JONAH

JONAH INDUCTIVE BIBLE OVERVIEW

By Dennis Schmidt 12/2014

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This paper discusses the book of Jonah. Jonah lived in Israel at the time of king Jeroboam II. He was called to preach repentances to Nineveh the capital of Assyria. All scriptures are from the King James' version Bible.

JONAH THEME:

GOD’S MERCY & GRACE (ANOTHER CHANCE) FOR JONAH/ALL PEOPLES - Jonah 3:1-2, Jonah 4:11

AUTHOR: Prophet Jonah DATE: 782 BC FROM: Israel TO: Nineveh, Assyria

PURPOSE:

- GOD IS MERIFUL TO ALL MAN PROVIDING ANOTHER CHANCE FOR REPENTANCE AND TO OBEY HIS COMMANDS. - Jonah 4:2

KEY VERSE: Jonah 2:9

KEY WORDS:

[ repent ] (3) {3:9=, 3:10, 4:2}; [ arise ] (6) {1:2=, 1:6, 3:2, 4:8}; [ prepare ] (4) {1:17=, 4:6-4:8}; [ prayer ] (4) {1:8=, 2:1, 2:7, 4:2}

OUTLINE FOR JONAH

I) INTRODUCTION: {JONAH 1:1}

II) JONAH RUNNING FROM GOD: {JONAH 1:2-17}

A) JONAH FLEES CALL FROM GOD: {JONAH 1:2-3}

B) GOD CREATES A GREAT STORM: {JONAH 1:4-16}

C) JONAH SAVED BY LARGE FISH FROM GOD: {JONAH 1:17}

III) JONAH RUNNING TO GOD: {JONAH 2:1-10}

IV) JONAH RUNNING WITH GOD: {JONAH 3:1-10}

A) JONAH PREACHES TO NINEVEH: {JONAH 3:1-4}

B) NINEVEH REPENTS: {JONAH 3:5-10}

V) JONAH RUNNING AGAINST GOD: {JONAH 4:1-11}

A) JONAH UN-HAPPY WITH NINEVEH’S REPENTANCE: {JONAH 4:1-5}

B) JONAH DELIVERY AND REBUKE: {JONAH 4:6-11}

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MISC: JONAH PROPHECIES FULFILLED IN NEW TESTAMENT {JONAH 1:17 – 2:2}

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{Jonah 1:17} "Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights." Fulfilled in New Testament.

{Jonah 2:1-2} "Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly, {2} And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice."

{Jonah 3:3-5} "So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey. {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. {5} So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them."

{Matthew 12:39-41} "But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: {40} For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. {41} The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here."

{Luke 11:29-30} "And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. {30} For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation."

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See my paper: "Deeper Bible Topical Papers" WITHOUT COMMENTS & REFERENCE SCRIPTURES for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Salvation Biblical Word Glossary" SALVATION WORD DEFINITIONS ARE SHOWN INCLUDING THEIR HEBREW & GREEK MEANINGS for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "My Doctrine Beliefs" ALL KEY THEOLOGICAL AREAS WITH MY PAPERS ON EACH SUBJECT for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Bible Books & Topics - Subject Cross Index" SHOWS REFERENCES IN BOTH MY BIBLE & TOPIC PAPERS WHERE A TOPIC SUBJECT INFORMATION MAY BE FOUND. for more information on this subject.

I) INTRODUCTION: {JONAH 1:1}

See my paper: "God's Word/Bible/Scriptures" HOW GOD REVEALS HIMSELF; WRITTEN AND ORAL; SAFE GUARDS ON HIS WORD. for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Bible Study & Interpretation Guideline" PRESENTED IS HOW TO STUDY SCRIPTURE SYSTEMATICALLY. for more information on this subject.

Jonah: The name means dove. Jesus confirmed that the story is not a myth and Jonah was in a hugh fish-like-creature (not whale KJV). The name Jonah is found 18 times within the book shown he existed.

Jesus: Jonah exist

The son of Amittai: The name means truth of the Lord. Only 2 places

II) JONAH RUNNING FROM GOD: {JONAH 1:2-17}

A) JONAH FLEES CALL FROM GOD: {JONAH 1:2-3}

Arise:

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KEYWORD: [ ARISE ] {JONAH 1:2 – 4:8}

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(1) Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. {Jonah 1:2}

(2) So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not. {Jonah 1:6}

(3) Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee. {Jonah 3:2}

(4) So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey. {Jonah 3:3}

(5) For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. {Jonah 3:6}

(6) And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live. {Jonah 4:8}

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Nineveh: The name means habitation of Ninus. Possible the oldest city of the world established by Asshur in today's Iraq.

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MISC: PRIMARY MISSION {JONAH 1:2}

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What is Israel's primary mission and was it to be evangelical? No command in the Old Testament was for Israel to be evangelical. Some converts came in because they saw the Lord's working in Israel. After the cross all believers are commanded to go forth.

Matthew 28:19 "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:"

Israel was to be:

1) Custodians of revelation of one God.

Psalms 147:19-20 "He showeth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel. {20} He hath not dealt so with any nation: and <as for his> judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD."

Romans 3:1-2 "What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit <is there> of circumcision? {2} Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God."

2) Separate people unto God.

Deuteronomy 7:6 "For thou <art> an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that <are> upon the face of the earth."

3) Look for the coming of Messiah.

Galatians 3:16 "Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ."

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Jonah fled unto Tarshish: The city is the opposite direction to Nineveh. This is similar to Elijah going away from people

Went down to Joppa: A shipping port south of Gath-Hepher which was located in northern Galilee.

B) GOD CREATES A GREAT STORM: {JONAH 1:4-16}

See my paper: "Triunity: Father, Son, & Holy Spirit" GOD IS A QUALITATIVE ONE TRIUNITY NOT TRIUNE: THREE SEPARATE PERSONS. for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Just Who Is God" GOD CAN NOT BE DIVIDED. GOD IS A QUALITATIVE ONE TRIUNITY NOT THREE SEPARATE PERSONS. for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "The One God - The Shama" THE KEY BIBLE SCRIPTURE FOR ONE GOD IS DEUTERONOMY 6:4. THE WORD FOR GOD IS A PLURALITY, & THE WORD FOR ONE IS A COMPOUND UNITY. THIS IS THE CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE FOR GOD WHO IS A TRIUNITY PLURALITY ONE UNITY. for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "God the Holy Spirit / Ghost Scriptures & Notes" SCRIPTURES & NOTES THAT SHOW THE HOLY SPIRIT IS GOD & A MANIFESTATION OF THE TRIUNITY GODHEAD for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Godhead Relationship" HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH MANIFESTATION OF THE GODHEAD FOR FULFILLMENT, NOT ONLY JESUS. for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Entry into the Holy of Holies" 3RD EXPERIENCE WITH THE FATHER, 1ST BORN-AGAIN WITH JESUS & 2ND WITH HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM for more information on this subject.

Mariners were afraid...Jonah was fast asleep on the ship: Jonah 1:15 These were experienced ship crews. Jonah is peacefully sleeping.

Jesus is peacefully sleeping.

Cried every man unto his god: No results since their gods just made of metal, wood, or stone.

See my papers: "Just Who is God?" for more information on this subject.

Call upon thy God, God will think upon us, that we perish not: This is God who both allowed the storm & can save all on the ship.

See my papers: "The One God – The Shama" for more information on this subject.

So they cast lots, lot fell upon Jonah:

Pray:

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KEYWORD: [ PRAY ] {JONAH 1:8 – 4:2}

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(1} Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us; What is thine occupation? and whence comest thou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou? {Jonah 1:8}

(2) Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly, {Jonah 2:1}

(3) When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. {Jonah 2:7}

(4) And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. {Jonah 4:2}

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Whose cause evil on us; What is thy: occupation, country, people: God directed the lot unto Jonah to make a confession of his God.

I am an Hebrew; and I fear the Lord: Jonah is a godly witness.

Hebrew means one who passed over. The first Hebrew may of been Eber who is an off-spring of Shem.

See my paper: "Godhead Relationship" HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH MANIFESTATION OF THE GODHEAD FOR FULFILLMENT, NOT ONLY JESUS. for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Israel & Jewish People in God's Plan" JESUS JEWISHNESS, ISRAEL, JERUSALEM, & JEWS IN GOD'S PLAN; JEWS & GENTILE SALVATION for more information on this subject.

The men knew that he fled from the Lord because he told them: Jonah had told the crew that he was running from God's command.

See my paper: "Man's Greatest Need - Relationship With God" ANSWERS QUESTIONS ABOUT GOD CHARACTERISTICS & MAN'S PURPOSES. for more information on this subject.

What shall we do unto thee that the sea may be calm unto us: They ask the prophet Jonah. God's man has wisdom from God.

He said cast me forth into the sea: Jonah knows that he has sinned. He also has faith that God will not be punish others for his sin.

Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to land..They couldn't: Man's effort to solve problem to no avail.

Let us not perish for this man's life:

Lay not upon us innocent blood:

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LIST: MIRACLES: {JONAH 1:15 – 4:6}

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(1) God made a storm & after Jonah was cast in sea ceased it: {Jonah 1:15}

(2) God prepared a large fish creature to carry Jonah: {Jonah 1:17}

(3) Jonah survived three days in the fish: {Jonah 1:17 & 2:10}

(4) The 120 thousand people of the city of Nineveh repented: {Jonah 3:5-10}

(5) God made a gourd to grow in a short time to protect Jonah: {Jonah 4:6}

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They cast Jonah into the sea and the sea ceased from her raging:

Men feared the Lord exceedingly..offered a sacrifice to the Lord: No renouncement of their gods.

C) JONAH SAVED BY LARGE FISH FROM GOD: {JONAH 1:17}

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LIST: [ PREPARED ] {JONAH 1:17 – 4:8}

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(1) Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. {Jonah 1:17}

(2) And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd. {Jonah 4:6}

(3) But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered. {Jonah 4:7}

(4) And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live. {Jonah 4:8}

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Lord prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah:

See my paper: "Is Free Will Biblical?" MANY SCRIPTURES ARE SHOWN FOR PREDESTINATED. OPPOSING FREEWILL VIEWS ARE DISCUSSED for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Some Saved and Some Lost - God's Sovereignty" GOD'S PLAN FOR BOTH PEOPLE THAT ARE LOST & SAVE IS SHOWN for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "God Plans for His Purpose. Who Harden Pharaoh's Heart?" GOD'S USE OF SINNERS TO ACHIEVE HIS PURPOSE IS SHOWN for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Plan of God" DISCUSSED ARE PREDESTINATION AND RELATED TOPICS WITH THEIR GREEK AND HEBREW DEFINITIONS, SCRIPTURES, AND COMMENTS for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "God Will Receive All the Glory" DISCUSSED IS PREDESTINATION PLAN OF GOD FOR SALVATION, SANCTIFICATION, PERFECTION, AND GLORIFICATION. for more information on this subject.

Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights: Like Jesus, Jonah died & after three days was raised.

See my paper: "Between Jesus' Death & Resurrection What did He Accomplish?" JESUS CONQUERED SATAN, TOOK HIS POWER & LOOSED PARADISE for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Resurrection" JESUS RESURRECTION IS THE CENTER OF OUR FAITH IN THE BIBLE; END TIMES RESURRECTIONS OF THE RIGHTEOUS & WICKED ARE DISCUSSED. for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Jesus in the Old Testament" MANY OLD TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES SHOWN THAT THE ANGEL OF THE LORD IS PRE-INCARNATE JESUS CHRIST. for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Messianic Prophecies That Jesus Fulfilled" OLD TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES PROPHECIES & THEIR NEW TESTAMENT FULFILLMENT BY JESUS. for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Jesus Life, Events & Identity" JESUS KEY EVENTS SHOW HIS LIFE & IDENTIFY WHO HE IS. for more information on this subject.

III) JONAH RUNNING TO GOD: {JONAH 2:1 - 10}

Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish's belly:

See my paper: "Prayer" PRESENTS PRAYER STEPS. THE LORD'S PRAYER AND OTHER NEW TESTAMENT PRAYER EXAMPLES SHOWN. for more information on this subject.

Lord heard me; out of the belly of hell: Belly = center

See my paper: "Grace" DEFINITION OF GRACE; GRACE FOR BELIEVERS; ONLY KINDNESS TO UNBELIEVERS; GRACE GROWTH; GRACE SAVES for more information on this subject.

Thou cast me in the deep, floods compassed me, thy waves pass over:

I am cast out of thy sight; I will look again to thy holy temple:

See my paper: "Entry into the Holy of Holies" 3RD EXPERIENCE WITH THE FATHER, 1ST BORN-AGAIN WITH JESUS & 2ND WITH HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM for more information on this subject.

The waters compassed me about to the soul, weeds wrapped my head: Jonah died in the large fish.

Thou brought up my life from corruption, O Lord my God:

See my paper: "Body, Soul & Spirit" MAN IS 2 PARTS, SOUL = SPIRIT & BODY ANIMALS HAVE SPIRITS & SOULS ALSO for more information on this subject.

I will sacrifice to thee with thanksgiving. I will pay the vow:

See my paper: "Christians Are Not Under Law, But Jews Can Culturally Keep God's Commandments" COMMANDMENTS WERE GIVEN TO JEWS NOT GENTILES; CHRISTIANS ARE NOT UNDER LAW; BUT JEWISH BELIEVERS MAY CONTINUE KEEPING LAW NOT FOR SALVATION for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Sermon on the Mount" MATTHEW 5-7 & LUKE 6, 11 & 12 ARE DISCUSSED VERSE BY VERSE WITH KINGDOM PRINCIPLES for more information on this subject.

Salvation is of the Lord:

See my paper: "True Gospel for Salvation by the Imputed Righteousness of Jesus" GOSPEL SHOWN IN SCRIPTURES MUST INCLUDE THE REVELATION OF THE IMPUTED RIGHTEOUSNESS OF JESUS. for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Imputed/Reckoned/Counted Righteousness of Jesus" TRANSFER OR THE IMPUTED RIGHTEOUSNESS OF JESUS TO THE CHRISTIAN & CHRISTIAN'S SINS TO JESUS. for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "What is a Born-Again & How to Become One" BORN-AGAIN PRINCIPLES ARE PRESENTED. THE STEPS TO RECEIVE JESUS ARE SHOWN. for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Man's Greatest Need - Relationship With God" ANSWERS QUESTIONS ABOUT GOD CHARACTERISTICS & MAN'S PURPOSES. for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Faith" FAITH PROMISES PRESENTED FOR EVERY ASPECT OF THE CHRISTIANS LIFE: SALVATION & HEALING. THE CONDITIONS. for more information on this subject.

Lord spake, the fish vomited out Jonah upon the dry land:

IV) JONAH RUNNING WITH GOD: {JONAH 3:1-10}

A) JONAH PREACHES TO NINEVEH: {JONAH 3:1-4}

Lord came unto Jonah the second time: God's mercy & long patience.

See my paper: "God's Word/Bible/Scriptures" HOW GOD REVEALS HIMSELF; WRITTEN AND ORAL; SAFE GUARDS ON HIS WORD. for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Bible Study & Interpretation Guideline" PRESENTED IS HOW TO STUDY SCRIPTURE SYSTEMATICALLY. for more information on this subject.

Go to Nineveh, that great city and preach unto it that I bid thee:

See my paper: "Church Officers and Their Qualifications" THE FIVE FOLD MINISTRIES & THE DEACON MINISTRY ARE PRESENTED for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Apostle" SHOWN ARE THE NEW TESTAMENT APOSTLES & THEIR MINISTRIES for more information on this subject.

Prophet: A spokesman for another, as for God. Other names/titles in the Bible are as follows: Man of God; Servant of the Lord; Messenger of the Lord; and Seer (to see).

See my paper: "Jesus as Prophet, Priest, & King" SCRIPTURES SHOWS JESUS AS A PROPHET, MELCHISEDEC PRIEST & ETERNAL KING for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Baptism for Forgiveness of Sins" BAPTISM IS NOT NEEDED FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Holy Spirit Baptism" HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM BENEFITS ARE SHOWN. THE STEPS TO RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM ARE SHOWN for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Is the Baptism of Holy Spirit with the Evidence of Tongues of God or the Devil?" THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN SCRIPTURE INCLUDES TONGUES WHICH ARE FOREIGN LANGUAGES TO COMMUNICATE WITH GOD IN PRAYER for more information on this subject.

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MISC: TRUE & FALSE PROPHETS TEST {JONAH 3:2}

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Prophet: A spokesman for another, as for God. Other names/titles in the Bible are as follows: Man of God; Servant of the Lord; Messenger of the Lord; and Seer (to see).

Exodus 7:1-2 "And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet. {2} Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land."

Numbers 11:29 "And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD'S people were prophets, <and> that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!"

Jeremiah 1:7 "But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I <am> a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak."

Amos 3:7-8 "Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. {8} The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?"

1 Samuel 9:9 "(Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for <he that is> now <called> a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)"

John 15:15 "Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you."

1 Corinthians 12:28 "And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healing, helps, governments, diversities of tongues."

Prophet would meet the following:

- Spoke only in the name of the Lord (Yahweh).

- God had a special calling for him to by a prophet.

- His life matches his position. He did not practice divination.

- Do not assume signs and wonders prove his position.

- His God given prophecies came to pass.

Deuteronomy 13:1-3 "If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, {2} And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; {3} Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul."

2 Thessalonians 2:9 "<Even him>, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,"

- His message was in harmony with previous revelation. History will confirms his authenticity.

Deuteronomy 18:21-22 "And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken? {22} When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that <is> the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, <but> the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him."

- Moral quality and spiritual essence of the message.

- Inner witness to the Holy Spirit believer.

- Test the prophets revelation against what the Bible states.

1 Corinthians 14:29 "Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge."

Holy Scriptures:

God's word is above that of His name:

Psalms 138:2 "I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name." God's words is most important.

Word of God is Jesus (God's name) who is in every Scriptures:

Isaiah 55:11 "So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it." The Bible, scriptures, are God's words.

Psalms 40:7 "Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book <it is> written of me," (fulfilled see Hebrews 10:7) The Bible is centered on Jesus (God) before & after He is manifested in flesh.

John 1:1 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." Jesus is God & the Word of God.

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Jonah is obedient after his chastisement.

Nineveh 3 days' journey..Jonah enter in the city a day's journey: Three is the number of divinity and completion within.

Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown: Forty is the number of a generation of completeness.

B) NINEVEH REPENTS: {JONAH 3:5-10}

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MISC: FASTING {JONAH 3:5}

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Nineveh people believed God, proclaimed a fast, put on sackcloth:

Matthew 12:41 "The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas <is> here."

Fasting:

Isaiah 58:3-7 "Wherefore have we fasted, <say they>, and thou seest not? <wherefore> have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours. {4} Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as <ye do this> day, to make your voice to be heard on high. {5} Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? <is it> to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes <under him>? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD? {6} <Is> not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? {7} <Is it> not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?"

Examples of fasting:

To stand in gap for people:

Deuteronomy 9:18 "And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger."

To learn God's will:

Ezra 8:21 "Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance."

To stand in gap for healing country:

2 Chronicles 7:14 "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land."

To heal child for parents sin:

2 Samuel 12:16 "David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth."

To heal someone:

Matthew 17:21 "Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting."

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Everyone turn from his evil way & violence in their hands: Repented

See my paper: "Forgiveness of Sins" GOD FORGIVES OUR SINS THROUGH THE BLOOD OF JESUS. for more information on this subject.

God may turn and repent and from His fierce anger, & we perish not:

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LIST: [ REPENT ] {JONAH 3:9 – 4:2}

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(1) Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? {Jonah 3:9}

(2) And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not. {Jonah 3:10}

(3) And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. {Jonah 4:2}

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V) JONAH RUNNING AGAINST GOD: {JONAH 4:1-11}

A) JONAH UN-HAPPY WITH NINEVEH’S REPENTANCE: {JONAH 4:1-5}

It displeased Jonah & he was very angry: Jonah is selfish.

Take, my life from me; for it better for me to die than to live:

Elijah said the same thing.

Jonah's deliverance and rebuke: 4:5-4:11

B) JONAH DELIVERY AND REBUKE: {JONAH 4:6-11}

Lord prepared a gourd to shadow Jonah and he was exceeding glad: God is concerned even with little things in our lives.

God prepared a worm and it smote the gourd that it withered:

Lord said, thou has pity on the gourd, laboured not, neither made:

See my paper: "Just Who Is God" GOD CAN NOT BE DIVIDED. GOD IS A QUALITATIVE ONE TRIUNITY NOT THREE SEPARATE PERSONS. for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Godhead Relationship" HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH MANIFESTATION OF THE GODHEAD FOR FULFILLMENT, NOT ONLY JESUS. for more information on this subject.

Should not I spare Nineveh wherein are more than 60,000 persons:

See my paper: "Grace" DEFINITION OF GRACE; GRACE FOR BELIEVERS; ONLY KINDNESS TO UNBELIEVERS; GRACE GROWTH; GRACE SAVES for more information on this subject.

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