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27. Philemon
Jonah
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28. Keep your eyes peeled for:
Character(s)
Context(s)
Stuffing
Background Details
Conflict
Discussion
Resolution

29. The Characters Jonah the Lord Sailors a great Fish Ninevites
a Hebrew [1.9] and a prophet [1.2]
the Lord
is called the “tetragrammaton”
YHWH…YHVH…Jehovah…Yahweh
Sailors
Pagans [1.5]
a great Fish
Ninevites

30. The Context Jonah is found in the Old Testament
The OT is also referred to as the TaNaKh
Torah
Nevi’im
Ketuvim
Jonah is considered part of the Nevi’im
It is one of “The Twelve” or Minor Prophets
It is historical narrative, not a book of prophecy T N K

31. Israel returns from exile
From BC, Israel remained in captivity as Assyria fell to Babylon, then Babylon fell to Persia.
The Context
Events in Jonah occurred about 780 BC
Traditional date for founding of Rome
753
Development of Greek alphabet
800
Egpytian aristocrats use chairs
1150
First Olympic Games held in Greece
776
Greek mathematician Pythagoras
530
Nineveh destroyed
619
Israel enters Canaan
1250
Temple built
957
Temple destroyed
580
Israel into exile
720
Passover
1280
Israel returns from exile
539
Jonah
780
David becomes king
1000
Abraham
1400
Elijah “leaves”
850
1400
1300
1200
1100
1000
900
800
700
600
500

32. The Context Jerusalem Nineveh Joppa Tarshish
Jonah’s probable location in [1.1]
Nineveh
Capital city of the Assyrian empire
Joppa
Israel’s primary seaport
Tarshish
Location: UNCERTAIN

33. Nineveh
Nineveh
Tarshish?
Tarshish?
Tarshish?
Tarshish?
Joppa
Jerusalem
Jerusalem

34. The Stuffing : Act I The Lord speaks to Jonah
“Go to Nineveh and tell them they’re done!” [1]
Jonah goes the other direction…[3]
…because Jonah knows a shortcut?
…because Jonah believes the Ninevites don’t deserve the Lord’s judgment?
…because Jonah doesn’t want to be the bearer of bad news?
…because Jonah is a pacifist?
The secret will be revealed in ACT IV

35. The Stuffing : Act I Disaster strikes!
Naval Emergency Plan (Pagan Edition):
Step 1: Cry out to your individual gods! [5]
Step 2: Get rid of cargo, lighten your load. [5]
Step 3: If you have any passengers, try their gods, too! [6]
Step 4: Cast lots to see who you should blame. [7]
Step 5: Conduct a background check on the guilty party. [8]
Step 6: Ask the guilty guy what you should do. [11]
Step 7: Try again to get to shore. [13]
Step 8: Do what the guilty guy told you to do…but be sure to explain yourself to his god(s). [14-15]

36. The Stuffing : Act I Why the storm? YHVH is making a point.
He is different from pagan gods. [9, 10]
He will have his way with Jonah [17]

37. The Stuffing : Act II Jonah prays to the Lord
Telling him what has happened, [3-6]
How he responds in faith, [7-8]
How the Lord will respond [2, 9]
The Lord speaks to the fish
and sends Jonah back onto dry land

38. The Stuffing : Act III God speaks to Jonah (again)
“Go to Nineveh and tell them they’re done!” [1]
Jonah goes to Nineveh…[3]
And prophesies the destruction of the city [4]
The Ninevites believe the message and take action [5]
Fasting and wearing sackcloth
News of the prophesy and the people’s action reaches the king [6]
And he takes the same action, decreeing that all his people should do the same [7-8]
Why?
“God may relent and change his mind; he may turn from his fierce anger, so that we do not perish.” [9]

39. The Stuffing : Act III Why was Jonah sent to the Ninevites?
Jonah is a great example of the character of
Although God chose Israel to display His character for all people to witness…
His desire to bring all the world (you and me) to Him did NOT begin with Jesus
“When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil ways, God changed his mind about the calamity that he had said he would bring upon them; and he did not do it.” [10]

40. The Stuffing : Act IV So everyone lived happily ever after…
WRONG!
Jonah is very upset!! [1, 3]
Jonah wanted the Ninevites to pay…
It’s a natural reaction…and one that we often share.
But it’s not a godly reaction [4]
So the Lord is going to teach Jonah a lesson.

41. The Stuffing : Act IV Here’s the heart of :
“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, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also many animals?” [10-11]

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Jonah
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