A Fishing Tale... A Successful Prophet
Jonah is likely a satire on prophetic literature. Yet, its short and wild story is somewhat comedic, instructive, and thought provoking. Jonah was not a prophet for us to model, but rather a kind of anti-prophet that can hold a mirror to our own misconceptions of God and ourselves.
This weekend we dropped back in on Jonah as he followed God's command to go to Nineveh:
"6 When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, removed his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. 7 Then he had a proclamation made in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: No human or animal, no herd or flock, shall taste anything. They shall not feed, nor shall they drink water. 8 Humans and animals shall be covered with sackcloth, and they shall cry mightily to God. All shall turn from their evil ways and from the violence that is in their hands. 9 Who knows? God may relent and change his mind; he may turn from his fierce anger, so that we do not perish.” - Jonah 3:6-9
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