really . I was ridcusiing. What the numbers for the lottery?
I would offer what I think the unseen gospel reveals in that parable.
But he said, Yea rather, blessed are
they that hear the word of God, and keep it. And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an
evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. For as
Jonas was a sign unto the
Ninevites, so shall also the
Son of man be to
this generation. Luke 11:28 -30
Evil generation = natural unconverted mankind . You could say so also shall Jesus be to unbelieving evil generation who seeks after a signs. . as things seen. They have no faith by which they could beleive.
Will it be a sign they heard the gospel and believed in Him not seen. . . the sign of a new heart and new tongue the gospel .Or will they continue to be marked as evil natural man, the generation of Adam and not the generation of Christ the new creatures. .
I would think "heart of the earth" or the "heart of the dust"... Is used as a comparative parable as the last sign and wonder. . . three days in the heart of the earth is the same principle three days in belly of the whale.. . . a living hell by reason of suffering above ground .A living sacrifice. Yes rather, blessed are
they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
Genesis 6:5 And God saw that the
wickedness of man was great
in the earth, and that
every imagination of the thoughts of
his heart was only
evil continually.
In the earth, heart of the spiritless earth
You could say the wrath of God being revealed from heaven. Men with hard hearts suffering the first death. . . hearts made from the granite (dust)
.In the earth subject to death the temporal . In the heavens subject to the eternal , not seen
Like with Jonas and Jesus and the three demonstration as a work of suffering. . . being strengthened to finish the work. the Spirit of God to represent softening the stone heart of mankind evil continually as dead it is trespasses and sin
Not under the earth like no breathable air.
Jonah 2 King James Version (KJV) Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish's belly, And said, I cried
by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord, and
he heard me; out of the
belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice
Matthew 26:37-39 King James Version (KJV) And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.Then saith he unto them,
My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me. And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and
prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt