“Resurrection of Life”

Jonah 2: 6: “I descended to the roots of the mountains. The earth with its bars was around me forever, but You have brought up my life from the pit, O Lord my God.” In biblical symbolism the sea can be a metaphor for hell. After all, you can’t get any closer to the pit (the underworld) than the bottom of the ocean; and as Jonah had been thrown overboard, he was as good as dead. But even though his condition seemed to be ‘forever’ – NOT! Christ is risen, and He is the first of many! (1 Corinthians 15: 20)