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gzeigler:
Nahum 3:7

I think Ninenveh was ultimately destroyed anyway. 

God just waited one hundred years or so!

Grace and peace,
gtz

Joey Porter:

--- Quote from: ciy on June 01, 2007, 04:38:36 PM ---I believe that the book of Jonah is a great testament of God's will always being done.  Jonah's will was to go away from Ninevah, but God caused him to go and do exactly what God wanted Jonah to do. 

Then, Jonah shows how man wants his enemy to be separated from God and for God not to show them mercy like God shows us. 

Then God gives Jonah some rest and comfort before he puts Jonah through another test of not having the shade and comfort that God did for Jonah.  God then says to Jonah, "So you have concern for the gourd and have love for the gourd that I supplied to you, but you have no love for several thousand people that do not know about the truth of God and are actually ignorant of God.

God is going to save everybody in the end even those that do not know "their left from the right" about God.  And he will do so simply because that is what God wants to do and it is above our understanding just as it was above Jonah's understanding.

God is awesome.
CIY

--- End quote ---

I agree that the book of Jonah is a great example of how God's will supercedes man's will.  It was not by Jonah's free will preaching that the Ninevites repented.  I would even be willing to bet Jonah gave a half hearted effort when he preached to them.  But they repented nonetheless.

I think Jonah also represents a great example of that carnal, self centered, prodigal son's older brother side that we all have in our flesh.

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