Nineveh

Overview: God calls Jonah to preach to Nineveh, but Jonah refuses and runs away on a boat that he is later thrown over into the sea. Jonah was swallowed by a large fish and prayed for forgiveness, so God made the fish spit him out onto land. God once again sent Jonah to Nineveh where the people except the message and repent. Jonah is furious that they were saved and his prophecy of their distraction does not come true. Behind the Text: When Nineveh is mentioned in the book of Zephaniah, that God will destroy the city. It is also mentioned in 2 Kings 19:36-37 and then paralleled Isaiah 37:37-38, mentioning one of Nineveh’s temples during the assassination of Senacherib. The best way to figure out the time of Nineveh is to go off of what…

In these modern times, skeptics consider the account of Jonah the son of Amit'tai as a fable or even a symbolic story. However, Jesus drew a comparison between Himself and Jonah confirming its historical accuracy. Shortly after the Flood, Nineveh was founded by Nimrod a warrior, (Genesis 10:11-12). It was the capital of the Assyrian empire and rose to power around 900 B.C. Nineveh, the oldest and most-populous city of the ancient Assyrian empire, is today's present day city of Mosul, Iraq. It…

A man eventually wakes Jonah and begs for him to pray to his God, so Jonah prays and the storm stops. Jonah ends up falling overboard and swallowed by a fish. He eventually ends up on shore right on the path to Nineveh. In Jonah 3, the Lord tells him to head to Nineveh again and this time Jonah agrees. When Jonah gets to Nineveh he shouts forty days until the city is overthrown. All of the sudden the king ordered the people to fast and the believed if they didn’t start acting good God would…

throughout the Bible, probably because we can learn so much from it in what is such a little book of God’s Word. It starts out with God telling Jonah to go to Nineveh, a great city that was weak in its beliefs. Jonah, instead of trusting in the Lord, fled to Tarshish. To get to Tarshish, he first had to go to Joppa and get on a ship. It was on this ship that the Lord made it clear that Jonah was not to go to Tarshish, but instead to Nineveh. Jonah and a bunch of other mariners were in the…

of the city of Nineveh, because they truly did repent. Also, it is about God’s love for all people, no matter what you are, or who you are. The author of Jonah is unknown. Although some believe that it was Jonah himself who wrote it. Jonah lived in the Galilean city of Gath-hepher which was very close to Nazareth. Jeroboam II reigned over Israel. He was Israel’s most powerful king. Under his authority, the borders of Israel grew farther than they did under David and Saul’s reign. Five hundred…

Jonah Submits to the Lord Chapter 3 Jonah Delivers God’s Message (3:1-4) The theme of repentance and deliverance will be carried along further by Jonah’s actions and deliverance. This will be the second calling that YHWH is commanding of Jonah to go to Nineveh to proclaim the message of God. (Vs. 3:1-3) The Lord is relying on Jonah to obey his word and Jonah leaves without delay. (vs.3) Jonah arrives in the city and he begins to preach, he utters very the only words of prophecy in the book,…

does not seek him; in all his thought there is no room for God”. This explains that a man full or consumed with his own thoughts, they have no room for God. Pride can drive people away from God. The more prideful a person gets, the more they grow away from God. This is a bad thing because we need to have a good relationship with God. We should be looking for ways to grow closer to God, not away from him. One example of this in the bible is Jonah and the big fish. Jonah was told by God…

above-mentioned default themes used by people as proof texts for their religious dogma. Although the prophet Jonah will be a reluctant voice to usher a message of salvation to the people of Nineveh, the book of Jonah is an overarching narrative of lost opportunities of Israel to bring the Kingdom of God to a desperate world. II. The Cost of Disobedience The narrative takes us to one of the major themes of the book without hesitation. We know little about Jonah’s education or his prior…

The book of Jonah begins with God instructing his prophet, Jonah, to go to Nineveh to warn the people against their wicked ways. Jonah; however, tries to escape the Lord’s presence. However, as he flees to Tarshish by boat, the Lord sends a wind that creates a storm so strong that all the sailors become afraid. They pray to their gods while Jonah is asleep below deck. Then, the sailors wake Jonah and cast lots to see whose fault the storm is. When they find it is on account of Jonah, they…

message), Jonah prays (made humble), Jonah travels to the city of Nineveh (message of annihilation), and Jonah’s anger at the Lord’s compassion (“God is more concerned with saving souls"). (Goos) The book of Jonah has no stated author, but the most logical or sensible choice would be “Jonah,” ("Jonah." Intro to. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Nov. 2014.) despite Jonah being referred to in the third person in the story. Jonah was written during a period of time after the Babylonian Exile of Israel (the 2nd…