God does not engage in a long preamble about why He has chosen Jonah to deliver this message; that's not relevant; Jonah is a servant, and servants are to do as they are told. The message God gives Jonah to take to Nineveh is concise. Jonah is to arise and go to Nineveh and call out against it. Why? Because

God comes and speaks to Jonah. God always speaks first. He spoke first in the Creation (Genesis 1:1). God spoke first to Adam and gave him the command not to eat of the fruit of the tree that was forbidden to him (Genesis 2:16). God spoke first to Cain, informing him of the danger that his anger towards his brother

So, who is this man Jonah? Well, his name means dove in Hebrew, and as we read in the first verse, he is the son of a man called Amittai. We also know from 2 Kings 14:25 that he was from Gath-hepher, which literally means "wine-press of the digging", and is mentioned twice in the Bible, here and in Joshua

If I were to characterize the book of Jonah in one word, I would say it is 'symmetrical'. It has four chapters, and two events are played out within those chapters. Event or scene 'one' takes place in chapters 1 and 2, and scene 'two' is worked through in chapters 3 and 4.Both scenes begin with God, which is no

Here are some reasons why we can say Jonah is historically true.1. The book begins as several other prophetic books do. That is with the words "the word of the LORD came to …." Look at Joel 1:2, Micah 1:1, Zephaniah 1:2, Haggai 1:1, Zechariah 1:1, Malachi 1:1; they all begin with this sentence.2. The fact that it is written

We are using notes written by Dr. Andrew Quigley (Ottawa RPC). We're going to begin a short study in one of the best-known books of the Bible, the book of Jonah. It will be short because the book is only 48 verses, comprising 4 chapters, and just a couple of pages in most Bibles. But what it concedes in length,

Joseph’s brothers’ guilty consciences and inability to forgive and forget, make them suspicious and fear the worst from Joseph. They humble themselves, confess their sin, and ask for forgiveness and mercy, promising to be his servants. They tell Joseph that they are all children of Jacob and worshippers of the same God. We must be ready to forgive all men,

These verses give us an account of the Jacob’s funeral. Of the funerals of the kings of Judah, usually no more is said than that they were buried with their fathers in the city of David, but the funeral of Jacob is more fully described, to show how much better God is to him than he expected (he had spoken

Even though Jacob is old and must die, even though he is poor in comparison to others, and a constant responsibility of his son Joseph, yet Joseph loves his father so much and is very aware of the loss of a prudent, godly, praying father, that he can’t part with him without floods of tears.Joseph orders that the body be

Even though Reuben, Simeon, and Levi have displeased their father, none of Jacob’s sons are rejected, but each are blessed with the appropriate blessing. Whatever rebukes of God’s Word or providence we are under at any time, as long as we have an interest in God’s covenant, a place among His people, and the hope of a share in the