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   "As Jonah spent three days and nights in the belly of the fish and was   
   delivered up sound again, all of us who have passed through the three   
   stages of our present life on earth-the beginning, middle, and end-rise   
   again. For our present time consists of three intervals: the past, the   
   future, and the present. Thus, the Lord spent three days in the earth as a   
   symbol to teach us clearly that our resurrection shall take place after   
   these intervals of time have been fulfilled. Our resurrection shall be the   
   beginning of the future age and the end of this. In that age, there is   
   neither past nor future, but only the present."   
      
   The Mystery of Jonah by St. Methodius. -------------------------   
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   "For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great   
   fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of   
   the earth."  Matthew 12:40   
      
   Draw nigh unto God and He will draw nigh unto you.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)