PPT-Jonah Prophet to Israel Lived during time of sometime around 788 B.C.

Book of Jonah written sometime after his death He was referred to by Christ on 2 occasions Matt 12 amp 16 His life and experiences like Jobs provide a universal lesson similar to an allegory with application to all men. The first pillar of Islam is our testimony that;. T. here is no God but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. . The first half of this testimony is our declaration of monotheism. . The second half is our declaration that Muhammad (peace be upon him) is Allah’s Messenger.. I. Don’t let him board in the first place. But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish;. so he paid the fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. You are , or should be turned to Jonah 2:3. Jonah. A Reprise. The prophet has fled from the presence of the Lord. In the process he has separated from the presence of his entire world;. Country. People. Jonah . 1:1. 1. The word of the . Lord. came to Jonah son of . Amittai. :. 2. “Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.. ”. 3. But Jonah ran away from the . Jonah gets off to a bad start…. Jonah . 1:1. 1. The word of the . Lord. came to Jonah son of . Amittai. :. Jonah gets off to a bad start…. Jonah . 1:1. 1. The word of the . Lord. came to Jonah son of . : God feels compassion toward all of His creation. Jonah is about Jonah (and Israel). : Israel didn’t care about the destiny of other nations. Jonah is about us. : We . love mercy . for ourselves and justice for others. What is repentance?. a . change of thought . to correct a wrong and gain forgiveness from a person who is wronged. a . confession to God . and stopping the sin against God. includes an . admission of guilt. Lesson 6 for May 11, 2013. HISTORICAL CONTEXT. If that conversion had been kept, Assyria would have avoided its total destruction a century later as prophet Nahum prophesied. .. Jonah’s preaching in Nineveh took place sometime during the reign of the Assyrian King Adad-ninari III (810-782 BC) who was contemporary with King Jeroboam II of Israel. JONAH. Assyria . (Nineveh). Pre-Exile. ~ 782 . -. 753 BC. Likely timeline. 1 Jonah . 2 Joel . 3 Amos . 4 Hosea . 5 Micah . 6 Nahum . 7 Zephaniah . 8 Habakkuk . 9 Obadiah. 10 Haggai . 1. The word of the . Lord. came to Jonah son of . Amittai. :. Timeframe:. 2 Kings 14:25. 25 . He [King . Jeroboam II] . was the one who restored the boundaries of Israel from Lebo . Hamath. to the Sea of the . ~. Lesson 22. Student Readings:. • Doctrine and Covenants 135:1–7; 136:36–39.. • Thomas S. Monson, “The Prophet Joseph Smith: Teacher by Example,” . Ensign,. Nov. 2005.. Influences that brought about the death of the Prophet:. Tarshish. ; for I know that You are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abundant in . lovingkindness. , One who relents from doing harm. Therefore now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”. os. the Prophet, the expansion of Islam was not stopped..  Akbar, the Mughal king had started a series of experiments with Islam, propagating his own religion Din-. i. -. Ilahi. , an amalgamation of Hindu and Muslim beliefs. In these circumstances, Sheikh Ahmad set upon himself the task of purifying the Muslim society. His aim was to rid Islam of the accretions of Hindu Pantheism. He was highly critical of the philosophy of . Lessons From Jonah. We will survey . the book, reading our way through it.... Making observations as we go . along. O. ffer lessons to be . gleaned from each section. T. imeframe . in which . Jonah .