Jonah, prophet of the Creator

                    

Jonah, prophet of the Creator

Greetings, friend!

Jonah, son of Amittai, was a prophet of the Creator. We don't know more about him.

He received a message for the city of Nineveh, but he decided to flee from the Creator in the opposite direction to Tarshish and became disobedient. The Creator is omnipresent, as you should know, and sent a massive storm against the ship - in the middle of the calm season on the Mediterranean Sea! The men on board, superstitious as they are, realized it was a punishment for someone on board that is where he is not suppose to be. Lots were drawn and Jonah was shown as the culprit. He decided his own punishment and asked to be thrown overboard. This calmed the storm immediately resulting in the men on board to revere the Creator. Jonah was swallowed by a big fish (I don't know if it was a whale, but many assumed so. The Creator knows best.)

Jonah, surprised to be alive inside the fish and realizing that the Creator is doing it, started to pray and asked the Creator to forgive him for being a coward that tried to run away from his duty as a prophet. The big fish spew him out on dry land - I presume not far from Nineveh. The Creator told him to complete his mission.

After hearing the message from the Creator, everyone repented that heard the message, even the king of Nineveh. He declared a full fast for every creature in Nineveh to repent and ask the Creator to avert the impending disaster announced by Jonah.

The Creator realized they were sincere and averted the disaster, but this made Jonah very angry. He post himself outside the city in the heat. The Creator sent a vine to grow over him for shade overnight. The next day the vine was scorched to death by a hot desert wind. This the Creator did to show Jonah that his anger was out of place.

These prophecies are recorded in the book of Jonah in the Torah and the Bible.

TODAY'S QUESTIONS:
Are you doing what the Creator wants you to do? Or are you deviating from His orders, even if it just slightly?

Forgiveness and a new life is waiting for you!

You would know what to do... GO AND DO IT NOW!









Metusalah and Elias
Messengers of the Creator



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