PDF-Jonah — The Messenger Who Grumbled* Hans Walter Wolff The author

142 THE MESSENGER WHO GRUMBLED learn from the sequel in 41 that he became extremely angry wayyihar lo We see Jonah react in the same way as when he took to flight 151 once more in the stri. The Spelman Messenger is available online Go to wwwspelmanedu click 575256SHOPDQ573470HVVHQJHU5752657347XQGHU57347WKH57347575256SHOPDQ 3XEOLFDWLRQV5752657347KHDGLQJ57347DW57347WKH57347ERWWRP57347RI57347WKH page Submission Deadline for the Fall Issue You are , or should be turned to Jonah 1:17. 17 And the Lord appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. . In the midst of punishment, God remembers mercy. : 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. MEANING: AUTHOR: Malachi TIME WRITTEN: Possibly between 432 and 425 B.C. POSITION IN THE BIBLE: Looking at “The secret life of . walter. . mitty. ”. Bell Ringer: Journal. “Do you day dream? Give an example. How does this day dream change the way you see your life?”. Answer the prompt in at least . 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 . 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 . Jonah 3. So the people of Nineveh believed God, proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them. Then word came to the king of Nineveh; and he arose from his throne and laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth and sat in ashes. And he caused it to be proclaimed and published throughout Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles saying,. 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.”. Lord. came to Jonah the son of . Amittai. , saying, . 2 . “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.” . 3 . But Jonah rose to flee to . (Jon 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. .(. Jon . 2:1-4) . Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly. How to discover the author’s . purpose. , the central idea of the book or of the passage.. What is it all about?. What is introduced, emphasized in the first paragraph?. Does the author state his purpose for writing?. God called. Jonah ran. God chased. Jonah obeyed (kind of). Jonah preached. Nineveh repented. God spared Nineveh. J onah pouted . 1 Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time:  2 “Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach the