Ifedayo Olarinde, a well-known figure and the founder of the Free Nation in Christ, also known by his stage as Daddy Freeze, said in a video posted to his verified Facebook page that Jesus Christ did not die on Good Friday. Remember that it is a prevalent belief among Christians that Jesus died on Good Friday and rose from the dead on Sunday morning....CONTINUE READING
According to this teaching, which holds that Jesus Christ died on Friday and rose from the dead on Sunday morning, he would have only spent two days and two nights in the tomb, as opposed to the three days and three nights that are explicitly stated in the Bible. He clarified that the traditions of Good Friday and Easter Sunday are man-made (Mark 7:7-8)…..CONTINUE READING
He began by using Matthew 12:40 as evidence that Jesus did not suffer and die on Good Friday. It reads: “For as Jonah was in the belly of the fish for three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man (Jesus) be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights”.
He supported his claim using Matthew 16:4 as well. In this scripture, Christ declared that the only sign he would ever give the world is the one associated with Jonah.
In addition, he cited Genesis 1:5, which reveals that, according to the Jewish calendar, the evening and the morning constitute one day; this has always been the case. He said that according to the Bible, Christ rose from the dead on Sabbath night, which was before the first day of the week (Sunday). Christ died on Wednesday, according to the estimate in Genesis 1:5. It takes three days and three nights to complete the calculation from Wednesday evening to Saturday evening, as stated in Matthew 12:40…..CONTINUE READING
