Jonah

In conclusion, Bar-Jonah is a very sick person who eventually got what he deserved. He was a cannibal, sexual offender, kidnapper, molester, and overall a twisted killer. Who knows how many unknown people he has hurt, tortured, or killed and eaten. But now that he is dead and gone he won’t be able to hurt anyone

In the book of Jonah we see the vast amount of tension between both God and Jonah. He is one of the prophets who also believes in tolerance of non-Jews opposite to Ezra’s and Nehemiah’s stress of an unadulterated blood race of Jews under a restrictive Jewish God. Jonah is one of a vast line of important people in the bible who argues with God. As you see in past books of the bible everyone has stood their own against the Lord. Jonah though decides to try and run from God. The Lord called to Jonah and said “Arise, go to Ninevah, that great city, and cry against it,” but Jonah flees to Joppa, setting sail on a ship duty-bound for Tarshish, assuming he can evade the Lord. Jonah views the Lord as sort of a indigenous God of restrained power that his hand would not reach as

Mr. Darrow: Perfectly easy to believe that Jonah swallowed the whale? . . . . . I object to your statement. I am examining you on your fool ideas that in intelligent Christian on this earth believe (Document C.) However, fundamentalism continued to grow after the trial ended. Fundamentalism was an example of how the rift

Jonah was given the task of delivering God’s message of impending judgment to a society that Jonah despised.

Jonah's parents are loving, always telling Jonah that they were lucky to get him and that he is such a miracle. On page 15, page 16, and many other pages in the book mention how Jonah’s parents

The prophet Jonah was an angry, hateful man who lived in eighth century B.C. During the reign of King Jeroboam II, he was commission by God to go to Nineveh and tell them to repent of their wicked ways. While it is not known, who wrote the book of Jonah is it widely believed to be have been penned by the prophet himself. The passage I have chosen takes place after the people of Nineveh repent and God has shown compassion for them. Jonah is stubbornly angry at God’s compassion and leaves Nineveh. The passage picks up with Jonah sulking on a hill overlooking the city.

Friend… what has God been tugging on your heart about, and you haven’t obeyed Him yet? The temptation could be to join Jonah in his downward spiral, to turn away from the rich life God desires for

The book of Jonah is the story of God’s plan of redemption for mankind. It is a book that has received much criticism from many who would question the historicity of the book and has received heavy debate regarding different aspects within the book, from the conversion of the sailors, to the cause of Jonah’s anger over the city of Nineveh being spared.

Do to the idolatry in the days of Abraham, God love for his people and his wiliness that none shall perish he gives a mandate to Abraham to become a blessing to the world as a whole. The only this could be done was that Abraham had to embrace the call which was the first part, but not only that he had to accomplish the promise God. The last one before mention would be that of Jonah. A man that would have a world win view of how to obey the call of He that is greater. Jonah one that was given a message that had the power to change a nation of people that was not of his lineage, but yet the same were the calling of God. Would take upon himself to know the mind of God and would become disobedient to his calling and go the oppose way from where God sent him. Jonah would be the first to show that disobedient will not be tolerated by God. The book of Jonah tells the story of a unenthusiastic missionary who resisted the calling of his life, by not being obedient to his calling by denying a people that was racial and culturally different from him, by not giving what he was called to deliver. The love that God has for humanity is evident throughout the Old Testament, and reflected through his passion for mission. God's heart is reflected

The author wants us to understand that like Jonah we are sometimes given tough missions or tasks but we can’t just run away from them. Once we follow God we cannot just follow him, we must be able to do things he wants us to do and tasks he has sent us to do. There may be numerous ways to hide or run but we can never run or hide in Gods sight. To God the world is like the tip of his finger he can see and watch every bit of action we are doing. The author knows that God has given us the destiny to do something under his name, every lifeform has its own destiny and we must accept them.

The book of Jonah has been a staple in Sunday school classes for many years. It has also been subject to misinterpretation for many years as there is a much deeper meaning within the book that has enlightened audience that Jonah was originally written for. However, this remains one of the best books in that it contains a miracle that seems impossible which directly relates to people because it is a captivating story in which a man survives in the belly of a giant fish. Many have translated the word fish for a whale as that is the only fish that comes to mind that would have the capacity to hold a human. Let us talk about the facts, history, characteristics and some background that makes up the beloved book.

16 At this the men greatly feared the Lord, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows to him. 17 Now the Lord provided a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.”

For my interpretation of Jonah I am using a context from northern Minnesota. My congregation is part of the United Methodist Church and is composed primarily of retired, upper middle class Caucasians. The typical member spent most or all of their life in one Iron Range community or another. My artistic interpretation of Jonah (see below) attempts to bring aspects of Peace UMC’s Iron Range history into relation with Jonah’s message of responsibility, repentance, justice and mercy. Many people remember Jonah for its fantastic image of the fleeing prophet being swallowed by a “large fish”.

To recap the first half of the Book of Jonah, God calls upon Jonah to go to the great city of Nineveh and send them a message that God will punish the Ninevites if they do not repent for their sins. Jonah, refusing to help the Ninevites, decides to “flee from God in disobedience” (Cosby 124) to Tarshish. Jonah boards a ship with a couple of sailors and sets sail to Tarshish. However during their sail, God sends a terrible storm due to Jonah’s disobedience. The sailors eventually had to throw Jonah into the sea in order to calm the storm. God creates a big fish to engulf Jonah where Jonah was in its belly for three days and three nights. This part of the story in particular allows the reader to stop and ponder if Jonah’s incident with the big fish really took place in history. It is impossible to survive one day in a belly of a fish nevertheless three days! Knowing this bit of information, we can deduce that the

In this essay I will argue that a purpose for the book of Jonah being written is to teach us that knowledge does not equal understanding. This means that although one can be quite knowledgable about God and His Word, in acquiring this they can also loose their humility and forget their tendency to error. This can mean that those who have no concept of right and wrong are much more willing to admit an error when it is pointed out. My first point is the lack of repentance from Jonah contrasted to the repentance of the mariners. Point number two is Jonah’s reaction to being in the belly of the fish compared to the Ninevites reaction to the cry of impending doom. Finally, my third point is that Jonah followed a trend of anger against positive injustices