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“ON THE 3RD DAY”

A RESURRECTION ANALYSIS OF THE CORRUPTIBLE AND INCORRUPTIBLE IN


CONNECTION WITH A DEAD CORPSE.
AREAS OF INVESTIGATION
• Yeshua’s Declaration of Rising “On the 3rd Day.
• Verses in New Testament of 3rd Day Reference
• Non Literal vs Literal understanding of 3rd Day Language
• Beliefs concerning the Decomposition of a corpse in the Ancient World.
• Corruptible vs Incorruptible
• 3rd and 4th Day time markers in the Decomposition of a corpse
• Lazarus’ Resurrection as a Template for Corruptible
• Witness Verification of a Dead Husband
• Thematic 3rd and 4th Day Syncrasies through out Scripture.
YESHUA FORETELLING OF HIS RESURRECTION ON THE 3RD DAY
Matthew 12.
37“For by your words you shall be declared righteous, and by your words you shall be
declared unrighteous.”
38Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered, saying, “Teacher, we wish to
see a sign from You.”
39But He answering, said to them, “A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a
sign, and no sign shall be given to it except the sign of the prophet Yonah.
40“For as Yonah was three days and three nights in the stomach of the great fish, so
shall the Son of Aḏam be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
41“Men of Ninewĕh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation and
condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Yonah, and look, a greater
than Yonah is here.
YESHUA FORETELLING OF HIS RESURRECTION ON THE 3RD DAY
Matthew 16
21From that time ‫יהושע‬began to show to His taught ones that it was necessary for Him to go to
Yerushalayim, and to suffer much from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and to
be raised again the third day.
Matthew 17
22And while they were staying in Galil, ‫יהושע‬said to them, “The Son of Aḏam is about to be delivered
up into the hands of men,
23and they shall kill Him, and the third day He shall be raised up.” And they were deeply grieved.
Matthew 20
17And ,‫יהושע‬going up to Yerushalayim, took the twelve taught ones aside on the way and said to
them,
18“See, we are going up to Yerushalayim, and the Son of Aḏam shall be delivered up to the chief
priests and to the scribes. And they shall condemn Him to death,
19and deliver Him to the nations to mock and to flog and to impale. And the third day He shall be
raised.”
YESHUA FORETELLING OF HIS RESURRECTION ON THE 3RD DAY
Mark 8
31And He began to teach them that the Son of Aḏam has to suffer much, and be rejected by
the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and after three days to rise again.
32And He was speaking about this openly. Then Kĕpha, taking Him aside, began to rebuke
Him.
33And turning around and seeing His taught ones, He rebuked Kĕpha, saying, “Get behind
Me, Satan! For your thoughts are not those of Elohim, but those of men.”
Mark 9
30And going from there they passed through Galil. And He did not wish anyone to know,
31for He was teaching His taught ones and said to them, “The Son of Aḏam is being delivered
delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill Him. And having been killed, He shall rise
the third day.”
32But they did not understand the word, and they were afraid to ask Him.
YESHUA FORETELLING OF HIS RESURRECTION ON THE 3RD DAY
Luke 9
21And strictly warning them, He commanded them to say this to no one,
22saying, “The Son of Aḏam has to suffer much, and to be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and
and to be killed, and to be raised the third day.”
Luke 13
32And He said to them, “Go, say to that fox, ‘See, I cast out demons and perform healings today and tomorrow,
and the third day I shall be perfected.’
33“But I have to journey today, and tomorrow, and the day following, because it is not fitting for a prophet to
perish outside of Yerushalayim
Luke 18
31And taking the twelve aside, He said to them, “See, we are going up to Yerushalayim, and all that has been
written by the prophets about the Son of Aḏam shall be accomplished.
32“For He shall be delivered up to the nations and shall be mocked and insulted and spat upon,
33“and having flogged Him they shall kill Him. And on the third day He shall rise again.
34But they understood none of this, and this word was hidden from them, and they did not know what was being
said.
YESHUA FORETELLING OF HIS RESURRECTION ON THE 3RD DAY
John 2
18And the Yehuḏim answered and said to Him, “What sign do You show
to us, since You are doing these?”
19 ‫יהושע‬answered and said to them, “Destroy this Dwelling Place, and in
three days I shall raise it.”
20Then the Yehuḏim said, “It took forty-six years to build this Dwelling
Place, and You are going to raise it in three days?”
21But He spoke about the Dwelling Place of His body.
22So, when He was raised from the dead, His taught ones remembered
that He said this to them. And they believed the Scripture and the word
which ‫יהושע‬had said.
62ON THE NEXT DAY, WHICH WAS AFTER THE PREPARATION, THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND
PHARISEES GATHERED TOGETHER TO PILATE,
63SAYING, “MASTER, WE REMEMBER, WHILE HE WAS STILL ALIVE, HOW THAT DECEIVER
SAID, ‘AFTER THREE DAYS I AM RAISED.’
64COMMAND, THEN, THAT THE TOMB BE SAFEGUARDED UNTIL THE THIRD DAY, LEST HIS
TAUGHT ONES COME BY NIGHT AND STEAL HIM AWAY, AND SHOULD SAY TO THE
PEOPLE, ‘HE WAS RAISED FROM THE DEAD.’ AND THE LAST DECEPTION SHALL BE WORSE
THAN THE FIRST.
65SO PILATE SAID TO THEM, “YOU HAVE A WATCH, GO, SAFEGUARD IT ASYOU KNOW
HOW.”
66AND THEY WENT AND SAFEGUARDED THE TOMB, SEALING THE STONE AND SETTING
THE WATCH.

MATTHEW27
ESTABLISHING THE 3RD DAY
MOTIF
A DEATH TO LIFE REVERSAL
1BUT BROTHERS, I MAKE KNOWN TO YOU THE GOOD NEWS, WHICH I BROUGHT AS
GOOD NEWS TO YOU, WHICH YOU ALSO DID RECEIVE, AND IN WHICH YOU STAND,
2THROUGH WHICH ALSO YOU ARE BEING SAVED, IF YOU HOLD FAST THAT WORD I
BROUGHT AS GOOD NEWS TO YOU. OTHERWISE, YOU HAVE BELIEVED IN VAIN.
3FOR I DELIVERED TO YOU AT THE FIRST THAT WHICH I ALSO RECEIVED: THAT MESSIAH
DIED FOR OUR SINS ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES,
4AND THAT HE WAS BURIED, AND THAT HE WAS RAISED THE THIRD DAY, ACCORDING TO
THE SCRIPTURES,
5AND THAT HE WAS SEEN BY KĔPHA, THEN BY THE TWELVE.
6AFTER THAT HE WAS SEEN BY OVER FIVE HUNDRED BROTHERS AT ONE TIME, OF WHOM
WHOM THE GREATER PART REMAIN TILL NOW, BUT SOME HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP.
7AFTER THAT HE WAS SEEN BY YA‛AQOḆ, THEN BY ALL THE EMISSARIES.
8AND LAST OF ALL HE WAS SEEN BY ME ALSO, AS IF TO ONE BORN PREMATURELY.

1CORINTHIANS15
“ON THE THIRD DAY”: THE TIME FRAME OF JESUS’
DEATH AND RESURRECTION
MARTIN PICKUP
“The three-day time frame of Jesus’ death and resurrection was a part of the earliest
Christian preaching. It had a place in the kerygmatic formula that Paul quotes in 1 Cor
15:3–5, a four-line formula that is generally acknowledged to have originated in the
very earliest years of the Church..
The importance of the phrase “on the third day” is sug-gested by the fact that it is
the only explicit time designation of the entire formula, and the four affirmations of
the formula appear to be structured around this tem-poral framework. The NT
Gospels give similar prominence to the third-day aspect of Jesus’ resurrection, with
all four Gospels claiming that, on several occasions, Jesus predicted he would be slain
and rise again in connection with the third day.”
ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PAUL’S STATEMENT IN 1
CORINTHIANS 15:4 A SYNTHESIS OF APPROACHES BY JACOB SHERRILL

"In Scripture, the number three occurs hundreds of times to denote the quantity of
things, people, places, and even time.
This is not significant in and of itself, but Patterson notes that its frequent occurrence
on a structural level and in significant events is probably no coincidence. According
to Patterson, much of the Bible is written with a three-fold division.
Additionally, time markers such as three days, three months, and even three years,
Patterson argues, are often used to describe significant events. With regard to the
third day/three days motif….
ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PAUL’S STATEMENT IN
1 CORINTHIANS 15:4 A SYNTHESIS OF APPROACHES BY JACOB SHERRILL

Patterson sees five major uses in Scripture:


1. Used in contexts of revelation followed by action (1 Kgs 12:5, 12; 1 Sam 29:1-11,
30:2, 18-19)
2. Used in necessary waiting periods (Josh 2:15-16, Judg 20:29)
3. Used in contexts of spiritual preparation usually followed by deliverance (ex. Esth
4:15-16),
4. Used in the context of purity or healing (Lev 17:7-8, Num 19:11-12, 1 Kgs 20:8)
5. Used to refer to the resurrection (Matt 16:21, Hos 6:2).

Patterson argues that since God is sovereign over historical events and the writing of His
word, the third day pattern is God’s motif meant to lead readers to its culmination in Christ."
ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PAUL’S STATEMENT IN
1 CORINTHIANS 15:4 A SYNTHESIS OF APPROACHES BY JACOB SHERRILL

It is clear, from this study, that God, in His sovereignty, has


incorporated a third day motif, as well as typological passages
like Hosea 6:1-3, and even used Jewish cultural concepts to
illustrate, from various Scriptures, that Jesus Christ is the
Messiah and fulfillment of the Old Testament promises.
ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PAUL’S STATEMENT IN
1 CORINTHIANS 15:4 A SYNTHESIS OF APPROACHES BY JACOB SHERRILL

There is a recurrence in Ancient Near Eastern thought and throughout the Old
Testament regarding the concept of “three days” or “after three days.” The phrases
evidently appear, at least, in extra-biblical medical omens and the myth, “Descent of
Inanna into the Netherworld.11 Furthermore, the phrases combined appear at least
69 times in Old Testament, and there is a general emphasis on the number three in
the Old Testament.12 It seems unlikely, then, that the motif is merely a coincidence.
These observations raise several questions. Did God emphasize the three days motif
to communicate truth about Himself, because ancient Near Eastern cultures viewed
it with significance, or did they view it with significance, because, sometime early on,
God acted in ways which indicated its importance (ex. Gen 22:4)?
Why did Yeshua
emphasize so many
times that he would die
and resurrect on the 3rd
day?

INVESTIGATING THE
3DAYS IN CONTEXT
OF A DEAD CORPSE
“ONE CANNOT DENY THAT THERE ARE SUFFICIENT EXAMPLES IN
IN ANCIENT LITERATURE TO SHOW THAT A SPEAKER’S
REFERENCE TO THREE DAYS COULD MEAN, IN SOME CONTEXTS,
CONTEXTS, A BRIEF, INDEFINITE TIME—BUT WHETHER IT WAS IN
IN THIS SENSE THAT THE FORMULA SPOKE OF RESURRECTION
ON THE THIRD DAY IS ANOTHER MATTER. THE REAL ISSUE IS
THIS: IN A CONTEXT DISCUSSING A PERSON’S DEATH AND
BURIAL, SUCH AS WHAT WE HAVE IN THE FORMULA, IS A
NONLITERAL SENSE THE MOST REASONABLE WAY TO
UNDERSTAND A REFERENCE TO THREE DAYS? MOST SCHOLARS
FAIL TO ASK THIS QUESTION. “

“ON THE THIRD DAY”: THE TIME FRAME OF JESUS’


DEATH AND RESURRECTION
MARTIN PICKUP
“IN ADDITION TO ISSUES OF HISTORICITY, THERE IS A RELATED QUESTION THAT ALSO
NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. WHY DOES THE THIRD-DAY MOTIF RECEIVE THE EMPHASIS THAT
IT DOES IN THE GOSPEL PROCLAMATION? RATHER THAN BEING TREATED AS A MINOR
DETAIL, THE THIRD-DAY ASPECT OF JESUS’ RESURRECTION IS HIGHLIGHTED THROUGHOUT
THE GOSPELS. THIS IS A STRIKING FACT, PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF THE ADDITIONAL
CHURCH TRADITION THAT JESUS ROSE “ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK” (MARK 16:2 PARS.).
PARS.). DESPITE THE PROMINENCE OF THIS OTHER TIME DESIGNATION, ONE THAT CAUSED
SUNDAY TO BECOME THE SPECIAL DAY OF CHRISTIAN WORSHIP, THE CLAIM THAT JESUS ROSE
ROSE “ON THE THIRD DAY” CONTINUED TO BE EMPHASIZED AS WELL. SUCH EMPHASIS
SUGGESTS THAT THE EARLY CHURCH SAW SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE IN THE THREE-DAY TIME
FRAME OF JESUS’ DEATH AND RESURRECTION. BUT WHAT WAS THAT SIGNIFICANCE?”

“ON THE THIRD DAY”: THE TIME FRAME OF JESUS’


DEATH AND RESURRECTION
MARTIN PICKUP
“ON THE THIRD DAY”: THE TIME FRAME OF JESUS’ DEATH AND
RESURRECTION -MARTIN PICKUP

“I believe that the three-day time frame of Jesus’ death and resurrection is more
directly related to another Jewish concept—viz. the Jewish understanding that the
decomposition of a corpse begins after the third day of death.42 I suggest that the
kerygma’s third-day motif focused attention on the fact that the risen Christ did not
undergo the decay that besets the bodies of deceased human beings and symbolizes
their sinfulness. By raising him from the dead before his body could begin to
decompose, God demonstrated the personal righteousness of Christ and the fact
that he died not for his own sins, but for the sins of others. I believe this is the
primary significance that the early church saw in the third-day motif when it
produced the kerygmatic formula. “
“ON THE THIRD DAY”: THE TIME FRAME OF JESUS’ DEATH AND
RESURRECTION -MARTIN PICKUP
“I will examine data indicating that the
early kerygmatic formula of 1 Cor 15:3–5
implied that Christ experienced no bodily
decay when it said that he rose “on the
third day.” The creators of the formula,
therefore, intend-ed this language
literally. As I will show, this interpretation
best explains the significance of the
third-day motif in the church’s kerygma.
It also has profound implications for the
previously mentioned issues that
entangle the debate over the historicity
of Jesus’ resurrection.”
RABBINIC STATEMENTS ABOUT
CORPSE DECAY
1. Traditions in fifth-century documents. A common
collection of traditions pertaining to the decomposition
of a corpse find inclusion in rabbinic documents of the
fifth century—viz. the Jerusalem Talmud, Genesis
Rabbah and Leviticus Rabbah. The following excerpt is
exemplary.

Leviticus Rabbah 18:1


G. R. Abba b. R. Pappi and R. Joshua of Sikhnin in the
name of R. Levi: “After three days [in the grave] a
person’s belly bursts open and erupts into the mouth
and says [to the person], ‘Here is what you stole,
grabbed, and put into me!’”
RABBINIC STATEMENTS ABOUT
CORPSE DECAY
H. R. Haggai in the name of R. Isaac finds proof for that
proposition from the following verse: “And I will spread
dung on your faces, the dung of your sacrifices” (Mal.
2:3)—even the dung of your sacrifices.
I. Bar Qappara said, “For three days the spirit of deep
mourning seizes the mourner. Why? Because the
features of the deceased’s face still are to be
discerned.”
J. “For it has been taught [in the Mishnah, m. Yeb. 16:3:]
‘They adduce evidences to a corpse’s identity only from
the features of the face, including the nose, and they give
testimony only within three days [of the deceased’s
death].’”
“ON THE THIRD DAY”: THE TIME FRAME OF JESUS’ DEATH AND
RESURRECTION -MARTIN PICKUP

“This text is describing the outward, visible effects of the early processes of corpse
decomposition during what modern forensic biologists call the bloat stage. At death,
enzymes within the body are released, causing cells to digest themselves and
chemicals from stomach acids and tissues (autolysis). Initially, no outward sign of
decomposition is readily observable. But the decaying tissues release green sub-
stances and gases, eventually discoloring the body and causing it to bloat after a few
days. Fluid oozes from the mouth and nostrils, and there is a terrible odor caused by
gases produced from bacterial metabolism (putrefaction). All of these factors
drastically alter the appearance of the deceased’s face and body. Depending upon cli-
cli-mate and other conditions, these visible signs of decomposition are clearly
manifest four to six days after death.”
“ON THE THIRD DAY”: THE TIME FRAME OF JESUS’ DEATH AND
RESURRECTION -MARTIN PICKUP

“What is particularly noteworthy for our purpose is the fact that the text says this
visible process of decay begins after three days have passed.48 At that point, the
visage of the de-ceased becomes so altered as to be unrecognizable and, for this
reason, it is said that a mourner’s most intense grief can begin to subside after the
third day. It is curious that these rabbinic traditions repeatedly speak of corpse decay
in relation to the initial three days of death, yet they make it clear that decay does
not begin during those three days, but on the day afterward. “
ISAIAH52
‫יהוה‬shall lay bare His set-apart arm in the eyes of all the nations.
And all the ends of the earth shall see the deliverance of our
Elohim.
11Turn aside! Turn aside! Come out from there, touch not the
unclean. Come out of her midst, be clean, you who bear the
vessels of .‫יהוה‬
12For you shall not come out in haste, nor go in flight. For ‫יהוה‬is
going before you, and the Elohim of Yisra’ĕl is your rear guard.
13See, My Servant shall work wisely, He shall be exalted and lifted
up and very high.
14As many were astonished at You – so the disfigurement beyond
any man’s and His form beyond the sons of men –
15He shall likewise startle many nations. Sovereigns shut their
mouths at Him, for what had not been recounted to them they
shall see, and what they had not heard they shall understand.
“ON THE THIRD DAY”: THE TIME FRAME OF JESUS’ DEATH AND
RESURRECTION -MARTIN PICKUP
“The most logical explanation is that they are
considering the onset of decay from the perspective
of Jewish mourners who, during the first three days of
a loved one’s death, would enter the tomb to be near
and tend the body. This practice is well-documented;
it paralleled Greek custom and was the special duty of
female mourners. The third day, in particular, was a
standard day for such visits to a tomb.49 This practice
could not continue in the days immediately following
because of the onset of corpse decay with its putrid
stench and grotesque marring of the face and body.
The third day, therefore, was the last day a tomb could
be entered before decomposition of the corpse made it
infeasible to do so. “
The idea that decomposition begins after
the third day of death is a uniform concept
throughout the rabbinic documents. In the
excerpt from the Jerusalem Talmud,Y.
Moed Qatan 3:5 (82b) we observe the same
collection of traditions that we saw above—
as well as an oft-cited additional unit of
material.
1. Traditions in the Mishnah (c. AD 200).
200). The discussions of postmortem
decay in the rabbinic documents of the
fifth century build upon the halakhic
treatment of this subject in the
Mishnah, the earliest rabbinic
document. The relevant material is in
Yebamot, a tractate devoted to the
issue of levirate marriage and a wife’s
ability to remarry after her husband
dies. Chapters 10–16 discuss halakhic
issues surrounding the dissolution of
the marital bond, with chapters 15–16
specifically addressing the severing of
the marital bond by the death of the
husband.
“This required that death be substantiated rather than merely presumed to
have occurred, and it required the identity of the deceased to be verified so
that the man’s wife could be legally classified as a widow with the right to
remarry. (Otherwise, the man is regarded as legally alive and the marriage as
still in effect. The wife is an agunah, still “bound” to him. If she remarries, she
is considered adulterous, and any children she bears are illegitimate.)The
means of verification is the testimony of witnesses who have known the
deceased and can reliably identify his corpse. This identification, it is said,
must take place within three days of death so that decomposition of the facial
features will not already have begun. “
“M. Yebamot 16:3
A. They derive testimony [concerning the identity of a corpse] only from the appearance of the
whole face with the nose,
B. even though there are signs of the corpse’s identity on his body or garments.
C. They derive testimony [that a man has died] only after he has actually died [and has been
seen dead],
D. and even if they [the witnesses] saw him mortally wounded, crucified, or being eaten by a
wild beast.
E. They give testimony [about the identity of a corpse] only during a period
of three days [after death].
F. R. Judah b. Baba says, “[Decay in corpses] is not alike for all men, all places, and all times.”
“ON THE THIRD DAY”: THE TIME FRAME OF JESUS’ DEATH AND
RESURRECTION -MARTIN PICKUP
“Underlying all of the above is an understanding of the approximate length of
time it takes for visible decomposition of a corpse to begin, as well as the fact
that, once it begins, the appearance of the corpse’s face alters, preventing
reliable identification rabbis know that different circumstances affect the
timing of the on-set of decay, but the premise of the halakhah is that decay
begins only after the third day of death. Therefore, to preclude any possibility
of mistaken identification, witnesses testifying to the identity of the deceased
had to have viewed the body within three days of the time of death for their
testimony to be considered legally valid.”
AS MENTIONED, THE 3RD DAY WAS THE LAST DAY A BODY COULD BE LEGALLY
IDENTIFIED BY WITNESSES. WHAT DOES YESHUA DO? HE KEEPS HALACHIC
REQUIREMENTS BY APPEARING TO MULTIPLE WITNESSES AS A RESURRECTED
CORPSE!
ACTS10
39“And we are witnesses of all He did, both in the country of the Yehuḏim and in
Yerushalayim, whom they even killed by hanging on a timber.
40Elohim raised up this One on the third day, and let Him be seen,”
41not to all the people, but to witnesses, those having been chosen before by Elohim
– to us who ate and drank with Him after He arose from the dead.
42And He commanded us to proclaim to the people, and to witness that it is He who
was appointed by Elohim to be Judge of the living and the dead.
43To this One all the prophets bear witness, that through His Name, everyone
believing in Him does receive forgiveness of sins.
EVEN THOUGH MULTIPLE WITNESSES SAW YESHUA DIED BY
CRUCIFIXION, THERE EVEN MORE WITNESSES TO HIM
RESURRECTED PRIOR TO THE 4TH DAY WHEN THE EFFECTS OF
DECAY WOULD SET IN.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

YESHUA THE BRIDEGROOM IS ALIVE AND THEREFORE HIS BRIDE


MUST NOT GO AFTER ANOTHER HUSBAND OR SHE WILL BE
CONSIDERED AN ADULTEROUS.
ROMANS 7
1 Or do you not know, brothers – for I speak to those knowing the Torah – that the
Torah rules over a man as long as he lives?
2 For the married woman has been bound by Torah to the living husband, but if the
husband dies, she is released from the Torah concerning her husband.
3 So then, while her husband lives, she shall be called an adulteress if she becomes
another man’s. But if her husband dies, she is free from that part of the Torah, so that
she is not an adulteress, having become another man’s.
4 So my brothers, you also were put to death to the Torah through the body of Messiah,
for you to become another’s, the One who was raised from the dead, that we should
bear fruit to Elohim.
5 For when we were in the flesh, the passions of sins, through the Torah, were
working in our members to bear fruit to death.
6 But now we have been released from the Torah, having died to what we were held
by, so that we should serve in newness of Spirit and not in oldness of letter.
“ON THE THIRD DAY”: THE TIME FRAME OF JESUS’ DEATH AND
RESURRECTION -MARTIN PICKUP
“It is evident, therefore, that when the rabbinic documents speak of
three days as the time before corpse decay sets in, they are talking about
three days from the day of death, reckoned inclusively. This inclusive
reckoning is precisely how the NT Gospels portray the timing of Jesus’
third-day resurrection. “
“ON THE THIRD DAY”: THE TIME FRAME OF JESUS’ DEATH AND
RESURRECTION -MARTIN PICKUP
“We have traced these ideas in rabbinic documents going back as early as the
Mishnah, and have noted that the three-day period is inclusive of the day of
death itself. However, we must not make the (all too common) mis-take of
assuming that the Mishnah and later rabbinic documents necessarily reflect
first-century concepts and practices. Before we can determine whether any of
our research may have a connection with the Gospels’ affirmation that Jesus
rose on the third day, we must ask whether we have good reason to believe
that these Jewish concepts relating to the decomposition of a corpse existed
as early as the first century. “
JOHN 11:1-44

th
The 4 Day
Connection
“ON THE THIRD DAY”: THE TIME FRAME OF JESUS’ DEATH AND
RESURRECTION -MARTIN PICKUP
“But what about the specific point that decay begins after the third day of death?
There is good evidence that this was the common idea among Jews as early as the
first century. It is reflected in John 11:1–44 where we read that Martha ini-tially
objects to Jesus’ request to open the tomb of her brother Lazarus, saying, “Lord, by
this time there will be a stench, for he has been dead four days” (v. 39). The fact that
Jesus arrives on the fourth day of Lazarus’s death is a key point in the pericope. It is
stated twice (vv. 17, 39), and the text emphasizes that Jesus purposely delayed his
journey so that he would arrive at the tomb on the fourth day, a point when
Lazarus’s body had already begun to decay. (This would make it evident to all
afterward that Lazarus had not been mistakenly pronounced dead but that Jesus
had performed a true resurrection miracle.”
“ Lazarus in the grave for 4 days shows the portrait of
mankind’s sinful nature and a decayed corruptible existence.
Yeshua’s Resurrection on the 3rd Day is a portrait of His un-
sinful nature, and incorruptible existence from the beginning.

All the more evidence of why Yeshua’s Resurrection was
on the 3rd Day and how spectacular Mankind’s will be
thru Him.
ASCENSION STORIES

The ancient world was well versed in stories of ascension in their cultures.
Specifically writings of people turned into gods after their death. However
these stories referred to ascending spirits and not resurrected bodies. Also
there are no witnesses to these spirit ascensions in reality.
But there is A Resurrected Yeshua who Ascends before the eyes of witnesses.
LUKE24
36 And as they were saying this, ‫יהושע‬Himself stood in the midst of them,
and said to them, “Peace to you.”
37 And being startled and frightened, they thought they had seen a spirit.
38 And He said to them, “Why are you troubled? And why do doubts arise in
your hearts?
39 “See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself. Handle Me and see, for a
spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see I have.”
40 And saying this, He showed them His hands and His feet.
41 And while they were still not believing for joy, and marveling, He said to
them, “Have you any food here?”
42 And they gave Him a piece of a broiled fish and some honeycomb.
43 And taking it He ate in their presence.
THE 3RD DAY MOTIF FOUND
THROUGH OUT SCRIPTURE.

THIS WILL INEVITABLY POINT TO A 4TH DAY MOTIF


NUMBERS 19
10 And he who gathers the ashes of the heifer shall
wash his garments, and is unclean until evening. And it
shall be a law forever to the children of Yisra’ĕl and to
the stranger who sojourns in their midst.
11 He who touches the DEAD of any human being is
unclean for seven days.
12 He is to cleanse himself with the water on the
THIRD day, and on the SEVENTH day he is clean. But if
he does not cleanse himself on the THIRD day, then on
the SEVENTH day he is not clean.
13 Anyone who touches the dead of a human being,
and does not cleanse himself, defiles the Dwelling
Place of .‫יהוה‬And that being shall be cut off from
Yisra’ĕl. He is unclean, for the water for uncleanness
was not sprinkled on him, his uncleanness is still upon
him.
14 This is the Torah when a man dies in a tent: All who
come into the tent and all who are in the tent are
unclean for seven days
ON THE 3RD DAY YESHUA ROSE FROM THE
GRAVE BEARING FRUIT OF THE FIRST
RESURRECTION.
WHAT DID THE FATHER DO ON DAY 3 OF
CREATION?
Genesis 1
11 And Elohim said, “Let the earth bring forth grass, the plant that
yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind,
whose seed is in itself, on the earth.” And it came to be so.

12 And the earth brought forth grass, the plant that yields seed
according to its kind, and the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in
itself according to its kind. And Elohim saw that it was good.

13 And there came to be evening and there came to be morning, the


third day.
On the 4th Day of Creation in Genesis the
2 Lights, the Greater and the Lesser are
formulated. Also
John Chapter 1 and Chapter 30, reference
this 4th day. John is the lesser light ,
Yeshua the Greater light.
THE AKEIDAH-GENESIS 22
On the third day — "Abraham looked up and saw the place [Mount Moriah] from afar." There
he intends to offer his son Isaac as a burnt offering to God. Yet he assures his companions,
"We will worship and return." (Genesis 22:4-5)
2 And He said, “Take your son, now, your only son Yitsḥaq, whom you love, and go to the
land of Moriyah, and offer him there as an ascending offering on one of the mountains which
I command you.”

3 And Aḇraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his
young men with him, and Yitsḥaq his son. And he split the wood for the ascending offering,
and arose and went to the place which Elohim had commanded him.

4 And on the "Third Day" Aḇraham lifted his eyes and saw the place from a distance
3RD DAY EVENTS

• On the third day — Pharaoh releases his chief cupbearer from death-row. (Genesis
40:20-21)
• On the third day — Joseph releases his brothers from prison in Egypt. (Genesis
42:17-18)
• On the third day — The Israelites request Pharaoh's permission to make a three-
day journey to offer sacrifice in the desert to God. (Exodus 3:18)
• On the third day — God descends to Mount Sinai in fire with the sound of a shofar.
Israel receives the Torah after their resurrection from the death of slavery in Egypt.
(Exodus 19:16-19)
JONAH1

17But ‫יהוה‬appointed
a great fish to
swallow Yonah. And
Yonah was in the
stomach of the fish
three days and three
nights.
JONAH3
1And the word of ‫יהוה‬came to Yonah
the second time, saying,
2“Arise, go to Ninewĕh, that great
city, and proclaim to it the message
that I am speaking to you.”
3And Yonah arose and went to
Ninewĕh, according to the word of
.‫יהוה‬Now Ninewĕh was a great city
before Elohim, of three day’s journey.
4And Yonah began to go in to the city
on the first day’s walk. And he cried
out and said, “Yet forty days, and
Ninewĕh shall be overthrown!”
5And the men of Ninewĕh believed in
Elohim, and proclaimed a fast, and put
on sackcloth, from the greatest to the
least of them.
MATTHEW12

40“For as Yonah was three


days and three nights in
the stomach of the great
fish, so shall the Son of
Aḏam be three days and
three nights in the heart of
the earth.
41“Men of Ninewĕh shall
stand up in the judgment
with this generation and
condemn it, because they
repented at the preaching of
Yonah, and look, a greater
than Yonah is here.
ISRAEL GOES FROM SLAVERY/DEATH TO
LIFE AND RECOGNIZED AS A NATION IN 3
DAYS!
ALL POINTING TO YESHUA'S
RESURRECTION.

Joshua 1:11 “Pass through the


midst of the camp and command
the people, saying, ‘Prepare food
for yourselves, for within three
days you are passing over this
Yardĕn, to go in to possess the
land which ‫יהוה‬your Elohim is
giving you to possess.’ ”
3RD DAY EVENTS
• On the third day — After asking
God for release, King Hezekiah is
healed of his fatal disease and
offers thanks in the temple. (2
Kings 20:5)
• On the third day — After fasting,
Esther puts on royal apparel and
enters the palace of the Persian
king in order to thwart a death-plot
against her people, the Jews.
(Esther 4:16; 5:1)
DAVID KNEW
CORRUPTION,
YESHUA DID NOT.

Acts 2:22-36
Acts 13:34-37
Yeshua’s death was the manifestation of the corruption we were to

“ undergo! Remember Isaiah 52 says that YHWH made him


unrecognizable on the cross.

His death was our corruption. He became sin for us... in line with
what The rabbinical thought was on the physical corruption.
But Yeshua over comes death and corruption in three days...
First spiritual than physical. ”
2PETER3
8But, beloved ones, let not this one matter
be hidden from you: that with ‫יהוה‬one day
is as a thousand years, and a thousand years
as one day.
9 ‫יהוה‬is not slow in regard to the promise, as
some count slowness, but is patient toward
us, not wishing that any should perish but
that all should come to repentance.
10But the day of ‫יהוה‬shall come as a thief in
the night, in which the heavens shall pass
away with a great noise, and the elements
shall melt with intense heat, and the earth
and the works that are in it shall be burned
up.
PSALM90
,‫יהוה‬You have been our refuge In all
generations.
2Before the mountains were born, Or You
had brought forth the earth and the world,
Even from everlasting to everlasting You are
Ěl.
3You turn man back to dust, And say,
“Return, O children of men.”
4For a thousand years in Your eyes Are like
yesterday that has past, Or like a watch in
the night.
5You have swept them away, They are as a
sleep, Like grass that springs up in the
morning.
HOSEA 6

1 ‘Come, and let us turn back to


.‫יהוה‬For He has torn but He does
heal us, He has stricken but He binds
us up.
2 After two days He shall revive us,
on the third day He shall raise us up,
so that we live before Him.
3 So let us know, let us pursue to
know .‫יהוה‬His going forth is as
certain as the morning. And He
comes to us like the rain, like the
latter rain watering the earth.’
HISTORY AND FUTURE EVENTS OF 434 PLAN
[7th
[4th Millennium/
Millennium/ 7th Day of
[3rd Creation [8th
4th Day of
Millennium/ Yeshua Millennium/
Creation]
[4BCE] 3rd Day of 8thDay.]
Yeshua Returns
Tradition Creation] Kingdom
Completes 3Days later.
al Date of Yeshua Restored.
His Work on Rules for
Yeshua’s Arrives on Corruption
4th Day of 1000
Birth Earth Defeated.
Week years/1Day
434 Plan- Chart Created by Nick Spring

Table 1
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Creation Day 1 Creation Day 2 Creation Day 3 Creation Day 4 Creation Day 5 Creation Day 6 Creation Day 7
Genesis 1:1-5 Genesis 1:6-8 Genesis 1:9-13 Genesis 1:14-19 Genesis 1:20-23 Genesis 1:24-31 Genesis 2:1-3

God first separates light from God creates the Heavens or God herds all of the w ater into God orders the lights in the God generates creatures of God creates the land God sanctifies the 7th day as
darkness. the Sky as w ell as the oceans one place so that there can sky, the stars, sun, and moon. the sea and air. creatures, cattle, craw ling the Sabbath and rests.
by fastening a huge w edge appear dry land as w ell as These make it possible to keep things, w ild animals, and
betw een them. everything else that comes track of time so that the sacred humankind.
w ith fertile soil, such as trees, calendar is built into very
plants, seeds, and all kinds of fibers of creation itself.
vegetation.
Nissan 11 Nissan 12 Nissan 13 Nissan 14 Nissan 15 Nissan 16 Nissan 17 Nissan 18

Yeshua enters into the 4th day as


the restored Adam, incorrupt.

Last Supper, Trial, Crucifixion High Sabbath, Yeshua in tomb In tomb Weekly Sabbath, in tomb during day Feast of First Fruits
Yeshua dies as the 1st Adam, body marred Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4
symbolizing humanities corruption Night 1 Night 3 Night 4
Night 2
Yeshua Risen on third day

Unleavened 1 Unleavened 2 Unleavened 3 Unleavened 4


THE 1ST TEMPLE FINISHED ON THE 3RD DAY/3RD MILLENNIUM….

• 1st Temple Constructed by Solomon in mid 10th Century BCE- Beginning of 3rd Day
/Millennium.
• Solomon begins building the House ofYHWH in 4th year of His reign (4
representing corruption of man/Solomon)1Kings 6:1
• Foundation for 1st Temple was laid in the 4th Year of Construction. 1Kings
6:37Yeshua is the Foundation that was laid in the 4th Day/Millennium, 4th Day of
the week to redeem the corruption of man.
• The House ofYHWH was completed in 7Years. Yeshua returns 3 Days after the
foundation work was laid on the 4th day to rule from Jerusalem.
THE 2ND TEMPLE FINISHED ON THE 3RD DAY/3RD MILLENNIUM….

• Second Temple finished on the 3rd Day of the month of Adar , still built in 3rd
Day/Millennium. Ezra 6:15
• Started off pure with the decree to rebuild. Corruption would manifest in the 4th
Day/Millennium.
• The Kept Feast of Unleavened Bread for 7 Days. Ezra 6:22
YESHUA ..”DESTROY THIS TEMPLE….”

John 2:18And the Yehuḏim answered and said to Him, “What sign do You show to us,
since You are doing these?”
19 ‫יהושע‬answered and said to them, “Destroy this Dwelling Place, and in three days I
shall raise it.”
20Then the Yehuḏim said, “It took forty-six years to build this Dwelling Place, and You
are going to raise it in three days?”
21But He spoke about the Dwelling Place of His body.
Is the Pattern of the 434 plan embedded here?
YESHUA ..”DESTROY THIS TEMPLE….”

✓Corruption was at its greatest in the 4th Day/Millennium


✓Corrupted Priesthood rejects the one who is Incorruptible.
✓Corrupted Temple destroyed in 4th Day/Millennium 40 years after
Yeshua’s Death and Resurrection in 70 CE
✓Yeshua uses the 3rd Day motif to show not only His Resurrection,
but also His incorruption that brings life vs their corruption that
brings death.
SIX:1-18

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