Jonah

we read about an abundance of unlikely people chosen by the Lord to fulfill His purposes. Jonah had no idea he would be fish bait on his journey to reach an ungodly group of people. Jonah, the most noted foreign missionary in the Old Testament, is commanded to go east to Nineveh but flees toward the westernmost possible point (Jonah 1:1-3), was consumed by a great fish during his disobedient flight (Jonah 1:17), and walked around looking like a bleached whale for three days preaching repentance

argue that a purpose for the book of Jonah being written is to teach us that knowledge does not equal understanding. This means that although one can be quite knowledgable about God and His Word, in acquiring this they can also loose their humility and forget their tendency to error. This can mean that those who have no concept of right and wrong are much more willing to admit an error when it is pointed out. My first point is the lack of repentance from Jonah contrasted to the repentance of the mariners

Imagine being in the dark alone with your thoughts, but you’re actually in the gut of a whale. Jonah was a proud, stubborn, disobedient, unfaithful, a grumbler, and altogether a bad-tempered man who disobeyed God. Jonah learned to let go of his pride and follow God’s commands no matter what. From the story of Jonah we learn to follow God’s commands, to not doubt God, and when we obey we will see God’s amazing plans unfold. When we look at the different Prophets God uses throughout the bible we

interpretation of Jonah I am using a context from northern Minnesota. My congregation is part of the United Methodist Church and is composed primarily of retired, upper middle class Caucasians. The typical member spent most or all of their life in one Iron Range community or another. My artistic interpretation of Jonah (see below) attempts to bring aspects of Peace UMC’s Iron Range history into relation with Jonah’s message of responsibility, repentance, justice and mercy. Many people remember Jonah for its

consistently shows love and mercy to them; however, the story of Jonah is very fascinating. It is fascinating because it tells how far God will still show His mercy. In the book of Jonah, we see the patience, mercy, and love God has for all of humanity regardless of the circumstances or the opinion of anyone. The city of Nineveh is a brutal, wicked one. It bullies everyone around them without any remorse, even God’s chosen people—the Israelites. Jonah, already hating Nineveh, expects God to destroy Nineveh;

that Jonah had sat down somewhere outside Nineveh, waiting to see what would happen. Now that probably means that he's waiting to see how long this repentance will last. Or to put it bluntly, he probably doesn't think this revival will last very long. Maybe in a few days, old habits die hard, they will turn back to their old evil and violent ways. And then, Jonah gets an up front, front stage view of God's judgment. Wouldn't that be a wonderful show. That's Jonah's mentality. And as Jonah is sitting

Jonah is one of the most interesting stories in the Old Testament. In this paper, I will summarize the story of Jonah, and determine if this story is literal or not. Towards the end of this paper, I will give my final thoughts about Jonah. According to chapter one, the Lord spoke to Jonah and instructed him to preach in the city of Nineveh. Jonah did not want to go Nineveh so he decided that he wanted to run away from God. While Jonah was on his way to Tarshish, God sent a great wind on the sea

Jonah The book of Jonah does not say who wrote it, but it is unlikely that Jonah was the author because it speaks badly about him. Jonah was a prophet in the land of Israel at about 800-750 BC. During this time, Israel shared its northern border with Syria. When the army of Syria defeated Israel in war, it took a lot of Israel’s land. Then the army of Assyria defeated Syria in war, making Syria weak. Jeroboam then was able to get his land back. Jonah had said that God would cause this to happen

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;

Jonah (The Book of) Jonah is a book of the Bible written by the Johan himself approximately 785-760 BC. (BibleGateway, n.d.) This book of the Bible has only four chapters in it and it is fixed in the Bible after the book of Obadiah and before Nahum. In the four short chapters for this book of the Bible Johan goes from turning his back on the Lord, going back to the Lord, the once again questioning the Lord. The first chapter shows Jonah’s defiance of the Lord. The Lord asked Jonah to go Nineveh