ARSo,
It’s so refreshing to have a normal Torah discussion!
Obviously, as you explained so well, if Yaakov is physically alive this is a major miracle and not understood whatsoever in natural ways, which is why R’ Yitzchak needed a posuk to prove his point.
Furthermore, I believe that embalming involved the removal of a number of inner organs, so how can someone be alive in that manner?
Interesting that you mention this. The Etz Yosef that I referenced earlier actually addressed this:
“על כן צוה לחנוט את אביו לא בפנים גופו אלא מלמעלה על גופו – אלשיך סדר ויחי”
Sorry, but I don’t understand at all what you are saying here.
[Obviously my point wasn’t so clear. Sorry Qwerty for my last post to you 😉]
My point is that the problem with Christians is not that they believe in משיח מן המתים. If that’s the issue with them, why would Yoshke be killed by b”d while he was still alive?
I know this is a big sugya, and I’m not interested in diving into the entire Moshiach thing. I’m just showing that this Candace question is not as simple as it sounds.