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1 | Ninevah did. | Rom 1:18 | Sir Pent | 20785 | ||
A new perspective ............................... I just wanted to throw in an insight that an elder at my church shared with me about this appearant contradiction on God's part. At first He says that He will destroy the city of Nineveh, and then He doesn't because they repent. The idea that was helpful to me was that the fact that God sent Jonah to preach to the people there, is a strong implication that the final outcome is not completely determined. If God decided to destroy the city no matter what, then why waste time by sending Jonah to preach there. Not to mention all the trouble that had to be gone through to even get Jonah there. Therefore, since God sent Jonah to begin with, it indicates that He was at least giving the Ninevites the chance to repent and be forgiven. They responded to this call and repented, so God forgave them. |
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2 | Ninevah did. | Rom 1:18 | Morant61 | 20795 | ||
Support......................................... Greetings Sir Pent! That is actually the point I was trying to make. It seems to me that there are two different perspectives or angles to this story. The first is from God's perspective. Obviously, God knew what the Ninevites were going to do. So, He wasn't surprised by their repentance. But, from the perspective of the Ninevites, they had a real choice to make - destruction or repentance. These verses only appear to be a contradiction if the responses of men are determined by God. But, if they really had freedom of choice, then the verses are not contradictory at all. God's response to the Ninevites was conditioned upon their acceptance or rejection of His warning. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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