Building on the Foundation

In the midst of working on several other projects, I came across something that needed a little more study. It’s perfectly demonstrated in the 8th Psalm, and since it’s time to cover that one anyway, I figured we might as well go over it while we’re at it.  The new thing I’m learning about is called a chiasm, a prominent Hebrew literary mechanism used throughout the Old Testament and the New Testament. Paul, being the Hebrew of Hebrews that he was, utilized the chiastic structure quite a lot in his writings.  Psalm 8 is a perfect example of a chiasm. It’s a beautiful Psalm anyway, but with the added layer of the chiasm, it just gets even more beautiful!  Psalm 8 also corresponds quite nicely to the Last Great Day, that eighth day of the feast. In fact, out of the Psalms we have covered, this one probably lines up even more than the others do with their corresponding Holy Day, so take note of that as we go along. To start out, we’ll read through the Psalm, then, once we ha...

There is a controversy in Christianity regarding the length of time Jesus was in the tomb. One side opts for a literal 3 days and 3 nights, the other opts for parts of 3 days and 2 nights to get His death and resurrection to line up with Good Friday and Easter . Today, we are going to take a look at some things we are told in the Bible that give us the exact day of the week when He died and also the almost exact timing of His resurrection. As a side note, this post represents a crash course (mostly for myself) in the Greek language, so bear with me since it will contain more of it than my other posts, but it's all relevant. I promise. I'm no expert in Greek, and the Greek in this post mostly represents quite a few hours of research, not an expertise in the Greek language, just so we're clear.  Jonah 1:17 NASB95 — And the LORD appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights . Hebrew consistently uses "day an...