Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Matthew 12:38-42
by: Michaella Osborn.
The story of Jonah gave the Israelites a sign of the coming messiah. While Jonah spent three days in the belly of a fish and then came out to deliver God’s message to the Ninevites, Jesus would spend three days in the tomb and rise again to show God’s victory over sin and death. Much of the Old Testament foreshadows and sets the stage for Jesus’ life and ministry. Can you think of any other stories in the Old Testament that do this? Why do you think the lives of the prophets and the life of Jesus had so many parallels?