The Jonah Syndrome

[jiggyfly]

Jonah reluctantly went to Nineveh and told the people of that city that they had 40 days to repent before their city would be overthrown. Surprisingly - at least to us - the whole city believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth. What was Jonah’s reaction to this? Jonah was greatly displeased and became angry. God then said to Jonah: 'Nineveh has more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well. Should I not be concerned about that great city?'
If you have long believed in the eternal damnation of sinners and warned them of endless torment, and now begin to see that things are not as you had thought, will you react like Jonah with resentment at God’s mercy and love, or will you rejoice that his grace and loving kindness go far beyond what you had previously imagined? taken from an article written by Robert Beecham.

 

[aspen]

You always challenge me, Jiggyfly - thanks!

 

[jiggyfly]

Thanks for replying Aspen, was hoping more would respond, but I guess it is easier to ignore it. I have always appreciated you honest approach to things here.

 

[biggandyy]

IIRC, at Jonah's preaching the Ninevites repented, and were spared, yet, not 100 years later, they became worse than ever and were overthrown as Nahum prophesied. God still got them in the end; justice is mine, says the Lord, I will repay.

 

[prism]

only 8 souls saved at the flood, /Sodom and Gomorrah zapped only Lots family escaped...minus his wife on the way to safety.
God is love; God is wrath...both ...did I miss something along the way?

 

[jiggyfly]

Is there any scripture that declares that Noah and his family's souls were saved? Is Ham included in the 8?

 

[Webers_Home]

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the whole city believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth.

Were it not for the king's own personal initiative, nobody would have been
spared.

†. Jonah 3:6-10 . . For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose
from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with
sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

. . . And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by
the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast,
herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water: but let
man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea,
let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in
their hands. Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from
his fierce anger, that we perish not?

. . . And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God
repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did
it not.

Think about that this coming presidential election. Which of the two men up
for the position is the more likely to care what God thinks.

†. 2 Sam 23:3-4 . . The God of Israel spoke, the Rock of Israel said to me:
When one rules over men in righteousness, when he rules in the fear of God,
he is like the light of morning at sunrise on a cloudless morning, like the
brightness after rain that brings the grass from the earth.

Buen Camino
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[prism]

Is there any scripture that declares that Noah and his family's souls were saved? Is Ham included in the 8?

I was referring to this...Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
(1Pe 3:20)
It would have to included Ham since his posterity is mentioned after the flood as well as the one who uncovered Noah's nakedness after the flood.

 

[Angelina]

The Jonah story makes me smile... ^_^ God is so patient with us....Jonah could have been destroyed because of his disobedience but God allowed him to fulfill the original plan and taught him a little of his character along the way. I love this post from "Disciples for Christ" on FB...

Also note Matthew 18:23-35 The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant.


Bless ya!