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Why did it take three days for Jesus to come back alive?

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The duration of Jesus' sepulchre stay was determined by two things primarily; both are prophesies. The first one is-

For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol; Neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption. "Psalm 16:10 ASV

In Jewish meat sacrifice and food practice, meat had to be burned on the third day after it was slaughtered because it was considered "tainted" or corrupt. (Lev 7:18) Underscoring the difference a single day can make when it comes to putrefaction, referring to Lazarus, Martha told Jesus, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days.(John 11:39)

The second is that the duration of His time in the sepulchre was a sign in and of itself. When the Pharisees asked Jesus for a sign He said, "An evil and adulterous generation craves for a sign; and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet; 40for just as JONAH WAS THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS IN THE BELLY OF THE SEA MONSTER, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.…

When you work back from the above, it becomes evident that the timing is predicated on the time it takes freshly slaughtered meat to rot, or become "tainted." From there, that fact is taken into account in prophesy and used to foreshadow divine intervention.

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