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posted October 23, 2009 at 9:04 am
Sadly, Colbert watchers get more of the Nicene Creed than some Christians do, at least those from my particular tradition. That was by far my favorite part of the clip
posted October 23, 2009 at 4:23 pm
Not trying to make a direct correlation, yet I can’t help but think of the outrage a decade ago when the Taliban went around Afghanistan blowing up ancient statues, ignoring their historical worth in their desire to purge the land of anything offensive to their religion.
posted October 24, 2009 at 5:08 pm
Related to the post, I find that I myself am somewhat ignorant of the Biblical basis for much of the creed. For example, I know that Jesus pointed to Jonah as a typology for prophecy concerning his death and resurrection in three days. But what else in the OT would Jesus have used as a basis for his prophecy concerning his time in the tomb? It’s become a question both in my mind and in the mind of my friends. Is there any explicit OT passage that Jesus would have pointed towards?
posted October 24, 2009 at 8:07 pm
Hi Jonathan:
Of course the most important text having a bearing on Jesus’ death and then entombment in a rich man’s tomb is Isaiah 52.13-53.12, the Fourth Servant Song.
Blessings
Ben W.
posted October 28, 2009 at 8:12 pm
The “rich” of Is. 53:9 (NIV) is in parallel with the “wicked” earlier in the verse.
Joseph of Arimathea may have been rich but he wasn’t wicked.
posted October 30, 2009 at 12:34 am
Hi Johnathan, I could be wrong but the closest to an answer I got on your question re: Jesus’s death and rising on the third day is based on Psalm 16:10. There was popular idea that after 3 days from the persons death, that person ‘sees’ corruption in sheol or at least, after 3 days the body of the deceased is said to be corrupted (see Martha’s point in John 11:39).
The apostles Paul and Peter quote Psalm 16:10 (see Acts), and connect it with the resurrection of Jesus but they don’t mention the ’3 days’ outright because it was common knowledge at the time that the Messiah was to rise by the third day to fulfill Psalm 16:10.
It kinda adds another dimension to Jesus waiting till the fourth day to resurrect Lazarus.
Hopefully, that’s a start.