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What happened to Jonah when he disobeyed God?
Well, after three days and three nights, Jonah realized that disobeying God wasn’t worth it so he apologized to God and told him he would go to Nineveh. So, the big fish spit Jonah out and Jonah did exactly what God told him to do. The people told God they were sorry and they turned back to God!
Why did Jonah try to run away?
Jonah tries to escape from the command to proclaim the word of God in Nineveh by flight to Tarshish, because he is displeased with the display of divine mercy to the great heathen world, and because, according to ch. iv.
What happened to Jonah and how did he save his life?
Jonah is miraculously saved by being swallowed by a large fish, in whose belly he spends three days and three nights. While in the great fish, Jonah prays to God in his affliction and commits to thanksgiving and to paying what he has vowed. God again commands Jonah to travel to Nineveh and prophesy to its inhabitants.
Why did God ask Jonah to go to Nineveh?
The Book of Jonah, containing the well-known story of Jonah in the stomach of a fish… As the story is related in the Book of Jonah, the prophet Jonah is called by God to go to Nineveh (a great Assyrian city) and prophesy disaster because of the city’s excessive wickedness.
Why was Jonah angry that the Ninevites repented?
Jonah was not angry because the Ninevite repented, but because God dissapointed him. God told him to prophesy to the people of Nineveh(as a renowned prophet) that in 40 days they all will be destroyed. Jonah did same only for the prophesy to fail, turning Jonah into a false prophet.
Why did Jonah disobey God?
The real reason Jonah disobeyed God is that he hated the Ninevites’ guts (Jon. 4:1-3). Think democrat and republican, Saul and Christians, The View and men. He didn’t like them, didn’t want to see them, didn’t want to talk to them. This makes Jonah’s reaction to God’s command make a little bit more sense.
Why did Jonah hate Nineveh?
So Jonah hated the people of Nineveh because, for him, they represented the Assyrian Empire and he had seen their atrocities on numerous occasions. He had been disheartened by it and hatred toward them had grown within his heart. By this point in his life, his hatred had become firmly cemented.
Why did God pick Jonah?
God chose Jonah because he could hear God’s voice. Secondly, we find that Jonah was available. Jonah was available to do God’s work. Jonah had been available in the past and God new Jonah would clear his schedule and carry out the work of the Lord.