Thank you, Lord, for your grace and mercy. The last thing Jonah imagined was that God would bring a great sea creature to swallow him! Godwould not let him die. The Bible is replete with examples. Jonah has been able to grasp the situations they have been in all show but can't seem to grasp that Ben was putting the whole family/operation at risk and Wendy had to chose between him or everyone and everything else. Instead, he told them to throw him into the sea. To paraphrase: God, I told you they would just repent and you, being a merciful God, would forgive them. Yes, sin is usually very expensivebut many seem quite willing to pay the price. It may be that he is trying to die again (first time by drowning, now by dehydration). It presents two very different stories about repentance. To defy means to resist what one is told to do, openly and boldly. Nevertheless I will look again toward Your holy temple., ut You have brought up my life from the pit, O, Nevertheless I will look again toward Your holy temple (Jonah 2.4). He is the God of the second chance. By Msgr. Struck with great fear of the LORD, the men offered sacrifice and made vows to him. They now knew they were dealing not with nature alone but with supernature. Jonah knew he had lost. The belief that temporal calamities are often connected with the . God prefers mercy to judgment. Phantom, Thank you. Whither shall I go from thy spirit? In the final lines of the book, God speaks once again to Jonah: Are you so deeply grieved about the plant? He said, While I was fainting away,I remembered the LORD, and my prayer came to You, into Your holy temple (Jonah 2.7). Indeed, he never really repents, just continually runs from his mistakes even repeatedly prefers death over repentance. In Jonahs responses, he encountered non-Jews: the sailors and the captain and the Ninevites and their king. In four short chapters, the story of Jonah reveals God's consistent, unchangeable character and is a testament to his relentless love and abundant mercy. Yet he became angry when God removed it. The Scriptures state Jesus was in the earth 3 days and 3 nights. Wake up from your delusions. To deny the historicity of Jonah is to deny Christs resurrection. He did not care for the hundreds of thousands of Ninevites, their children, or their animals. jonah has had lots of dti will attend to directions well PO Box 2732 Taren Point NSW Australia 2229 +612 9525 3181 info@hassonprojects.com.au jonah has had lots of dti will attend to directions well Monday-Friday: 8:30am to 5:30pm Copyright 2016 Hasson Projects - Design by secrets (tv show 2019) And it has said, "Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.". After He calmed the storm, they had declared, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him? Same power. Theb. As for escape by sea, God owns the sea and its lanes. Once Gd commanded Jonah to go to Nineveh, one of the largest cities of that time and foretell its destruction, because the evil of its inhabitants had reached the limit. . It is rife with wickedness. Make a deal with God and He will keep it. So I am trying to gain understanding here. It is too easy for us to wish to destroy those who have harmed us, returning crime for crime, sin for sin. Finally, at 5 p.m. he hired the last group. Stop with your self-justifying slogans and look at whats really going on! In the second section, chapters 2 and 4, Jonah was alone with God. It provides a foretaste of the fullness of Israels destiny to bless Gentiles anticipated in the great Abrahamic Covenant (Genesis 12.1-3 cf. 7Charles Halton. There were not. In sure you have touched a lot of lives.. Keep doing what youre doing. I cried for help from the depth of Sheol;You heard my voice. The teaching is clear: persistent and unrepentant sin brings storms, disturbances, and troubles. Despair-They asked, What shall we do with you, that the sea may quiet down for us? For the sea was growing more and more turbulent. But God would not leave him alone. Meanwhile, the gales grow stronger and civilization continues to crumble. Note that Jonahs defiance also endangers others. The king hoped for survival. The Lord said he was three days and nights in the belly of the sea monster. He had kept the contract they had made with him. God pursues each of us to restore our broken relationship with Him (Genesis 3.8-10). If you wont do it for your own sake, then do it for oursbut call on the Lord! Jonah 1.12, 4.3, 9). He spends three nights in the belly of the fish and with nowhere left to run, not even death, he finally repents. Those who are morally alert do not say such things; those who are in the darkness of delirium, in a moral slumber, say them. Jonah could not understand Gods mercy to Israels enemies. We read: 7Each man said to his mate, Come, let us cast lots so we may learn on whose account this calamity has struck us. So they cast lots and the lot fell on Jonah. 3 But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish. This would mean the metroplex was about 60 miles in diameter (comparable to modern Dallas-Ft. Worth). Whats also interesting is that many skeptics doubted the existence of Nineveh until its ruins were discovered in 1845. Something was not right. God commanded Jonah to travel northeast to Nineveh. In other words, man rolls dice but God makes the spots come up. The message couldnt be clearer: Jonah is going in the wrong direction. I agree that Christ was the first to be permanently raised from the dead. Our present age, the Church age, which has lasted for nearly 2,000 years since the Apostle Paul, exemplifies this fact. She taught her how to rinse dishes and put them in the dishwasher, how to wipe counters, and how to sweep. What are your thoughts on this? Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Jonah is the great story of Gentile salvation in the Old Testament. The other worker, with whom he made no contract (whatever was right), received pay according to the landowners heart. He said, , nto Your holy temple (Jonah 2.7). God pursues each of us to restore our broken relationship with Him (Genesis 3.8-10). Mr. Reade went on to say, "It contains forty-eight verses and 1,328 words. Jonah did his best to escape one great fish, only to be swallowed by another. By the way, Do u pastor any congregation? Jonah was part of that. Does he change his mind? In effect, God says to Jonah, Now, where were we?. 2 Chronicles 36.23; Ezra 7.21; Nehemiah 2.20; Daniel 2.18-19, 37, 44). Yom Kippur Prayer Services. All Your breakers and billows passed over me. VI. 601-604. It is too easy for us to wish to destroy those who have harmed us, returning crime for crime, sin for sin. Later, about 9 a.m. he hired more workers. His prophecy has been believed, the city has responded magnificently to his words, and the people are turning their lives around. They were terrified. I wonder if (and hope that) the young people who sang it understood its significance for them, too. What a change! The great majority of it. The sailors wanted to return to land butJonah didnt.5. And where do you come from? Surprisingly, the men are not willing to kill him. Often the last one to know or admit the damage he does is the sinner himself. However, God has declared, vengeance is mine; I will repay (Romans 12.19; 1 Corinthians 4.5). He has declared the first shall be last, and the last first (Matthew 20.16). The point of Jesus parable and the point of Jonah is that grace is greater than law. All the while, they continue to ramble on about their right to do as they please. Better that way. Often the last one to know or admit the damage he does is the sinner himself. that not everyone is willing or able to be corrected. The sailors were noble. 2002-2023 My Jewish Learning. Except Jonah. Jonah had gone down () to Joppa (Jonah 1.3), down to the ship (Jonah 1.3), down to the hold (Jonah 1.5). Jonahs defiance sends him and others headlong into a stormthat grows ever deeper. Such objections impress only the weak minded. Yes, what are you doing? He could feel seaweed wrapping around his head as the waves swept over him. God was gracious and Jonah peevish. In that event, Jesus had slept through the storm. The sailors wrenched to and fro and the wind howled so that the crew screamed to be heard. The power of Gods word is revealed by the peoples response. Now, with a quick divine reminder, the reluctant prophet heads straight for Nineveh and delivers the intended prophecy: Nineveh is wicked and will be destroyed in 40 days. Whether he did or not does not affect the Lords statement of his own death. He did not provide sunlight for it. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, OT Prophets: Jonah 1:7 They all said to each other Come (Jon. To all this pain can be added many other sufferings. This will be the Day of the Lord, first revealed in Psalm 2 and expanded upon in detail by the prophets. Jesus used the word to refer to the sea creature which swallowed Jonah (Matthew 12.40). For I will send you far away to the Gentiles (Acts 22.21). Salvation is from the Lord (Jonah 2.9). Perhapsyour god will be concerned about us so that we will not perish (Jonah 1.6). Too many wander around in a kind of delirium, a moral sleep, talking about their rights and insisting that what they do is nobody elses business. Yet all the while the storm winds buffet and others suffer for what they do. iii. Twelve years ago, they found out that their baby boy, Jonah, was diagnosed with a fatal rare disease, Sanfilippo Syndrome. Determination-Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time: Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you. Jonah obeyed the word of the Lord and went to Nineveh (Jonah 3:1-3). Jonah did nothing to merit the gourd. - we left Jonah last week in quite a pickle.. - He was a prophet of Israel.and God had told him "arise, and go to Ninevah, that great city, and cry against it, because their wickedness had come up before the Lord." - well, Jonah didn't like that idea because Ninevah was in Assyria..and the Assyrians were enemies of Israel. Jesus raised Lazarus (John 11) from the dead but Lazarus died later. Until Christs blood was shed all the people that had died were held in the heart of the earth Hebrews 10:4. But Jonah received more than a mere mention. Rather than heed this call, Jonah flees in the opposite direction on a ship to Tarshish, across the Mediterranean Sea (in ancient terms, this is basically the other side of the world). May Bob Pierece's prayer also be ours: "Let my heart be broken with the things that break the heart of God." 'sch. 8But both man and beast must be covered with sackcloth; and let men call on God earnestly that each may turn from his wicked way and from the violence which is in his hands (Jonah 3.7-8). I understand much more of this book now than previously. Numbers 32:23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out. The Ninevites werepagan, idolatrous Gentiles. Indeed, many people spend lots of money and go miles out of their way in order to be able to stay in sin. 3:3). 16Then the men feared the Lord greatly, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows. God didnt pursue the question; He gave Jonah time to reflect. Somewhat like Judas, Jonah and many other sinners do not repent to the Lord but rather are merely ashamed of themselves. He then asked the laborers if he did not have the right to do what he wanted with his own money. Jonah pouted. I. Defiance-This is the word of the LORD that came to Jonah, son of Amittai: Set out for the great city of Nineveh, and preach against it; their wickedness has come up before me. But Jonah made ready to flee to Tarshish away from the LORD. he could not see beyond his fear of the Assyrians. Instead of fear, I thought a more appropriate word would be hatred. at least not as the first recourse. Do you have any idea how your behavior, your sins, are affecting the rest of us? Next they say to him, Pray!In other words, get back in touch with God, from whom youre running. They were aghast at Jonahs behavior in fleeing God (Jonah 1.10). I just re-read this article Monday. The other has Jonah alone with God. It reveals Gods greatness and mans pettiness. Jonah 1:1 The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai: 2 "Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.". We read: Then Jonah began to go through the city one days walk; and he cried out and said, Yet forty days and Nineveh will be overthrown (Jonah 3.4).9. Jonah will go finally to Nineveh and there proclaim a message that will be heeded by those who are so lost in sin that they do not know their right hand from their left (see Jonah 4:11). Jonah was a typical Jew who wished to have no dealings with Gentiles. On account of selfishness and sexual misbehavior, many families have been torn apart. Many people today talk about victimless sins,. I do not see Jonah as having fear, or being scared or afraid. Maybe, just maybe, God would change His mind and destroy the city. At the end of the day, 6 p.m., his foreman paid each man a denarius. God knows everything about us all the time (Psalm 139). All Rights Reserved, Full Text (in English) of the Book of Jonah. That which I have vowed I will pay. Hence Jonah is not just insubordinate; he is unbelieving and untrusting. Obviously, from their superstitious perspective, some god or gods are angry with somebody, and they are all suffering because of what this person has done. We run from Godjust as our first parents did in the garden (Genesis 3.8-10). Literal vs. Figurative Interpretation of City Size. Then the sea will become calm for you, for I know that on account of me this great storm. Jonah 3 God gave His commission to Jonah a second timeand this time, Jonah was ready to obey. First there comes the pointed question, What are you doing asleep?Yes, what are you doing? Kerry Malakosky, Weatherford, OK I also pastor Liberty Heights Chapel, Lawton, OK. LHC is listed as a Grace Church, How Big Was Nineveh? I am not sure if I've ever heard the prophet Jonah held up as a model of faith, but that might warrant a second look. Am I correct in my understanding that Jonah did not want to go to Nineveh because he was a good law keeping Jew because Jews had no dealings with gentiles? The reason: God destroyed his army. Parallel Commentaries "Pol minume miror, navis si fracta est tibi, Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural, Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural, Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular, Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural, Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural. The book of Nahum prophesied and described its doom. In response to Jonahs flight, God hurled () a storm onto the sea. In the story we see a portrait of sin and of God's love for sinners. we are also members of the Body, members of the community, whether we want to admit it or not. But Sennacheribs entire army would have been much larger.8. Jesus called this day the Tribulation (Matthew 24.21, 29). Jonahs evangelistic message was brief. He realized he could not escape God and looked to Him for deliverance. Similarly, in our own culture today a good deal of pain and loss results from the defiant, selfish, and bad behavior of many. If I take my wings early in the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, Even there also shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me(Ps 139: 7-10). Jonah reacted by going to Joppa and fleeing west to Tarshish (Jonah 1.3, 10). I knew You would find a way to spare and bless these pagans. Those who are morally alert do not say such things; those who are in the darkness of delirium, in a moral slumber, say them. In the end, the men must hand Jonah over to the Lord. In the belly of the fish, Jonah finally descends as far as possible and hits (literal) rock bottom the bottom of the sea. In chapter 4, Jonah was in Nineveh and in the desert. And if swallowed, revive him? Yes, sin is usually very expensivebut many seem quite willing to pay the price. And yet, the minute they genuinely repent even though that repentance is, admittedly, self-interested God is merciful. but Jonah is the only book of the Bible that begins with it. Paul raised Eutychus (Acts 20) from death but Eutychus died later. Gods will and plan operates within and accommodates human volition. The lot falls to Jonah, and he is finally forced to go public. The storm was so violent they knew their ship was about to shatter. Disturbance-The LORD, however, hurled a violent wind upon the sea, and in the furious tempest that arose the ship was on the point of breaking up. Guaranteed. In effect, Jonah says to them, Kill me. Jonah was angry over Gods destruction of the gourdhe lost his shade. After the great fish vomited up Jonah on dry ground, God appeared to Jonah a second time (3:1). 6The Hebrew reads, , a great fish. Defiance also indicates a lack of faith because it comes from the Latin . Here, Jonah a prophet who likely understood what was happening might, indeed should have taken responsibility for the storm and prayed to his God to save the innocent sailors. He is good and acts accordingly. Jonahis a story of contrasts. The centralandmost important piece of furniture in its design was the ark of the covenant. He could have told the crew to turn the ship back to Joppa. My Jewish Learning is a not-for-profit and relies on your help. Thanks. 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