God's Gracious Answer to the Assyrians

The merciless prophet jonah baffles many when they read the book bearing his name. He shows a callous determination that nineveh capital city of israel's enemy, the assyrians, not receive mercy from god, but rather destruction. When he realized no doom would descend, it displeased jonah exceedingly and he was angry. And he prayed to the lord: "Please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live" Few in the west face the temptation to want a whole people destroyed. But perhaps we often murder in our hearts those who have wronged us while they live. Repentance is required.