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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 . 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 . (Jonah. . 2:10 – 3:3. ). Jonah 1:2-3. 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 . Tarshish. from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to . : 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. When You Get a Second Chance – JONAH 3.  . .  7 Where can I go from your Spirit? .        Where can I flee from your presence?.  . 8 . If I go up to the heavens, you are there; .        if I make my bed in the depths. 3 . (ESV). 3 . Then the word of the . Lord. came to Jonah the second time, saying, . 2 . “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it the message that I tell you.” . 3 . So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the . 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 . 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 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,. 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.”. About seven years ago on Monday morning, October 2, 2006, 32-year-old Charles Roberts burst into a one-room Amish schoolhouse, toting a gun. In the awful moments that followed, he killed five young school children, injured five more and finally turned the gun on himself. 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?. Text: Book of Jonah. 1. Rebellion = resistance to authority. Mt. 28:20. 2. Book of Jonah. Theme – Mercy of God. Purpose – To show the love of God and the fact that God wants all to be saved . Key Word - .