When Rebels Repent
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Read Jonah 3.
Jonah gets a second chance
Nineveh
Nineveh
an imposing city
collection of 3 cities- Nineveh, Khorsabad, Nimrud
located near modern day mound called Navi Yunus
Life in Nineveh:
cruel, domineering, conquering, pagan, sexual gods/goddesses
impaled and disfigured conquered people.
Long reign of terror over Israel and surrounding area
National repentance 2 Chron 7:14
if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
God Relents
God Relents
When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it.
God is sovereign, (hyper)omniscient.
God declares the end from the beginning-
Isaiah 46:9–10 “remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,’”
Revelation 22:13 “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.””
God can be grieved and express regret
Ephesians 4:30–32 “And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.”
But God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.”
Repentance
Repentance
What repentance is not... 2 Cor 7:10
What repentance is… Psalm 51.