PPT-Jonah

God called Jonah ran Jonah God called Jonah ran Things got ugly Jonah slept A fish gulped Jonah relented Nineveh responded Jonah sulked God loved. A Journey with Jonah The Spirituality of Bewilderment Amazones Paul Murray Libros en idiomas extranjeros wwwamazonesJourneyJonahTheSpirituality A Journey With Jonah The Spirituality of Bewilderment A Journey With Jonah The Spirituality of Bewilderm 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. “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). : 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. 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 Jonah 3:1 - 10 Jonah 3 1 Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time: 2 “Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you.” 3 Jonah obeyed 2 . He prayed to the . Lord. , “Isn’t this what I said, . Lord. , when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall by fleeing to . Tarshish. . I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity. . Ninevites. believed God. They declared a fast, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on . sackcloth.. Jonah 3. 6]When . the news reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robes, covered himself with sackcloth and sat down in the dust.[7]Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh: "By the decree of the king and his nobles: Do not let any man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything; do not let them eat or drink.[8]But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth. Let everyone call urgently on God. Let them give up their evil ways and their violence.[9]Who knows? God may yet relent and with compassion turn from his fierce anger so that we will not perish."[10]When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he had compassion and did not bring upon them the destruction he had threatened.. 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 . Outline. Overview of the Story of Jonah. Lessons to Learn. Forgiveness for All. The trap of self-righteousness. Abounding in Love. Conclusion. Background on Jonah. Jonah was a prophet during the reign of Jeroboam II in Israel. (2 Kings 14:25). (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.