Day 15 of 24 · The Prophets

The Third Day

Hosea 6:2

Raised 'on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures' — this is one of those Scriptures.

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The Springs

The first taste — one dip, the whole day.

Hosea, the prophet who married heartbreak, gives resurrection its calendar: 'After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him.' Paul's creed says Christ was raised on the third day 'in accordance with the Scriptures' — and this text stands behind the phrase, with Jonah's sign beside it. Hosea also supplies Matthew's exodus line: 'Out of Egypt I called my son' — Jesus retracing Israel's steps and succeeding at every station where the first son failed.

The Wells

Promise and fulfillment — every claim linked for verification.

Israel's story becomes the Messiah's itinerary: down to Egypt, up through water, into wilderness testing — the true Son walking the map faithfully.

“After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up.”
Fulfilled1 Corinthians 15:4; Luke 24:46. Paul says Christ was raised on the third day “in accordance with the Scriptures” — this text and Jonah's sign stand behind that phrase.
“Out of Egypt I called my son.”
FulfilledMatthew 2:14–15. Jesus retraces Israel's steps — down to Egypt, up again, through the water, into the wilderness — and succeeds everywhere the first son failed.

Word from the Well

קוּם  qûm

'To rise, stand up, be established' — Hosea 6:2's raising verb. The Old Testament's ordinary word for getting up becomes, on the third day, the most extraordinary word in history.

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The Aquifer

Deepest water — where the passage meets your week.

Hosea 6:2 was first spoken about a nation being restored — which is precisely the point Jesus makes of it. He is Israel reduced to one man: exiled, tested, faithful, cut off, and raised — so that everyone joined to him rises in his rising. Your resurrection hope is not a private ticket; it is incorporation into the third-day Man.

Five Questions

  1. Why does Paul say 'in accordance with the Scriptures' (1 Cor 15:4) rather than citing one verse?
  2. Hosea 6:2 speaks of 'us' being raised. How does Christ's resurrection include his people (Eph 2:5–6)?
  3. 'Out of Egypt I called my son' (Hos 11:1) was history before it was prophecy. How does typology differ from prediction?
  4. Where did Israel fail in the wilderness — and where did Jesus face the same tests (Matt 4)?
  5. What in your life feels like day two — dead, waiting? What would third-day faith look like there?

The Day's Practice

MORNING — Read Hosea 6:1–3. Pray verse 3's resolve: 'Let us know; let us press on to know the LORD.'
MID-DAY — Name one 'day two' situation at midday and consciously leave it in the tomb until God raises it.
EVENING — Read Matthew 2:13–15 and thank the true Son who walked your map faithfully.