EXAMINATION CONSIDERATIONS 1. Why would God send a prophet of Israel to a great heathen city like Nineveh? 2. Do you think the literal meaning of Jonah's name, dove, has any symbolical significance concerning his mission? 3. Is there sufficient evidence to establish the historicity of the exp... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD'S MESSENGER RUNNING FROM GODTHE COMMISSION OF JONAH TEXT: Jonah 1:1-2 1 Now the word of Jehovah came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. QUERIES a. Who was Jonahwhere did he livewhe... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD'S MESSENGER RUNNING FROM GODTHE CONTRARIETY OF JONAH TEXT: Jonah 1:3-10 3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of Jehovah; and he went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD'S MESSENGER RUNNING FROM GODTHE CHASTENING OF JEHOVAH TEXT: Jonah 1:11-17 11 Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea grew more and more tempestuous. 12 And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the... [ Continue Reading ]