Sister I am guessing that all of the Sabbath resurrection believers and 3 days and nights in the Tomb are part of the same sect of Christianity. Remember I believed in the Wednesday crucifixion so that Jesus could be in the Tomb for the 72 hours of Jonah, after searching the Scriptures I have come to understand that that is not what He was teaching by reading all of His teaching about His atoning work.
I will say that you guys are totally commited to something that from what you guys have posted is based on one verse. When there is an over wheming number of Scriptures that show that "heart of the earth" does not mean the Tomb/grave, it seems as thou you are so indoctrinated that you will not even consider Scripture that teaches contrary to your beliefs, even when it is Jesus that is teaching it, it would be great if you guys were Bereans that examined the Scriptures to see if what is being said is so. But rather you are like those of Thessalonica that resisted the Scriptures, the most interesting part is that Paul was preaching that it was nessacary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead.
Acts 17:1-3 "Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.2 And Paul went in, as was his custom, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,3 explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.”
He was not preaching that the Christ that Paul preached was in the Tomb for 3 days and nights and the 4 evangelists that wrote the Gospels did not record that Jesus rose on the Sabbath, here are their accounts.
Matthew 28:1-6 “Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.2And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it.3His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow.4And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men.5But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified.6He is not here, for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay.”
Mark 16:1-6 “When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him.2And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb.3And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?”4And looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolled back—it was very large.5And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were alarmed. 6And he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him.
Luke 24:1-3 “But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared.2And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb,3but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. “
John 20:1 “Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.”
If Christ had risen on the Sabbath why would not the Lord of the universe move the women to go to the Tomb after 6 P.M. while it was still light or in the dark with torches? You know that the Sabbath ends at 6 P.M. on what is the Sabbath day or Saturday on our calander. Because He was not rised on the Sabbath, the Lord God wanted to show that Jesus was raised on the first day of the week. Both Matthew and Mark made it plain that it was in the morning of the first day of the week and not the Sabbath which would of proved that Jesus rose on the Sabbath if the women would of been there right after 6 P.M.
Matthew "Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week" Mark "When the Sabbath was past,....2And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb", Luke "But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb", John "Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark"
Both Matthew and Mark made it plain that the Sabbath had past and as Luke and John did they made it plain that the women where there around the time of the sun rising, around 6 A.M. around 72 hours after Jesus was handed over to Pilate (John 18:28)to be mocked, flogged, treated with comtempt, rejected by the high preist. Which is very important that Jesus was to be inspected by the high priest because the passover lamb had to be inspected by the priest before it could offered to the Lord, but as Jesus taught He would be rejected and He kept His mouth shut to fullfil what Isaiah prophesied (53:7) He would do in His atoning work.
John 18:28 "Then they led Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the governor's headquarters. It was early morning. They themselves did not enter the governor's headquarters, so that they would not be defiled, but could eat the Passover."
Isaiah 53:7 “He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth.”
They handed Jesus over to the Gentiles as He taught and it was early morning or around 6 A.M. on Thursday morning, with Christ rising around 6 A.M. in the morning of the first day of the week, as recorded by the evangelist, the women were at the Tomb around 6 A.M. on the first day of the week. If Christ had risen on the Sabbath the Holy Spirit would not have moved them to make it plain that the Sabbath had past and that the women waited until 6 A.M. in the morning of the first day of the week. Thje sad part os you guys will hang to your one verse doctrine and refuse the teachings of Jesus in 16 Sriptures in the Gospels, 4 in the book of Acts and 9 in the epistles and not one where Jesus teaches that He would be in the Tomb for those 3 days. Sure you can read into it and say that "heart of the earth" means the Tomb or grave, but none of you have answered the question as to what grave means in Isaiah 53:9
"And they made his grave with the wickedand with a rich man in his death, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth."
If grave means the Tomb or being buried in the ground can you give the Scripture(s) that Jesus was in the Tomb or grave with the wicked?
Isaiah 53:7 “He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth.”