Exploring My Strange Bible

The Amazing Jonah Part 4: Thrones & Ashes

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Aug 14, 2017
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INSIGHT

Jonah's Vague Five-Word Sermon

  • Jonah's five-word sermon is vague and omits any mention of God or opportunity for repentance.
  • This could be prophetic sabotage or comic irony, fitting Jonah's conflicted character.
INSIGHT

Belief Means Active Life Response

  • The people of Nineveh believed God, not just Jonah, and expressed belief via fasting and wearing sackcloth.
  • Biblical belief includes active life response, not just mental assent.
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Judgment Is An Act of Love

  • God's judgment is an expression of love, not opposed to it, aiming to protect and restore a broken world.
  • Judgment without love would be apathy and neglect, not true care for people.
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