Tract Number 10

"Three days and three nights in the heart of the earth."

"The Sign of Jonah" AND QUESTION AND ANSWER DISCUSSION
MATT. 12:39, 40

   Though a number of times we have conclusively cleared the questions as to (1) whether Jesus, in order to fulfill the "sign of Jonah," was "three days and three nights" in the grave, or (2) whether the sign was fulfilled in some other way and (3) whether He was crucified on Friday, on Thursday, or on Wednesday, there still seem to be some points which are not clear to all, first of which underlies the question:

Was Christ Crucified on the Day the Leaven Was Put Out of the Houses -- On the Fourteenth Day? 

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    The questions herein treated reveal that an unseen supernatural force working through human beings, is taking advantage of every possible opportunity to bring in distraction and confusion and to scatter the power of thought and concentration.  They show that while one theorist is attempting to confuse one truth, another theorist is attempting to confuse another truth.  So it is obvious that the enemy of God and men is determined one way or another to plunge the people into his deep pit.  To avert this terrible tragedy, the reader is therefore warned to turn aside from the writings of uninspired men and to take heed only to those who are inspired and unceasingly to watch and study everything that comes in the name of the Lord. 

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   For further study on the subject of the sign of Jonah, read Vol. 2 of The Shepherd's Rod, pp. 17-26; The Symbolic Code, Vol. 1, No. 6, pp. 5-7 (1934); Vol. 2, No. 12, p. 6 (1936); Vol. 3, Nos. 8-9-10, p. 10 (1937).