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 Go ahead and open to the book of Jonah, if you will.

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 Book of Jonah.

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 Before we get into our text this morning, there is something that I felt needed to be addressed.

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! It might be a little awkward, but I just thought this can't go without being spoken about.

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 So I just want you all to know, because many of you have asked me, many of you have come to me

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 throughout this past couple weeks since the last time I preached and have asked me,

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 did you actually say sweet Moses in the middle of your sermon?

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 And I just want to clear the air and say that that did come out of my mouth.

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 That just kind of happened.

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 So there was that.

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 I don't know what's going to fly out today, but if you think I said it, I probably said it.

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 So there you go.

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 But yeah, Jonah, we're going to be going through the whole book this morning,

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 which might sound like a lot, but it's actually not that much.

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 We're going to be starting verse one.

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 And before we get into the text, I just wanted to set a little bit of the historical backdrop to Jonah,

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 because it's important to understanding what is going on in this book.

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 So Jonah lived during the prosperous reign of King Jeroboam II in the northern kingdom.

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 So Israel during this time was split in two.

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 There was the northern kingdom, which was called Israel, made up of ten tribes.

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 And in the south, you had the southern kingdom, the kingdom of Judah, made up of two tribes.

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 So Jonah's in the north.

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 And for the northern kingdom, this was a time of material, earthly blessing.

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 They were really rich, really affluent, doing really well.

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 They boasted in their tall walls and their security, which you can read a lot about that in Amos.

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 But their sin was rampant.

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 And if you recall, we went through Daniel recently.

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 So this is pre-Daniel.

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 This is pre-exile, pre-punishment for their sin.

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 And the book of Amos, the prophet Amos, he's preaching in this time,

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 around the time that Jonah would have lived in the northern kingdom.

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 And Amos is calling out Israel for its sin.

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 Amos 4.1 records the word of the Lord, and God says of Israel during this time,

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 he says,

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 Hear this word, you cows of Bashan,

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 who are on the mountain of Samaria,

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 who oppress the poor, who crush the needy,

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 who say to your husbands, bring that we may drink.

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 The Lord God has sworn by his holiness that, behold,

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 the days are coming upon you, Israel,

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 when they, the Babylonians,

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 shall take you away with hooks,

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 even the last of you with fish hooks.

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 And you shall go out through the breaches,

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 each one straight ahead,

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 and you shall be cast out into Harmon,

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 declares the Lord.

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 So between Amos and many of the other prophets,

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 Isaiah, Jeremiah, and so on,

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 we know that Israel during this time

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 could be described as a time of false worship,

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 a time of debauchery,

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 a time of licentiousness,

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 false worship, adultery, drunkenness, pride,

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 and so on.

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 And recall as well that God's constant threat

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 to punish Israel

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 was initially going to be by the hands of the Assyrians,

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 not the Babylonians.

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 And this sets the stage for the book of Jonah

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 so we can read together,

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 starting in verse 1, chapter 1.

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 And I'm going to read this text

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 and kind of explain it

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 as we go through the entire book.

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 So lock in with me here.

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 But starting in verse 1,

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 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah,

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 the son of Amittai, saying,

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 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city,

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 and call out against it,

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 for their evil has come up before me.

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 But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish

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 from the presence of the Lord.

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 He went down to Joppa

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 and found a ship going to Tarshish.

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 So he paid the fare and went down into it

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 to go with them to Tarshish,

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 away from the presence.

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 of the Lord.

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 So now the word of the Lord came,

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 and when did it come?

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 It came to Jonah

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 during this time of sin in Israel.

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 All the pre-exilic prophets

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 preached to Israel and Judah,

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 appealing to them to repent

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 of their sin except Jonah.

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 Jonah was called to go to Nineveh,

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 which was the crown jewel city

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 of the Assyrian Empire,

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 the very empire

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 which Jonah's contemporaries

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 were prophesying

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 would destroy Israel.

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 And what was Jonah's response?

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 Well, he fled,

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 and not only did he flee,

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 but he fled in the opposite direction

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 of Nineveh

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 by choosing Tarshish

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 of all places.

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 And this is especially interesting

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 because throughout the Old Testament,

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 it's well-documented

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 that Israelites were afraid

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 of the sea.

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 So Jonah is choosing a route

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 that he'd have to cross the sea

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 to get to his destination.

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 And the reason they feared the sea

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 was multifaceted.

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 One was the sea creature Leviathan

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 mentioned in the book of Job.

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 Another was that the Philistines

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 likely attacked Israel from the sea

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 when they first made contact.

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 More importantly, though,

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 the sea was viewed

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 as a symbol of hell,

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 a symbol of chaos.

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 And this is likely due

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 to the flood in Genesis.

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 And this is why

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 throughout the Old Testament,

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 you'll constantly see writers

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 refer to the sea

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 as the abyss.

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 And the significance of this

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 is that Jonah chooses

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 to go through this chaos,

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 this hell,

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 this place of taboo,

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 the abyss,

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 before he was willing

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 to obey God.

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 Now, some have interpreted this

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 by explaining what a cruel

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 city Nineveh was

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 and that Jonah was afraid

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 of what the Assyrians

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 might do to him

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 because they were just

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 the worst.

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 But that is not supported

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 by the text.

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 Rather, it seems that Jonah

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 was willing to go through

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 all this trouble

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 to avoid the will

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 of the Lord.

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 Already, we have seen

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 the author mention twice

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 that Jonah fled,

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 not Nineveh,

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 but he fled from

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 the presence of the Lord

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 in verse 3.

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 He's fleeing God.

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 Now, some of you

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 might be wondering,

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 doesn't Jonah know

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 that God is omnipresent,

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 meaning that God

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 is everywhere at all times?

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 You would think as a prophet

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 he would have this one down.

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 But apparently,

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 Jonah has forgotten.

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 And this is not surprising

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 during his time.

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 In his day,

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 every pagan nation

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 had this concept

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 of their gods

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 being restrained

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 to their territory.

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 This is why they always

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 make reference to battle.

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 Our gods prevailed this day

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 because the gods wanted

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 to gain a new territory.

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 And Jonah's time,

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 Israel was infested

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 with pagan religion,

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 so it's not a far stretch

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 to assume that he probably

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 confused himself,

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 to say the least,

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 that he probably thought

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 in some sense

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 God was restrained

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 to physical Israel.

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 But God does not

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 let Jonah go

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 and God is not

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 constrained by some border.

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 Picking back up

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 in verse 4 of chapter 1,

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 so Jonah's on his way,

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 he's fleeing the Lord,

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 and verse 4,

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 but the Lord hurled

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 a great wind

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 upon the sea.

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 And there was

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 a mighty tempest

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 on the sea

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 so that the ship

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 threatened to break up.

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 Then the mariners

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 were afraid

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 and each cried out

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 to his God.

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 And they hurled

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 the cargo that was

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 in the ship

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 into the sea

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 to lighten it

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 for them.

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 But Jonah had gone

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 down into the inner

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 part of the ship

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 and had laid down

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 and was fast asleep.

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 So the captain

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 came and said to him,

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 What do you mean,

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 you sleeper?

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 Arise,

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 call out to your God.

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 Perhaps the God

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 will give us a thought

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 that we may not perish.

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 And they said to one another,

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 Come,

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 let us cast lots

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 that we may know

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 on whose account

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 this evil

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 has come upon us.

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 And so they cast lots

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 and the lot fell

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 on Jonah.

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 Then they said to him,

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 Tell us on whose account

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 this evil

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 has come upon us.

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 What is your occupation

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 and where do you come from?

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 What is your country?

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 And of what people

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 are you?

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 And he said to them,

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 I am a Hebrew.

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 I fear the Lord,

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 the God of heaven

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 who made the sea

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 and the dry land.

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 Then the men

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 were exceedingly afraid

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 and said to him,

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 What is this

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 that you have done?

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 For the men knew

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 that he was fleeing

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 from the presence

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 of the Lord

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 because he had told them.

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 Again,

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 he's not fleeing Nineveh,

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 he's fleeing God.

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 In verse 11,

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 Then they said to him,

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 What shall we do to you

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 that the sea may quiet down

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 for us?

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 For the sea grew more

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 and more tempestuous.

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 And he said to them,

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 Pick me up

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 and hurl me

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 into the sea.

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 Then the sea

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 will quiet down for you.

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 For I know

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 it is because of me

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 that this great tempest

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 has come upon you.

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 Nevertheless,

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 the men rode hard

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 to get back to dry land,

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 but they could not.

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 For the sea grew

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 more and more

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 tempestuous against them.

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 Therefore,

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 they called out to the Lord,

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 O Lord,

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 let us not perish

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 for this man's life

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 and lay not on us

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 innocent blood

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 for you,

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 O Lord,

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 have done

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 as it pleased you.

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 So they picked up Jonah

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 and hurled him

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 into the sea

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 and the sea ceased

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 from its raging.

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 Then the men

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 feared the Lord

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 exceedingly

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 and they offered

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 a sacrifice

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 to the Lord

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 and made vows.

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 And the Lord

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 appointed a great fish

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 to swallow up Jonah

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 and Jonah was

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 in the belly

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 of the fish

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 three days

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 and three nights.

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 Now this section

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 is chock full

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 of irony.

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 So we have

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 these pagan

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 Gentile sailors

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 who were much

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 afraid of the storm

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 of God's working

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 while the Hebrew

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 Israelite

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 in the midst

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 of the storm

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 chooses to hide

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 in the inner part

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 of the ship.

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 Verse 5,

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 Jonah is still

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 ignoring God.

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 Ironically,

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 the prophet Jonah

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 whose job it is

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 to encourage people

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 to call out

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 to God

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 in repentance

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 is being commanded

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 by pagans

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 to call out

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 to his God.

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 Even these pagans

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 recognize that

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 this storm

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 is divine judgment

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 and that they

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 will perish.

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 Verse 6,

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 Proverbs 16,

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 33 says,

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 The lot is cast

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 into the lap

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 but its every decision

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 is from the Lord.

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 And we saw

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 that these pagan men

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 who did not know God,

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 who did not worship God,

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 it would seem

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 that these pagans

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 were familiar

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 with Proverbs

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 or other Old Testament

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 passages

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 that speak

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 on casting lots.

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 In verse 7,

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 we see them

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 cast lots

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 to determine

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 on whose account

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 the storm

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 has come upon them.

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 And the lot

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 fell on Jonah

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 and the pagans

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 knew that Jonah

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 was guilty

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 and that Jonah

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 was the reason

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 for the storm.

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 So they question him

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 and his response

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 is such garbage.

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 What does he say?

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 He says,

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 you know,

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 they want to know

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 who are you,

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 what's your occupation?

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 He says,

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 I'm a Hebrew.

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 That's his first response.

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 I'm a Hebrew.

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 He's very proud

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 of his national heritage,

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 his identity

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 as one who

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 fears the Lord.

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 And which Lord?

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 The Lord that is better

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 than the pagan's God

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 because this Lord

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 is the creator

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 of land and sea

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 and the God of heaven.

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 Verse 9.

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 So that's kind of smack talk.

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 We might not catch

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 that in English

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 but, you know,

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 pagans had no problem

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 accepting that Yahweh

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 was real.

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 What they had a problem

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 with was that

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 he was the only God

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 and that he was

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 superior to their God.

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 So by saying

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 God of heaven,

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 Jonah's saying,

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 my God

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 is greater than your God.

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 But his response

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 is garbage.

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 I mean,

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 it's theologically sound,

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 it's theologically true,

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 it's biblical.

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 Jonah clearly has

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 this understanding

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 in his head

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 but not in his heart.

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 Otherwise,

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 he would be obeying

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 the Lord

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 and not trying

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 to run from him.

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 To truly fear

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 the Lord

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 is to have wisdom,

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 Proverbs 1.7.

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 And if Jonah was wise,

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 he would obey God.

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 And here's more irony.

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 After it becomes

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 plain who Jonah is,

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 the pagans become

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 exceedingly afraid

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 because they recognize

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 that Jonah is fleeing

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 the presence of the Lord.

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 Verse 10.

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 And they fear the Lord

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 more so than

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 the prophet Jonah.

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 They have more wisdom

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 than Jonah.

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 And in verse 11,

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 the pagans ask a question.

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 They want to know

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 how can they appease God?

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 They want to know

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 how to end the storm

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 and God's wrath.

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 And Jonah provides

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 the answer.

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 He offers himself up

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 to be thrown

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 into the sea.

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 Now,

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 many have interpreted

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 this as a typology

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 of Christ,

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 a symbol of Christ.

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 You know,

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 that he came

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 and died for many

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 so that we might

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 be spared.

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 And this kind of

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 sounds like what

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 Jonah is doing.

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 But I do not think

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 this is the case.

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 So just note that

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 for now.

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 We're going to come

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 back to that

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 in chapter 4.

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 But for now,

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 notice even more

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 irony in this passage.

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 Jonah did not

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 travel to Nineveh

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 to preach a message

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 of repentance

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 as God had instructed.

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 Clearly,

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 Jonah did not care

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 about the Ninevites

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 enough.

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 as a Hebrew,

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 he's supposed to be

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 a blessing to the nations

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 and he's not doing that.

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 He's not fulfilling that.

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 He doesn't care about them.

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 Yet in verse 13,

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 even though Jonah

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 confessed his guiltiness,

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 the pagans

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 rode hard

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 to try to save him

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 before throwing him

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 into the sea.

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 He offered himself up

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 and they still,

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 nonetheless,

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 tried to save him.

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 They rode hard.

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 And the sailors

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 called Jonah

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 innocent

00:13:51.800 --> 00:13:52.879
 in verse 14,

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 even though he clearly

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 is not.

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 And after praying

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 to the God

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 of the Hebrews,

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 the pagans

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 wisely discern

00:14:00.080 --> 00:14:01.240
 that the will

00:14:01.240 --> 00:14:01.740
 of the Lord

00:14:01.740 --> 00:14:02.379
 is for Jonah

00:14:02.379 --> 00:14:03.200
 to be cast

00:14:03.200 --> 00:14:04.100
 into the sea.

00:14:04.399 --> 00:14:04.800
 They say,

00:14:04.879 --> 00:14:05.379
 For you,

00:14:05.539 --> 00:14:06.000
 O Lord,

00:14:06.560 --> 00:14:07.080
 have done

00:14:07.080 --> 00:14:08.340
 as it pleased you.

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 They know

00:14:10.180 --> 00:14:11.100
 who is in control,

00:14:11.920 --> 00:14:12.620
 unlike Jonah.

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 They have more mercy

00:14:14.539 --> 00:14:16.039
 for a foreigner

00:14:16.039 --> 00:14:17.279
 than Jonah does.

00:14:19.319 --> 00:14:20.299
 And the pagans,

00:14:20.439 --> 00:14:21.000
 not Jonah,

00:14:21.120 --> 00:14:22.139
 continue to fear

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 the Lord,

00:14:23.000 --> 00:14:23.579
 verse 16.

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 They sacrificed to him

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 and they made vows to him.

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 And Jonah was swallowed up

00:14:29.360 --> 00:14:30.179
 by a great fish

00:14:30.179 --> 00:14:30.939
 for three days

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 and three nights

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 before anything else

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 happened.

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 So notice that

00:14:37.019 --> 00:14:37.839
 up to this point

00:14:37.839 --> 00:14:38.379
 in the narrative,

00:14:39.480 --> 00:14:40.039
 Jonah has done

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 not one single thing

00:14:41.480 --> 00:14:42.439
 that is righteous,

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 that is commendable,

00:14:43.480 --> 00:14:45.159
 that is God-honoring

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 or obedient.

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 Everything he has said

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 and done

00:14:48.460 --> 00:14:49.259
 has been done

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 in disobedience.

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 And yet,

00:14:52.320 --> 00:14:53.460
 here are Gentiles

00:14:53.460 --> 00:14:54.580
 who progressively

00:14:54.580 --> 00:14:55.940
 recognize God

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 more and more

00:14:56.680 --> 00:14:58.600
 throughout the narrative.

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 These Gentiles

00:15:00.519 --> 00:15:01.680
 seem far more useful

00:15:01.680 --> 00:15:02.340
 to God

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 and honoring to God

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 than this disobedient

00:15:04.980 --> 00:15:06.100
 prophet named Jonah.

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 So let's continue

00:15:08.519 --> 00:15:09.580
 reading chapter 2,

00:15:09.680 --> 00:15:10.279
 verse 1.

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 Then Jonah prayed.

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 So after three days,

00:15:14.819 --> 00:15:15.559
 after three nights,

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 Jonah prayed

00:15:16.339 --> 00:15:17.419
 to the Lord his God

00:15:17.419 --> 00:15:18.120
 from the belly

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 of the fish,

00:15:18.980 --> 00:15:19.299
 saying,

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 I call out to the Lord

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 out of my distress

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 and he answered me.

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 Out of the belly

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 of Sheol I cried

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 and you heard my voice.

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 For you cast me

00:15:30.839 --> 00:15:31.559
 into the deep,

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 into the heart

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 of the seas

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 and the flood,

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 that's judgment language,

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 the flood

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 surrounded me.

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 All your waves

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 and your billows

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 passed over me.

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 Then I said,

00:15:43.940 --> 00:15:44.980
 I am driven away

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 from your sight,

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 yet I shall again

00:15:47.780 --> 00:15:48.660
 look upon

00:15:48.660 --> 00:15:49.759
 your holy temple.

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 The waters

00:15:51.640 --> 00:15:52.600
 closed in over me

00:15:52.600 --> 00:15:53.420
 to take my life.

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 The deep surrounded me.

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 Weeds were wrapped

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 about my head

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 at the roots

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 of the mountains.

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 I went down

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 to the land

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 whose bars

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 closed upon me forever,

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 yet you brought up

00:16:03.920 --> 00:16:05.120
 my life from the pit.

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 O Lord,

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 my God.

00:16:07.700 --> 00:16:09.180
 When my life

00:16:09.180 --> 00:16:09.879
 was fainting,

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 I remembered

00:16:11.320 --> 00:16:11.960
 the Lord.

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 So he had forgotten

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 the Lord.

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 I remembered

00:16:15.220 --> 00:16:15.759
 the Lord

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 and my prayer

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 came to you

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 into your holy temple.

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 Those who pay

00:16:20.980 --> 00:16:22.200
 regard to vain idols

00:16:22.200 --> 00:16:23.140
 forsake their hope

00:16:23.140 --> 00:16:24.340
 of steadfast love.

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 But I,

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 with the voice

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 of thanksgiving,

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 will sacrifice

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 to you

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 what I have vowed

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 I will pay.

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 Salvation belongs

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 to the Lord.

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 And the Lord

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 spoke to the fish

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 and it vomited Jonah

00:16:36.919 --> 00:16:39.000
 out upon the dry land.

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 So finally,

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 after three days

00:16:41.779 --> 00:16:42.459
 and three nights

00:16:42.459 --> 00:16:43.199
 of Jonah sitting

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 and doing nothing

00:16:44.099 --> 00:16:45.379
 inside the belly

00:16:45.379 --> 00:16:46.219
 of the great fish,

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 he finally prays.

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 He's stubborn.

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 In verses one

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 through three,

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 we see Jonah

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 recognize

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 that he is the object

00:16:57.139 --> 00:16:58.519
 of God's judgment.

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 Jonah hates

00:16:59.879 --> 00:17:01.299
 his circumstance.

00:17:03.099 --> 00:17:03.579
 Again,

00:17:03.659 --> 00:17:04.240
 more irony.

00:17:04.399 --> 00:17:05.279
 Jonah wanted to flee

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 from the presence

00:17:05.899 --> 00:17:06.519
 of the Lord

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 and so the Lord's

00:17:07.500 --> 00:17:08.740
 punishment for Jonah

00:17:08.740 --> 00:17:09.359
 was that Jonah

00:17:09.359 --> 00:17:09.759
 was,

00:17:10.279 --> 00:17:10.579
 verse four,

00:17:10.680 --> 00:17:11.500
 driven away

00:17:11.500 --> 00:17:12.480
 from God's sight.

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 He got what he wanted.

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 Now this might be

00:17:17.359 --> 00:17:18.259
 new to you,

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 but I want to suggest

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 that this prayer

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 is not an actual prayer

00:17:22.399 --> 00:17:24.119
 of true repentance.

00:17:26.339 --> 00:17:27.759
 Jonah expresses lament

00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:29.160
 over his circumstances

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 in verses two through six,

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 not his sin.

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 There is no mention

00:17:34.619 --> 00:17:35.460
 of his wrongdoing

00:17:35.460 --> 00:17:36.460
 and disobeying God.

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 There is no mention

00:17:37.859 --> 00:17:38.480
 of his sin

00:17:38.480 --> 00:17:39.759
 for not going to Nineveh.

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 There is no mention

00:17:41.400 --> 00:17:42.299
 of him expressing

00:17:42.299 --> 00:17:43.880
 a need for heart change

00:17:43.880 --> 00:17:45.059
 regarding the Ninevites.

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 He doesn't say,

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 God,

00:17:46.279 --> 00:17:46.980
 soft in my heart

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 so that I might love

00:17:47.740 --> 00:17:48.319
 my enemies.

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 He doesn't even

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 acknowledge it.

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 In fact,

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 there is no mention

00:17:52.420 --> 00:17:53.099
 of Jonah wishing

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 things were different

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 whatsoever

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 except for his

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 circumstances.

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 Jonah's prayer reveals

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 that he is eager

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 to return to Israel.

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 Twice he mentions

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 the temple,

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 verse four and verse seven.

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 Nowhere does he express

00:18:09.660 --> 00:18:10.799
 a desire to go

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 to Nineveh.

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 Rather,

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 he simply asserts

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 that he will keep a vow

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 in verse nine,

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 which he likely gave

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 to save his own skin.

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 In many ways,

00:18:21.940 --> 00:18:22.880
 this entire prayer

00:18:22.880 --> 00:18:23.740
 can be summarized

00:18:23.740 --> 00:18:24.600
 by saying this.

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 Jonah recognized

00:18:26.180 --> 00:18:27.000
 God's sovereignty

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 and realized it was foolish

00:18:28.420 --> 00:18:29.539
 for him to go against it.

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 And two,

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 Jonah recognized

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 that whether he liked

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 it or not,

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 he will submit to it

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 voluntarily or involuntarily.

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 And Jonah's prayer

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 reminds me of Esau.

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 Hebrews 12,

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 16 through 17

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 sheds light on Esau.

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 The author of Hebrews

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 says,

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 like Esau,

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 who sold his birthright

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 for a single meal,

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 for you know that afterward

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 when he desired

00:18:52.240 --> 00:18:53.279
 to inherit the blessing,

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 he was rejected,

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 for he found no chance

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 to repent.

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 Though he sought it

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 with tears.

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 The author of Hebrews

00:19:01.900 --> 00:19:02.619
 is not saying

00:19:02.619 --> 00:19:03.559
 that Esau genuinely

00:19:03.559 --> 00:19:04.359
 sought to repent

00:19:04.359 --> 00:19:05.240
 of his sin.

00:19:05.779 --> 00:19:06.079
 Rather,

00:19:06.200 --> 00:19:07.039
 the author of Hebrews

00:19:07.039 --> 00:19:08.240
 is saying that Esau

00:19:08.240 --> 00:19:09.839
 wanted to repent

00:19:09.839 --> 00:19:10.819
 of his circumstance.

00:19:12.160 --> 00:19:12.960
 Esau wished

00:19:12.960 --> 00:19:13.880
 he had not given up

00:19:13.880 --> 00:19:14.680
 his birthright

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 and he cried

00:19:15.940 --> 00:19:16.839
 over his inability

00:19:16.839 --> 00:19:17.839
 to regain it,

00:19:17.900 --> 00:19:18.599
 to change

00:19:18.599 --> 00:19:20.579
 his circumstance.

00:19:20.579 --> 00:19:20.859
 repentance.

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 And this is just

00:19:23.639 --> 00:19:25.139
 like Jonah's prayer

00:19:25.139 --> 00:19:25.939
 which is lacking

00:19:25.939 --> 00:19:27.839
 many of the elements

00:19:27.839 --> 00:19:28.839
 of a true

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 repentant prayer.

00:19:31.079 --> 00:19:31.679
 In Psalm 51,

00:19:31.779 --> 00:19:32.259
 we don't have time

00:19:32.259 --> 00:19:32.720
 to go there,

00:19:32.799 --> 00:19:33.579
 but that is a great

00:19:33.579 --> 00:19:35.099
 example of what

00:19:35.099 --> 00:19:36.000
 genuine repentance

00:19:36.000 --> 00:19:36.639
 looks like.

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 Now,

00:19:38.960 --> 00:19:39.860
 after praying the prayer,

00:19:39.920 --> 00:19:40.759
 there is no clear

00:19:40.759 --> 00:19:41.259
 acknowledgement

00:19:41.259 --> 00:19:42.340
 that God viewed

00:19:42.340 --> 00:19:43.400
 this as genuine

00:19:43.400 --> 00:19:44.040
 repentance.

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 The closest thing

00:19:45.500 --> 00:19:46.080
 we get to that

00:19:46.080 --> 00:19:46.520
 acknowledgement

00:19:46.520 --> 00:19:47.540
 is verse 10

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 where God spares

00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:49.580
 Jonah from dying

00:19:49.580 --> 00:19:50.620
 in the belly of the fish.

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 And I know that

00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:53.099
 some of you may not

00:19:53.099 --> 00:19:53.879
 be convinced

00:19:53.879 --> 00:19:54.979
 of my interpretation

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 just yet,

00:19:55.819 --> 00:19:56.799
 that Jonah did not

00:19:56.799 --> 00:19:58.099
 actually repent

00:19:58.099 --> 00:19:58.899
 in his prayer.

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 But we'll continue

00:20:00.839 --> 00:20:01.639
 with that theme

00:20:01.639 --> 00:20:02.299
 as we read,

00:20:02.399 --> 00:20:03.039
 picking back up

00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:03.759
 in chapter 3,

00:20:03.839 --> 00:20:04.479
 verse 1.

00:20:05.019 --> 00:20:05.919
 And I think you'll see

00:20:05.919 --> 00:20:06.459
 more clearly

00:20:06.459 --> 00:20:08.299
 why I'm convinced

00:20:08.299 --> 00:20:08.839
 of this.

00:20:09.879 --> 00:20:10.739
 So picking back up

00:20:10.739 --> 00:20:11.379
 in chapter 3,

00:20:11.439 --> 00:20:11.979
 verse 1.

00:20:13.239 --> 00:20:14.139
 Then the word

00:20:14.139 --> 00:20:14.579
 of the Lord

00:20:14.579 --> 00:20:15.419
 came to Jonah

00:20:15.419 --> 00:20:16.599
 the second time,

00:20:16.979 --> 00:20:17.339
 saying,

00:20:18.159 --> 00:20:18.799
 Arise,

00:20:18.899 --> 00:20:19.599
 go to Nineveh,

00:20:19.679 --> 00:20:20.359
 that great

00:20:20.359 --> 00:20:20.759
 city,

00:20:20.959 --> 00:20:21.599
 and call out

00:20:21.599 --> 00:20:22.119
 against it

00:20:22.119 --> 00:20:22.659
 the message

00:20:22.659 --> 00:20:23.799
 that I tell you.

00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:25.899
 So Jonah arose

00:20:25.899 --> 00:20:26.740
 and went to Nineveh

00:20:26.740 --> 00:20:27.679
 according to the

00:20:27.679 --> 00:20:28.479
 word of the Lord.

00:20:29.119 --> 00:20:29.799
 Now Nineveh

00:20:29.799 --> 00:20:30.719
 was an exceedingly

00:20:30.719 --> 00:20:31.559
 great city,

00:20:32.359 --> 00:20:32.879
 three days'

00:20:33.019 --> 00:20:33.819
 journey in breadth.

00:20:34.659 --> 00:20:35.479
 And Jonah began

00:20:35.479 --> 00:20:36.579
 to go into the city

00:20:36.579 --> 00:20:37.639
 going a day's journey,

00:20:38.159 --> 00:20:39.039
 and he called out,

00:20:39.139 --> 00:20:40.279
 Yet forty days

00:20:40.279 --> 00:20:41.119
 and Nineveh

00:20:41.119 --> 00:20:42.299
 shall be overthrown.

00:20:43.519 --> 00:20:44.459
 And the people

00:20:44.459 --> 00:20:45.119
 of Nineveh

00:20:45.119 --> 00:20:46.339
 believed God.

00:20:47.139 --> 00:20:48.439
 They called for a fast

00:20:48.439 --> 00:20:49.579
 and put on sackcloth

00:20:49.579 --> 00:20:50.240
 from the greatest

00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:50.660
 of them

00:20:50.660 --> 00:20:51.359
 to the least

00:20:51.359 --> 00:20:51.819
 of them.

00:20:53.319 --> 00:20:53.880
 And the word

00:20:53.880 --> 00:20:54.599
 reached the king

00:20:54.599 --> 00:20:55.039
 of Nineveh,

00:20:55.079 --> 00:20:55.740
 and he arose

00:20:55.740 --> 00:20:56.420
 from his throne,

00:20:56.539 --> 00:20:57.460
 removed his robe,

00:20:57.599 --> 00:20:58.200
 covered himself

00:20:58.200 --> 00:20:59.059
 with sackcloth,

00:20:59.599 --> 00:21:00.839
 and sat in ashes.

00:21:02.339 --> 00:21:03.319
 And he issued

00:21:03.319 --> 00:21:04.039
 a proclamation

00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:04.640
 and published

00:21:04.640 --> 00:21:05.480
 through Nineveh,

00:21:05.480 --> 00:21:07.279
 by the decree of the king

00:21:07.279 --> 00:21:08.059
 and his nobles.

00:21:08.059 --> 00:21:07.279
 By the decree of the king

00:21:07.279 --> 00:21:08.079
 and his nobles,

00:21:08.160 --> 00:21:09.019
 let neither man

00:21:09.019 --> 00:21:09.620
 nor beast,

00:21:09.740 --> 00:21:10.620
 herd nor flock,

00:21:11.160 --> 00:21:12.099
 taste anything.

00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:13.880
 Let them not feed

00:21:13.880 --> 00:21:14.720
 or drink water,

00:21:14.839 --> 00:21:15.680
 but let man

00:21:15.680 --> 00:21:16.400
 and beast

00:21:16.400 --> 00:21:16.980
 be covered

00:21:16.980 --> 00:21:17.920
 with sackcloth,

00:21:18.319 --> 00:21:18.940
 and let them

00:21:18.940 --> 00:21:20.339
 call out mightily

00:21:20.339 --> 00:21:21.000
 to God.

00:21:22.079 --> 00:21:22.980
 And let everyone

00:21:22.980 --> 00:21:24.180
 turn from his evil way.

00:21:24.319 --> 00:21:24.700
 Repent

00:21:24.700 --> 00:21:25.940
 is what he's calling for.

00:21:26.079 --> 00:21:26.660
 Let everyone

00:21:26.660 --> 00:21:27.579
 repent.

00:21:28.279 --> 00:21:29.279
 And from the violence

00:21:29.279 --> 00:21:30.319
 that is in his hands,

00:21:30.519 --> 00:21:30.839
 repent.

00:21:31.839 --> 00:21:32.599
 Verse 9,

00:21:32.679 --> 00:21:33.419
 Who knows?

00:21:34.319 --> 00:21:35.079
 God may turn

00:21:35.079 --> 00:21:35.779
 and relent

00:21:35.779 --> 00:21:36.740
 and turn from

00:21:36.740 --> 00:21:37.559
 his fierce anger

00:21:37.559 --> 00:21:39.859
 so that we may not perish.

00:21:40.779 --> 00:21:41.659
 And when God

00:21:41.659 --> 00:21:42.539
 saw what they did,

00:21:42.619 --> 00:21:43.159
 how they turned

00:21:43.159 --> 00:21:44.099
 from their evil way,

00:21:44.699 --> 00:21:45.439
 God relented

00:21:45.439 --> 00:21:46.259
 of the disaster

00:21:46.259 --> 00:21:46.899
 that he said

00:21:46.899 --> 00:21:47.779
 he would do to them,

00:21:47.959 --> 00:21:49.119
 and he did not

00:21:49.119 --> 00:21:49.799
 do it.

00:21:51.039 --> 00:21:51.779
 Now this is

00:21:51.779 --> 00:21:52.720
 the happiest moment

00:21:52.720 --> 00:21:53.419
 in the book of Jonah

00:21:53.419 --> 00:21:54.220
 by far.

00:21:54.939 --> 00:21:56.299
 The city legitimately

00:21:56.299 --> 00:21:57.599
 and sincerely

00:21:57.599 --> 00:21:58.359
 repented

00:21:58.359 --> 00:21:59.199
 of their sin.

00:21:59.339 --> 00:21:59.839
 Verse 5,

00:21:59.839 --> 00:22:01.339
 they believed God

00:22:01.339 --> 00:22:02.240
 and fasted.

00:22:03.199 --> 00:22:03.919
 The repentance

00:22:03.919 --> 00:22:04.439
 in the city

00:22:04.439 --> 00:22:05.279
 was so great,

00:22:05.399 --> 00:22:06.059
 so widespread,

00:22:06.539 --> 00:22:07.119
 it even had

00:22:07.119 --> 00:22:08.119
 legal and governing

00:22:08.119 --> 00:22:08.859
 implications

00:22:08.859 --> 00:22:10.659
 as the king called

00:22:10.659 --> 00:22:11.899
 from mourning

00:22:11.899 --> 00:22:12.659
 and fasting.

00:22:12.919 --> 00:22:13.839
 Verses 7 through 8.

00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:15.879
 And I love

00:22:15.879 --> 00:22:16.539
 verse 9,

00:22:16.619 --> 00:22:17.359
 The king does not

00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:18.199
 even know

00:22:18.199 --> 00:22:19.019
 with certainty

00:22:19.019 --> 00:22:20.859
 if God would

00:22:20.859 --> 00:22:21.659
 forgive Nineveh

00:22:21.659 --> 00:22:22.500
 and relent

00:22:22.500 --> 00:22:23.399
 of their coming doom.

00:22:24.399 --> 00:22:25.480
 But by faith

00:22:25.480 --> 00:22:26.740
 he and his city

00:22:26.740 --> 00:22:27.839
 repented.

00:22:27.839 --> 00:22:30.359
 Now why

00:22:30.359 --> 00:22:31.000
 wouldn't the king

00:22:31.000 --> 00:22:31.779
 know that God

00:22:31.779 --> 00:22:32.379
 would forgive them

00:22:32.379 --> 00:22:33.199
 of their sins?

00:22:33.759 --> 00:22:34.299
 Hadn't Jonah

00:22:34.299 --> 00:22:35.259
 preached a gospel

00:22:35.259 --> 00:22:36.220
 message of hope

00:22:36.220 --> 00:22:37.319
 to Nineveh?

00:22:38.599 --> 00:22:39.579
 But looking back

00:22:39.579 --> 00:22:40.279
 at verse 4,

00:22:40.399 --> 00:22:41.240
 it seems the only

00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:41.859
 thing Jonah

00:22:41.859 --> 00:22:42.559
 wanted to say,

00:22:42.639 --> 00:22:43.119
 the only thing

00:22:43.119 --> 00:22:44.099
 he could bear

00:22:44.099 --> 00:22:44.959
 to say to these

00:22:44.959 --> 00:22:45.919
 pagan Gentiles

00:22:45.919 --> 00:22:46.139
 was,

00:22:46.359 --> 00:22:47.079
 yet 40 days

00:22:47.079 --> 00:22:47.579
 and Nineveh

00:22:47.579 --> 00:22:49.359
 shall be overthrown.

00:22:50.179 --> 00:22:50.699
 He probably had

00:22:50.699 --> 00:22:51.220
 a little smirk

00:22:51.220 --> 00:22:51.720
 on his face

00:22:51.720 --> 00:22:52.339
 when he said it.

00:22:53.099 --> 00:22:54.379
 It strongly indicated

00:22:54.379 --> 00:22:54.879
 that these were

00:22:54.880 --> 00:22:55.940
 the only words

00:22:55.940 --> 00:22:56.540
 in Jonah's

00:22:56.540 --> 00:22:58.000
 entire message.

00:22:58.160 --> 00:22:58.780
 He never calls

00:22:58.780 --> 00:22:59.540
 for repentance.

00:22:59.700 --> 00:23:00.500
 He never explains

00:23:00.500 --> 00:23:01.340
 that God

00:23:01.340 --> 00:23:02.340
 is a forgiving God,

00:23:02.420 --> 00:23:02.980
 slow to anger,

00:23:03.100 --> 00:23:03.360
 abounding,

00:23:03.520 --> 00:23:04.340
 steadfast love.

00:23:04.700 --> 00:23:05.600
 He never explains

00:23:05.600 --> 00:23:06.100
 any of that.

00:23:06.140 --> 00:23:06.800
 He just lets them

00:23:06.800 --> 00:23:07.780
 know that they're

00:23:07.780 --> 00:23:08.280
 all going to be

00:23:08.280 --> 00:23:08.940
 destroyed soon.

00:23:10.960 --> 00:23:12.140
 And this is why

00:23:12.140 --> 00:23:13.080
 the king asks,

00:23:13.540 --> 00:23:14.440
 who knows?

00:23:15.640 --> 00:23:16.320
 Jonah knows,

00:23:16.460 --> 00:23:16.860
 but Jonah

00:23:16.860 --> 00:23:18.260
 hasn't said a word.

00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:21.779
 Isaiah 55,

00:23:21.940 --> 00:23:22.900
 verses 10 through 11

00:23:22.900 --> 00:23:23.480
 says,

00:23:24.319 --> 00:23:24.900
 for as the rain

00:23:24.900 --> 00:23:25.359
 and the snow

00:23:25.359 --> 00:23:26.400
 come down from heaven

00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:27.240
 and do not return

00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:27.460
 there,

00:23:27.519 --> 00:23:28.400
 but water the earth,

00:23:28.480 --> 00:23:29.559
 making it bring forth

00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:30.160
 and sprout,

00:23:30.700 --> 00:23:31.839
 giving seed to the sower

00:23:31.839 --> 00:23:32.759
 and bread to the eater.

00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:34.119
 This is God speaking.

00:23:34.220 --> 00:23:34.480
 He says,

00:23:34.559 --> 00:23:36.140
 so shall my word be

00:23:36.140 --> 00:23:37.500
 that goes out

00:23:37.500 --> 00:23:38.420
 from my mouth.

00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:40.299
 It shall not return

00:23:40.299 --> 00:23:40.879
 to me empty,

00:23:41.119 --> 00:23:42.740
 but it shall accomplish

00:23:42.740 --> 00:23:43.940
 that which I purpose

00:23:43.940 --> 00:23:45.059
 and shall succeed

00:23:45.059 --> 00:23:45.740
 in the thing

00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:47.720
 for which I sent it.

00:23:48.740 --> 00:23:49.900
 The word of the Lord

00:23:49.900 --> 00:23:50.859
 is powerful

00:23:50.859 --> 00:23:52.420
 and it can save

00:23:52.420 --> 00:23:53.680
 despite even the worst

00:23:53.680 --> 00:23:54.619
 of messengers.

00:23:55.579 --> 00:23:56.920
 God's word is so powerful

00:23:56.920 --> 00:23:57.680
 in this city

00:23:57.680 --> 00:23:58.900
 that its authority

00:23:58.900 --> 00:24:00.259
 triumphs over the hearts

00:24:00.259 --> 00:24:00.940
 of individuals,

00:24:01.160 --> 00:24:02.099
 the decrees of kings

00:24:02.099 --> 00:24:03.019
 and even rebellious

00:24:03.019 --> 00:24:04.480
 message carriers.

00:24:06.039 --> 00:24:08.039
 Truly nothing can stop

00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:09.119
 the will of the Lord

00:24:09.119 --> 00:24:10.819
 and so far in the story

00:24:10.819 --> 00:24:12.539
 we have seen miracle

00:24:12.539 --> 00:24:13.559
 after miracle

00:24:13.559 --> 00:24:14.400
 of God working

00:24:14.400 --> 00:24:15.299
 to bring about

00:24:15.299 --> 00:24:16.559
 his will.

00:24:16.559 --> 00:24:18.899
 In chapter 1,

00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:19.559
 verse 4,

00:24:20.059 --> 00:24:21.460
 God hurled a great wind

00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:22.179
 upon the sea

00:24:22.179 --> 00:24:24.059
 to stop Jonah's travels.

00:24:24.839 --> 00:24:25.359
 In chapter 1,

00:24:25.419 --> 00:24:25.980
 verse 7,

00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:27.720
 God made the lot

00:24:27.720 --> 00:24:28.779
 fall on Jonah

00:24:28.779 --> 00:24:30.059
 to get him overboard.

00:24:31.059 --> 00:24:31.679
 In chapter 1,

00:24:31.720 --> 00:24:32.220
 verse 15,

00:24:32.299 --> 00:24:34.059
 God stopped the storm.

00:24:34.759 --> 00:24:35.399
 In verse 17,

00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:36.059
 he appointed

00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:36.799
 and controlled

00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:38.119
 a great fish

00:24:38.119 --> 00:24:39.079
 to swallow Jonah

00:24:39.079 --> 00:24:40.819
 yet kept him alive.

00:24:41.940 --> 00:24:42.599
 In chapter 2,

00:24:42.639 --> 00:24:43.079
 verse 10,

00:24:43.079 --> 00:24:44.419
 God made the fish

00:24:44.419 --> 00:24:45.919
 vomit Jonah out.

00:24:46.419 --> 00:24:47.039
 In chapter 3,

00:24:47.119 --> 00:24:47.659
 verse 10,

00:24:48.539 --> 00:24:49.779
 God made the hearts

00:24:49.779 --> 00:24:51.019
 of Nineveh repent

00:24:51.019 --> 00:24:52.859
 and made them

00:24:52.859 --> 00:24:54.740
 weep over their sin

00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:55.419
 and mourn.

00:24:57.000 --> 00:24:58.279
 We will see even more

00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:59.039
 of God's rule

00:24:59.039 --> 00:24:59.720
 over nature,

00:24:59.859 --> 00:25:00.079
 man,

00:25:00.119 --> 00:25:00.539
 and beast

00:25:00.539 --> 00:25:01.379
 in chapter 4,

00:25:01.460 --> 00:25:02.059
 but already

00:25:02.059 --> 00:25:04.139
 we have ample evidence

00:25:04.139 --> 00:25:04.740
 to say

00:25:04.740 --> 00:25:05.939
 and to see clearly

00:25:05.939 --> 00:25:07.659
 that God is sovereign

00:25:07.659 --> 00:25:10.099
 over all his creation.

00:25:10.099 --> 00:25:12.299
 Jonah was right

00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:12.879
 in verse 9

00:25:12.879 --> 00:25:13.480
 when he said

00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:15.399
 salvation belongs

00:25:15.399 --> 00:25:16.619
 to the Lord.

00:25:16.859 --> 00:25:17.639
 Verse 9 of chapter 2,

00:25:17.699 --> 00:25:17.899
 sorry.

00:25:19.119 --> 00:25:19.599
 And the Lord

00:25:19.599 --> 00:25:20.459
 will deliver

00:25:20.459 --> 00:25:21.539
 his people

00:25:21.539 --> 00:25:22.439
 even in the most

00:25:22.439 --> 00:25:23.539
 unlikely places

00:25:23.539 --> 00:25:24.119
 with the most

00:25:24.119 --> 00:25:25.019
 unlikely people

00:25:25.019 --> 00:25:26.619
 despite the most

00:25:26.619 --> 00:25:27.419
 disobedient

00:25:27.419 --> 00:25:28.539
 and hypocritical

00:25:28.539 --> 00:25:29.539
 messengers.

00:25:32.419 --> 00:25:32.899
 Now,

00:25:32.919 --> 00:25:33.459
 I've said that

00:25:33.459 --> 00:25:34.079
 Jonah's prayer

00:25:34.079 --> 00:25:34.740
 was not a prayer

00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:35.399
 of true repentance

00:25:35.399 --> 00:25:36.079
 and we have seen

00:25:36.079 --> 00:25:37.179
 hints of that

00:25:37.179 --> 00:25:37.879
 throughout the text

00:25:37.879 --> 00:25:38.459
 thus far.

00:25:38.460 --> 00:25:40.579
 But this final chapter

00:25:40.579 --> 00:25:41.079
 I think

00:25:41.079 --> 00:25:42.100
 is going to really

00:25:42.100 --> 00:25:43.640
 expose the full

00:25:43.640 --> 00:25:44.980
 ugliness of Jonah's

00:25:44.980 --> 00:25:45.319
 sin

00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:46.559
 and also

00:25:46.559 --> 00:25:47.220
 his motive.

00:25:48.620 --> 00:25:49.220
 Some of you

00:25:49.220 --> 00:25:49.600
 have probably

00:25:49.600 --> 00:25:50.059
 been wondering

00:25:50.059 --> 00:25:51.259
 if Jonah isn't

00:25:51.259 --> 00:25:52.400
 afraid of the Ninevites

00:25:52.400 --> 00:25:53.319
 then why is he

00:25:53.319 --> 00:25:54.420
 resistant to preaching

00:25:54.420 --> 00:25:55.299
 in Nineveh?

00:25:55.420 --> 00:25:55.980
 What makes him

00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:56.779
 so bent

00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:58.200
 on avoiding

00:25:58.200 --> 00:25:59.000
 Nineveh?

00:26:00.440 --> 00:26:01.240
 And we'll read

00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:02.079
 the rest of our text

00:26:02.079 --> 00:26:02.819
 picking back up

00:26:02.819 --> 00:26:03.579
 in chapter 4

00:26:03.579 --> 00:26:04.319
 verse 1.

00:26:05.400 --> 00:26:06.180
 So Jonah's

00:26:06.180 --> 00:26:07.240
 responding to the

00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:07.579
 repentance

00:26:07.579 --> 00:26:08.240
 that just

00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:08.660
 occurred in

00:26:08.660 --> 00:26:09.120
 Nineveh.

00:26:09.640 --> 00:26:10.940
 So verse 1

00:26:10.940 --> 00:26:11.720
 chapter 4

00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:13.380
 But it displeased

00:26:13.380 --> 00:26:14.740
 Jonah exceedingly

00:26:14.740 --> 00:26:16.120
 and he was angry

00:26:16.120 --> 00:26:17.500
 and he prayed

00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:17.960
 to the Lord

00:26:17.960 --> 00:26:18.400
 and said

00:26:18.400 --> 00:26:19.099
 O Lord

00:26:19.099 --> 00:26:20.220
 is not this

00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:20.740
 what I said

00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:21.319
 when I was yet

00:26:21.319 --> 00:26:22.160
 in my country?

00:26:22.779 --> 00:26:23.440
 That is why

00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:24.099
 I made haste

00:26:24.099 --> 00:26:25.059
 to flee for Tarshish

00:26:25.059 --> 00:26:25.539
 for I knew

00:26:25.539 --> 00:26:26.240
 that you are

00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:26.960
 a gracious

00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:27.880
 God

00:26:27.880 --> 00:26:28.559
 and merciful

00:26:28.559 --> 00:26:29.799
 slow to anger

00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:30.359
 and abounding

00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:31.440
 in steadfast love

00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:32.200
 and relenting

00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:33.559
 from disaster.

00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:35.480
 Therefore now

00:26:35.480 --> 00:26:35.779
 O Lord

00:26:35.779 --> 00:26:36.859
 please take

00:26:36.859 --> 00:26:37.379
 my life

00:26:37.379 --> 00:26:37.759
 from me

00:26:37.759 --> 00:26:38.099
 for it is

00:26:38.099 --> 00:26:38.500
 better for me

00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:39.119
 to die

00:26:39.119 --> 00:26:39.940
 than to live.

00:26:41.220 --> 00:26:41.899
 And the Lord

00:26:41.899 --> 00:26:42.279
 said

00:26:42.279 --> 00:26:42.920
 Do you do

00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:43.279
 well

00:26:43.279 --> 00:26:44.180
 to be angry?

00:26:46.099 --> 00:26:46.740
 Jonah went

00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:47.359
 out of the city

00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:47.740
 and sat

00:26:47.740 --> 00:26:48.319
 to the east

00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:48.920
 of the city

00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:49.639
 and made a booth

00:26:49.639 --> 00:26:50.299
 for himself

00:26:50.299 --> 00:26:50.759
 there.

00:26:51.740 --> 00:26:52.139
 He sat

00:26:52.139 --> 00:26:52.599
 under it

00:26:52.599 --> 00:26:53.139
 in the shade

00:26:53.139 --> 00:26:53.680
 till he should

00:26:53.680 --> 00:26:54.279
 see what would

00:26:54.279 --> 00:26:55.480
 become of the city.

00:26:56.680 --> 00:26:57.319
 And the Lord

00:26:57.319 --> 00:26:58.119
 God had appointed

00:26:58.119 --> 00:26:58.639
 a plant

00:26:58.639 --> 00:26:59.099
 and made it

00:26:59.099 --> 00:26:59.420
 come up

00:26:59.420 --> 00:27:00.099
 over Jonah

00:27:00.099 --> 00:27:01.079
 that it might

00:27:01.079 --> 00:27:01.579
 be a shade

00:27:01.579 --> 00:27:02.220
 over his head

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:02.879
 to save him

00:27:02.879 --> 00:27:03.740
 from his discomfort.

00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:06.059
 So Jonah

00:27:06.059 --> 00:27:06.779
 was exceedingly

00:27:06.779 --> 00:27:07.400
 glad because

00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:07.980
 of the plant

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:08.700
 but when dawn

00:27:08.700 --> 00:27:09.140
 came up

00:27:09.140 --> 00:27:09.880
 the next day

00:27:09.880 --> 00:27:11.019
 God appointed

00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:11.519
 a worm

00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:12.180
 that attacked

00:27:12.180 --> 00:27:12.759
 the plant

00:27:12.759 --> 00:27:14.019
 so that it

00:27:14.019 --> 00:27:14.380
 withered.

00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:15.839
 When the sun

00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:16.180
 rose

00:27:16.180 --> 00:27:16.900
 God appointed

00:27:16.900 --> 00:27:17.559
 a scorching

00:27:17.559 --> 00:27:18.120
 east wind

00:27:18.120 --> 00:27:18.579
 and the sun

00:27:18.579 --> 00:27:19.240
 beat down

00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:19.819
 on the head

00:27:19.819 --> 00:27:20.200
 of Jonah

00:27:20.200 --> 00:27:20.720
 so that he

00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:21.339
 was faint.

00:27:22.680 --> 00:27:23.680
 And he asked

00:27:23.680 --> 00:27:24.460
 that he might

00:27:24.460 --> 00:27:24.940
 die

00:27:24.940 --> 00:27:25.559
 and said

00:27:25.559 --> 00:27:26.079
 it is better

00:27:26.079 --> 00:27:26.420
 for me

00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:27.120
 to die

00:27:27.120 --> 00:27:28.319
 than to live.

00:27:29.579 --> 00:27:30.039
 But God

00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:30.779
 said to Jonah

00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:31.779
 do you do

00:27:31.779 --> 00:27:32.059
 well

00:27:32.059 --> 00:27:32.720
 to be angry

00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:33.460
 for the plant?

00:27:35.559 --> 00:27:36.200
 And he said

00:27:36.200 --> 00:27:36.759
 yes I do

00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:37.259
 well to be

00:27:37.259 --> 00:27:37.579
 angry

00:27:37.579 --> 00:27:38.259
 angry enough

00:27:38.259 --> 00:27:38.920
 to die.

00:27:39.359 --> 00:27:40.000
 And the Lord

00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:40.660
 said you pity

00:27:40.660 --> 00:27:41.139
 the plant

00:27:41.139 --> 00:27:41.619
 for which you

00:27:41.619 --> 00:27:41.980
 did not

00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:42.579
 labor

00:27:42.579 --> 00:27:43.079
 nor did

00:27:43.079 --> 00:27:43.399
 you make

00:27:43.399 --> 00:27:43.859
 it grow

00:27:43.859 --> 00:27:44.660
 which came

00:27:44.660 --> 00:27:45.119
 into being

00:27:45.119 --> 00:27:45.559
 in a night

00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:46.119
 and perished

00:27:46.119 --> 00:27:46.639
 in a night.

00:27:47.599 --> 00:27:48.059
 And should

00:27:48.059 --> 00:27:48.759
 not I

00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:49.460
 pity Nineveh

00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:50.259
 that great

00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:50.720
 city

00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:51.899
 in which

00:27:51.899 --> 00:27:52.160
 there are

00:27:52.160 --> 00:27:52.559
 more than

00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:52.960
 a hundred

00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:53.500
 and twenty

00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:54.240
 thousand

00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:54.940
 persons

00:27:54.940 --> 00:27:56.059
 who do

00:27:56.059 --> 00:27:56.399
 not know

00:27:56.399 --> 00:27:56.879
 their right

00:27:56.879 --> 00:27:57.160
 hand

00:27:57.160 --> 00:27:57.519
 from their

00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:57.940
 left

00:27:57.940 --> 00:27:59.240
 and also

00:27:59.240 --> 00:27:59.920
 much cattle.

00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:02.519
 Jonah

00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:02.920
 has got

00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:03.160
 to be

00:28:03.160 --> 00:28:03.680
 the worst

00:28:03.680 --> 00:28:04.220
 missionary

00:28:04.220 --> 00:28:04.579
 and yet

00:28:04.579 --> 00:28:05.319
 most successful

00:28:05.319 --> 00:28:05.740
 missionary

00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:06.579
 of all time.

00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:08.259
 He witnessed

00:28:08.259 --> 00:28:08.879
 to a city

00:28:08.879 --> 00:28:09.480
 of what

00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:09.940
 some think

00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:10.799
 was actually

00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:11.259
 six hundred

00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:11.700
 thousand

00:28:11.700 --> 00:28:12.200
 in number

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:12.619
 that's because

00:28:12.619 --> 00:28:13.279
 they take

00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:13.639
 that hundred

00:28:13.639 --> 00:28:13.940
 and twenty

00:28:13.940 --> 00:28:14.220
 thousand

00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:14.539
 number

00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:14.839
 and say

00:28:14.839 --> 00:28:15.259
 that means

00:28:15.259 --> 00:28:16.019
 children.

00:28:16.599 --> 00:28:17.059
 Regardless

00:28:17.059 --> 00:28:17.859
 it's a big

00:28:17.859 --> 00:28:18.399
 city

00:28:18.399 --> 00:28:19.579
 and they all

00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:19.960
 repent

00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:20.420
 and yet

00:28:20.420 --> 00:28:20.759
 he was

00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:21.399
 exceedingly

00:28:21.399 --> 00:28:22.299
 displeased

00:28:22.299 --> 00:28:23.960
 and angry.

00:28:24.980 --> 00:28:25.359
 I can't

00:28:25.359 --> 00:28:25.980
 imagine him

00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:26.399
 at like

00:28:26.399 --> 00:28:26.859
 a Baptist

00:28:26.859 --> 00:28:27.339
 mission

00:28:27.339 --> 00:28:27.660
 board

00:28:27.660 --> 00:28:28.019
 meeting

00:28:28.019 --> 00:28:28.220
 where

00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:28.579
 everybody's

00:28:28.579 --> 00:28:28.680
 like

00:28:28.680 --> 00:28:29.039
 oh we

00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:29.599
 had twenty

00:28:29.599 --> 00:28:30.139
 baptisms

00:28:30.139 --> 00:28:30.759
 this week

00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:31.160
 and him

00:28:31.160 --> 00:28:32.960
 you know

00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:33.200
 like

00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:33.819
 to be

00:28:33.819 --> 00:28:34.480
 upset

00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:35.299
 I mean

00:28:35.299 --> 00:28:36.059
 my goodness

00:28:36.059 --> 00:28:38.059
 and this

00:28:38.059 --> 00:28:38.539
 right here

00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:38.920
 this is

00:28:38.920 --> 00:28:39.519
 solid

00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:40.180
 evidence

00:28:40.180 --> 00:28:41.180
 that his

00:28:41.180 --> 00:28:41.539
 heart

00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:41.960
 has not

00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:42.400
 truly

00:28:42.400 --> 00:28:42.680
 been

00:28:42.680 --> 00:28:43.079
 turned

00:28:43.079 --> 00:28:44.000
 he still

00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:44.559
 did not

00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:45.160
 want to

00:28:45.160 --> 00:28:45.500
 see the

00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:45.920
 Ninevites

00:28:45.920 --> 00:28:46.500
 saved

00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:48.599
 notice this

00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:49.000
 Jonah did

00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:49.519
 not flee

00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:49.839
 the Lord

00:28:49.839 --> 00:28:50.220
 because he

00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:50.799
 was afraid

00:28:50.799 --> 00:28:51.359
 of Nineveh

00:28:51.359 --> 00:28:51.859
 but rather

00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:52.799
 he fled

00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:53.160
 the Lord

00:28:53.160 --> 00:28:53.640
 because he

00:28:53.640 --> 00:28:54.160
 knew God

00:28:54.160 --> 00:28:54.759
 would save

00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:55.379
 Nineveh

00:28:55.379 --> 00:28:56.339
 that they

00:28:56.339 --> 00:28:56.759
 would become

00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:57.279
 his brothers

00:28:57.279 --> 00:28:58.000
 and sisters

00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:58.779
 in Christ

00:28:58.779 --> 00:28:59.119
 to borrow

00:28:59.119 --> 00:28:59.420
 from the

00:28:59.420 --> 00:28:59.940
 New Testament

00:28:59.940 --> 00:29:02.019
 verse 2

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:02.200
 and he

00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:02.460
 prayed

00:29:02.460 --> 00:29:02.799
 to the Lord

00:29:02.799 --> 00:29:03.120
 and said

00:29:03.120 --> 00:29:03.559
 oh Lord

00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:04.279
 is not

00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:04.900
 this what

00:29:04.900 --> 00:29:05.259
 I said

00:29:05.259 --> 00:29:05.480
 when I

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:05.799
 was yet

00:29:05.799 --> 00:29:06.240
 in my

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:06.680
 country

00:29:06.680 --> 00:29:07.580
 this is

00:29:07.580 --> 00:29:08.220
 why I

00:29:08.220 --> 00:29:08.660
 made haste

00:29:08.660 --> 00:29:08.900
 to flee

00:29:08.900 --> 00:29:09.420
 to Tarshish

00:29:09.420 --> 00:29:09.799
 for I

00:29:09.799 --> 00:29:10.019
 knew

00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:10.460
 I knew

00:29:10.460 --> 00:29:10.840
 that you

00:29:10.840 --> 00:29:11.140
 were a

00:29:11.140 --> 00:29:11.559
 gracious

00:29:11.559 --> 00:29:11.920
 God

00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:12.420
 and merciful

00:29:12.420 --> 00:29:13.600
 I've

00:29:13.600 --> 00:29:13.880
 never heard

00:29:13.880 --> 00:29:14.220
 of anybody

00:29:14.220 --> 00:29:14.759
 complain that

00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:15.019
 God's

00:29:15.019 --> 00:29:15.360
 gracious

00:29:15.360 --> 00:29:15.920
 and merciful

00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:18.580
 so

00:29:18.580 --> 00:29:18.580


00:29:18.580 --> 00:29:18.680
 we

00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:19.019
 answered

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:19.200
 the

00:29:19.200 --> 00:29:19.460
 question

00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:19.779
 of why

00:29:19.779 --> 00:29:20.019
 Jonah

00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:20.460
 fled

00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:20.620
 the

00:29:20.620 --> 00:29:20.940
 presence

00:29:20.940 --> 00:29:21.240
 of the

00:29:21.240 --> 00:29:21.460
 Lord

00:29:21.460 --> 00:29:22.440
 he

00:29:22.440 --> 00:29:22.560
 did

00:29:22.560 --> 00:29:22.740
 not

00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:23.019
 want

00:29:23.019 --> 00:29:23.200
 to

00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:23.500
 go

00:29:23.500 --> 00:29:24.000
 to

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:24.279
 Nineveh

00:29:24.279 --> 00:29:24.640
 and see

00:29:24.640 --> 00:29:24.820
 them

00:29:24.820 --> 00:29:25.220
 receive

00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:25.820
 grace

00:29:25.820 --> 00:29:27.820
 and so

00:29:27.820 --> 00:29:28.019
 then we

00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:28.160
 get

00:29:28.160 --> 00:29:28.940
 asked the

00:29:28.940 --> 00:29:29.500
 next question

00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:29.740
 why

00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:30.100
 wouldn't

00:29:30.100 --> 00:29:30.360
 Jonah

00:29:30.360 --> 00:29:30.860
 want

00:29:30.860 --> 00:29:31.279
 Nineveh

00:29:31.279 --> 00:29:31.580
 to be

00:29:31.580 --> 00:29:31.920
 saved

00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:34.279
 and many

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:34.740
 today would

00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:35.220
 interpret this

00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:35.600
 as pure

00:29:35.600 --> 00:29:36.160
 nationalism

00:29:36.160 --> 00:29:36.940
 or some

00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:37.900
 type of

00:29:37.900 --> 00:29:38.500
 racism

00:29:38.500 --> 00:29:39.980
 or some

00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:40.500
 combination

00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:40.820
 of the

00:29:40.820 --> 00:29:41.120
 two

00:29:41.120 --> 00:29:42.900
 that shouldn't

00:29:42.900 --> 00:29:43.440
 surprise us

00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:43.720
 we live

00:29:43.720 --> 00:29:43.880
 in a

00:29:43.880 --> 00:29:44.039
 day

00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:44.320
 where

00:29:44.320 --> 00:29:44.580
 you

00:29:44.580 --> 00:29:44.740
 can't

00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:44.900
 buy

00:29:44.900 --> 00:29:45.200
 syrup

00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:45.460
 without

00:29:45.460 --> 00:29:45.840
 people

00:29:45.840 --> 00:29:46.160
 assuming

00:29:46.160 --> 00:29:46.480
 racial

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:46.880
 prejudice

00:29:46.880 --> 00:29:47.080
 and

00:29:47.080 --> 00:29:47.420
 background

00:29:47.420 --> 00:29:47.860
 but

00:29:47.860 --> 00:29:49.059
 that's

00:29:49.059 --> 00:29:49.340
 the

00:29:49.340 --> 00:29:49.799
 interpretation

00:29:49.799 --> 00:29:50.100
 many

00:29:50.100 --> 00:29:50.340
 make

00:29:50.340 --> 00:29:50.720
 today

00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:52.120
 but I

00:29:52.120 --> 00:29:52.279
 think

00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:52.680
 Jonah's

00:29:52.680 --> 00:29:53.039
 anger

00:29:53.039 --> 00:29:53.259
 his

00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:53.880
 displeasure

00:29:53.880 --> 00:29:54.779
 is much

00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:55.220
 deeper

00:29:55.220 --> 00:29:55.960
 than these

00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:56.240
 things

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:56.539
 though

00:29:56.539 --> 00:29:58.100
 they

00:29:58.100 --> 00:29:58.380
 might have

00:29:58.380 --> 00:29:58.539
 played

00:29:58.539 --> 00:29:58.920
 a role

00:29:58.920 --> 00:29:59.460
 possibly

00:29:59.460 --> 00:30:00.640
 but I

00:30:00.640 --> 00:30:00.799
 think

00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:01.620
 ultimately

00:30:01.620 --> 00:30:03.000
 Jonah

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:03.240
 was

00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:03.820
 questioning

00:30:03.820 --> 00:30:04.940
 God's

00:30:04.940 --> 00:30:05.340
 commitment

00:30:05.340 --> 00:30:06.120
 to keep

00:30:06.120 --> 00:30:06.299
 his

00:30:06.299 --> 00:30:06.559
 covenant

00:30:06.559 --> 00:30:06.840
 with

00:30:06.840 --> 00:30:07.220
 Israel

00:30:07.220 --> 00:30:09.640
 so again

00:30:09.640 --> 00:30:10.160
 recall the

00:30:10.160 --> 00:30:10.559
 historical

00:30:10.559 --> 00:30:11.160
 context

00:30:11.160 --> 00:30:11.740
 and place

00:30:11.740 --> 00:30:12.059
 yourself

00:30:12.059 --> 00:30:12.600
 in Jonah's

00:30:12.600 --> 00:30:12.840
 shoes

00:30:12.839 --> 00:30:13.279
 is the

00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:13.639
 only way

00:30:13.639 --> 00:30:13.899
 I can

00:30:13.899 --> 00:30:14.079
 be

00:30:14.079 --> 00:30:14.699
 sympathetic

00:30:14.699 --> 00:30:15.179
 towards

00:30:15.179 --> 00:30:15.399
 him

00:30:15.399 --> 00:30:17.000
 he lives

00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:17.199
 in a

00:30:17.199 --> 00:30:17.439
 time

00:30:17.439 --> 00:30:17.619
 when

00:30:17.619 --> 00:30:18.099
 Amos

00:30:18.099 --> 00:30:18.319
 and

00:30:18.319 --> 00:30:18.639
 Hosea

00:30:18.639 --> 00:30:18.839
 are

00:30:18.839 --> 00:30:19.299
 condemning

00:30:19.299 --> 00:30:19.720
 Israel

00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:19.899
 and

00:30:19.899 --> 00:30:20.519
 prophesying

00:30:20.519 --> 00:30:21.059
 coming

00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:21.519
 judgment

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:23.199
 that

00:30:23.199 --> 00:30:23.519
 judgment

00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:23.720
 was

00:30:23.720 --> 00:30:24.399
 prophesied

00:30:24.399 --> 00:30:24.819
 to come

00:30:24.819 --> 00:30:25.119
 by the

00:30:25.119 --> 00:30:25.439
 hands

00:30:25.439 --> 00:30:25.779
 of

00:30:25.779 --> 00:30:26.259
 the

00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:26.740
 Assyrians

00:30:26.740 --> 00:30:26.919
 the

00:30:26.919 --> 00:30:27.480
 Ninevites

00:30:27.480 --> 00:30:29.299
 and now

00:30:29.299 --> 00:30:29.779
 your God

00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:29.980
 has

00:30:29.980 --> 00:30:30.500
 stubbornly

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:30.819
 says

00:30:30.819 --> 00:30:31.399
 I'm

00:30:31.399 --> 00:30:31.500
 a

00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:31.839
 Hebrew

00:30:31.839 --> 00:30:33.359
 excuse

00:30:33.359 --> 00:30:33.619
 me

00:30:33.619 --> 00:30:34.139
 I

00:30:34.139 --> 00:30:34.659
 misread

00:30:34.659 --> 00:30:35.419
 now

00:30:35.419 --> 00:30:35.720
 your God

00:30:35.720 --> 00:30:35.859
 is

00:30:35.859 --> 00:30:36.240
 commanding

00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:36.339
 you

00:30:36.339 --> 00:30:36.619
 to go

00:30:36.619 --> 00:30:36.980
 and preach

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:37.599
 a salvific

00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:38.059
 message

00:30:38.059 --> 00:30:38.480
 to your

00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:38.959
 enemies

00:30:38.959 --> 00:30:39.799
 while God

00:30:39.799 --> 00:30:40.299
 is also

00:30:40.299 --> 00:30:40.619
 sending

00:30:40.619 --> 00:30:41.000
 prophets

00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:41.599
 to condemn

00:30:41.599 --> 00:30:42.379
 your country

00:30:42.380 --> 00:30:43.060
 your people

00:30:43.060 --> 00:30:44.240
 Israel

00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:46.360
 this is why

00:30:46.360 --> 00:30:46.680
 Jonah

00:30:46.680 --> 00:30:47.200
 has a lot

00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:47.540
 of this

00:30:47.540 --> 00:30:48.640
 nationalistic

00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:49.080
 language

00:30:49.080 --> 00:30:49.480
 as some

00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:49.980
 interpret it

00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:50.120
 right

00:30:50.120 --> 00:30:50.580
 this is why

00:30:50.580 --> 00:30:50.840
 he says

00:30:50.840 --> 00:30:51.180
 I'm a

00:30:51.180 --> 00:30:51.500
 Hebrew

00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:51.920
 in chapter

00:30:51.920 --> 00:30:52.260
 one

00:30:52.260 --> 00:30:53.240
 this is

00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:53.380
 why

00:30:53.380 --> 00:30:53.960
 he longs

00:30:53.960 --> 00:30:54.440
 to return

00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:54.760
 to the

00:30:54.760 --> 00:30:55.040
 temple

00:30:55.040 --> 00:30:55.480
 in chapter

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:55.860
 two

00:30:55.860 --> 00:30:56.520
 this is

00:30:56.520 --> 00:30:56.700
 why

00:30:56.700 --> 00:30:57.220
 he constantly

00:30:57.220 --> 00:30:57.600
 refers

00:30:57.600 --> 00:30:58.140
 to his

00:30:58.140 --> 00:30:58.600
 country

00:30:58.600 --> 00:30:59.020
 in chapter

00:30:59.020 --> 00:30:59.440
 four

00:30:59.440 --> 00:31:01.080
 because

00:31:01.080 --> 00:31:01.420
 Jonah

00:31:01.420 --> 00:31:01.840
 feels

00:31:01.840 --> 00:31:02.200
 as though

00:31:02.200 --> 00:31:02.580
 God

00:31:02.580 --> 00:31:03.640
 is turning

00:31:03.640 --> 00:31:04.120
 his back

00:31:04.120 --> 00:31:04.660
 on Israel

00:31:04.660 --> 00:31:05.080
 for the

00:31:05.080 --> 00:31:05.320
 sake

00:31:05.320 --> 00:31:05.700
 of

00:31:05.700 --> 00:31:06.280
 another

00:31:06.280 --> 00:31:06.740
 people

00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:08.460
 Jonah

00:31:08.460 --> 00:31:09.200
 is jealous

00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:09.760
 and he's

00:31:09.760 --> 00:31:10.300
 consumed

00:31:10.300 --> 00:31:10.700
 with his

00:31:10.700 --> 00:31:11.140
 identity

00:31:11.140 --> 00:31:12.340
 as a son

00:31:12.340 --> 00:31:12.860
 of Abraham

00:31:12.860 --> 00:31:13.259
 a son

00:31:13.259 --> 00:31:13.640
 of Jacob

00:31:13.640 --> 00:31:14.120
 and a son

00:31:14.120 --> 00:31:14.480
 of Isaac

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:16.900
 his entire

00:31:16.900 --> 00:31:17.500
 identity

00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:18.080
 as a Hebrew

00:31:18.080 --> 00:31:18.640
 is likely

00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:19.720
 losing its

00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:20.180
 foundation

00:31:20.180 --> 00:31:20.620
 in his

00:31:20.620 --> 00:31:21.040
 mind

00:31:21.040 --> 00:31:22.200
 he doesn't

00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:22.640
 like that

00:31:22.640 --> 00:31:22.960
 God is

00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:23.320
 about to

00:31:23.320 --> 00:31:23.600
 judge

00:31:23.600 --> 00:31:23.920
 Israel

00:31:23.920 --> 00:31:24.120
 and he

00:31:24.120 --> 00:31:24.340
 doesn't

00:31:24.340 --> 00:31:24.720
 like that

00:31:24.720 --> 00:31:25.060
 God is

00:31:25.060 --> 00:31:25.320
 about

00:31:25.320 --> 00:31:26.600
 to save

00:31:26.600 --> 00:31:27.800
 Gentiles

00:31:27.800 --> 00:31:29.740
 and so

00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:30.580
 Jonah expresses

00:31:30.580 --> 00:31:31.780
 four times

00:31:31.780 --> 00:31:32.600
 that he would

00:31:32.600 --> 00:31:33.420
 rather die

00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:33.960
 verse 3

00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:34.240
 8

00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:34.640
 and 9

00:31:34.640 --> 00:31:34.980
 in chapter

00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:35.280
 4

00:31:35.280 --> 00:31:36.080
 four times

00:31:36.080 --> 00:31:36.880
 I would

00:31:36.880 --> 00:31:37.380
 rather die

00:31:37.380 --> 00:31:37.700
 it's better

00:31:37.700 --> 00:31:37.920
 for me

00:31:37.920 --> 00:31:38.340
 to die

00:31:38.340 --> 00:31:38.759
 I'd rather

00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:39.020
 die

00:31:39.020 --> 00:31:39.560
 than live

00:31:39.559 --> 00:31:41.619
 and this

00:31:41.619 --> 00:31:41.940
 is why

00:31:41.940 --> 00:31:42.200
 Jonah

00:31:42.200 --> 00:31:42.480
 wanted to

00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:42.879
 be tossed

00:31:42.879 --> 00:31:43.139
 in the

00:31:43.139 --> 00:31:43.379
 sea

00:31:43.379 --> 00:31:43.819
 in chapter

00:31:43.819 --> 00:31:44.119
 one

00:31:44.119 --> 00:31:44.359
 because

00:31:44.359 --> 00:31:44.899
 he thought

00:31:44.899 --> 00:31:45.440
 if he

00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:46.039
 was dead

00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:46.960
 then he

00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:47.399
 would not

00:31:47.399 --> 00:31:48.220
 see Nineveh

00:31:48.220 --> 00:31:48.960
 repent

00:31:48.960 --> 00:31:50.740
 we are

00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:51.019
 literally

00:31:51.019 --> 00:31:51.859
 reading him

00:31:51.859 --> 00:31:52.639
 unravel

00:31:52.639 --> 00:31:55.500
 and God

00:31:55.500 --> 00:31:56.039
 rhetorically

00:31:56.039 --> 00:31:56.859
 asked Jonah

00:31:56.859 --> 00:31:57.740
 in verse

00:31:57.740 --> 00:31:58.079
 four

00:31:58.079 --> 00:31:59.299
 do you

00:31:59.299 --> 00:31:59.740
 do well

00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:00.119
 to be

00:32:00.119 --> 00:32:00.480
 angry

00:32:00.480 --> 00:32:02.480
 and the

00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:02.879
 obvious

00:32:02.879 --> 00:32:03.279
 answer

00:32:03.279 --> 00:32:03.740
 being no

00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:04.059
 he does

00:32:04.059 --> 00:32:04.599
 not do

00:32:04.599 --> 00:32:05.059
 well

00:32:05.059 --> 00:32:06.679
 but Jonah

00:32:06.679 --> 00:32:07.000
 is still

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:07.379
 not giving

00:32:07.379 --> 00:32:07.799
 up hope

00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:08.220
 he sets

00:32:08.220 --> 00:32:08.579
 a booth

00:32:08.579 --> 00:32:09.200
 up outside

00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:09.579
 Nineveh

00:32:09.579 --> 00:32:10.000
 hoping to

00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:10.299
 see

00:32:10.299 --> 00:32:11.000
 Nineveh

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.539
 fall into

00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:11.919
 sin

00:32:11.919 --> 00:32:12.919
 and as a

00:32:12.919 --> 00:32:13.200
 result

00:32:13.200 --> 00:32:13.980
 experience

00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:14.559
 God's

00:32:14.559 --> 00:32:15.000
 wrath

00:32:15.000 --> 00:32:15.839
 verse 5

00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:16.220
 he's very

00:32:16.220 --> 00:32:16.559
 hopeful

00:32:16.559 --> 00:32:18.720
 God still

00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:19.480
 shows great

00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:20.059
 mercy and

00:32:20.059 --> 00:32:21.159
 grace to

00:32:21.159 --> 00:32:21.440
 Jonah

00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:22.539
 by trying

00:32:22.539 --> 00:32:22.940
 to teach

00:32:22.940 --> 00:32:23.579
 him something

00:32:23.579 --> 00:32:25.440
 by appointing

00:32:25.440 --> 00:32:25.799
 a worm

00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:26.399
 a plant

00:32:26.399 --> 00:32:26.740
 right

00:32:26.740 --> 00:32:27.139
 this is a

00:32:27.139 --> 00:32:27.679
 little lesson

00:32:27.679 --> 00:32:28.299
 for Jonah

00:32:28.299 --> 00:32:30.039
 and God

00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:30.740
 removes that

00:32:30.740 --> 00:32:31.079
 shade

00:32:31.079 --> 00:32:31.500
 and asks

00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:31.799
 Jonah

00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:32.159
 do you

00:32:32.159 --> 00:32:32.679
 do well

00:32:32.679 --> 00:32:33.079
 to be

00:32:33.079 --> 00:32:33.539
 angry

00:32:33.539 --> 00:32:34.659
 and this

00:32:34.659 --> 00:32:34.859
 time

00:32:34.859 --> 00:32:35.059
 Jonah

00:32:35.059 --> 00:32:35.399
 responds

00:32:35.399 --> 00:32:35.680
 yes

00:32:35.680 --> 00:32:36.039
 I do

00:32:36.039 --> 00:32:36.220
 well

00:32:36.220 --> 00:32:36.480
 to be

00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:36.819
 angry

00:32:36.819 --> 00:32:37.159
 angry

00:32:37.159 --> 00:32:37.599
 enough

00:32:37.599 --> 00:32:38.259
 to die

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:41.000
 so Jonah

00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:41.680
 is exceedingly

00:32:41.680 --> 00:32:42.059
 glad

00:32:42.059 --> 00:32:42.599
 over his

00:32:42.599 --> 00:32:43.000
 shade

00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:43.639
 for temporal

00:32:43.639 --> 00:32:44.200
 comfort

00:32:44.200 --> 00:32:45.259
 while being

00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:45.940
 exceedingly

00:32:45.940 --> 00:32:47.220
 distressed

00:32:47.220 --> 00:32:47.639
 angry

00:32:47.639 --> 00:32:48.119
 mad

00:32:48.119 --> 00:32:48.659
 for God

00:32:48.659 --> 00:32:49.240
 sparing

00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:49.700
 Nineveh

00:32:49.700 --> 00:32:49.920
 from

00:32:49.920 --> 00:32:50.519
 eternal

00:32:50.519 --> 00:32:51.639
 torment

00:32:51.639 --> 00:32:54.019
 his mind

00:32:54.019 --> 00:32:54.399
 is so

00:32:54.399 --> 00:32:54.740
 warped

00:32:54.740 --> 00:32:55.220
 his thoughts

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:55.720
 and feelings

00:32:55.720 --> 00:32:56.700
 so imbalanced

00:32:56.700 --> 00:32:57.440
 his heart

00:32:57.440 --> 00:32:58.079
 so cold

00:32:58.079 --> 00:32:58.399
 that he

00:32:58.399 --> 00:32:59.259
 fails to

00:32:59.259 --> 00:32:59.579
 value

00:32:59.579 --> 00:33:00.079
 things

00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:01.200
 rightly

00:33:01.200 --> 00:33:02.980
 he values

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:03.460
 the plants

00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:03.799
 so much

00:33:03.799 --> 00:33:04.059
 that he

00:33:04.059 --> 00:33:04.380
 pities

00:33:04.380 --> 00:33:04.779
 it

00:33:04.779 --> 00:33:05.160
 perishing

00:33:05.160 --> 00:33:05.360
 yet

00:33:05.360 --> 00:33:05.700
 has no

00:33:05.700 --> 00:33:05.900
 care

00:33:05.900 --> 00:33:06.440
 whatsoever

00:33:06.440 --> 00:33:07.120
 for Nineveh

00:33:07.120 --> 00:33:08.720
 and this

00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:09.259
 is God's

00:33:09.259 --> 00:33:09.660
 challenge

00:33:09.660 --> 00:33:10.120
 to Jonah

00:33:10.120 --> 00:33:10.559
 he essentially

00:33:10.559 --> 00:33:11.039
 says

00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:12.120
 do you not

00:33:12.120 --> 00:33:12.799
 expect me

00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:13.480
 a gracious

00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:14.100
 and merciful

00:33:14.100 --> 00:33:14.480
 God

00:33:14.480 --> 00:33:14.920
 who created

00:33:14.920 --> 00:33:15.740
 every person

00:33:15.740 --> 00:33:16.319
 including

00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:16.980
 the Ninevites

00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:17.860
 to pity

00:33:17.860 --> 00:33:18.380
 that great

00:33:18.380 --> 00:33:18.960
 city far

00:33:18.960 --> 00:33:19.319
 more than

00:33:19.319 --> 00:33:19.620
 you pity

00:33:19.620 --> 00:33:20.079
 that little

00:33:20.079 --> 00:33:20.500
 planet

00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:22.680
 and after

00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:23.079
 all it is

00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:23.420
 a city

00:33:23.420 --> 00:33:24.740
 of 120,000

00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:25.279
 people who

00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:25.819
 do not know

00:33:25.819 --> 00:33:26.299
 their right

00:33:26.299 --> 00:33:26.779
 hand from

00:33:26.779 --> 00:33:27.299
 their left

00:33:27.299 --> 00:33:28.740
 and again

00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:29.079
 as I said

00:33:29.079 --> 00:33:29.299
 earlier

00:33:29.299 --> 00:33:30.039
 some think

00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:30.420
 that as

00:33:30.420 --> 00:33:30.740
 children

00:33:30.740 --> 00:33:31.360
 some think

00:33:31.360 --> 00:33:32.240
 that is

00:33:32.240 --> 00:33:32.600
 referring to

00:33:32.600 --> 00:33:32.940
 people who

00:33:32.940 --> 00:33:33.140
 lack

00:33:33.140 --> 00:33:33.900
 moral wisdom

00:33:33.900 --> 00:33:35.420
 one or the

00:33:35.420 --> 00:33:35.720
 other I'm

00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:36.140
 not sure

00:33:36.140 --> 00:33:36.520
 but the

00:33:36.520 --> 00:33:36.820
 point

00:33:36.820 --> 00:33:37.520
 remains

00:33:37.520 --> 00:33:38.640
 people who

00:33:38.640 --> 00:33:39.220
 are in

00:33:39.220 --> 00:33:39.500
 need of

00:33:39.500 --> 00:33:39.820
 help

00:33:39.820 --> 00:33:42.420
 and that

00:33:42.420 --> 00:33:42.640
 is how

00:33:42.640 --> 00:33:42.920
 the book

00:33:42.920 --> 00:33:43.320
 ends

00:33:43.320 --> 00:33:45.560
 so in

00:33:45.560 --> 00:33:45.800
 closing

00:33:45.800 --> 00:33:46.300
 application

00:33:46.300 --> 00:33:47.020
 I'll

00:33:47.020 --> 00:33:47.560
 explain this

00:33:47.560 --> 00:33:47.900
 ending a

00:33:47.900 --> 00:33:48.380
 little bit

00:33:48.380 --> 00:33:49.880
 God gives

00:33:49.880 --> 00:33:50.340
 his last

00:33:50.340 --> 00:33:51.040
 question to

00:33:51.040 --> 00:33:51.500
 Jonah

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:52.759
 and we

00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:53.460
 never see

00:33:53.460 --> 00:33:54.500
 the response

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:55.660
 and the

00:33:55.660 --> 00:33:56.200
 intention of

00:33:56.200 --> 00:33:56.620
 the author

00:33:56.620 --> 00:33:57.300
 I think

00:33:57.300 --> 00:33:58.160
 is to leave

00:33:58.160 --> 00:33:58.580
 us the

00:33:58.580 --> 00:33:58.980
 readers

00:33:58.980 --> 00:34:00.180
 attempting to

00:34:00.180 --> 00:34:00.640
 answer the

00:34:00.640 --> 00:34:01.060
 question

00:34:01.059 --> 00:34:02.460
 do we

00:34:02.460 --> 00:34:02.879
 love our

00:34:02.879 --> 00:34:03.179
 enemies

00:34:03.179 --> 00:34:03.700
 enough

00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:05.000
 that we

00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:05.359
 would want

00:34:05.359 --> 00:34:05.740
 to see

00:34:05.740 --> 00:34:06.359
 God save

00:34:06.359 --> 00:34:06.599
 them

00:34:06.599 --> 00:34:09.139
 and keep

00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:09.380
 in mind

00:34:09.380 --> 00:34:10.019
 Jonah is

00:34:10.019 --> 00:34:10.799
 written for

00:34:10.799 --> 00:34:11.980
 the Israelites

00:34:11.980 --> 00:34:13.219
 the Israelites

00:34:13.219 --> 00:34:13.840
 are the ones

00:34:13.840 --> 00:34:14.480
 reading the

00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:15.019
 book of

00:34:15.019 --> 00:34:15.400
 Jonah

00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:15.960
 this is a

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:16.519
 rebuke

00:34:16.519 --> 00:34:17.139
 against

00:34:17.139 --> 00:34:17.799
 Israel

00:34:17.799 --> 00:34:20.619
 and I

00:34:20.619 --> 00:34:20.840
 don't know

00:34:20.840 --> 00:34:21.340
 about you

00:34:21.340 --> 00:34:22.099
 but when I

00:34:22.099 --> 00:34:22.699
 read that

00:34:22.699 --> 00:34:23.360
 question I

00:34:23.360 --> 00:34:24.259
 feel personally

00:34:24.259 --> 00:34:24.759
 challenged

00:34:24.759 --> 00:34:25.440
 especially this

00:34:25.440 --> 00:34:25.820
 week

00:34:25.820 --> 00:34:27.280
 like many

00:34:27.280 --> 00:34:27.500
 of you

00:34:27.500 --> 00:34:27.960
 I've

00:34:27.960 --> 00:34:28.460
 watched the

00:34:28.460 --> 00:34:28.800
 news in

00:34:28.800 --> 00:34:29.340
 Afghanistan

00:34:29.340 --> 00:34:30.680
 with disbelief

00:34:30.680 --> 00:34:31.220
 frustration

00:34:31.220 --> 00:34:32.400
 and frankly

00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:33.080
 the temptation

00:34:33.080 --> 00:34:33.820
 to look at

00:34:33.820 --> 00:34:34.340
 the Taliban

00:34:34.340 --> 00:34:34.780
 the way

00:34:34.780 --> 00:34:35.320
 Jonah looked

00:34:35.320 --> 00:34:36.620
 at Nineveh

00:34:36.620 --> 00:34:37.240
 and I had

00:34:37.240 --> 00:34:37.600
 to ask

00:34:37.600 --> 00:34:38.019
 myself

00:34:38.019 --> 00:34:38.380
 do I

00:34:38.380 --> 00:34:39.000
 desire the

00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:39.440
 salvation

00:34:39.440 --> 00:34:40.059
 of my

00:34:40.059 --> 00:34:41.080
 enemies

00:34:41.080 --> 00:34:43.539
 and I

00:34:43.539 --> 00:34:43.820
 could go

00:34:43.820 --> 00:34:44.120
 on and

00:34:44.120 --> 00:34:44.480
 on we

00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:44.760
 could all

00:34:44.760 --> 00:34:45.120
 fill in

00:34:45.120 --> 00:34:45.640
 that blank

00:34:45.640 --> 00:34:46.240
 with various

00:34:46.240 --> 00:34:46.820
 individuals

00:34:46.820 --> 00:34:47.640
 groups

00:34:47.640 --> 00:34:48.860
 other

00:34:48.860 --> 00:34:49.480
 movements

00:34:49.480 --> 00:34:49.940
 that we

00:34:49.940 --> 00:34:50.580
 would consider

00:34:50.580 --> 00:34:51.480
 our enemies

00:34:51.480 --> 00:34:53.100
 but I

00:34:53.100 --> 00:34:53.620
 would exhort

00:34:53.620 --> 00:34:54.360
 you to put

00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:54.860
 on the mind

00:34:54.860 --> 00:34:55.280
 of Christ

00:34:55.280 --> 00:34:55.660
 for all

00:34:55.660 --> 00:34:55.980
 of them

00:34:55.980 --> 00:34:56.680
 without

00:34:56.680 --> 00:34:57.220
 exception

00:34:57.220 --> 00:34:59.620
 Matthew

00:34:59.620 --> 00:34:59.960
 11

00:34:59.960 --> 00:35:00.440
 28

00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:00.599
 through

00:35:00.599 --> 00:35:01.019
 29

00:35:01.019 --> 00:35:01.300
 Jesus

00:35:01.300 --> 00:35:01.720
 says

00:35:01.720 --> 00:35:02.620
 come to

00:35:02.620 --> 00:35:02.780
 me

00:35:02.780 --> 00:35:03.300
 all

00:35:03.300 --> 00:35:03.539
 who

00:35:03.539 --> 00:35:03.880
 labor

00:35:03.880 --> 00:35:04.200
 and are

00:35:04.200 --> 00:35:04.420
 heavy

00:35:04.420 --> 00:35:04.800
 laden

00:35:04.800 --> 00:35:05.340
 and I

00:35:05.340 --> 00:35:05.519
 will

00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:05.760
 give

00:35:05.760 --> 00:35:05.900
 you

00:35:05.900 --> 00:35:06.360
 rest

00:35:06.360 --> 00:35:07.579
 take

00:35:07.579 --> 00:35:07.820
 my

00:35:07.820 --> 00:35:08.059
 yoke

00:35:08.059 --> 00:35:08.400
 upon

00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:08.620
 you

00:35:08.620 --> 00:35:08.780
 and

00:35:08.780 --> 00:35:09.019
 learn

00:35:09.019 --> 00:35:09.280
 from

00:35:09.280 --> 00:35:09.480
 me

00:35:09.480 --> 00:35:09.680
 for

00:35:09.680 --> 00:35:09.840
 I

00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:09.960
 am

00:35:09.960 --> 00:35:10.480
 gentle

00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:10.800
 and

00:35:10.800 --> 00:35:11.200
 lowly

00:35:11.200 --> 00:35:11.380
 in

00:35:11.380 --> 00:35:11.740
 heart

00:35:11.740 --> 00:35:12.700
 and

00:35:12.700 --> 00:35:12.860
 you

00:35:12.860 --> 00:35:13.059
 will

00:35:13.059 --> 00:35:13.340
 find

00:35:13.340 --> 00:35:13.640
 rest

00:35:13.640 --> 00:35:13.800
 for

00:35:13.800 --> 00:35:13.980
 your

00:35:13.980 --> 00:35:14.440
 souls

00:35:14.440 --> 00:35:16.180
 our

00:35:16.180 --> 00:35:16.760
 response

00:35:16.760 --> 00:35:17.260
 when we

00:35:17.260 --> 00:35:17.579
 encounter

00:35:17.579 --> 00:35:17.740
 our

00:35:17.740 --> 00:35:18.240
 Ninevites

00:35:18.240 --> 00:35:18.720
 or

00:35:18.720 --> 00:35:19.240
 enemies

00:35:19.240 --> 00:35:19.660
 should

00:35:19.660 --> 00:35:20.039
 be one

00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:20.380
 of

00:35:20.380 --> 00:35:21.559
 gentleness

00:35:21.559 --> 00:35:21.860
 and

00:35:21.860 --> 00:35:22.480
 compassion

00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:23.740
 Matthew

00:35:23.740 --> 00:35:24.019
 9

00:35:24.019 --> 00:35:24.579
 36

00:35:24.579 --> 00:35:25.059
 records

00:35:25.059 --> 00:35:25.420
 Jesus

00:35:25.420 --> 00:35:26.559
 seeing a

00:35:26.559 --> 00:35:26.779
 crowd

00:35:26.779 --> 00:35:26.960
 of

00:35:26.960 --> 00:35:27.219
 sinners

00:35:27.219 --> 00:35:27.380
 and

00:35:27.380 --> 00:35:27.639
 Matthew

00:35:27.639 --> 00:35:27.980
 writes

00:35:27.980 --> 00:35:28.659
 when

00:35:28.659 --> 00:35:28.920
 Jesus

00:35:28.920 --> 00:35:29.340
 saw

00:35:29.340 --> 00:35:29.539
 the

00:35:29.539 --> 00:35:29.960
 crowds

00:35:29.960 --> 00:35:30.179
 he

00:35:30.179 --> 00:35:30.400
 had

00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:30.980
 compassion

00:35:30.980 --> 00:35:31.460
 for

00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:31.819
 them

00:35:31.819 --> 00:35:32.179
 for

00:35:32.179 --> 00:35:32.420
 the

00:35:32.420 --> 00:35:32.900
 people

00:35:32.900 --> 00:35:33.179
 the

00:35:33.179 --> 00:35:33.840
 individuals

00:35:33.840 --> 00:35:35.440
 because

00:35:35.440 --> 00:35:36.500
 they were

00:35:36.500 --> 00:35:37.319
 harassed

00:35:37.319 --> 00:35:37.880
 and helpless

00:35:37.880 --> 00:35:39.219
 like sheep

00:35:39.219 --> 00:35:39.679
 without a

00:35:39.679 --> 00:35:40.039
 shepherd

00:35:40.039 --> 00:35:41.319
 or like

00:35:41.319 --> 00:35:42.420
 120,000

00:35:42.420 --> 00:35:42.759
 who do

00:35:42.759 --> 00:35:43.099
 not know

00:35:43.099 --> 00:35:43.519
 their right

00:35:43.519 --> 00:35:43.819
 hand

00:35:43.819 --> 00:35:44.599
 from their

00:35:44.599 --> 00:35:44.980
 left

00:35:44.980 --> 00:35:46.980
 and

00:35:46.980 --> 00:35:47.300
 this

00:35:47.300 --> 00:35:47.800
 is

00:35:47.800 --> 00:35:48.400
 the

00:35:48.400 --> 00:35:48.820
 gospel

00:35:48.820 --> 00:35:49.119
 that

00:35:49.119 --> 00:35:49.500
 Jesus

00:35:49.500 --> 00:35:49.980
 Christ

00:35:49.980 --> 00:35:50.400
 came

00:35:50.400 --> 00:35:51.179
 to

00:35:51.179 --> 00:35:51.559
 die

00:35:51.559 --> 00:35:51.860
 and

00:35:51.860 --> 00:35:52.039
 to

00:35:52.039 --> 00:35:52.380
 save

00:35:52.380 --> 00:35:52.719
 his

00:35:52.719 --> 00:35:53.260
 enemies

00:35:53.260 --> 00:35:54.380
 we

00:35:54.380 --> 00:35:54.719
 all

00:35:54.719 --> 00:35:54.920
 at

00:35:54.920 --> 00:35:55.159
 one

00:35:55.159 --> 00:35:55.500
 point

00:35:55.500 --> 00:35:55.880
 were

00:35:55.880 --> 00:35:56.579
 dead

00:35:56.579 --> 00:35:56.679
 in

00:35:56.679 --> 00:35:56.780
 the

00:35:56.780 --> 00:35:57.340
 trespasses

00:35:57.340 --> 00:35:57.579
 and

00:35:57.579 --> 00:35:57.820
 sins

00:35:57.820 --> 00:35:58.119
 in which

00:35:58.119 --> 00:35:58.300
 we

00:35:58.300 --> 00:35:58.559
 once

00:35:58.559 --> 00:35:59.019
 walked

00:35:59.019 --> 00:35:59.920
 following

00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:00.380
 Satan

00:36:00.380 --> 00:36:01.740
 and

00:36:01.740 --> 00:36:01.920
 yet

00:36:01.920 --> 00:36:02.219
 God

00:36:02.219 --> 00:36:02.599
 showed

00:36:02.599 --> 00:36:02.780
 his

00:36:02.780 --> 00:36:03.000
 love

00:36:03.000 --> 00:36:03.199
 for

00:36:03.199 --> 00:36:03.400
 us

00:36:03.400 --> 00:36:03.559
 and

00:36:03.559 --> 00:36:03.820
 that

00:36:03.820 --> 00:36:04.519
 while

00:36:04.519 --> 00:36:04.659
 we

00:36:04.659 --> 00:36:04.719
 were

00:36:04.719 --> 00:36:04.860
 yet

00:36:04.860 --> 00:36:05.159
 sinners

00:36:05.159 --> 00:36:05.599
 Christ

00:36:05.599 --> 00:36:06.519
 died

00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:06.699
 for

00:36:06.699 --> 00:36:07.039
 us

00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:09.360
 so

00:36:09.360 --> 00:36:09.480
 we

00:36:09.480 --> 00:36:09.639
 should

00:36:09.639 --> 00:36:09.900
 not

00:36:09.900 --> 00:36:10.259
 neglect

00:36:10.259 --> 00:36:10.719
 to

00:36:10.719 --> 00:36:10.960
 share

00:36:10.960 --> 00:36:11.119
 the

00:36:11.119 --> 00:36:11.480
 gospel

00:36:11.480 --> 00:36:11.719
 with

00:36:11.719 --> 00:36:12.159
 anyone

00:36:12.159 --> 00:36:13.259
 regardless

00:36:13.259 --> 00:36:13.639
 of

00:36:13.639 --> 00:36:13.779
 their

00:36:13.779 --> 00:36:14.219
 background

00:36:14.219 --> 00:36:15.559
 here's

00:36:15.559 --> 00:36:15.719
 another

00:36:15.719 --> 00:36:16.039
 simple

00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:16.519
 application

00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:17.259
 dare

00:36:17.259 --> 00:36:17.460
 to

00:36:17.460 --> 00:36:17.719
 not

00:36:17.719 --> 00:36:18.059
 be

00:36:18.059 --> 00:36:18.300
 a

00:36:18.300 --> 00:36:18.559
 Jonah

00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:19.619
 doesn't

00:36:19.619 --> 00:36:19.860
 rhyme

00:36:19.860 --> 00:36:20.019
 it's

00:36:20.019 --> 00:36:20.159
 not

00:36:20.159 --> 00:36:20.340
 easy

00:36:20.340 --> 00:36:20.480
 to

00:36:20.480 --> 00:36:20.860
 memorize

00:36:20.860 --> 00:36:21.159
 but

00:36:21.159 --> 00:36:21.460
 very

00:36:21.460 --> 00:36:21.840
 helpful

00:36:21.840 --> 00:36:23.639
 Jonah

00:36:23.639 --> 00:36:24.000
 sounds

00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:24.199
 like

00:36:24.199 --> 00:36:24.360
 a

00:36:24.360 --> 00:36:24.639
 righteous

00:36:24.639 --> 00:36:25.059
 man

00:36:25.059 --> 00:36:25.380
 who

00:36:25.380 --> 00:36:26.000
 fears

00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:26.179
 the

00:36:26.179 --> 00:36:26.400
 Lord

00:36:26.400 --> 00:36:26.679
 as he

00:36:26.679 --> 00:36:26.860
 put

00:36:26.860 --> 00:36:26.960
 it

00:36:26.960 --> 00:36:27.039
 in

00:36:27.039 --> 00:36:27.219
 chapter

00:36:27.219 --> 00:36:27.460
 1

00:36:27.460 --> 00:36:27.659
 verse

00:36:27.659 --> 00:36:27.980
 9

00:36:27.980 --> 00:36:28.300
 but

00:36:28.300 --> 00:36:29.539
 clearly

00:36:29.539 --> 00:36:29.820
 his

00:36:29.820 --> 00:36:30.219
 actions

00:36:30.219 --> 00:36:30.840
 display

00:36:30.840 --> 00:36:31.940
 otherwise

00:36:31.940 --> 00:36:33.460
 much

00:36:33.460 --> 00:36:33.639
 like

00:36:33.639 --> 00:36:33.800
 the

00:36:33.800 --> 00:36:34.300
 Pharisees

00:36:34.300 --> 00:36:34.519
 whose

00:36:34.519 --> 00:36:34.800
 self

00:36:34.800 --> 00:36:35.159
 righteousness

00:36:35.159 --> 00:36:35.820
 blinded

00:36:35.820 --> 00:36:36.039
 them

00:36:36.039 --> 00:36:36.279
 from

00:36:36.279 --> 00:36:36.420
 the

00:36:36.420 --> 00:36:36.800
 reality

00:36:36.800 --> 00:36:36.960
 of

00:36:37.039 --> 00:36:37.440
 sin

00:36:37.440 --> 00:36:38.519
 Jonah

00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:38.699
 did

00:36:38.699 --> 00:36:38.920
 not

00:36:38.920 --> 00:36:39.259
 truly

00:36:39.259 --> 00:36:39.579
 deal

00:36:39.579 --> 00:36:39.719
 with

00:36:39.719 --> 00:36:39.920
 his

00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:40.159
 sin

00:36:40.159 --> 00:36:40.360
 by

00:36:40.360 --> 00:36:40.659
 way

00:36:40.659 --> 00:36:41.039
 of

00:36:41.039 --> 00:36:42.179
 repentance

00:36:42.179 --> 00:36:43.460
 we

00:36:43.460 --> 00:36:43.559
 do

00:36:43.559 --> 00:36:43.800
 not

00:36:43.800 --> 00:36:44.079
 want

00:36:44.079 --> 00:36:44.239
 to

00:36:44.239 --> 00:36:44.400
 be

00:36:44.400 --> 00:36:44.619
 like

00:36:44.619 --> 00:36:44.759
 the

00:36:44.759 --> 00:36:45.219
 hypocrites

00:36:45.219 --> 00:36:45.400
 who

00:36:45.400 --> 00:36:45.880
 outwardly

00:36:45.880 --> 00:36:46.179
 wear

00:36:46.179 --> 00:36:46.900
 sheep's

00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:47.199
 clothing

00:36:47.199 --> 00:36:47.400
 but

00:36:47.400 --> 00:36:47.840
 inwardly

00:36:47.840 --> 00:36:48.059
 are

00:36:48.059 --> 00:36:48.759
 ravenous

00:36:48.759 --> 00:36:49.320
 wolves

00:36:49.320 --> 00:36:50.400
 our

00:36:50.400 --> 00:36:50.759
 words

00:36:50.759 --> 00:36:51.000
 should

00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:51.420
 match

00:36:51.420 --> 00:36:51.860
 our

00:36:51.860 --> 00:36:52.800
 actions

00:36:52.800 --> 00:36:54.699
 so

00:36:54.699 --> 00:36:54.840
 what

00:36:54.840 --> 00:36:54.940
 does

00:36:54.940 --> 00:36:55.079
 that

00:36:55.079 --> 00:36:55.259
 look

00:36:55.259 --> 00:36:55.460
 like

00:36:55.460 --> 00:36:55.699
 well

00:36:55.699 --> 00:36:56.099
 for

00:36:56.099 --> 00:36:56.619
 starters

00:36:56.619 --> 00:36:57.759
 let

00:36:57.759 --> 00:36:57.900
 your

00:36:57.900 --> 00:36:58.259
 yeses

00:36:58.259 --> 00:36:58.400
 be

00:36:58.400 --> 00:36:58.559
 your

00:36:58.559 --> 00:36:58.980
 yeses

00:36:58.980 --> 00:36:59.099
 and

00:36:59.099 --> 00:36:59.219
 your

00:36:59.219 --> 00:36:59.480
 nos

00:36:59.480 --> 00:36:59.739
 be

00:36:59.739 --> 00:37:00.119
 your

00:37:00.119 --> 00:37:00.519
 nose

00:37:00.519 --> 00:37:00.880
 keep

00:37:00.880 --> 00:37:01.059
 your

00:37:01.059 --> 00:37:01.360
 word

00:37:01.360 --> 00:37:02.059
 and

00:37:02.059 --> 00:37:02.300
 do

00:37:02.300 --> 00:37:02.599
 as

00:37:02.599 --> 00:37:02.739
 you

00:37:02.739 --> 00:37:02.900
 will

00:37:02.900 --> 00:37:03.119
 say

00:37:03.119 --> 00:37:03.300
 you

00:37:03.300 --> 00:37:03.440
 will

00:37:03.440 --> 00:37:03.739
 do

00:37:03.739 --> 00:37:04.679
 according

00:37:04.679 --> 00:37:04.859
 to

00:37:04.859 --> 00:37:05.159
 God's

00:37:05.159 --> 00:37:05.419
 word

00:37:05.419 --> 00:37:06.659
 and

00:37:06.659 --> 00:37:06.799
 when

00:37:06.799 --> 00:37:06.899
 you

00:37:06.899 --> 00:37:07.219
 receive

00:37:07.219 --> 00:37:07.379
 a

00:37:07.379 --> 00:37:07.779
 commandment

00:37:07.779 --> 00:37:07.919
 from

00:37:07.919 --> 00:37:08.059
 the

00:37:08.059 --> 00:37:08.379
 Lord

00:37:08.379 --> 00:37:08.659
 which

00:37:08.659 --> 00:37:08.839
 only

00:37:08.839 --> 00:37:09.119
 happens

00:37:09.119 --> 00:37:09.299
 through

00:37:09.299 --> 00:37:09.419
 his

00:37:09.419 --> 00:37:09.659
 written

00:37:09.659 --> 00:37:10.339
 word

00:37:10.339 --> 00:37:10.519
 by

00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:10.599
 the

00:37:10.599 --> 00:37:10.819
 way

00:37:10.819 --> 00:37:11.939
 obey

00:37:11.939 --> 00:37:12.199
 it

00:37:12.199 --> 00:37:12.559
 don't

00:37:12.559 --> 00:37:12.939
 flee

00:37:12.939 --> 00:37:13.359
 as

00:37:13.359 --> 00:37:13.699
 Jonah

00:37:13.699 --> 00:37:14.019
 did

00:37:14.019 --> 00:37:15.399
 and

00:37:15.399 --> 00:37:15.759
 inevitably

00:37:15.759 --> 00:37:16.059
 we

00:37:16.059 --> 00:37:16.279
 will

00:37:16.279 --> 00:37:16.659
 flee

00:37:16.659 --> 00:37:17.059
 again

00:37:17.059 --> 00:37:17.259
 at

00:37:17.259 --> 00:37:17.479
 some

00:37:17.479 --> 00:37:17.779
 point

00:37:17.779 --> 00:37:17.939
 we

00:37:17.939 --> 00:37:18.079
 are

00:37:18.079 --> 00:37:18.419
 sinners

00:37:18.419 --> 00:37:18.679
 that's

00:37:18.679 --> 00:37:18.819
 what

00:37:18.819 --> 00:37:19.239
 fleeing

00:37:19.239 --> 00:37:19.759
 is

00:37:19.759 --> 00:37:21.199
 but

00:37:21.199 --> 00:37:21.299
 it

00:37:21.299 --> 00:37:21.399
 is

00:37:21.399 --> 00:37:21.619
 never

00:37:21.619 --> 00:37:21.899
 too

00:37:21.899 --> 00:37:22.139
 late

00:37:22.139 --> 00:37:22.399
 to

00:37:22.399 --> 00:37:23.000
 repent

00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:23.599
 only

00:37:23.599 --> 00:37:24.039
 repent

00:37:24.039 --> 00:37:24.399
 as

00:37:24.399 --> 00:37:24.639
 God

00:37:24.639 --> 00:37:24.779
 would

00:37:24.779 --> 00:37:25.059
 have

00:37:25.059 --> 00:37:25.259
 you

00:37:25.259 --> 00:37:26.299
 expressing

00:37:26.299 --> 00:37:26.319
!

00:37:33.739 --> 00:37:34.000
 turn

00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:34.379
 away

00:37:34.379 --> 00:37:34.639
 from

00:37:34.639 --> 00:37:35.239
 practicing

00:37:35.239 --> 00:37:36.859
 sin

00:37:36.859 --> 00:37:38.759
 and

00:37:38.759 --> 00:37:38.879
 as

00:37:38.879 --> 00:37:38.979
 a

00:37:38.979 --> 00:37:39.199
 final

00:37:39.199 --> 00:37:39.599
 closing

00:37:39.599 --> 00:37:40.019
 remark

00:37:40.019 --> 00:37:40.219
 I

00:37:40.219 --> 00:37:40.399
 want

00:37:40.399 --> 00:37:40.519
 to

00:37:40.519 --> 00:37:40.839
 encourage

00:37:40.839 --> 00:37:41.000
 you

00:37:41.000 --> 00:37:41.279
 all

00:37:41.279 --> 00:37:42.199
 to

00:37:42.199 --> 00:37:42.419
 walk

00:37:42.419 --> 00:37:42.599
 into

00:37:42.599 --> 00:37:42.759
 your

00:37:42.759 --> 00:37:43.059
 places

00:37:43.059 --> 00:37:43.259
 of

00:37:43.259 --> 00:37:43.439
 work

00:37:43.439 --> 00:37:43.819
 tomorrow

00:37:43.819 --> 00:37:44.079
 into

00:37:44.079 --> 00:37:44.279
 your

00:37:44.279 --> 00:37:44.799
 classrooms

00:37:44.799 --> 00:37:45.119
 into

00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:45.319
 your

00:37:45.319 --> 00:37:45.839
 restaurants

00:37:45.839 --> 00:37:46.139
 wherever

00:37:46.139 --> 00:37:46.459
 it is

00:37:46.459 --> 00:37:46.579
 you

00:37:46.579 --> 00:37:46.799
 go

00:37:46.799 --> 00:37:47.099
 wherever

00:37:47.099 --> 00:37:47.319
 your

00:37:47.319 --> 00:37:47.639
 sphere

00:37:47.639 --> 00:37:47.779
 of

00:37:47.779 --> 00:37:48.119
 life

00:37:48.119 --> 00:37:49.079
 would

00:37:49.079 --> 00:37:49.299
 have

00:37:49.299 --> 00:37:49.419
 you

00:37:49.419 --> 00:37:49.519
 on

00:37:49.519 --> 00:37:49.639
 a

00:37:49.639 --> 00:37:49.919
 Monday

00:37:49.919 --> 00:37:50.779
 and

00:37:50.779 --> 00:37:50.899
 a

00:37:50.899 --> 00:37:51.119
 Tuesday

00:37:51.119 --> 00:37:51.339
 and

00:37:51.339 --> 00:37:51.619
 Wednesday

00:37:51.619 --> 00:37:51.939
 Thursday

00:37:51.939 --> 00:37:52.339
 Friday

00:37:52.339 --> 00:37:53.019
 wherever

00:37:53.019 --> 00:37:53.259
 those

00:37:53.259 --> 00:37:53.559
 places

00:37:53.559 --> 00:37:53.979
 are

00:37:53.979 --> 00:37:54.959
 go

00:37:54.959 --> 00:37:55.119
 to

00:37:55.119 --> 00:37:55.439
 them

00:37:55.439 --> 00:37:56.439
 and

00:37:56.439 --> 00:37:56.599
 look

00:37:56.599 --> 00:37:56.699
 at

00:37:56.699 --> 00:37:56.799
 the

00:37:56.799 --> 00:37:57.039
 people

00:37:57.039 --> 00:37:57.379
 around

00:37:57.379 --> 00:37:57.559
 you

00:37:57.559 --> 00:37:57.719
 who

00:37:57.719 --> 00:37:57.859
 you

00:37:57.859 --> 00:37:58.339
 aren't

00:37:58.339 --> 00:37:58.819
 believers

00:37:58.819 --> 00:37:59.299
 and

00:37:59.299 --> 00:37:59.479
 see

00:37:59.480 --> 00:37:59.699
 them

00:37:59.699 --> 00:37:59.880
 as

00:37:59.880 --> 00:38:00.119
 God

00:38:00.119 --> 00:38:00.260
 would

00:38:00.260 --> 00:38:00.519
 have

00:38:00.519 --> 00:38:00.699
 you

00:38:00.699 --> 00:38:01.320
 see

00:38:01.320 --> 00:38:01.619
 them

00:38:01.619 --> 00:38:02.740
 they

00:38:02.740 --> 00:38:02.880
 are

00:38:02.880 --> 00:38:03.179
 image

00:38:03.179 --> 00:38:03.780
 bearers

00:38:03.780 --> 00:38:04.539
 they

00:38:04.539 --> 00:38:04.679
 are

00:38:04.679 --> 00:38:05.059
 helpless

00:38:05.059 --> 00:38:05.480
 and

00:38:05.480 --> 00:38:05.780
 naked

00:38:05.780 --> 00:38:06.159
 before

00:38:06.159 --> 00:38:06.380
 the

00:38:06.380 --> 00:38:06.719
 Lord

00:38:06.719 --> 00:38:07.760
 they

00:38:07.760 --> 00:38:07.920
 do

00:38:07.920 --> 00:38:08.119
 not

00:38:08.119 --> 00:38:08.320
 know

00:38:08.320 --> 00:38:08.500
 their

00:38:08.500 --> 00:38:08.760
 right

00:38:08.760 --> 00:38:09.059
 hand

00:38:09.059 --> 00:38:09.300
 from

00:38:09.300 --> 00:38:09.460
 their

00:38:09.460 --> 00:38:09.820
 left

00:38:09.820 --> 00:38:10.139
 they

00:38:10.139 --> 00:38:10.280
 are

00:38:10.280 --> 00:38:10.639
 sheep

00:38:10.639 --> 00:38:10.880
 without

00:38:10.880 --> 00:38:11.099
 a

00:38:11.099 --> 00:38:11.380
 shepherd

00:38:11.380 --> 00:38:11.960
 they

00:38:11.960 --> 00:38:12.119
 are

00:38:12.119 --> 00:38:12.440
 dead

00:38:12.440 --> 00:38:12.639
 in

00:38:12.639 --> 00:38:12.820
 their

00:38:12.820 --> 00:38:13.159
 sin

00:38:13.159 --> 00:38:13.740
 following

00:38:13.740 --> 00:38:14.280
 Satan

00:38:14.280 --> 00:38:15.139
 and

00:38:15.139 --> 00:38:15.300
 their

00:38:15.300 --> 00:38:15.760
 only

00:38:15.760 --> 00:38:16.199
 hope

00:38:16.199 --> 00:38:17.139
 is

00:38:17.139 --> 00:38:17.240
 the

00:38:17.240 --> 00:38:17.579
 gospel

00:38:17.579 --> 00:38:17.740
 of

00:38:17.740 --> 00:38:17.940
 Jesus

00:38:17.940 --> 00:38:18.460
 Christ

00:38:18.460 --> 00:38:19.000
 and

00:38:19.000 --> 00:38:19.119
 we

00:38:19.119 --> 00:38:19.280
 would

00:38:19.280 --> 00:38:19.460
 be

00:38:19.460 --> 00:38:19.940
 far

00:38:19.940 --> 00:38:20.440
 worse

00:38:20.440 --> 00:38:21.460
 than

00:38:21.460 --> 00:38:21.740
 Jonah

00:38:21.740 --> 00:38:21.960
 to

00:38:21.960 --> 00:38:22.119
 say

00:38:22.119 --> 00:38:22.420
 nothing

00:38:22.420 --> 00:38:22.599
 at

00:38:22.599 --> 00:38:22.820
 all

00:38:22.820 --> 00:38:23.000
 he

00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:23.159
 at

00:38:23.159 --> 00:38:23.360
 least

00:38:23.360 --> 00:38:23.579
 had

00:38:23.579 --> 00:38:23.860
 five

00:38:23.860 --> 00:38:24.240
 words

00:38:24.239 --> 00:38:24.559
 for

00:38:24.559 --> 00:38:24.659
 the

00:38:24.659 --> 00:38:25.139
 Ninevites

00:38:25.139 --> 00:38:26.559
 he

00:38:26.559 --> 00:38:26.699
 at

00:38:26.699 --> 00:38:26.859
 least

00:38:26.859 --> 00:38:27.079
 said

00:38:27.079 --> 00:38:27.659
 something

00:38:27.659 --> 00:38:28.359
 and

00:38:28.359 --> 00:38:28.399
 it

00:38:28.399 --> 00:38:28.479
 would

00:38:28.479 --> 00:38:28.579
 be

00:38:28.579 --> 00:38:28.739
 to

00:38:28.739 --> 00:38:28.899
 our

00:38:28.899 --> 00:38:29.179
 shame

00:38:29.179 --> 00:38:29.359
 to

00:38:29.359 --> 00:38:29.579
 not

00:38:29.579 --> 00:38:30.079
 plead

00:38:30.079 --> 00:38:30.299
 with

00:38:30.299 --> 00:38:30.459
 our

00:38:30.459 --> 00:38:30.839
 neighbors

00:38:30.839 --> 00:38:31.099
 to

00:38:31.099 --> 00:38:31.519
 repent

00:38:31.519 --> 00:38:31.819
 and

00:38:31.819 --> 00:38:32.339
 believe

00:38:32.339 --> 00:38:33.279
 in

00:38:33.279 --> 00:38:33.519
 Jesus

00:38:33.519 --> 00:38:33.959
 Christ

00:38:33.959 --> 00:38:35.179
 and

00:38:35.179 --> 00:38:35.259
 if

00:38:35.259 --> 00:38:35.339
 you

00:38:35.339 --> 00:38:35.599
 find

00:38:35.599 --> 00:38:35.859
 that

00:38:35.859 --> 00:38:36.659
 you

00:38:36.659 --> 00:38:36.979
 struggle

00:38:36.979 --> 00:38:37.159
 to

00:38:37.159 --> 00:38:37.299
 do

00:38:37.299 --> 00:38:37.479
 this

00:38:37.479 --> 00:38:37.879
 regularly

00:38:37.879 --> 00:38:38.259
 struggle

00:38:38.259 --> 00:38:38.539
 to

00:38:38.539 --> 00:38:39.259
 share

00:38:39.259 --> 00:38:39.439
 the

00:38:39.439 --> 00:38:39.639
 word

00:38:39.639 --> 00:38:39.799
 to

00:38:39.799 --> 00:38:40.139
 preach

00:38:40.139 --> 00:38:40.359
 the

00:38:40.359 --> 00:38:40.679
 word

00:38:40.679 --> 00:38:40.899
 to

00:38:40.899 --> 00:38:41.179
 dying

00:38:41.179 --> 00:38:41.719
 souls

00:38:41.719 --> 00:38:42.639
 I

00:38:42.639 --> 00:38:42.779
 would

00:38:42.779 --> 00:38:43.119
 suggest

00:38:43.119 --> 00:38:43.339
 it's

00:38:43.339 --> 00:38:43.599
 because

00:38:43.599 --> 00:38:43.819
 you're

00:38:43.819 --> 00:38:44.059
 not

00:38:44.059 --> 00:38:44.339
 living

00:38:44.339 --> 00:38:44.519
 in

00:38:44.519 --> 00:38:44.939
 reality

00:38:44.939 --> 00:38:45.119
 you're

00:38:45.119 --> 00:38:45.279
 not

00:38:45.279 --> 00:38:45.679
 looking

00:38:45.679 --> 00:38:45.899
 at

00:38:45.899 --> 00:38:46.159
 them

00:38:46.159 --> 00:38:46.539
 as

00:38:46.539 --> 00:38:46.779
 they

00:38:46.779 --> 00:38:47.219
 are

00:38:47.219 --> 00:38:48.099
 slaves

00:38:48.099 --> 00:38:48.339
 to

00:38:48.339 --> 00:38:48.619
 sin

00:38:48.619 --> 00:38:49.319
 bondage

00:38:49.319 --> 00:38:49.519
 to

00:38:49.519 --> 00:38:49.880
 death

00:38:49.880 --> 00:38:51.179
 already

00:38:51.179 --> 00:38:51.599
 dead

00:38:51.599 --> 00:38:54.219
 but

00:38:54.219 --> 00:38:54.359
 we

00:38:54.359 --> 00:38:54.539
 have

00:38:54.539 --> 00:38:54.920
 great

00:38:54.920 --> 00:38:55.199
 hope

00:38:55.199 --> 00:38:55.380
 we

00:38:55.380 --> 00:38:55.619
 have

00:38:55.619 --> 00:38:55.759
 the

00:38:55.759 --> 00:38:56.099
 gospel

00:38:56.099 --> 00:38:56.359
 we

00:38:56.359 --> 00:38:56.599
 have

00:38:56.599 --> 00:38:57.019
 Christ

00:38:57.019 --> 00:38:57.319
 who's

00:38:57.319 --> 00:38:57.639
 gentle

00:38:57.639 --> 00:38:57.799
 and

00:38:57.799 --> 00:38:58.039
 lowly

00:38:58.039 --> 00:38:58.139
 in

00:38:58.139 --> 00:38:58.319
 heart

00:38:58.319 --> 00:38:58.460
 a

00:38:58.460 --> 00:38:58.679
 great

00:38:58.679 --> 00:38:58.920
 high

00:38:58.920 --> 00:38:59.259
 priest

00:38:59.259 --> 00:38:59.519
 who

00:38:59.519 --> 00:39:00.139
 sympathizes

00:39:00.139 --> 00:39:00.400
 with

00:39:00.400 --> 00:39:00.739
 us

00:39:00.739 --> 00:39:01.659
 and

00:39:01.659 --> 00:39:01.779
 we

00:39:01.779 --> 00:39:01.940
 have

00:39:01.940 --> 00:39:02.179
 every

00:39:02.179 --> 00:39:02.599
 reason

00:39:02.599 --> 00:39:04.380
 to

00:39:04.380 --> 00:39:04.579
 go

00:39:04.579 --> 00:39:04.739
 to

00:39:04.739 --> 00:39:05.000
 them

00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:05.480
 with

00:39:05.480 --> 00:39:05.599
 a

00:39:05.599 --> 00:39:05.719
 word

00:39:05.719 --> 00:39:05.839
 of

00:39:05.839 --> 00:39:06.119
 hope

00:39:06.119 --> 00:39:07.900
 so

00:39:07.900 --> 00:39:08.059
 to

00:39:08.059 --> 00:39:08.279
 that

00:39:08.279 --> 00:39:08.440
 end

00:39:08.440 --> 00:39:08.679
 let's

00:39:08.679 --> 00:39:08.940
 pray