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1 | 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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2 | 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. | ||||||
3 | 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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