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God wanted Jonah to go to Nineveh
and wanted him to go before the
people of the great city. Because of
all the wickedness that was
happening before the Lord
Jonah didn’t obey the orders of
God and instead of going to
Nineveh, he went to Tarshish to
escape the presence of the Lord.
God punished Jonah by having a
great fish swallow up Jonah. He
was in the belly of the fish for three
days and nights.
Jonah was very ashamed of
himself and he was probably very
sorrowful for what he did earlier. He
may have been repenting.
In Jonah chapter 1, God wanted Jonah to go to the great
city of Nineveh to cry against the people for their sins and
the wicked things they were doing. But Jonah didn’t obey
the Lord orders and he tried to flee from the Lord. Jonah
went to Tarshish and he found a ship and paid a fee to
ride. While he was on the ship, a mighty wind was sent
out into the sea. Everyone on the ship was frightened and
started to worship their god. Jonah was sleep doing this
time, so one of the shipmasters woke Jonah up and
questioned him. Soon they let Jonah off the ship and he
was swallowed by a great fish and stayed in the stomach
for three days and nights.
In this chapter Jonah repented and asked the
Lord for forgiveness. He described how it was like
to be in the belly of the fish. He asked for mercy
upon him and while these things happened the
fish vomited out Jonah unto dry land.
Jonah did not get out of going to Nineveh, the
Lord came tom him a second time and Jonah
obeyed his orders.
They all believed in what Jonah was telling them.
Them fell to their knees, fasted, and cried unto
God. They were covered in sackcloth too.
God did show the people mercy. God could have easily
destroyed the city, but he gave them another chance and
sent Jonah to preach unto the people. They believed in
what Jonah was saying and they fell to their knees and
cried unto God.
In Jonah chapter 3 the Lord came unto Jonah the second
and told him to go unto Nineveh and preach to the people
of that city. So this time Jonah arose and obeyed the Lord
orders. It was a three day journey. When Jonah preached
to the people, the people became frightened and believed
in the word of God. So all the people of the city fast and
put on sackcloth from the greatest of them to the least of
them. The kind of Nineveh sat in ashes and was dressed
in sackcloth. The king ordered no one man or beast to eat
or drink anything. He wanted them to cry unto the Lord and
to be covered in sackcloth.
I think Jonah was upset because he
had to go unto the great city Tarshish
when he really did not want to.
God used the gourd to teach him a lesson because the
Lord could have easily let Jonah become uncomfortable
and hot in the sun. But he had mercy on him and made a
gourd to serve as shade for Jonah.
I learned even though God is a merciful slow to
anger God, that you should always obey his
commands. He will not ask you to something that
you are not capable of doing.
In this chapter Jonah was very angry with what the Lord
wanted him to do. Jonah did what he was told anyway, but
Jonah wished to die. While Jonah went to Tarshish, Jonah
built a booth and sat under it. The Lord made a gourd for
Jonah and sat it above him. The next day which was
extremely hot, Jonah wished to die again and the Lord
destroyed the gourd. Jonah became upset when the Lord
destroyed the gourd and when he did not destroy the city
of Ninevah.
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