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 WITH GODTHE COMMISSION RENEWED TEXT: Jonah 3:1-3 1 And the word of Jehovah came unto Jonah the second time, saying, 2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee. 3 So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the wo... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD'S MESSENGER RUNNING WITH GODTHE CRY FOR REPENTANCE TEXT: Jonah 3:4 4 And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown. QUERIES a. How far did Jonah go into the city in a day? b. Why did Jonah give a time limit... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD'S MESSENGER RUNNING WITH GOD THE CONSEQUENCE OF REPENTANCE TEXT: Jonah 3:5-10 5 And the people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. 6 And the tidings reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his... [ Continue Reading ]