| Name: Jonah The Prophet
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Jonah the Man, the Prophet
Overview: The book of Jonah tells the story of a reluctant and rebellious prophet who God continues to use in-spite of his attitudes.
Jonah
Adapted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jonah was a person in the Biblical Old Testament (the son of Amittai), from the Galilean village of Gath-hepher, near Nazareth, demonstrating the incorrectness of the Pharisee's contention that no prophet arises from Galilee (John 7:52).
In the book, Jonah is a reluctant and uncompassionate prophet--a reluctant prophet of doom to heathen Nineveh. The character of Jonah, who wants Nineveh destroyed, is contrasted with that of God, who is compassionate toward Jew and Gentile, human and animal.
The great fish described in the book is never called a whale, but rather a category of huge fish that sailors considered to be sea monsters. The description could also describe the Great White Shark.
Background: The people of Ninevah had an evil reputation. They were very cruel to their enemies. Jonah new that his nation (Israel--God's chosen people) had suffered greatly from times of war with the people of Ninevah and the Assyrian nation. Jonah was certainly prejudiced against these people and even their animals. Perhaps Jonah's own family had suffered personal harm from the people of Ninevah. Even when Jonah reluctantly delivered God's message he did it in a single sentence. He didn't want to spare a nation who if spared could cause ongoing harm to his family and friends. Jonah wanted God to limit his compassion to those Jonah selected.
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