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Jonah is son of Amittai. Of the tribe of Zebulon. Jonah means pigeon and they are known for highest flight. Prophets in the Bible referred them as senseless and easily deceived. He had to travel from GethHepher to Nineveh but he was taking ship from Joppa to Tarshish. Then Tarshish is now Spain. He is running away from the Lord and where can you run but to Him? Jonah is from a place called GethHepher.
Nineveh was built by Nimrod. He is son of Ham and grandson of Noah. Nimrod family members names were the origins of all the names of pagan deities. That time God revealed human government. Nineveh was the capital city of Assyria. Assyrians and Jews married and Samaritans evolved. Nineveh was nation of bloodshed and war.
Go to Nineveh. God told this two times to Jonah. God has only one option for you which is the best option. 10 times also he tells the same option. Go to Nineveh. God gives us second chance. Lord is gracious and compassionate.
95% travel still there but storm came. In chapter one Jonah was in boat of disobedience. In chapter two Jonah was in belly of repentance. In chapter three Jonah was in city of celebration. In chapter four Jonah was in booth of anger. Jonah has regionalism and racial discrimination. Because he was Jew he did not want to tell message of Yahweh to the Gentiles. Favoritism is forbidden. But now we have two races. Adam race means all births of man and Jesus race means all really saved in the name of Jesus. With God there is no respect of persons.
3 differences: Firstly, when storm came captain of ship gathered all to pray being gentile but Jonah being prophet sleeping and negligent to mission. Negligence is forbidden. Secondly Jonah is ready to die and he told throw me in the sea but he was disobedient to the mission. Thirdly passengers did not throw Jonah even when he told to throw him into sea but tried to row more. But Jonah is running away from the Lord. When we miss the grace of God bitter root grows. Bitter root means pride, animosity, rivalry and anything harmful to others.
Lot fell to Jonah. They used pebbles of stones or wood pieces to cast lots. Throw me into the sea. They threw. Then storm calmed. They offered sacrifice. Mediterranean Sea was the sea they are travelling. Fish wind worm plant obeyed God who is their creator but Jonah disobeyed. Man is looking for better method. But God is looking for better man. God is still working on man.
When Jonah told forty days from now Nineveh will be overturned. King declared fast. Animals also fasted. Ninevites repented from king. King sat in sackcloth and ashes. When God saw this repentance God relented his judgement. God told Jonah you are concerned about castor oil plant which God commanded to grow up and to be eaten by the worm in the next dawn. But you are not concerned about 120000 Ninevites who cannot discern right from the left.
3 Confessions: Firstly, Jonah told I am Hebrew. Worshipper of the Lord who made Heaven and the Earth. Acknowledged God in disobedience. Secondly in fish belly Jonah told Salvation belongs to the Lord. Acknowledged God in repentance. Thirdly when God relented Jonah told this is why I told you Lord when I am in GethHepher that you will relent when they repent. He did not want to distribute God of his nation. Patiality is forbidden.
Castor oil plant is the plant that grew up to shade Jonah from sun burn and worm ate the plant. The story of Jonah looks like fable for some because in three days how Jonah told whole Nineveh the message of God and Nineveh being 60 miles in circumference. And how Jonah went to fish belly and spent three days inside and fish vomited him. GethHepher to Joppa he travelled on land. After fish vomited also he travelled on land to Nineveh.
Jesus Christ and Jonah are not there completely 3days and 3nights in tomb and fish belly respectively. Jesus quoted this sign for evil and adulterous generation. Jesus told Ninevites repentance speaks judgement to us because they repented when Jonah told. Jesus Christ is greater than Jonah. Jonah went Nineveh repented and saved. But when Nahum went Nineveh disobeyed and judged.
When prophet comes salvation or judgement must happen obligatory. Either right or wrong comes from the prophet, but nothing never comes out. Prophet does not choose the prophecy. God calls the prophet. Prophets obey first then results are secondary. God ordered great fish to swallow Jonah. In Bible Leviathan, serpent of the sea and monster of the deep are giant creatures. The great fish of Jonah is not necessarily whale. Blue whale is the largest of all the mammals. God relented judgement. And Jonah made booth of anger and he wanted to die. Jonah did not die at the booth.
Jonah termed as lazy prophet. But he had repentance experience of fish belly. Prayer of Jew: Lord thank you for not creating me as a woman, slave or gentile. Gentiles he hates. Assyrian kings Shalmaneser I and Sargon II made much havoc in history for the Jews by killing many thousands of them in the wars.
Jonah did not need sea travel to go to Nineveh but he took the opposite route to Tarshish. Biblical understanding of heaven is heaven has no sea. Somehow sea is seen not good for Hebrews. King Solomon was the only Hebrew king who was interested to do trade on sea. The ship Jonah used to travel was probably Philistine ship.
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