The main subject of this section is God's compassion, which is willingly bestowed upon the deserving. Whereas the previous section contained immediately present and observable threats to the very lives of the people involved, in this section it is merely Jonah's admonition that is required to turn the people of Nineveh back on to the path of righteousness. Upon hearing his words, even the king reduces himself to fasting and sackcloth, and requires the same turning to God of all the citizens and even the livestock that live within the city. This total devotion to God from a mere reminder of his due is enough to restore God's compassion and dissuade him from his punishments. The third section, comprised of the fourth and final chapter...
Jonah is first angered that the city of Nineveh will not be punished as God had threatened, and he is then angered by the loss of a vine that had grown to provide him shade. God points out that he had nothing to do with the vine's growth -- which only when Jonah had sat down -- or its death, which occurred a day later, therefore he had nor right to anger over the matter. This is a clear parallel to Jonah's feelings regarding the city, which are completely unwarranted because Jonah did not invest himself in the city's success or obedience to God. Questioning God is not Jonah's major sin; it is his anger.
You cannot hide the soul... I saw the traces of a simple, honest heart; and in his large, deep eyes, fiery black and bold, there seemed tokens of a spirit that would dare a thousand devils. And besides all this, there was a certain lofty bearing about the Pagan, which even his uncouthness could not altogether maim. He looked like a man who had never cringed and never had
Christian Spiritual Revival From the time of creation rivals have been the greatest force in history. Through revival human beings are brought out of darkness to live in the light. Revival in the Christian life is essentially a renewal of heart; a time of turning away from sin, which brings death, and a turning toward Jesus, who brings life. The word revival means to "live again," derived from two Latin roots
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight The Unattainable Chivalric Code Some Thoughts on Chivalry The chivalric code is a paradigm that is both poorly understood and was even more poorly applied, not because the code was not clearly written down and able to be transferred among the people who it applied to but because of its very confusing historical development and even more confusing codification. The Chivalric code grew out of the desire
Katherine Moriwaki An internationally respected artist and researcher, Katherine Moriwaki is currently a PhD candidate at Trinity College in Dublin. Her passion, her artistic and career drive, is the ongoing investigation of wearable fashions, networks, and the "experiential resonance of technologically mediated public space," according to her biographic materials presented on her Web site (www.kakirine.com). She is pursuing her doctorate in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, focusing on creative and
The two notions are not comprised in one definition, contrary to what is thought by all those who are confused, and there is nothing in common between the two except the name alone. The author relates this view to the realization that the goal of human existence is the attainment of the knowledge of God. It is through this knowledge that the secular and social world becomes to a great
The Scriptures also speak of dreams and prophesies which come through God's servant, delivering words of God's will to the people Though the preacher may not want to preach these words, like Jonah, he or she is commissioned to do so or he or she is no preacher. The Holy Spirit also is the comforter (John 14:16) and through the words of a preacher, God's people find relief and
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