I am aware that verses, sections and paragraphs from the bible can be read out of their original, or intended, context, and then applied inappropriately, unsoundly, or just very badly.
But recently, Hosea 6 caught my attention.
Over the past few weeks, together with a group of believers, I have been looking at the Apostle’s Creed. And one thing that strikes me is the enormous ‘void’ that occurs between the crucifixion and the resurrection.
On a printed page, it is just a few millimetres of whiteness between two lines.
In the physical, it represents three days that must have been little more than ‘business as usual’ for funeral service sector workers who are familiar with clients living in the public eye.
But in the spiritual, what occurred in this void lies at the epicentre of Christian doctrine.
So I wondered if Hosea 6 might have been a ‘prophetic foreshadow’ of the resurrection. And if so, if it fills in a few of the blanks:
After the second day, God ‘revived’ His people - making us alive.
On the third day, God ‘restored’ His people – bringing us back to his original intention.
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2 comments:
it seems like a tenuous link to me dude. "after the second day" could mean on the 3rd day, or could equally mean on the 74th day. what does it matter.
The Apostles Creed was supposed to be written by the Apostles so it has credibility alongside scripture. Scripture teaches Christ preached unto the spirits in prison, but little more than that. Some say he defeated Satan in Hades (Hell), but really his atoning work on the cross did that. Probably Satan is actually still at work on earth and not in hell. Theologians say Satan is not omipresent, ie does not unlike God possess the capability to be everywhere at once. I think some of the theories on the work Jesus between the cross and resurrection are doctrines produced by the early church fathers and open to conjecture.
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