According to the Scriptures

One of the earliest confessions of faith is captured in 1 Corinthians 15.3-7: Christ died for our sins, He was buried, and He was raised on the third day. But the confession states that Christ was raised on the third day was in “accordance with the Scriptures.” This has puzzled Bible readers for there is no Old Testament Scripture that clearly prophecies the resurrection of the Messiah on the third day. However, “the Scriptures” bear testimony that “three days” is sufficient time for certainty and that God often acts “on the third day” to reverse a situation from potential death to life. How does this pattern in the Old Testament help us to understand the resurrection but also our hope that God continues to act in our present time to deliver His people? (1 Corinthians 15.3-8) April 13, 2025