Have you ever considered the significance of "the third day"?

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I was doing some reading this morning and came across this commentary on Gen 22:4. The commentary is from "The Adam Clarke Commentary" on Genesis, chapter 22.
I find the comparisons quite compelling in light of the fact that our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ was resurrected from the dead "after three days/on the third day".(edited to add "/on the third day")
Isn't it wonderful how God's word is Truth, from Genesis through Revelation!

Verse 4. The third day
"As the number SEVEN," says Mr. Ainsworth, "is of especial use in Scripture because of the Sabbath day, Genesis 2:2, THREE is a mystical number because of Christ's rising from the dead the third day, Matthew 17:23; ; 1 Corinthians 15:4; as he was crucified the third hour after noon, Mark 15:25: and Isaac, as he was a figure of Christ, in being the only son of his father, and not spared but offered for a sacrifice, Romans 8:32, in sundry particulars he resembled our Lord: the third day Isaac was to be offered up, so it was the third day in which Christ also was to be perfected, Luke 13:32; Isaac carried the wood for the burnt-offering, Genesis 22:6, Christ carried the tree whereon he died, John 19:17; the binding of Isaac, ; Genesis 21:9, was also typical, Christ was bound, Matthew 27:2. "In the following remarkable cases this number also occurs. Moses desired to go three days' journey in the wilderness to sacrifice, Exodus 5:3; and they travelled three days in it before they found water, Exodus 15:22; and three days' journey the ark of the covenant went before them, to search out a resting place, Numbers 10:33; by the third day the people were to be ready to receive God's law, Exodus 19:11; and after three days to pass over Jordan into Canaan, Joshua 1:14; the third day Esther put on the apparel of the kingdom, Esther 5:1; on the third day Hezekiah, being recovered from his illness, went up to the house of the Lord, 2 Kings 20:5; on the third day, the prophet said, God will raise us up and we shall live before him, Hosea 6:2; and on the third day, as well as on the seventh, the unclean person was to purify himself, Numbers 19:12: with many other memorable things which the Scripture speaks concerning the third day, and not without mystery. See Genesis 40:12,13;; 42:17,18;; Jonah 1:17;; Joshua 2:16; unto which we may add a Jew's testimony in Bereshith Rabba, in a comment on this place: There are many THREE DAYS mentioned in the Holy Scripture, of which one is the resurrection of the Messiah."-Ainsworth.

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Bibliography Information
Clarke, Adam. "Commentary on Genesis 22". "The Adam Clarke Commentary". <http://www.studylight.org/com/acc/view.cgi?book=ge&chapter=022>. 1832.

 

[Woody's Janitor]

That's some good reading, thanks. Check out "40 days"!

 

[Hawkeye]

The Old testament is a foreshadow of the things to come.
Some were fulfilled and some are yet to be.