Mathew 12:38–4138Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.”39But He answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation craves for a sign; and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet;

Mathew 12:38–4138Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.”39But He answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation craves for a sign; and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet;

Mathew 12:38–4140for just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Mathew 12:38–4140for just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Mathew 16:1–41The Pharisees and Sadducees came up, and testing Jesus, they asked Him to show them a sign from heaven.2But He replied to them, “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’

Mathew 16:1–43“And in the morning, ‘There will be a storm today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ Do you know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but cannot discern the signs of the times?

Mathew 16:1–44“An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and a sign will not be given it, except the sign of Jonah.” And He left them and went away.

Luke 11:29–3229As the crowds were increasing, He began to say, “This generation is a wicked generation; it seeks for a sign, and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah.

Luke 11:29–3230“For just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation.

Luke 11:29–3231“The Queen of the South will rise up with the men of this generation at the judgment and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.

Luke 11:29–3232“The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.

Jonah Jesus

God askedJonahtogorepresentHimBUTJonahdisobeyed

Jonah Jesus

God askedJonahtogorepresentHimBUTJonahdisobeyed

GodaskedJesustogorepresentHim AND Jesusobeyed

Jonah Jesus

God askedJonahtogorepresentHimBUTJonahdisobeyed

GodaskedJesustogorepresentHim AND Jesusobeyed

Jonahhatedhisenemies

Jonah Jesus

God askedJonahtogorepresentHimBUTJonahdisobeyed

GodaskedJesustogorepresentHim AND Jesusobeyed

Jonahhatedhisenemies Jesuslovedhisenemies

Jonah Jesus

God askedJonahtogorepresentHimBUTJonahdisobeyed

GodaskedJesustogorepresentHim AND Jesusobeyed

Jonahhatedhisenemies Jesuslovedhisenemies

Jonahwas willingtolaydownhislifeto“save”hisnationindisobedience

Jonah Jesus

God askedJonahtogorepresentHimBUTJonahdisobeyed

GodaskedJesustogorepresentHim AND Jesusobeyed

Jonahhatedhisenemies Jesuslovedhisenemies

Jonahwas willingtolaydownhislifeto“save”hisnationindisobedience

Jesuswaswillingtolaydownhislifeto“save”hisnationinobedience

Jonah Jesus

God askedJonahtogorepresentHimBUTJonahdisobeyed

GodaskedJesustogorepresentHim AND Jesusobeyed

Jonahhatedhisenemies Jesuslovedhisenemies

Jonahwas willingtolaydownhislifeto“save”hisnationindisobedience

Jesuswaswillingtolaydownhislifeto“save”hisnationinobedience

Jonah eventuallypreachedwhatGodaskedhimto

Jonah Jesus

God askedJonahtogorepresentHimBUTJonahdisobeyed

GodaskedJesustogorepresentHim AND Jesusobeyed

Jonahhatedhisenemies Jesuslovedhisenemies

Jonahwas willingtolaydownhislifeto“save”hisnationindisobedience

Jesuswaswillingtolaydownhislifeto“save”hisnationinobedience

Jonah eventuallypreachedwhatGodaskedhimto

JesusalwayspreachedwhatGodaskedHim to.

Jonah Jesus

God askedJonahtogorepresentHimBUTJonahdisobeyed

GodaskedJesustogorepresentHim AND Jesusobeyed

Jonahhatedhisenemies Jesuslovedhisenemies

Jonahwas willingtolaydownhislifeto“save”hisnationindisobedience

Jesuswaswillingtolaydownhislifeto“save”hisnationinobedience

Jonah eventuallypreachedwhatGodaskedhimto

JesusalwayspreachedwhatGodaskedHim to.

Jonahfigurativelydied(eatenbywhale)andcamebacktolife.

Jonah Jesus

God askedJonahtogorepresentHimBUTJonahdisobeyed

GodaskedJesustogorepresentHim AND Jesusobeyed

Jonahhatedhisenemies Jesuslovedhisenemies

Jonahwas willingtolaydownhislifeto“save”hisnationindisobedience

Jesuswaswillingtolaydownhislifeto“save”hisnationinobedience

Jonah eventuallypreachedwhatGodaskedhimto

JesusalwayspreachedwhatGodaskedHim to.

Jonahfigurativelydied(eatenbywhale)andcamebacktolife.

Jesus died(onthecross)andcamebacktolife!

The sign of Jonah is the death, burial, and resurrection!

The sign of Jonah is the death, burial, and resurrection!

29 “Brethren, I may confidently say to you regarding the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. 30 And so, because he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one of his descendants on his throne, 31 he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that He was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did His flesh suffer decay. 32 This Jesus God raised up again, to which we are all witnesses. – Acts 2:29-32

For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, – 1 Corinthians 15:3-4

12 Now if Christ is preached, that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, not even Christ has been raised; 14 and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain. 15 Moreover we are even found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified against God that He raised Christ…19 If we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are of all men most to be pitied.

So What?

When discussing faith, the resurrection is the crux of the matter.

DoyoubelievethatJesuswasraisedfromthedead?

YesDoyoubelievewhathesaid?•Whosoeverbelievesinmehaseternallife.•Iamthewaythelifeandthetruth.•Everyonewhohasbelievedhassteppedoutofdeathandintolife.

DoyoubelievethatJesuswasraisedfromthedead?

NoIfyouwereinvestigatingthisclaim,whatsortofwitnesswouldyouwanttolistento?Someonefromthiscenturyorthe1st century?

Ifyouwereinvestigatingthisclaim,whatsortofwitnesswouldyouwanttolistento?Someonefromthiscenturyorthe1st century?

1st centuryThereare1st centurywitnessesthatwillinggavetheirlifeinordertotestifythatJesuswasraised.Whatdoyouthinktheirmotivationwas?

Thereare1st centurywitnessesthatwillinggavetheirlifeinordertotestifythatJesuswasraised.Whatdoyouthinktheirmotivationwas?

Theybelieveditwastrue.Thepeopleinthebestpositiontoknowifitwastrueornotthoughtitwas.Idon’twanttoforceanythingonyou,butI’dliketoinvitedyoutostudywhattheywrotefirsthandforyourself.

So What?

When discussing faith, the resurrection is the crux of the matter.