Bible Question:
What kind of man was Jonah? I know he was a prophet. |
Bible Answer: Hi, starfish960! As with many of the writers/prophets we are only offered a glancing stat sheet... many times we connect the dots, at other times we simply do not have enough numbers to formulate much more than a personal projection... it is similar to the telephone/internet where we formulate a mental depiction of others from what/how they express themselves... Jonah was a fervent servant of God... he had much of Peter's and Job's characteristics: quick to formulate, quick to act, shortsighted when it came to working on his own... He was given a simple task (from God's perspective)... one which he failed miserably! But he was no slouch... he, as Paul, burned with eagerness to serve God; yet, also as Paul, Jonah failed to understand that by carrying out his own agenda he was truly not serving God! Here's a servant of God who has witnessed or is clearly aware of God's mercy (not recorded but inferred--see Jonah 4:2), who burns with the passion of the sons of Zebedee (Luke 9:54-56), who sees the callousness of the wicked people to whom he is being sent as meriting nothing more than extermination... he boils with jealousy for his God and fears that God will have mercy upon those who are completely oblivious to His generosity... Jonah is resolute in his determination to avoid his task; yet, when others come into peril do to his personal disobedience, he is quick to keep the innocent from harm--not that they were necessarily pure of heart and mind--simply, that their lives were threatened by his actions... Through Jonah God teaches us many things... two salient points are: a) God's will is done no matter what, and b) God always sees the whole picture and is patient with His servants because He knows how extremely limited we are! God Bless! Angel |
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