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Jonah’s Journey. Struggling with God. Refusing a hard mission. Repentance to Ninive !. Assyria’s image in Jewish eyes. Inscription of Tiglath-Pileser.
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Jonah’s Journey Struggling with God
Refusing a hard mission • Repentanceto Ninive!
Inscription of Tiglath-Pileser "The great gods who rule over over the heavens and the earth, the guardians of the kingdom of TiglathPileser, the Prince inspiring your hearts with joy; the proud Chief whom in the strength of your hearts ye have made firm, and confided the supreme crown, ...
It’s my fault (1:12) "Pick me up and throw me into the sea; then the sea will quiet down for you; for I know it is because of me that this great storm has come upon you."
Warning • In 40 days,Ninive willbe utterlydestroyed
God’s question • "You are concerned about the bush, for which you did not labor and which you did not grow; it came into being in a night and perished in a night. • And should I not be concerned about Nineveh, that great city, 120,000 persons who do not know their right hand from their left?
Questioning myself • Have I my own prejudices? • Is God pointing another way? • Am I ready to change?