A Pirate Christian's Guide to the Old Testament Part 4

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We're gonna be continuing with our series on a pirate Christians guide to understanding the Old

Testament.

And we're gonna be taking a look at a very famous fish story and how it relates to Jesus Christ.

But let's before we get to that.

I wanted to do a little a little bit of work here now.

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Net Bible org and I want to thank the translators of the net Bible for

giving us permission to use their Translations as we work through the

entire book of Jonah and we have an upcoming segment well where we will be working through the

entire book of Ruth and.

And so in order to follow proper copyright procedures.

We needed to secure permissions and so they were very kind in giving us permission to use the net Bible

for this installment of fighting for the faith on the book of Jonah and I got to tell you if you're looking for a

good set of tools Biblically with a few good Translations net Bible

org is the place to go and when it comes up You'll see that you have the ability to look at the

English you have the ability if you would like to to reference the original Languages, so

if you're in the Old Testament the Hebrew without the Masoretic pointing will come up

and They have access when you hover over particular words.

It'll give you a basic understanding of its morphology.

It's lexical meeting even and when you're working in the Greek.

It'll pull up Strong's and so this is a great place to go and you're gonna note that you have several really

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You can use the ESV the Holman translation ISV KJV

NASB and so you have several different Translations that you could reference and

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in putting a lot of the notes together for the different portions of scripture and.

Then you have access to the Hebrew and the Greek and there's other you know other resources available.

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use You know their translation and multiple good translations and start to familiarize

yourself with how?

Digging deeper into the biblical texts and the original languages and these notes how that

impacts your understanding of scripture.

So again net Bible org now what we're gonna do we're gonna do this today.

We're going to first begin by looking at a passage from Colossians

chapter 2.

To give a little bit more understanding of when we talk about In the Old Testament, we are

dealing with types and shadows today.

We're gonna look at specifically how the New Testament describes the old

in terms of shadows and Christ being the substance and we'll take a look at actually the

the Greek there.

And we're gonna use net Bible org for this today.

We're going to then take a look at how Jesus uses Jonah to

basically point to himself and then we'll talk a little bit about how people

Misread Jonah today and then we're gonna work our way through all four chapters of Jonah.

It's only four chapters long and it's a fantastic book and I'll just ask this right up front.

Do you know without looking what is the reason why Jonah ran the other way.

Why when God called him to go to Nineveh did Jonah head off, you know

towards Spain?

Why did that happen?

And you know, if you don't know the answer, don't worry.

We'll answer that as we go, but you'll note then that in fact I'll kind of pull this into the

beginning part when you oftentimes hear people preach on Jonah, it usually

only deals with the first couple of chapters never really the back end of Jonah yet Jonah is the type of

story that is meant to be read in one setting it has a set up an intro a beginning

a middle and a conclusion and the conclusion is just amazing and

usually the way it gets preached is well when God calls you to preach to your Nineveh and you

preaching to your Nineveh can be like He's gonna reveal to you your dream density or something like that

and so you don't run the other way or God's gonna send a big fish and barf you up on the

Mediterranean Sea after three days and you'll you know, you'll learn your lesson that way.

That's not the point of Jonah at all and you'll note that that subtly makes it about you

so let's see if we can kind of pull this apart and we're gonna start by doing a little bit of a mini lesson

and just a little mini lesson on the concept of looking at the Old Testament as shadow

as foreshadowing of Christ now in Colossians chapter

2 and I always love reading Colossians chapter 2 because there's this portion of

Colossians 2 that just is amazing regarding the gospel.

In fact, I'm gonna take the opportunity to read out what it says.

Regarding the forgiveness of our sins from Colossians chapter 2 now the part I want to key in on

after that is going to be found in verses 16 and 17 verses 16 and

17 and how the Greek reads is actually quite amazing.

But all that being said let me back up a little bit into the context and you're gonna know we're gonna be reading from the net Bible

today and We're gonna start at Colossians chapter 2 verse 6

so we can hear how Paul front -loads this epistle with the gospel itself the

good news of the forgiveness of our sins.

And so he says to the Christians at the city of Colossae.

Therefore as you receive Christ Jesus as Lord continue to live your lives

in Him rooted built up in him and firm in your faith just as you were

taught and overflowing with thankfulness.

Be careful not to allow anyone to captivate you through an empty deceitful

Philosophy that is according to human traditions and the elemental spirits of the world and not according to

Christ for in him in Christ all the fullness of the deity

lives in bodily form.

Now I'm gonna a little bit of a side here.

This idea that somehow Christ could like set aside his deity or not make use of his

deity is Nonsense everything that Jesus did from the moment.

He was conceived in the womb of the Virgin Mary until even to this day because

Jesus Christ continues to be the Son of God in human flesh.

He is he you know a good way to put about it put it isn't to put about it the way a good way to put It his way

Paul put it here.

Is that in him the whole fullness of the deity lives in bodily form.

Jesus Christ is And continues to be the Son of God in human flesh.

And it says that you have been filled in him who is the head over every ruler and authority in him

you also were circumcised not however with a circumcision performed by human hands.

But by the removal of the fleshly body that is through the circumcision done by Christ.

Having been buried with him in baptism you also have been raised with him through your

faith in the power of God who raised him from the dead and Even though you were dead in your

transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh He nevertheless

Made you alive with him having forgiven all your transgressions.

And so you'll note here Paul just front loads this don't let anyone take you captive by Human philosophy and human

tradition according to the elemental spirits of the world and not according to Christ.

And in him although you were dead in trespasses and sins God has made you alive together with

Christ having forgiven you all.

Every single one of your transgressions and sins and he says this he has

destroyed.

What was against us the certificate of indebtedness or you can say the record of debt that

stood opposed to us?

Expressed in decrees that are opposed to us.

He has taken it away by nailing it to the cross.

Disarming the rulers and authorities.

He has made public disgrace of them Triumphing over them by the cross and so this beautiful

picture then you were dead in trespasses and sins God has made you alive together with Christ.

Christ himself has circumcised our hearts.

All of you are sins are forgiven and the record of death that stood against you has been

canceled.

And it has been nailed to the cross of Christ.

And I always like to punctuate it by saying it's as if Jesus took out of your book.

You know the the whole section titled record of debt.

Yeah this is a record of all of the sins that you've committed in the debt that you've incurred to God as a result of this Christ

rips it out of your book and Takes the whole thing and just tink tink tink

nails it to the cross and with his own blood that he shed for you.

He writes debt paid in Full you are 100 forgiven

you who are in Christ and it's this beautiful picture now Paul then goes on and you'll note

that in Paul's time.

There was a tendency towards Judaizing.

One of the first heresies that Christianity faced was the Judaizing heresy and people who were trying to

return back to Torah and Paul says something quite amazing about the Torah about the

Old Testament and Here's what he says therefore therefore because all of your sins are forgiven

don't let anyone judge you with respect to food or Drink or in a matter

of a feast a new moon or a or Sabbath days.

And you know the the so the the food he's referring to is kosher versus, you know,

non kosher food.

Feasts new moon Sabbath days.

These are all Mosaic Covenant.

You know feasts and days and things like this and here's what he says in verse 17.

These are only the shadow of the things to come but the reality

is Christ now, I'm gonna show you this from the Greek because the Greek here is actually a little bit

stronger here Ha Aston skia Ton Melon tone

Todd a soma to Christu now, I know that's great to you, but let me kind of work work through

this so talking about the shadow then and the picture here in the Greek is like if you're walking

down the Sidewalk, and it's you know an hour before sunset.

Well, we all know what ends up happening is is that if it's an hour before sunset and the sun's behind you.

You're gonna cast this long shadow, but the shadow isn't the substance you are.

And so so what Paul is saying is that the Old Testament?

Commands the Sabbath the feast days the new moons all of those things.

And I'm not talking about the moral law.

I'm talking about the ceremonial laws.

Pertaining, you know to the Old Covenant.

He says that they are a shadow and in the Greek then it says

Todd a soma to Christu.

At dead men's butt but ta soma, but the body is

Christ's.

Mm -hmm.

So so the idea here is is that the Old Testament is shadow.

Christ is the body that is casting that shadow.

That's kind of the point and so in future installments of a pirate Christians guide to understanding the Old Testament.

We will talk about the Sabbath day and how then it are as Christians.

Are we to understand the Sabbath?

That's kind of an important thing because today's modern -day Judaizers the Hebrew roots people.

Well, you know they spin this this Conspiracy narrative.

Oh, yeah, you see what happened is is that?

Christianity got taken over and co -opted by Constantine and so Constantinian

Christianity steered it into Roman Catholicism and if it wasn't for that guy, then we'd all be

Sabbath keepers.

Nonsense, it's that see that's that's a conspiracy narrative and and and so no amount of data

will they will not allow any amount Of data over overturn the narrative, but their narrative is totally

false and bogus.

But all that being said they'll say you as Christians.

You need to be Torah observant and you need to keep the Sabbath day and you need to circumcise your male children and all this

kind of stuff and it's like this is the Judaizing heresy alive and well today and

This text says that the Sabbath itself is a shadow.

Todd a soma to Christu.

But the body is Christ's belongs to Christ.

So Christ is the body that is casting the shadow.

And so the Sabbath day in the in the ceremonial feast days, even the temple itself

and you know the Passover and and you know, you think of Shavuot and

the Feast of Trumpets and and all that all of those things and and the Feast of Booths.

Those are all Skiya, and that's what Skiya means shadow.

Those are all shadows.

But the body is Christ.

So so this idea then that the Old Testament is types and shadows is

Explicitly taught in the New Testament.

The New Testament Tells us to tells us to view the Old Testament

in that way.

And so as we move forward in future installments of a pirate Christians guide to understand the Old Testament.

Well, even some of these other important little elements that will help fill out your confidence that yeah.

This is exactly how we are to read it.

Now all that being said, let me take you to a text in Matthew chapter 12.

Matthew chapter 12 and here's what it says in the net Bible Starting at

verse 38.

So then some of the experts in the law along with some Pharisees answered Jesus teacher We want to see a

sign From you, but he answered them and even an adulterous generation

asks for a sign.

But no sign will be given it Except the sign of the Prophet Jonah for

just as Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish for three days and three Nights, so

the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.

And so you'll note then that Christ himself is making it clear that Jonah

Spending that time inside the belly of the great fish is Is

a type and shadow of his death and his resurrection.

That's the point.

So if you miss Jesus in this year, you've kind of missed the whole point of Jonah.

So then Jesus goes on to say then in verse 41 the people of Nineveh they will stand up at the

judgment with this generation and they will condemn it because they Repented when

Jonah preached to them and something greater than Jonah is here the Queen of the South will

rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of

Solomon and now Something greater than Solomon is here.

And so you'll note here.

Jesus is calling the people of his day just like Jonah.

Calling them to repent.

Calling them to repent and to be forgiven just like the Ninevites.

So the story of Jonah then we know that Jonah being thrown into the ocean and then

Dying and rising again through his being swallowed and then vomited up by the fish Is a

type and shadow.

It's a shadow of Christ's death and resurrection.

So let's then take a look at the story of Jonah.

Shall we and we're gonna like I said, we're gonna read it all four chapters.

It can be done in one setting.

In fact, it was meant to be done in one setting and you will note It's not about you unless of course you see yourself like

the Ninevites as somebody who needs to repent and We'll take a look at the

great mercy of God here in this story.

So here's what it says Jonah chapter 1.

Yahweh's message came to Jonah the son of Amittai go immediately to Nineveh

that large Capital city and announce judgment against its people

because their wickedness has come to my attention.

Instead Jonah immediately headed off to Tarshish now a little bit of a note here the

Ninevites.

These guys were so cruel in In the way they conducted and

waged war and the things that they did to the people they defeated that

to All I can say is is that they make the Nazis

look like schoolgirls.

That's how Cruel and evil they were and You'll note the

people of Nineveh they you know, and you know their whole clan.

They attacked Israel and there were Israelites who lost their lives to these war

criminals these cruel people and so the idea that the Word of Lord comes to Jonah and

and Jonah says no way.

I'm not going to Nineveh again.

I'm gonna ask the question.

Do you know why he didn't want to go to?

Nineveh.

The reason is so important.

So he heads off the other way.

Well, we'll let the text answer the question as to why so he he heads the other way.

To Tarshish.

So instead Jonah immediately headed off to Tarshish to escape from the Commission of Yahweh.

He traveled to Joppa found a merchant ship heading to Tarshish.

So he paid the fare and went aboard It to go with them to Tarshish far away

from Yahweh.

But Yahweh hurled a powerful wind on the sea such a violent tempest Arose on the

sea that the ship threatened to break up.

The sailors were so afraid that each cried out to his own God and they flung the

ship's cargo overboard to make the ship lighter.

Jonah meanwhile had gone down into the hole below deck.

Had and laid down and was sound Asleep now all of that being said

you think about the time when Christ In the middle of a storm in the

middle of a storm on the Sea of Galilee.

He was asleep on at the pilots couch or cushion cushion while

the storm was going on and the boat was taken on water and It was about the sink at

least is what the disciples thought and what do they do they woke Jesus up.

Don't you care that we are?

Sinking and so you'll note here.

There's some parallels to Christ even with the ability for Jonah in the middle of this

Horrible tempest out on the Mediterranean Sea to to be asleep.

Just like Christ was asleep.

Yeah, I'm just saying this the the connections here here is pretty interesting.

So he laid down he was sound asleep.

The ship's captain approached him and said what are you doing asleep?

Get up cry out to your God.

Perhaps your God might take notice of us so that we might not die.

The sailors said to one another come on.

Let's cast lots to find out whose fault it is that this disaster has

overtaken us.

So they cast lots and Jonah was singled out.

I would note that Jesus also had lots cast for his clothing.

Yeah, it's kind of fascinating, you know, and so here's the thing in the types in the shadows.

You can see connections back, but it's not like a one -to -one code that you're cracking.

It's just it's the idea.

Okay.

Yeah, you know that reminds me of Christ in this way.

So they said to him tell us whose fault is it that this disaster has overtaken us?

What's your occupation?

Where do you come from?

What's your country?

Who are your people?

And he said to them?

On the every I am a Hebrew and and I worshiped Yahweh

the God of heaven who made the sea and the dry land.

And hearing this the men became even more afraid and they said to him What have you done?

Then the men said this because they knew that he was trying to escape from Yahweh because he had previously told them.

Because the storm was growing worse and worse they said to him What should we do to you so that the sea

will calm down for us?

He said to them pick me up and throw me into the sea so that the sea will calm down for you.

Because I know it's my fault.

You are in the severe storm instead.

They tried to row back to land, but they were not able to do so because the storm kept growing worse

and worse.

So they cried out to Yahweh.

Oh, please Yahweh.

Don't let us die on account of this man.

Don't hold us guilty of shedding innocent blood.

Now here's the fun part is that for them, you know, he's he seems like an innocent enough guy.

But he's as guilty as sin.

He's like running away from God, you know, and so you'll know there's something going on here remember his

death and his resurrection are a Type and shadow of Christ's death and

resurrection and the sign That Christ gave to the people who are looking for a sign from him.

So after all you you Lord have done just as you please so they picked Jonah up threw him

into the sea and the sea stopped raging and the men feared Yahweh and

Again, you think about Jesus, you know in the boat in the boat and you know and he

you know, he's asleep at the you know at the captain's couch and As soon as they say don't you care that

we're gonna die the boat's sinking and he gets up and he says to the storm Be quiet,

which I'm sorry.

Now.

He didn't say I'm trying to sleep.

That's the Roseboro paraphrase, but immediately the storm calmed down and they were asking themselves

Who is this guy?

Who is this guy?

And you'll note that in in a similar miracle here.

This tempest has come up and Jonah as soon as they throw him into the raging sea.

It goes calm.

Okay, and so the result of this the men feared Yahweh greatly and they earnestly

vowed to offer lavish Sacrifices to Yahweh's.

No, you know, they they end up believe they're they're firm believers in Yahweh now.

Yeah, that's kind of the point because the the one true God he has control over the weather complete

control.

Now the Lord sent a huge fish.

Now.

It's not a whale.

It's a fish.

He sent a huge fish to swallow Jonah and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish

three days three nights and Jesus himself in Matthew makes it clear

Matthew 12.

This is a shadow of his death and his resurrection.

Pay attention that three days three nights stuff, right?

So Jonah while he's in the midst of the belly of this fish.

Jonah prayed to Yahweh his God from the stomach of the fish and he said.

I Called out to Yahweh from my distress and he answered me from the

belly of Sheol.

I cried out for help and you heard my prayer.

You threw me into the deep waters into the middle of the sea.

The ocean current engulfed me all the mighty waves.

You sent swept over me.

I thought I had been banished from your sight that I would never again see your holy temple.

Water engulfed me up to my neck the deep ocean surrounded me.

Seaweed was wrapped around my head.

Now I that the seaweed wrapped around Jonah's head since we know we're dealing in type and shadow with Christ's death

and his resurrection.

That that's a foreshadowing of the crown of thorns of Christ and now it

shows up as seaweed.

It's just amazing.

So I went down to the very bottoms of the mountains the gates of the netherworld barred me in

forever.

But you brought me up from the pit.

Oh Yahweh my God when my life was ebbing away I called out to Yahweh and my

prayer came to you to your holy temple.

Those who worship worthless idols Forfeit the mercy that could

be theirs.

And by the way, this is a this is a verse few even know.

Exists, but this is why idolatry is so dangerous.

Those who worship worthless idols.

These are gods created by human cunning by the by the mind and imagination of man.

They forfeit the mercy that could be theirs.

Because Christ has bled and died for the sins of the whole world.

So those who worship false gods they forfeit mercy.

In other words the person who tells you all roads lead to God.

Well, that's true.

But not once you've met with him not all roads from him Lead to eternal life

because all roads will lead you to the day of judgment.

Well, you'll stand before Christ.

But only those who've been brought to penitent faith in Christ Who trust in him

only they are the ones who have not forfeited the mercy that is theirs in Christ.

Everyone else by worshiping false gods and refusing to believe and trust in the one true

God.

They have forfeited the mercy that could be theirs.

Yeah, Jonah 2 8 says that but as for me Jonah praise

I promise to offer a sacrifice to you with a public direction declaration of praise.

I will surely do what I have promised.

Salvation belongs to Yahweh.

So then Yahweh commanded the fish and it discords Jonah on dry

dry land a note Nineveh's inland so from time to time you'll get the

the airing but well -meaning Sunday school teacher who will say.

And there were the Ninevites sitting on the beach when all of a sudden this fish came and went.

You know and out came Jonah and and then he preached to them.

They repented.

No.

That's not how this way.

So, yeah Jonah was spit up on the shore of some beach on the Mediterranean

and I'm sure Here is hair was bleached by the stomach acids of the fish and all this is just what a mess.

He's probably needed a week or two to clean up after that.

But you kind of get the idea and so you'll note then that's kind of the first chapter of this

the you know phase one of the story.

And again, I ask you if you don't already know why did Jonah refuse to

go to Nineveh.

We'll find out chapter 3 so Yahweh's

message came to Jonah a second time and this this

message would be the word of Yahweh, so the Bar Yahweh the word of Yahweh

came to Jonah a second time go Immediately to Nineveh that large city and

proclaim to it the message that I tell you.

So Jonah went immediately to Nineveh in keeping with Yahweh's message now Nineveh was an

enormous city.

It required three days to walk through it when Jonah began to enter the

city.

One day's walk he announced at the end of 40 days Nineveh

will be overthrown

so you'll note that he's called by Yahweh to preach the destruction and the judgment of

Nineveh now a little bit of a note.

40 is an important number in scripture.

How many years were the children of Israel wandering in the wilderness?

40 right so here at the end of 40 days

Nineveh will be overthrown.

How long was Christ tempted in the wilderness 40 days?

So in in the types in the shadows the 40 the 40 days the 40 years the number 40.

Oftentimes is dealing with that in between time that in between time the

generation, you know.

It's one generation long.

You know between your birth and your death or you're being set free from

slavery.

And you finally entering into the true promised land.

That's kind of the idea.

So at the end of 40 days at the end of 40 years There's judgment just like at the end of

you know at the end of your life, you know at the end of one generation There's judgment.

You've also faced judgment.

So that's kind of how that it's a little wonky and how I described it.

But you kind of get the idea the oftentimes 40s work in that way in scripture.

So the end of 40 days Nineveh will be overthrown but listen to what happened

the people of Nineveh believed in God and They declared a fast and put on

sackcloth from the greatest to the least of them remember what Jesus said about them that they

repented that.

You know and what to what?

What did Joe to pray for the middle of the fish, you know?

He part of his prayer was that those who worship worthless idols forfeit the mercy that would be theirs

and here He shows up in town in Nineveh and There they've got

you know, they're they're idle worshiping war criminals cruel beyond all measure just horrible

awful people and Jonah's message is God's gonna smite you 40 days from now.

It's all over.

You're you're judged by God and they believed and

They repented.

So when the news reached the king of Nineveh He got up from his throne took off his royal robe put on sackcloth

and he sat in on ashes.

Now he issued a proclamation.

He said in Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles no human or animal Cattle or sheep is

to taste anything.

They must not eat.

They must not drink Water, so we're gonna fast even to water every person an animal

must put on sackcloth and must cry earnestly to God and everyone must

turn from their evil way of living and from the violence that they do

and violence most Certainly is true about them, you know, and you can even

say it's it's cruelty not just violence.

It's just it's.

It's so.

You know, I can't even describe it.

It's just that Reprehensible and so we got a turn from the violence that they do who

knows perhaps God might be willing to change his mind and

relent and Turn from his fierce anger so that we might not die.

When God saw their actions that they turned from their evil way of living God relented

concerning the judgment that he had threatened them with and he did not

Destroy them thus ends part two of the

story so he goes and He preaches God's

wrath and his judgment and they say yep We're guilty.

Forgive us Lord.

Have mercy.

You're right.

We're wrong and God saw that they repented and he

Relented now remember one had already died and risen from the grave.

Figuratively, that's Jonah, right and so with the preaching of Jonah you sit there.

What is it.

Jesus is a preacher of repentance exactly.

That's the point.

Do you see Jonah is a type and shadow of Christ up to this point?

He's died and risen again preached a message of God's judgment and called people to

repent and he offers them mercy if they repent judgment if they

persist in sin and unbelief and Here the Ninevites they repented and in

Jesus's day.

Remember what Jesus said?

So he said an evil and altruist generation asked for a sign.

But no sign will be given to it except the sign of the Prophet Jonah.

For just as Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish for three days and three nights.

So the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.

And the people of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and they will condemn it because they repented.

When Jonah preached to them, let's see when Jesus showed up there in Israel

they didn't repent at all and Somebody greater than Jonah was there.

Let's see when Jonah shows up in Nineveh.

They Repented and God relented.

Concerned in the judgment they had threatened them with and he did not destroy them and in the same way then

you and I we are called to repent of our sins and The

judgment that God has threatened us with by persisting in sin and unbelief and rebellion against him is an

eternity in hell.

There's just no way around it.

That's exactly what the what we all face and each of us have earned because of our sins

and so Christ now calls and appeals to us through his disciples who

became the Apostles and those now whom he sent into the church pastors and preachers and evangelists who call

people to repent of their sins and When you brought to repentance.

Trust in Christ for the forgiveness of your sins turn from your evil God

raising you from the grave.

You too now God relents concerning the judgment that he's threatened you

and I with.

And so he doesn't destroy us.

You see this is a text that still preaches to this day.

But now we find out why?

Jonah went the opposite direction.

Chapter 4.

This displeased Jonah.

Terribly and this is where Jonah and Jesus part ways and I mean it because it

says of Christ.

That who for the joy set before him.

Endured the cross.

Despising its shame so that we can be forgiven you see.

We being brought to repentance we being forgiven of our sins is not something that upsets Jesus in

something that in.

It's the very thing.

It's the very joy that was set before him your repentance.

My repentance is the very reason is the joy that was set before him though I he endured the cross despised its shame

and suffered and bled and died so that you and I can live but here this is where Jonah and

Jesus part ways completely and So now God is going to have to talk some sense

to his prophet.

So this displeased Jonah terribly.

I mean, could you imagine I mean?

Revival has broken out in Nineveh and Jonah sitting there going.

This is the worst thing ever I wanted these Assyrian Ninevites to be

destroyed by God.

But no, they repented.

So he prayed to Yahweh said Oh Yahweh.

This is just what I thought would happen When I was in my own country,

and this is why I tried to prevent my attempting To escape to Tarsus.

Tried to this is what I tried to prevent by attempting to escape to Tarsus.

I didn't want them to repent.

I didn't want him to be forgiven.

And here's the reason because I knew that you are a gracious and You

are a compassionate God slow to anger and abounding in

mercy and one who relents concerning threat and judgment.

The reason why Jonah went the opposite way is because he knew that God forgives.

In fact, he's slow to anger.

He's abounding in steadfast love and in mercy and he relents concerning

judgment for anyone who repents.

Mmm.

That's the reason.

That's the reason he ran the other way because he knew how forgiving kind

gracious merciful compassionate God is.

He wanted these Ninevites to get what was coming to them and now by doing this

Jonah is.

Well He's not in a good place.

Let's just put it that way.

So now Lord kill me instead because I would rather die than live.

So Yahweh said are you really so very angry and so Jonah left the city and he sat down east

of it he made a shelter for himself there and sat down under it in the shade to see what would happen to the

city and Yahweh God appointed a little plant and Caused it

to grow over Jonah to be a shade over his head to rescue him from his misery.

Now Jonah was very delighted about the little plant a little bit of a note here although Jonah

is Like this angry at God God now is being

Kind Gracious slow to anger merciful gracious

to this errant prophet of his.

So he delighted in the plant.

So God sent a worm at dawn the next day and it attacked the little plant so that it dried up.

And when Sun began to shine God sent a hot east wind so the Sun beat down on Jonah's head

and he grew faint.

So he despaired of life and said I would rather die than live.

And God said to Jonah, are you really so very angry about the little plant and he said I am as angry

as I could possibly be and Yahweh said You were upset about this little plant something for

which you have not worked.

Nor did you do anything to make it grow?

It grew up overnight and it died the next day.

Should I not be even more concerned about Nineveh this enormous city

there are more than 120 ,000 people in it who do not know right from wrong

as well as many animals the end.

And so you'll note then the story ends With an assurance and it just this wonderful thing.

It's like Jonah I love these war criminal

Assyrian Ninevites.

They don't even know right from wrong.

Should I not have mercy on them?

Should I not be concerned about them as well as their animals?

They are my creatures my creation.

And so you'll note then the story of Jonah Is the story of the kindness the mercy the

grace the love the compassion of God?

Who is it is his glory to forgive repentant sinners

and to relent of threatened disaster and all of this then you'll note then we

Points us to Christ because Christ takes up the sign of Jonah For himself

and then you can see the connections.

It's just absolutely Amazing when you think about it and when you read the story in its entirety

and not just chapters one and two.

And then twist it to be made, you know make it about you when it's not unless of course you

identify with the Ninevites and You should and I do as well

and I should as one whom God has concerned for and has Offers mercy and compassion

and forgiveness then you can find yourself in this text.

You are a Ninevite in need of repentance.

And that was the point that Jesus made even to these Pharisees and to these people who were looking for

a sign from him an Evil and adulterous generation.

Jesus said asked for a sign but no sign will be given it except for the sign of the Prophet Jonah.

For just as Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish for three days and three nights.

So the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights and the people of Nineveh They will stand up at the judgment

with this generation and they will condemn it.

Because they repented when Jonah preached to them and now something greater than Jonah is Here

and you'll note that Christ he does go into the belly of Sheol

Goes into death itself and on the third day.

He rose again from the grave victorious and that's the sign then for all of us now

the sign of Jonah is The sign that Christ gave for himself his death his

resurrection.

To validate that he is who he claimed to be none other than the Son of God and human flesh in

him the whole fullness of the deity dwells bodily and he calls us to repent of our sins

to be Forgiven so that he would relent of the disaster threatened

us.

Because of our sin and rebellion against us because who of us can say that we are better than the Ninevites.

So many of us have acted in the ways that show that we do not know right from wrong either and Even when we do we

still end up choosing wrong.

So repent of your wickedness and be forgiven the one true God is

merciful slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and has sent his Son

even greater than the Prophet Jonah to bleed and die for you and on the third day rise

Again from the grave so that you can be forgiven and experience his great love and

compassion even for you.

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