THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS IS THE SIGN OF YESHUA’S AUTHENTICITY     

YHVH has given us Yeshua who will lead us in all Truth, Yeshua our Messiah and King.

Deuteronomy 18:15-18 (NKJV)
15 “(YHVH) The Lord your God will raise up- for you a
Prophet like me from your midst, from your brethren. Him you shall hear,
16 according to all you desired of (YHVH) the Lord your God in Horeb in the day of the
assembly, saying, ‘Let me not hear again the voice of (YHVH) the Lord my God,
nor let me see this great fire anymore, lest die.

17 “And (YHVH) the Lord said to me: ‘What they have
spoken is good.
18 I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from among their
brethren,and will put My words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I
command Him.

Seeking after the heart of the Father is not subject to man's interpretation, for
YHVH has laid out His Word, His Truth for us plainly.

Yeshua told us plainly that He didn't come to change or abolish the Torah.

Matthew 5:17-19 (NKJV).
17 “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets.
I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.
18 For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and
earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is
fulfilled.
19 Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and
teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does
and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

John 5:46-47 (NKJV)
46 For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me;
for he wrote about Me.
47 But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”

Let us now go back to Deuteronomy:

Deuteronomy 13:1-5 (NKJV)
13 “If there arises among you a prophet or a dreamer of
dreams, and he gives you a sign or a wonder,
2 and the sign or the wonder comes to
pass, of which he spoke to you, saying, ‘Let us go after other gods’—which you
have not known—‘and let us serve them,’
3 you shall not listen to the words of that prophet
or that dreamer of dreams, for (YHVH) the Lord your God is testing you to know
whether you love (YHVH) the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your
soul.

4 You shall walk (follow) after (YHVH) the Lord your God and fear Him, and keep
His commandments and obey His voice; you shall serve Him and hold fast to
Him.
5 But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death, because he
has spoken in order to turn you away from (YHVH) the Lord your God, who
brought youout of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of
bondage, to entice you from the way in which the Lord your God commanded
you to walk.So you shall (exterminate) put away the evil from your midst.

Deuteronomy 18:20-22 (NKJV)
20 But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in My name, which I have
not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that
prophet shall die.
21 And if you say in your heart, ‘How shall we know the word
which (YHVH) the Lord has not spoken?’—
22 when a prophet speaks in the name of (YHVH) the Lord, if the thing does
not happen or come to pass, that is the thing which (YHVH) the Lord has not
spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously; you shall not be afraid
of him.

Yeshua made it very clear that He didn’t speak on His own authority but by
the Father who sent Him.

John 5:19 (NKJV)
19 Then (Yeshua) Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly,I say to
you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for
whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner.

John 12:49-50 (NKJV)
49 For I have not spoken on My own authority; but the Father who sent Me gave
Me a command, what I should say and what I should speak.
50 And I know that His command is everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak,
just as the Father has told Me, so I speak.”

Now let us look at the importance of the three days and three nights.

Jonah 1:17 (NKJV)
17 Now (YHVH) the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah.
And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

Yeshua proclaimed that there would be one sign, and only one sign, of His
authenticity.

The sign of the prophet Jonah: three days and three nights in the grave and
raised on the third day.

Yeshua said the one and only sign of the prophet Jonah would verify His ..
authority;it is a sign that has been ignored by the vast majority of churches.

Matthew 12:38 (NKJV)
38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered, saying,“Teacher,
we want to see a sign from You.”
Matthew 12:39-42 (NKJV)
39 But He answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks
aftera sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so
will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

41 The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation and
condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and indeed a
greater than Jonah is here.
42 The queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with this generation and
condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of
Solom and indeed a greater than Solomon is here.

Let us look at other scriptures where Yeshua was proclaiming His authority.

Yeshua cleanses the Temple:

John 2:13-20 (NKJV)
13 Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and (Yeshua) Jesus went up to
Jerusalem.
14 And He found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and
the money changers (sitting) doing business.
15 When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with
the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers’ money and overturned the
tables.
16 And He said to those who sold doves, “Take these things away! Do not make
My Father’s house a house of merchandise!”

17 Then His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for Your house has
eaten Me up.”
18 So the Jews answered and said to Him, “What sign do You show to us, since
You do these things?”
19 (Yeshua) Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three
days I will raise it up.”
20 Then the Jews said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will
You raise it up in three days?”

Then in Mark 8:31 Yeshua speaking to His disciples.

Mark 8:31 (NKJV)
31 And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and
be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and after
three days rise again.

Now to Matthew 26:57-61

Matthew 26:57-61 (NKJV)
57 And those who had laid hold of (Yeshua) Jesus led Him away to Caiaphas the
high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.
58 But Peter followed Him at a distance to the high priest’s courtyard. And he
went in and sat with the servants to see the end.         
                   
59 Now the chief priests, the elders, and all the council sought false testimony
against (Yeshua) Jesus to put Him to death,
60 but found none. Even though many false witnesses came forward, they found
none. But at last two false witnesses came forward
61 and said, “This fellow said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of (YHVH) God
and to build it in three days.’ ”

Now let us go to John chapter 19

John 19 (NKJV)
19 So then Pilate took (Yeshua) Jesus and scourged Him.
2 And the soldiers twisted a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and they
put on Him a purple robe.
3 (And they came up to Him and said)   Then they said, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
And they struck Him with their hands.
4 Pilate then went out again, and said to them, “Behold, I am bringing Him out t
o you, that you may know that I find no fault in Him.”

5 Then (Yeshua) Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe.
And Pilate said to them, “Behold the Man!”                                   
6 Therefore, when the chief priests and officers saw Him, they cried out, saying,
“Crucify Him, crucify Him!” Pilate said to them, “You take Him and crucify Him, for
I find no fault in Him.” 
7 The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and according to (the law) our law He
ought to die, because He made Himself the Son of God.” 

8 Therefore, when Pilate heard that saying, he was the more afraid,
9 and went again into the Praetorium, and said to (Yeshua) Jesus, “Where are You
from?”But (Yeshua) Jesus gave him no answer.                                                                                     
10 Then Pilate said to Him, “Are You not speaking to me?
Do You not know that I have (authority) power to crucify You, and power to release
You?”
11 (Yeshua) Jesus answered, “You could have no power at all against Me unless it
hadbeen given you from above. Therefore the one who delivered Me to you has the
greater sin.”                   
12 From then on Pilate sought to release Him, but the Jews cried out, saying, “If you
let this Man go, you are not Caesar’s friend. Whoever makes himself a king speaks
against Caesar.”
13 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought (Yeshua) Jesus out and sat
downin the judgment seat in a place that is called The Pavement, but in Hebrew,
Gabbatha.
14 Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, and about the sixth hour. And he
said to the Jews, “Behold your King!”
15 But they cried out, “Away with Him, away with Him! Crucify Him!”
Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?”The chief priests answered, “We
have no king but Caesar!”    
                                                                               
16 Then he delivered Him to them to be crucified. Then they took (Yeshua) Jesus and
led Him away.
17 And He, bearing His cross, went out to a place called the Place of a Skull, which is
called in Hebrew, Golgotha,
18 where they crucified Him, and two others with Him, one on either side, and (Yeshua)
Jesus in the center.
19 Now Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross. And the writing was:

(YESHUA) JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

20 Then many of the Jews read this title, for the place where Jesus was crucified was
near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin.                                             
                                       
21 Therefore the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the
Jews,’but, ‘He said, “I am the King of the Jews.”
22 Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”     
                                                                   
23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified (Yeshua) Jesus, took His garments and
made four parts, to each soldier a part, and also the tunic. Now the tunic was without
seam, woven from the top in one piece.
24 They said therefore among themselves, “Let us not tear it, but
cast lots for it, whose it shall be,” that the Scripture might be fulfilled which says:
“They divided My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots.” 
Therefore the soldiers did these things.

25 Now there stood by the cross of (Yeshua) Jesus His mother, and His mother’s sister,
Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
26 When (Yeshua) Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved
standing by, He said to His mother, “Woman, behold your son!”
27 Then He said to the disciple, “Behold your mother!” And from that hour that disciple
took her to his own home.

28 After this, (Yeshua) Jesus, (seeing) knowing that all things were now accomplished,
that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I thirst!”
29 Now a vessel full of sour wine was sitting there; and they filled a sponge with sour
wine, put it on hyssop, and put it to His mouth.
30 So when (Yeshua) Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!”
And bowingHis head, He gave up His spirit.

31 Therefore, because it was the Preparation Day, that the bodies should not remain
on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate
that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
32 Then the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other who was
crucified with Him.
33 But when they came to (Yeshua) Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did
not break His legs.

34 But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and
water came out.
35 And he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he
is telling the truth, so that you may believe.
36 For these things were done that the Scripture should be fulfilled, “Not one of His
bones shall be broken.”

37 And again another Scripture says, “They shall look on Him whom they pierced.”
38 After this, Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of (Yeshua) Jesus, but secretly,
for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of (Yeshua) Jesus;
and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took the body of (Yeshua) Jesus.

39 And Nicodemus, who at first came to (Yeshua) Jesus by night, also came, bringing
a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds.
40 Then they took the body of (Yeshua) Jesus, and bound it in strips of linen with the
spices,as the custom of the Jews is to bury.
41 Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a
new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.
42 So there they laid (Yeshua) Jesus, because of the Jews’ Preparation Day, for the
tomb was nearby.

Even when Yeshua was dying on the cross:

Matthew 27:39-40
39 And those who passed by blasphemed Him, wagging their heads
40 and saying, “You who destroy the temple and build it in three days, save Yourself!
If You are the Son of (YHVH) God, come down from the cross.”

The next day, on the High Shabbat of the first day of Unleavened Bread, the chief priests
and Pharisees gathered together to Pilate.

Matthew 27:62-66 (NKJV)
62 On the next day, which followed the Day of Preparation, the chief priests and
Pharisees gathered together to Pilate,
63 saying, “Sir, we remember, while He was still alive, how that deceiver said, ‘After
three days I will rise.’
64 Therefore command that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest His
disciples come by night and steal Him away, and say to the people, ‘He has risen from
the dead.’ So the last deception will be worse than the first.”                                                                                                                    
65 Pilate said to them, “You have a guard; go your way, make it as secure as you know
how.”
66 So they went and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone and setting the guard.

Back to John 20:1-18

John 20:1-18 (NKJV)
20 Now the first day of the week Mary Magdalene went to the tomb early,while it was 
still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.
2 Then she ran and came to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved,
and said to them, “They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not
know where they have laid Him.”'
3 Peter therefore went out, and the other disciple, and were going to the tomb.
4 So they both ran together, and the other disciple outran Peter and came to the tomb
first.
5 And he, stooping down and looking in, saw the linen cloths lying there; yet he did not
go in.
6 Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb; and he saw the linen
cloths lying there,

7 and the (facecloth) handkerchief that had been around His head, not lying with the
linen cloths, but folded together in a place by itself.
8 Then the other disciple, who came to the tomb first, went in also; and he saw and
believed.
9 For as yet they did not (understand) know the Scripture, that He must rise again from the
dead.
10 Then the disciples went away again to their own homes.

11 But Mary stood outside by the tomb weeping, and as she wept she stooped down and
looked into the tomb.
12 And she saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and the other at the feet, where
the body of (Yeshua) Jesus had lain.
13 Then they said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?”
She said to them, “Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they
have laid Him.”

14 Now when she had said this, she turned around and saw (Yeshua) Jesus standing there,
and did not know that it was (Yeshua) Jesus.
15 (Yeshua) Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?”
She, supposing Him to be the gardener, said to Him, “Sir, if You have carried Him away,
tell me where You have laid Him, and I will take Him away.”
16 (Yeshua) Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned and said to Him (in Hebrew), “Rabboni!”
(which is to say, Teacher).

17 (Yeshua) Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father;
but go to My brethren and say to them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and
to My God and your God.’ ”
18 Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples (“I have seen the Lord,”) that she had
seen  Yeshua) the Lord, and that He had spoken these things to her.

Now back to Matthew 28:1-15

Matthew 28:1-15 (NKJV)
28 Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn,
Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb.
2 And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from
heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat on it.
3 His countenance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow.
4 And the guards shook for fear of him, and became like dead men.           
              
5 But the angel answered and said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you
seek  Yeshua) Jesus who was crucified.
6 He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
7 And go quickly and tell His disciples that He is risen from the dead,
and indeed He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him. Behold, I have
told you.”
8 So they went out quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to bring His
disciples word.

9 And as they went to tell His disciples, behold, (Yeshua) Jesus met them, saying,
“Rejoice!” So they came and held Him by the feet and worshiped Him.
10 Then (Yeshua) Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell My brethren to go
to Galilee, and there they will see Me.”

11 Now while they were going, behold, some of the guard came into the city and
reported to the chief priests all the things that had happened.
12 When they had assembled with the elders and consulted together, they gave a
large sumof money to the soldiers,
13 saying, “Tell them,  His disciples came at night and stole Him away while we slept.
14 And if this comes to the governor’s ears, we will appease him and make you secure.”
15 So they took the money and did as they were instructed; and this saying is commonly
reported among the Jews until this day.

Here we see the deception of the day and deception still continues to this very day.

The religious leaders and teachers of today declare that Yeshua died on Good Friday and
was raised on Easter Sunday.

There is not three days and three nights between Good Friday and Easter Sunday making
Yeshua our Messiah and King look like a false prophet, when He declared that the “sign”
He was going to give us that He is the Messiah is that He would be like Jonah as He would
be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

NO LIE IS OF THE TRUTH.

Many Christians today would be heartbroken to think that in celebrating Good Friday and
Easter Sunday they are declaring to the world that the one they love as their Saviour and
King is a false prophet and is not to be listened to.

On top of what happened with the religious leaders at the time of the crucifixion, the three
days and three nights were buried under the weight of a pagan festival.

The THREE days and THREE nights are so important.

So when we are told our Messiah died on Friday and rose on Sunday we should check the
scriptures to ensure that what we are hearing is TRUTH.

We must understand that a Biblical day begins at evening to evening, from sundown to
sundown.

This is the Creator’s timeline.

Genesis 1:5 (NKJV)
5 God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the
morning were the first day.

The year Yeshua went to the cross He was placed in the tomb just before sundown on the
Wednesday and so until sundown Thursday it's one night & one day; from sundown on
Thursday to sundown on Friday it's two nights & two days and then from sundown on Friday
to sundown on Saturday, the Shabbat you have three nights & three days. He was
resurrected just before sundown on the Shabbat.  

Matthew 12:8 (NASB)
8 For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

This fulfilled the words Yeshua had spoken to the religious leaders that just as Jonah was
three days & three nights in the belly of a huge fish so will the Son of Man be three days &
three nights in the heart of the earth.

Acts 3:19-23 (NKJV)
19 Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times
of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,
20 and that He may send
(Yeshua Messiah) Jesus Christ, who was preached to you before,
21 whom heaven must receive
until the times of restoration of all things, which (YHVH) God has spoken by the mouth
of all His holy prophets since the world began.

22 For Moses truly said to the fathers, ‘(YHVH) The Lord your God will raise up for you a
Prophet like me from your brethren. Him you shall hear in all things, whatever He says
to you.
23 And it shall be that every soul who will not hear that Prophet shall be utterly
destroyed from among the people.’

Matthew 17:5b (NKJV)
5b behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and suddenly a voice came out of the
cloud, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him!”

Yeshua having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, sat down at the right hand of YHVH.