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This book is about God.
We can see it clearly this way:
· The fish is mentioned 4 times.
· The city is mentioned 9 times.
· Jonah is mentioned 18 times.
· God is mentioned 38 times.
WHAT DO WE LEARN ABOUT JEHOVAH?
HE CONTROLS. . .
CREATION
CITIES
We should also learn that God will save whomever he desires, whether we are faithful and obedient or not.
CHRISTIANS
God calls people to his service.
Here Jonah is called to preach to a foreign city, Nineveh.
Not only does God call people to His service but no one can successfully run from God’s call.
The eyes of the Lord were continually upon him
, and the sea is God’s dominion.
As the psalmist wrote, “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it; for he founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters” ().
and the sea is God’s dominion.
As the psalmist wrote,
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HE IS COMPASSIONATE TOWARDS
SINFUL CITIES
God cares enough about sinners to send a word of hope, love, and grace.
Far more importantly, Jonah brings us face to face with such important issues as God’s grace for the wicked, God’s sovereignty over his servants, and the intense human struggle involved with forgiveness and repentance.
Ferguson summarizes,
“The Book of Jonah is not so much about this great fish that appears in the middle of the book … [but] in order to teach Jonah that he has a gracious God.”
Nineveh was not only a great city, it was also a wicked and violent city.
The Bible clearly represents it as such.
Nahum prophesied against Nineveh:
Nahum 3:1-3
Frank Page writes:
Archaeology confirms the biblical witness to the wickedness of the Assyrians.
They were well known in the ancient world for brutality and cruelty.
Ashurbanipal, the grandson of Sennacherib, was accustomed to tearing off the lips and hands of his victims.
Tiglath-Pileser flayed victims alive and made great piles of their skulls.
SELFISH CHRISTIANS
God says "Arise call".
In the pagan ship captain says "Arise call".
God has reinforcers everywhere.
God says "Arise call".
Pagan ship captain says "Arise call".
God has reinforcers everywhere.
The casting of lots was a widely used method in the ancient Near East.
The most common word used for “lot” indicates that they were either stones or pebbles that were painted or colored.
When the stones were thrown, if two dark sides landed up the usual interpretation was no.
If two light sides landed up, that meant yes.
A light and a dark side meant throw again.
Using this system, the sailors dealt with each individual until the color revealed the guilty person.
This specific means of discerning the Lord’s will is found many times in Scripture.
For example, the casting of lots was the means for determining the guilt of Achan (), for distributing the land to the tribes of Israel (), and for selecting Saul as king ().
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Pagan ship captain says "Arise call".
God has reinforcers everywhere.
The casting of lots was a widely used method in the ancient Near East.
The most common word used for “lot” indicates that they were either stones or pebbles that were painted or colored.
When the stones were thrown, if two dark sides landed up the usual interpretation was no.
If two light sides landed up, that meant yes.
A light and a dark side meant throw again.
Using this system, the sailors dealt with each individual until the color revealed the guilty person.
This specific means of discerning the Lord’s will is found many times in Scripture.
For example, the casting of lots was the means for determining the guilt of Achan (), for distributing the land to the tribes of Israel (), and for selecting Saul as king ().
As says, “The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord.”
The Lord has more ways of confronting us than we have ways of evading him.
The Lord has more ways of confronting us than we have ways of evading him.
· The Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea.
· The lot fell on Jonah.
· The Lord appointed a great fish.
· The word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time.
· The Lord God appointed a plant.
· God appointed a worm.
· God appointed a scorching east wind.
“God forgives, and never holds the thing against you.
Think of how wonderful are the implications of that one fact for your life.
God simply does not hold grudges against people who humble themselves and ask his forgiveness through Jesus Christ.
HE IS CONCERNED
HE KNOWS OUR SINFUL DEFAULT.
The only course of action was to take matters into his own hands and out of God’s hands.
Christians sin this way frequently, refusing God’s commands simply because they do not like them or do not think they will work out well.
God’s command to Jonah was also difficult.
Nineveh was a great distance away, in the heart of a violent empire.
Nineveh was among the largest cities in the ancient world, which is why God refers to it as “that great city Nineveh.”
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It was also distant, about six hundred miles northeast of Israel, near present-day Mosul in Iraq.
And God was sending Jonah alone, commanding him to pronounce a message of doom: “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!”
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Imagine receiving such a calling!
Imagine the difficulties that would go through the mind, and the obstacles to any kind of success!
It was also distant, about six hundred miles northeast of Israel, near present-day Mosul in Iraq.
And God was sending Jonah alone, commanding him to pronounce a message of doom:
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Imagine receiving such a calling!
Imagine the difficulties that would go through the mind, and the obstacles to any kind of success!
Imagine receiving such a calling!
Imagine the difficulties that would go through the mind, and the obstacles to any kind of success!
When God gives the most difficult commands he typically intends the most marvelous acts of deliverance and salvation.
Whenever we find that God has called us to a task that seems far more difficult than we think we can handle, our hope ought to be kindled that God intends to do something wonderful and great.
HE WILL KEEP HIS SACRED DECLARATION.
WHAT DO WE LEARN ABOUT JONAH?
· WHAT DO WE LEARN ABOUT JONAH?
HE WANTED HIS WAY MORE THAN GOD’S WILL.
The narrative may also suggest that Jonah hired the whole ship, which if true would have taken a considerable sum of money.
J. Magonet suggests that “to flee from God, Jonah must have sold his home, left everything behind and set off at the risk of his life.”
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