On the third day....

 On the third day....

As I am reading, my mind has questions...I look for patterns, repetitions, or ask “what does this mean?” Or just, what  does this mean for me today...

Today I was in Genesis 22 and beyond until Abraham’s death...the phrase, “on the third day” popped up...now with modern technology I can ask where this phrase is repeated...knowing that it is repeated in the New Testament several times...does it connect with Genesis?...I know that scripture is there for me to teach among other things ...

Abraham is told by God to take his son and offer him as a sacrifice...(mind blowing...who wants to give up his only son as a sacrifice)... but Abraham is obedient, knowing that God will provide...which he does... with a ram, a lamb...on the third day...Isaac is saved from the alter to be replaced by the sacrificial lamb...

Now doesn’t that sound familiar? A Lamb sacrifice...hummm

Another “third day” example came out...Esther went before the king to beseech saving of the Jews from annihilation...

Jesus did his first miracle on the “third day”...

Jesus was raised on the third day...the most important “third day” event in history...John 3:16, God gave His one and only Son...a Lamb...

It is just fun to connect some dots of repeated phrases...remembering that God speaks to us in various ways...He knows our frame, thoughts...how we work, think...thank YOU for your eternal Word...How you use it to teach us, to bring us back to You...to the Lamb ...through your Holy Spirit ....

Good provides a lamb..

After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.” 

So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and his son Isaac. 

And he cut the wood for the burnt offering and arose and went to the place of which God had told him. 

On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from afar. 

Then Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; I and the boy will go over there and worship and come again to you.” 

And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son. And he took in his hand the fire and the knife. 

So they went both of them together. And Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” He said, “Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?” Abraham said, “God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So they went both of them together. 

When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built the altar there and laid the wood in order and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. 

Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son. 

But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.” 

And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns. 

And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son. So Abraham called the name of that place, “The Lord will provide”; as it is said to this day, “On the mount of the Lord it shall be provided.” 

And the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven and said, “By myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. 

And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies, and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.” So Abraham returned to his young men, and they arose and went together to Beersheba. And Abraham lived at Beersheba.

Genesis 22: 1-19

The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

John 1:29

For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

Revelation 7:17 

Esther saving her people...for a such a time as this... 

On the third day Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king's palace, in front of the king's quarters, while the king was sitting on his royal throne inside the throne room opposite the entrance to the palace. And when the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court, she won favor in his sight, and he held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. Then Esther approached and touched the tip of the scepter.

Esther 5:1-2

First miracle...

On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples. When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come.” His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” Now there were six stone water jars there for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. And he said to them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast.” So they took it. When the master of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now.” This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him.

John 2:1-11 

Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, and said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, 47 and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. 48 You are witnesses of these things. 49 And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”

Luke 24:44-49