Bismillah: Assalamo Alikum.
Thanks Shamms for your reply, please no need to be angry, it is not my intention at all to make you or anyone else angry, but sometimes people gets emotional when talking about beliefs, so let me comment on your last post.
Quote:you try to paint me into a corner with the question you ask. You want to see specifically where the words "raised from the dead on the third day" are located in the Old Testament. I find it interesting that so fine a point would be placed on the matter. Why do you need to see those words specifically to believe? I ask you, why so specific a question?
The reason for my specific question is because Jesus' pbuh words were so specific as well, he said to his people,<b> IT IS WRITTEN</b>, that Christ will suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day, was he not so specific when he said those words? So why can't we find any verse that supports his declaration? This is my only intention for asking such explicit question, because Jesus pbuh himself was so specific when he said his words.
Quote:Is it because you already know that the Old Testament foretells Christ's coming and cruxifiction, and you look for some small point on which to base your denial of Christ's atonement?
Not at all, I don't believe that Jesus'pbuh was ever foretold in the OT that he is going to be crucified (<i>I have my own reason and argument on this topic in which I don't intend to discuss it now</i>), I have made it clear that the only reason why I asked this question is because Jesus said it is written, and yet it is not "really written"!! So I need some explanation, that's it.
Quote:Alright, you'd like to see where it is written in the law, psalms and prophets concerning Christ? I'll show you, however if you do not understand prophecy, the fault is not mine.
Yes I guess I did not understand the prophecy, but am not sure if that would be my fault, however, you have quoted one of my favorite verses in the Bible (Matthew 12:40), which I've studied for several months, and so I would like to start a new thread called "<b>Jesus pbuh and Jonah pbuh</b>" and share with you all my humble analysis on this topic based on what I've learned, and will love to hear your comments as well.
<b>For as Jonah 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.</b>
Salam
Wael.