Summary Of Jonah Chapter 2

Runaway, rebellion, and shocking; these are 3 word in which best describe the story of Jonah. Though a exceedingly short book in the Bible, only 4 chapter long, Jonah in nonetheless a significant book in the Bible. We are not told much about the “prophet;” (if he can even be called that) but what we do know makes us question how and why he was chosen by God to deliver a very important message that literally had the fate of an entire city riding on its delivery. We can, however, conclude book of Jonah is most definitely written by a single author; this is evident in its unified theme and style. The author of Jonah is relatively unknown. However, it is possible, but unlikely, that Jonah himself is the author. It is difficult to see a man with such stubbornness and childish actions wrote this

Mr. Darrow: But when you read that Jonah swallowed the whale – or the whale swallowed Jonah – excuse me please – how do you literally interpret that?

In Chapter 2 of Encountering the New Testament the author talks about a few of the different practices that unified the Jews as well the different religious groups that had different beliefs. Judaism was unified in the beliefs that they had been chosen by God, they were waiting for the messiah to come, they respect the synagogues, they shared the same laws and traditions of elder. Although these beliefs were unifying there were seperate religious groups and leaders that held different beliefs. Probably the most well known group of religious leaders were the Pharisees. The Pharisees were a small group of religious leaders that believed in God, and the coming messiah. Although many of the Pharisees did live good lives many of them were

Jonah was given the task of delivering God’s message of impending judgment to a society that Jonah despised.

In chapter 12 of our text book we focus on what is team process and communication methods that involve teams. According to our text, team process is the different type of communication, activities, and interactions that occur within a teams that contribute to the team end goals (Colquitt, et al). Team process includes interactions among group members that occur with their behavior, as well as their feeling and thoughts that will coalesce with the different member interactions. Some key points in team process is process gain and process loss. Process gain means getting more then what you expected from the group while process loss is when you get less from the team then you would expect based on the capabilities from your individual group members.

When Jonah was aboard the ship headed for Tarshish, the Lord provided a great storm to prevent the boat from reaching Tarshish. Instantly Jonah knew the outburst of this storm was his fault. So he said “Pick me up and throw me into the sea,” he replied, “and it will become calm. I know that it is my fault that this great storm has come upon you.” This act of selflessness is similar to the event in Jesus’s life when he sacrifices himself on the cross. “When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left.” Jesus’s sacrifice ensured that humanity would be saved and enter into a new everlasting relationship with God. Similarly, Jonah saved his shipmates from a potential shipwreck by casting himself into the sea. This shows that Jonah is like Jesus because he sacrifices himself to save

To recap the first half of the Book of Jonah, God calls upon Jonah to go to the great city of Nineveh and send them a message that God will punish the Ninevites if they do not repent for their sins. Jonah, refusing to help the Ninevites, decides to “flee from God in disobedience” (Cosby 124) to Tarshish. Jonah boards a ship with a couple of sailors and sets sail to Tarshish. However during their sail, God sends a terrible storm due to Jonah’s disobedience. The sailors eventually had to throw Jonah into the sea in order to calm the storm. God creates a big fish to engulf Jonah where Jonah was in its belly for three days and three nights. This part of the story in particular allows the reader to stop and ponder if Jonah’s incident with the big fish really took place in history. It is impossible to survive one day in a belly of a fish nevertheless three days! Knowing this bit of information, we can deduce that the

Jonah seemed to favor his teacher, Ms.Carwell. Jonah would often ask his teacher to come to his home for a visit. Ms. Carwell never visited Jonah’s home (at least not during my observations or to my knowledge) so Jonah would frequently remind his teacher that she still had not come to his house. Jonah was never mad or upset when he reminded his teacher to visit him rather his tone suggested that this was simply a fact and she should visit as soon as possible. Jonah is confident when interacting with others. He approaches others and initiates play. I did not witness any aggression towards his fellow classmates during my observations, in fact, jonah is very gentle and considerate towards others when it time to play and share with others.Jonah

At Ballarat Grammar students are encouraged to take ownership of their learning. One way this is achieved at the school is by the whole schooling moving away from parent teacher interviews where the student is often left out of the discussion. To students now leading the discussion which is called three way conferences. Students use their own words and understanding of how they believe they are going at school which include areas they improved in as well as areas they would still like to improve. The next terms goals are created from these conferences with the student having the final choice.

16 At this the men greatly feared the Lord, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows to him. 17 Now the Lord provided a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.”

In Chapter 16 of The Gospel of Matthew, the dynamics of Simon and Jesus’ relationship quickly change. Peter says, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God” (Mt.16.16) and Jesus replies, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah!” (Mt.16.17) but then Peter rebukes him soon after and Jesus says, “Get behind me, Satan!” (Mt.16.23)

In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, the author Harper Lee, portrays the theme of how being emotionally involved, can blind someone from the reality of the situation. This theme is supported throughout the Tom Robinson trial and when Judge Taylor says, “People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for” (Lee 98). Judge Taylor is saying that no matter what the reality of a situation is, people are always going to be biased and see it in their own perspectives. Just like in Maycomb, people will always rely and consider others

Verse 5 states that each sailor "cried to his god," which tells the reader that the sailors were pagans; therefore, the later interpretation is more likely. (New Interpreter's 496) The sailors cast lots to see whose fault it is for this situation. Using chance to find the perpetrator insinuates that it took divine intervention to single out Jonah. (New Interpreter's 498) The sailors ask Jonah who he was and where did he come from and Jonah's answer was "I am a Hebrew." He also stated "I worship the Lord, the God of heaven who made the sea and the dry land." The sailors believe that Jonah has brought the storm to them and asks "What have you done?" and "What shall we do with you?" (New American 1011) Feeling the weight of his guilt of running away from God, Jonah tells the sailors to throw him overboard. They comply unwillingly. Now the Lord still had a mission for Jonah and so he sent a large fish to swallow him up, which is where he stayed for three days and three nights. Certainly, the safest and simplest thing Jonah could have done would have been to go to Nineveh and preach against the city; therefore, running away is never a better answer.

With both internal and external pressures mounting, Alex bumps into the books’ most mysterious character on a way to a robotics conference, the man simply known as Jonah. Jonah, was Alex’s old professor. Jonah set in motion the whole premise of the book, the premise of figuring out the organization’s goal. From there, Alex goes on a quest with the help of Lou, to try and figure out Jonah’s vague clues and the daunting task of composing a strategy to implement the strategy. As expected, Alex needs to tap into Jonah’s brilliance to see if he can compose a strategy that will help him achieve the operational efficiencies and profitability expected to keep the plant as well as the division active.

God called Jonah to “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city and cry aginst it; for their wickedness is come up before me.” (Jon 1:2) Jonah fled Gods calling to Tarshish. During his escape a great storm came upon the boat that he was on. So the crew cast him into the sea where “the lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.” In Matthew 12:40 Jesus refrences this as “Jonah being in a whales belly for three days.” While in the belly of the fish Jonah prayed to God to let him out. “the Lord spoke unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land”.(Jon 2:10) Jonah then went to Ninevah “and cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.”( Jon 3:4). Ninevah repented and turned back to God and he showed mercy. Jonah was still angry because God showed this savage nation mercy. God then explained to Jonah that everyone needs mercy even your greatest