The Messiah is exiled from God on the cross as Israel was. Forsaken as Israel was forsaken. Cast away from Yahweh as Israel was. Why?

Was Jesus really in the tomb for a full three days and three nights? If so, how does this square with his death on Friday and resurrection on Sunday? Is there a contradiction here? In this article, Chad Bird explores the Hebrew understanding of this phrase to shed light on the words of Jesus.

Let’s take a walk together. And as we do, I’ll tell you a mystery.

This is the night from when all those nights receive their light. For this is the night when Christ, the Life arose from the dead.

If he was not flesh, who was hung on the cross? And if he was not God, who shook the earth from its foundations?

That man you see on the tree—he is the re-Genesis of the world. He has come to remake us alive and free and beautiful on the Friday of his crucifixion.

From creator to priest, our God now moves, from forming animals to slaying them, all so that His Adam and His Eve might remain truly His.

In this particular church, all sins are forgiven, but some sins are more forgiven than others.