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1 | Did Jonah die in the belly of the fish? | Matt 12:40 | ursus57 | 192262 | ||
Jonah is referred to as a sign to the Pharisees and the Lawyers in the Gospels, the sign, three days and three nights in the belly of the earth as the picture of Jonah being three days in the belly of the great fish. The question, can one advance the idea that Jonah actually died, and was made alive again? The references to the grave seem to point to death, then Jonah after this is going through the city saying repent. What say? | ||||||
2 | Did Jonah die in the belly of the fish? | Matt 12:40 | DocTrinsograce | 192263 | ||
Dear Ursus57, No, the Scripture does not tell us that Jonah died. Certainly he was as good as dead in that awful predicament (Jonah 2:7). He had to have been a very stubborn man to have waited three days before calling out to the Lord! When Christ references this story He uses it as an analogy of what is going to happen to Him. Analogies like this one may reveal what is called a type, but they don't give us the Biblical authority to impose facts from the one to the other. That's pressing the analogy too far. There are other analogies that Christ uses regarding His death (the temple in John 2:19, for example). That doesn't mean that we can construe things about the destruction of the temple by such an analogy. In Him, Doc |
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3 | Did Jonah die in the belly of the fish? | Matt 12:40 | ursus57 | 192286 | ||
Thank you, the story is a great picture pointing to Jesus' time in the tomb. I appreciate your response. The creature used by God in Jonah, some talk of a whale, some a huge fish, some a sea monster. What types can be drawn from this specially prepared creature in Jonah? |
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4 | Did Jonah die in the belly of the fish? | Matt 12:40 | DocTrinsograce | 192290 | ||
Dear Ursus57, I think that there is less significance in the "whale" than by the other phrase you used: "specially prepared" (cf Jonah 1:17a). The book of Jonah is about salvation: the sailors lives were spared from the raging sea (Jonah 1:14) and they also became believers (Jonah 1:15). Jonah was spared from drowning by means of the great fish (Jonah 1:17). Jonah was saved from the great fish by being spit out upon dry land (Jonah 2:10). That generation of the Ninevites and their city were spared from divine destruction (Jonah 3:10; 4:11). The book tells us about God: both His judgment and His provision of salvation, for Jonah, the sailors, and the Ninevites. God actively and specifically intervenes as He invades history "in the fullness of time" (Galatians 4:4a) working out His eternal purpose (Ephesians 3:11), while man is least expecting it (Matthew 24:38). In Him, Doc |
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5 | Did Jonah die in the belly of the fish? | Matt 12:40 | ursus57 | 192292 | ||
Thanks again, Doc! I will use your stuff in my Wednesday devotional. Thank you for the time you spent getting an answer ready for me. I believe Mr. Jonah has the same problem I have, even if we resist God's call to take his message to others he will have his way and his purposes are going to be performed. Jonah is a good picture of my need as God's child to serve as he directs. He will press his servant to do his work, as necessary, or he may prepare a fish for us to live with, and his work will still be performed. | ||||||
6 | Did Jonah die in the belly of the fish? | Matt 12:40 | DocTrinsograce | 192294 | ||
Hi, Ursus57... Thank you for the encouragement. Clearly, God does not need us... but He is absolute Sovereign of His Creation. By the way, it is interesting that Jonah's sermon (Jonah 3:4) consisted of only five Hebrew words! :-) In Him, Doc |
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