08-12-2008, 04:51 PM
Shlama Akhi Albion,
Akhi, in Esther 4:16 we read:
Yet, we read in Esther 5:1
If Esther appeared to the king on any part of the third day, then it would not have been a full 3 days and 3 nights of fasting.
What you're seeing is a Semitic colloquialism, a figure of speech that no one really takes literally.
If Matthew 12:40 were to be taken literally, then Meshikha would have arisen on the fourth day and not on the third. Yet, we know from Matthew 16:21 that He would rise on the third day. If He would rise on the third day, there's no way that 3 days and 3 nights would pass, because if that was the case He would rise sometime on the fourth day.
I understand that for someone who takes the sign of Jonah extremely literally, that it's important to have 3 days and 3 nights pass....but that's not necessarily something to be taken so literally, you wahhabi you. <!-- s
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+Shamasha Paul
Albion Wrote:Saturday evening, Sunday morning, matters not, but it DOES matter that it was three days and three nights.
Akhi, in Esther 4:16 we read:
Quote:Go gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan and fast ye for me and neither eat nor drink three days night or day I also and my maidens will fast likewise and so will I go in unto the king which is not according to the law and if I perish I perish...
Yet, we read in Esther 5:1
Quote:On the third day Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the palace, in front of the king's hall. The king was sitting on his royal throne in the hall, facing the entrance. 2 When he saw Queen Esther standing in the court, he was pleased with her and held out to her the gold scepter that was in his hand. So Esther approached and touched the tip of the scepter.
If Esther appeared to the king on any part of the third day, then it would not have been a full 3 days and 3 nights of fasting.
What you're seeing is a Semitic colloquialism, a figure of speech that no one really takes literally.
If Matthew 12:40 were to be taken literally, then Meshikha would have arisen on the fourth day and not on the third. Yet, we know from Matthew 16:21 that He would rise on the third day. If He would rise on the third day, there's no way that 3 days and 3 nights would pass, because if that was the case He would rise sometime on the fourth day.
I understand that for someone who takes the sign of Jonah extremely literally, that it's important to have 3 days and 3 nights pass....but that's not necessarily something to be taken so literally, you wahhabi you. <!-- s
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