PPT-Jonah 4 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly and he became angry. So he prayed to the

Tarshish for I know that You are a gracious and merciful God slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness One who relents from doing harm Therefore now O LORD please take my life from me for it is better for me to die than to live. 7 And they said to one another, "Come, let us cast lots, that we may know on whose account this evil has come upon us." So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah. . They realize that the situation is extraordinary. You are , or should be turned to Jonah 2:3. Jonah. A Reprise. The prophet has fled from the presence of the Lord. In the process he has separated from the presence of his entire world;. Country. People. You are , or should be turned to Jonah 1:17. 17 And the Lord appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. . In the midst of punishment, God remembers mercy. Chapter 2. Chapter 3. Chapter 4. Assyrian Theology. The Book . of Jonah. The Book . of Jonah. Chapter 4. . 3:10. When God saw what the . Ninevites. did and how they turned from their evil ways, he had compassion and did not bring upon them the destruction he had threatened.. There are people in this world who does not know Jesus (God). How can God judge them if they did not know Him and his law?. Answer: Romans 2:14-16. “for when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do the things contained in the law, these, although not having the law, are a law to themselves, who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their thoughts accusing or else excusing them) in the day when God will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ…”. JONAH. Assyria . (Nineveh). Pre-Exile. ~ 782 . -. 753 BC. Likely timeline. 1 Jonah . 2 Joel . 3 Amos . 4 Hosea . 5 Micah . 6 Nahum . 7 Zephaniah . 8 Habakkuk . 9 Obadiah. 10 Haggai . 2 . He prayed to the . Lord. , “Isn’t this what I said, . Lord. , when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall by fleeing to . Tarshish. . I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity. . Brian Young. Graduate of Southeastern. Baptist Seminary. Sunday, July 2, 2017. 11AM Morning Worship Service. JONAH’S ANGER. AND THE LORD’S COMPASSION. But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.. . Jesus is “God with us” (Matthew 1:23). He declared God to us (John 1, 14, 18). Although in the form of God, He emptied Himself (Philippians 2:5-8; Mark 10:45). Jesus is the God who Prayed. . Although fully aware of His identity as God, Jesus prayed (John 17:4-5). Jonah . 1:1. 1. The word of the . Lord. came to Jonah son of . Amittai. :. 2. “Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.. ”. 3. But Jonah ran away from the . 1. The word of the . Lord. came to Jonah son of . Amittai. :. Timeframe:. 2 Kings 14:25. 25 . He [King . Jeroboam II] . was the one who restored the boundaries of Israel from Lebo . Hamath. to the Sea of the . Jonah 3. So the people of Nineveh believed God, proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them. Then word came to the king of Nineveh; and he arose from his throne and laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth and sat in ashes. And he caused it to be proclaimed and published throughout Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles saying,. Lord. came to Jonah the son of . Amittai. , saying, . 2 . “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.” . 3 . But Jonah rose to flee to . (Jon . 4:1-5) . But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. . . And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto .