Saying with a loud voice,
Worthy is THE LAMB+ that was slain
to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength,
and honour, and glory, and blessing.
Revelation 5:12
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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.
Matthew 12:40
If you can COUNT TO 3…
Did you ever wonder WHY the ancient churches met mid-week on Wednesday night to worship ?
That was the ancient day
that The LORD JESUS was crucified.
HE+ was nailed to the Cross at the time of the Morning Sacrifice in the Temple, at 9 a.m. on the 4th DAY of the Ancient Hebrew week.
HE+ died on the Cross at the time of the Evening Sacrifice in the Temple, at 3 p.m. That was the official start of “night” in the Hebrew way of thinking.
So… Wednesday NIGHT, Thursday NIGHT, and Friday NIGHT HE+ spent Proclaiming*** the GOSPEL of Salvation unto the Righteous Dead in the heart of the earth.
***1 Peter 3:18-19
For CHRIST also hath once suffered for sins,
the just for the unjust,
that HE+ might bring us to GOD,
being put to death in the flesh,
but quickened by THE SPIRIT:
By Which also HE+ went and preached
unto the spirits in prison;
That accounts for the 3 nights.
Thursday DAY, Friday DAY, Saturday DAY HE+ spent in the heart of the earth Proclaiming the GOSPEL of Salvation unto the Righteous Dead in the heart of the earth.
That accounts for the 3 days.
HE+ rose directly AFTER 3 p.m. Saturday because Scripture accounts are PRECISE and EXACT.
However, The RISEN LORD JESUS CHRIST was not seen by anyone until the wee hours of Sunday morning…. the First Day of the week.
In the intervening hours between His+ Resurrection and His+ being seen by the Women in the Garden, The Risen LORD JESUS was busy transferring souls from the Paradise located in the heart of the earth unto the Paradise of GOD which is in Heaven… perhaps that 3rd Heaven that the Apostle Paul mentioned in 2 Corinthians 12:2-4.
[ Regarding His+ transferring of souls held Captive in Sheol, see Matthew 27:52-53 and Psalm 68:18 and Ephesians 4:8-10. ].
Remember, The LORD JESUS said:
Your father Abraham rejoiced to see MY+ DAY:
and he saw it, and was glad !
John 8:56
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Yes, ABRAHAM was GLAD to hear the GOSPEL and be transferred unto the Paradise of GOD in the third Heaven !
Worthy is THE LAMB+ that was slain
to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength,
and honour, and glory, and blessing.
Revelation 5:12
