PPT-Jonah gets off to a bad start…

Jonah 11 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 . You are , or should be turned to Jonah 2:8. Jonah. An Excurses. I Propose the we be henceforth . called:. The Harvester Class. Matt 9:37-38. "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; 38 therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest." . 7 And they said to one another, "Come, let us cast lots, that we may know on whose account this evil has come upon us." So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah. . They realize that the situation is extraordinary. 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. 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. Words and Music by Michael Hurd. [1] . Nineveh City. was a city of sin . The . jazzin. ’ and a-. jivin. ’ made a terrible din . Beat groups . playin. ’ a rock and roll . And the Lord when he heard it said, “Bless my soul!” . “Now . the word of the LORD came to Jonah the son of . Amittai. , saying, . ‘Arise. , go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me. .’” . (. Jonah 1.1-2; ESV). 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. 1.  . Now . the word of the . 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.” . 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 . Jonah 1:17. Jonah realized his sin!. . He pronounced his own punishment (vs. 12). . He thus admits HE DESERVES DEATH! . . Romans 6:23. It was Jonah’s just reward. God PREPARED a great fish/punishment. 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 . 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,.