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OD told Jonah to go to Nineveh to preach. Instead, Jonah began to run
from God. Now, going to Nineveh would
have been a long trip. But it wasn't the trip that bothered Jonah. He evidently
hated the Assyrians that lived in Nineveh. How strange. He claimed to fear God,
but he had no regard for the people who (at that moment had the most to fear
from God. God was ready to destroy Nineveh for their sins (Jonah 1:2). But Jonah didn't care. It seems that Jonah
even considered death to be a better fate than having to preach to the
Assyrians (Jonah 1:12).
Anyway, Jonah was running from God, and he knew it (Jonah 1:10). But
God knew it too (Jonah 1:4). Running from God is more ridiculous than running
from your own shadow. Jonah got on a ship headed for Tarshish, the opposite
direction from Nineveh. And, as they sailed, he went to sleep in the belly of
the ship. But God sent a storm to wake him up (both physically and spiritually). Next thing we know, Jonah is overboard &
in the belly of a whale.
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