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tion of Jonah alive for so long a time in the sea-monster was a miraculous event, just as the resurrection of: Jesus Christ, of which the story of Jonah was a type, was a miraculous display of God’s power; and for this reason it was a sign to the Ninevites. DID JONAH ACTUALLY DIE? There are those who are inclined to think that Jonah really died arid was raised again from the dead, and thus was “deliv ered from corruption,” just as Jesus' died and was raised agairi, and saw no corrup tion (cf. Jonah 2:2, 6 R. V. and Hebrew). Such persons maintain that in this "case Jonah was more accuprately a type of Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection. Even if such an interpretation be valid, the supernatural element in the story would still remain, for whether Jonah was pre served alive, or died and was raised from the dead, both actions call for a miraculous .display of divine power. tell you how much we appreciate your mag azine, T he K ing ’ s B usiness . ‘Through the Bible with Dr. Evans’ is worth every thing to, us: also ‘Daily Devotional Studies’ by Dr. Torrey. We hope these two helps will be continued until the whole Bible has been gone through. They are not only worth everything to us in bur private devotions, but we are giving them to the Chinese. Last term we gave the Gospel of John in a class, and there was not one day during the whole time that the presence of the Holy Spirit was not mani festly present. This term we are taking Luke in the same way. I wish you could have seen the examination papers at the close of the study of John! The class had such a clear idea of just what John wished to show and the proofs he brought for ward.”
Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth” (Matthew 12:40). And the one is as much a fact as the other. The New Testament refers to Jonah as a prophecy of the resurrection of Christ; Tor He rose again the ’third day according to the Scriptures; and where, save in Jonah, shall we find in the Old Testament a plain and clear prophecy of His rising on the third day? It was to the “sign of the prophet Jonah” that Jesus referred. It cannot be that the greatest fact of all history—namely, the resurrection of Jesus Christ—is based 'upon a myth. The reality of the events of the book of Jonah are attested by the words of Jesus > “The men of Nirievah shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it; because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and, behold, a greater than Jonah is here.” . We should remember that the preserva Ira Long, Harrisonburg, Va.: “Amid the tragi? unrest, upheavals, universal hard ships and miseries, and worldwide pande monium that prevails—calm, serene, and ever faithful, like the lighthouse in the wildest storms,' stands T he K ing ’ s B usi ness on tfie Rock of Ages. May the Lord bless, sustain and keep it until it has accomplished the mission whereunto He has called it.” Mr. and Mrs, A, M. Fleming, Kansas City, Mo.: “We have received so much spiritual good from the little magazine that our desire is for others also to be able to have it in their home. Each month we will enclose $1 to you to send the maga zine to some missionary.” Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Sweet, Hangchow, Chekiang, China: “We want to write and
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