A second time, the word of the Lord comes to Jonah calling him to go to Nineveh and call out to them. Jonah is to preach the message that God gives him. This time, Jonah goes. Likely, Jonah travels 500 miles inland to Nineveh. He then shares the message. The Ninevites respond by believing the word of God. God mercifully offers second chances through forgiveness of all who willingly submit to his word! God has clearly demonstrated his mercy to us through Jesus and you too can experience God's forgiveness by submitting to his word regarding Jesus. Jesus alone is the way to God!
The prophecy of Jonah has characteristically been viewed through the lens of the great fish that swallows Jonah, but Jonah is about much more than the spectacular events that characterize the book. Jonah is a book that vividly demonstrates the mercy of God to Jonah, to terrified sailors, and to the foreign Ninevites. Jonah is called to go and preach to Nineveh, but he refuses the message of God and instead flees. Throughout this brief book, Yahweh will pursue Jonah and demonstrate to him repeatedly his rich mercy that is available to Jonah, the sailors, to Nineveh and the Ninevites. The mercy of God is available to you as well, today that mercy comes through the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross for your sins. Through this rich mercy, you too can have a relationship with God.
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