Sign of Jonah unfulfilled...False prophecy..False Prophet

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Sign of Jonah unfulfilled...False prophecy..False Prophet

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An interesting fact concerning Jesus' post resurrection appearances is that the only people that the Bible reports having seen the allegedly risen Jesus are followers of Jesus.
If the church of Scientology reported that L Ron Hubbard rose from the dead, met with his followers and then after 40 days went to heaven, would you believe that Hubbard rose from the dead? Do you believe that Jesus rose from the dead, met with his followers for 40 days and then went to heaven?

According to the gospels, Jesus made the following prophecy.....
Matthew 12:39-40(King James Version)
39But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
40For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

In this prophecy, Jesus is predicting his death, and that after 3 days and 3 nights in the grave, he would show himself to his "evil and adulterous generation" as a sign that he had risen from the dead.

The prophecy failed because Jesus never showed himself alive to his "evil and adulterous generation" as a sign that he had risen from the dead.
Jesus only showed himself to his own followers according to the Bible. Presumedly, his own followers were not evil and adulterous.

Proof positive...an unfulfilled prophecy...a false prophet...no resurrection.

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Zzyzx wrote: Three days and three nights? That would be 72 hours.
Counting a day as only in full hours is a red herring. Ordinary language uses day to refer to a part of a day.

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Charles wrote:
Zzyzx wrote: Three days and three nights? That would be 72 hours.
Counting a day as only in full hours is a red herring. Ordinary language uses day to refer to a part of a day.
Okay, you can have three days off -- from Friday evening to Sunday morning.

Sound like a plan?
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