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1 | Such thing as a choice? | Eccl 6:10 | Wild Olive Shoot | 153054 | ||
Couldn't the conditioned be implied since it was not proclaimed? If God had meant to destroy Nineveh, would He have bothered to send Jonah forty days beforehand to issue the warning? He could have overthrown Nineveh without any warning as with Sodom, but decided to send a messenger to them instead. If God was unwilling to forgive and chose to destroy without an opportunity of pardon, would He have bothered to send Jonah in the first place? WOS |
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2 | Such thing as a choice? | Eccl 6:10 | Morant61 | 153055 | ||
Greetings WOS! I am positive that God wanted them to repent! :-) Even Jonah said of God, "He prayed to the LORD, 'O LORD, is this not what I said when I was still at home? That is why I was so quick to flee 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.'" (Jonah 4:2) But, the message to Nivevah was, 'Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned.' (3:4). It didn't say 'might be overturned' or 'could be overturned'. ;-) Then, 3:10 clearly states that God changed His actions based upon their response to Jonah's preaching. I would not add a 'condition' to the text where none is explicitly expressed. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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