tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18628978.post1854387741000666988..comments2024-02-18T10:19:46.501-08:00Comments on Matt Mikalatos: The Grave RobberMatt Mikalatoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13279070118483678882noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18628978.post-15312215496286676332007-04-15T08:34:00.000-07:002007-04-15T08:34:00.000-07:00Yeah, interesting isn't it? There's another part ...Yeah, interesting isn't it? <BR/><BR/>There's another part toward the end of Jonah's prayer where he makes it pretty clear that he had "entered death's domain" when he talks about being barred in by the earth... in Hebrew it could read that the earth's bars closed behind him. Since the ancient middle-eastern beliefs about the grave placed it deep in the earth, this would basically be him saying that he had entered the land of the dead... which means that in many ways Jonah's praise song is assuming a resurrection.Matt Mikalatoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13279070118483678882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18628978.post-79259352408879693862007-04-12T15:39:00.000-07:002007-04-12T15:39:00.000-07:00Wow! Gives even greater meaning to when Jesus sai...Wow! Gives even greater meaning to when Jesus said 'as Jonah was in the belly of whale/fish three days...'Andy McCulloughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18350635386061749913noreply@blogger.com