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The Hebrew word sheol (sheh-ole') first appears in the Bible at Gen 37:35 where
some versions translate it "grave" but although sheol includes the grave, there's a
bit more to it than that.
Jonah spent some time in sheol (Jonah 2:1-2). According to the information given
in his book, sheol for him included not only the tummy of a big fish, but also a
netherworld region located at the roots of the mountains. (Jonah 2:6) In other
words: at some point in his adventure, Jonah and his body parted company and
went their separate ways. (This is not impossible because according to Matt 10:28,
the death of the soul and the body aren't necessarily simultaneous.)
Jesus likened his own afterlife experience to Jonah's.
● Matt 12:40 . . For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a big
fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Now when you think about it, Jesus' remains weren't interred in the heart of the
earth. In point of fact they weren't even interred in the earth's soil rather, above
the soil, in a rock-hewn tomb.
According to Ps 16:8-11 & Acts 2:25-31, Jesus' soul spent some time confined in
sheol which we know from Jonah's adventure wasn't limited to the tomb but also
included a netherworld region located at the roots of the mountains. So at some
point in his afterlife adventure, Jesus and his body parted company and went their
separate ways in a manner similar to Jonah's.
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The Hebrew word sheol (sheh-ole') first appears in the Bible at Gen 37:35 where
some versions translate it "grave" but although sheol includes the grave, there's a
bit more to it than that.
Jonah spent some time in sheol (Jonah 2:1-2). According to the information given
in his book, sheol for him included not only the tummy of a big fish, but also a
netherworld region located at the roots of the mountains. (Jonah 2:6) In other
words: at some point in his adventure, Jonah and his body parted company and
went their separate ways. (This is not impossible because according to Matt 10:28,
the death of the soul and the body aren't necessarily simultaneous.)
Jesus likened his own afterlife experience to Jonah's.
● Matt 12:40 . . For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a big
fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Now when you think about it, Jesus' remains weren't interred in the heart of the
earth. In point of fact they weren't even interred in the earth's soil rather, above
the soil, in a rock-hewn tomb.
According to Ps 16:8-11 & Acts 2:25-31, Jesus' soul spent some time confined in
sheol which we know from Jonah's adventure wasn't limited to the tomb but also
included a netherworld region located at the roots of the mountains. So at some
point in his afterlife adventure, Jesus and his body parted company and went their
separate ways in a manner similar to Jonah's.
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