"Christ was in the tomb three days and rose as written in the Scriptures"
Some may ask where in the Scriptures this is written?
Well... all over the Old Testament.
Behold:
It was on the third day that God first created life on earth (Gen 1:12)
It was on the third day of traveling that Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the spot where he was to offer his Only Begotten Son Isaac (Gen 22:4)
Joseph prophesied that on the third day Pharaoh would restore the servant to his place (Gen 40:13)
It was on the third day that Pharaoh's chief butler was restored to his butlership (Gen 40:20-21)
Josephs brothers would be imprisoned for three days before Joseph instructed them on how to live (Gen 42:17)
Moses asked the king of Egypt for the Israelites to go on a three day journey to make sacrifice to the Lord their God (Ex 3:18)
There was a darkness over all Egypt for three days time (Ex 10:22)
The Israelites traveled for three days with no water before Moses worked the miracle of water flowing from a rock (Ex 15:22)
For three days the Israelites purified themselves, and on the third day the LORD came down upon Mt Sinai (Ex 19:11)
The flesh of the sacrifice for the peace offering to the LORD had to be consumed fully by the third day (Lev 7:17)
The ark of the covenant traveled for three days with the Israelites (Num 10:33)
Any Israelite who had touched a dead body, was unclean unless he purified himself on the third day, and was made clean on the seventh day by virtue of purifying himself on the third day (Num 19:12)
The Israelites, after a journey, came into their cities on the third day (Jos 9:17)
Joshua gave the Israelites three days to prepare before crossing the Jordan to possess the land the Lord had inherited to them (Jos 1:11)
The Israelites hid in the mountain for three days to avoid their pursuers (Jos 2:16)
King David hid himself "in the ground/field" until the third day (1 Sam 20:5)
Samuel assured Saul that his asses which had been lost three days prior were alive and well (1 Sam 9:20)
The young Egyptian man, after three days with no food or water, had his spirit returned to him (1 Sam 30:12)
On the third day, a man came out of Sauls camp with his clothes torn and earth upon his head (2 Sam 1:2)
The king appointed the people to return to him on the third day (1 Kgs 12:12)
God told Hezekiah that on the third day he would be healed and go up to the house of the LORD (2 Kgs 20:5)
David trusted that three days of being in Gods judgement was better than other punishments (1 Chr 21:12)
The Temple of God, after being destroyed, was raised up on the third day of Adar (Ezr 6:15)
Judith stayed in the camp for three days (Jud 12:7)
Judas Maccabeus and his army marched for three days through the wilderness (1 Mac 5:24)
After three days of mourning, fasting, and weeping, Judas commanded his army to stand ready (2 Mac 13:12)
On the third day Queen Esther put on her royal apparel and stood in the kings palace (Est 5:1)
Hosea prophesied that on the third day we would be raised up and live in Gods sight (Hos 6:2)
Jonah was in the belly of the fish for three days and three nights (Jon 1:17)
