Peace be upon you,
Christians believe that Jesus suffered and died on a cross. He died for our sins. He was raised from the dead. After I researched the Bible, I was able to conclude that Jesus did not die. When they asked Jesus to give them a sign so they believe that he is the Prophet of God, Jesus gave them
only one sign which is the sign of Prophet Jonah. Then Jesus told them that
Jonah was three days and three nights
in the belly of a huge fish, so the son of man [
Jesus] will be three days and three nights
in the heart of the earth.
• Matthew (12:38) Then some of the Pharisees and teachers of the law said to him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”
• Matthew (12:39) He answered, “A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
• Matthew (12:40) For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
I’ll summarize the story of Jonah, but if you are interested, you can read the whole story by clicking on this link
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jonah%201&version=NIVGod asked Jonah to go to Nineveh to preach wicked, but Jonah ran away to another city, Tarshish. When he boarded the boat, God sent a great wind on the sea. Then, they cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity (great wind) because the people on the boat used to believe in superstition. The lot fell on Jonah and they threw him into the sea. Then God commanded the huge fish to swallow him. He stayed inside the belly of the fish for three days and three nights. Inside the fish, he prayed to God from inside the belly of the fish, and God answered his prayer and commanded the fish to vomit him.
• Jonah (1:7) Then the sailors said to each other, “Come, let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity.” They cast lots and the lot fell on Jonah.
• Jonah (1:15) Then they took Jonah and threw him overboard, and the raging sea grew calm.
• Jonah (1:17) Now the Lord provided a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
• Jonah (2:1-2) From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God. He said: “In my distress I called to the Lord…
• Jonah (2:10) And the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
Let’s analyze the story of Jonah. He prayed to God from inside the fish. Therefore, Jonah was alive when they threw him into the sea, and he was alive when the fish swallowed him, and he was alive inside the belly of the fish, and he was alive when the fish vomited him. God said that a man dies only once. Therefore, it can’t be that Jonah was dead when they throw him into the sea and when he entered the belly of the fish, then he came to alive inside the belly of the fish when he prayed to God.
• Hebrews (9:27) And just as it is appointed for man to
die once, and after that comes judgment,
Let’s go back to back to the sign that Jesus gave to them as I mentioned above in Matthew (12:38). The only sign that Jesus gave them is that Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the son of man [Jesus] will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Since the sign that Jesus gave them was the same sign of Jonah
except that Jonah entered the belly of a fish, while Jesus will enter the heart of the earth. We conclude from this that Jonah entered the fish alive. Therefore, Jesus entered the tomb alive. Jonah was 3 days and 3 nights in the belly of the fish alive. Therefore, Jesus was 3 days and 3 nights alive in the heart of the earth (grave). The fish vomited Jonah
fish alive. Therefore, Jesus rose while he was alive and not while he was dead.
If Christians believe that Jesus was dead when he rose, therefore, he did not fulfill the prophecy sign that he gave to the Pharisees and teachers of the law.
