Why
are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? 39 ...
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This is an addendum to Narnian's answer. Jesus Christ was raised from the dead so that the people of God could stand before God blameless and holy.
Forensically: his resurrection completed the justification of the saints (i.e. all of his people, those who he makes holy). The resurrection was God's stamp of approval on Jesus Christ, his public acceptance of ...
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There have already been several answers here, and I don't usually post an answer to questions that have already received lots of attention, but no one here so far has touched on the central point of this doctrine: The Atonement of Jesus Christ compensates for the Fall.
Genesis gives the familiar story of how God gave to Adam and Eve a commandment and a ...
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Nnowhere in scripture, or any Christian theology that I know of, are Christians commanded to avenge Christ's killing. In fact there is good evidence to say that God opposes it: "'Vengence is mine', sayeth the Lord". So any Christians who are taking revenge on any group because they believe them to be responsible for Jesus' death are not acting according to ...
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That is a very good question! Like you, those of us in the historic peace churches do not believe that Jesus' death can or should be avenged by violence. After all, it was Jesus himself who said that vengeance belonged to him alone.
And if we were to avenge his death, who is guilty? Rather, who is not guilty? If we really believe that Jesus died for our ...
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Not my personal position, but the Catholic position is "yes, they're OK as long as they behave", recorded in Lumen Gentium (Second Vatican Council, 1964) - emphasis is mine:
Nor is God far distant from those who in shadows and images seek the unknown God, for it is He who gives to all men life and breath and all things, and as Saviour wills that all men ...
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