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Prophet Jonah

The document provides an overview of the biblical story of Jonah. It discusses [1] Jonah being called by God to preach in Nineveh but initially fleeing, [2] God intervening through a storm at sea and Jonah being swallowed by a large fish, and [3] Jonah going to Nineveh where the people repent at his preaching, much to his dismay. The document emphasizes that God calls people to serve others and brings blessing to all nations, not just Israel, through His prophets.

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Prophet Jonah

The document provides an overview of the biblical story of Jonah. It discusses [1] Jonah being called by God to preach in Nineveh but initially fleeing, [2] God intervening through a storm at sea and Jonah being swallowed by a large fish, and [3] Jonah going to Nineveh where the people repent at his preaching, much to his dismay. The document emphasizes that God calls people to serve others and brings blessing to all nations, not just Israel, through His prophets.

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PROPHET JONAH

By: Jansen R. Quinto


Old Testament II
CONTENT
1. Introduction
2. Jonah’s Call and Response
3. Jonah and God’s Blessing for all nations
4. God’s Care for those who respond to his Call
5. Reference
Introduction

JONAH’S SETTING IS
DIFFERENT FROM THE REST OF
THE TWELVE PROPHETS, BUT
NOT HIS THEOLOGY. 
Introduction THE UNIQUE CONTRIBUTIONS
OF THE BOOK OF JONAH ARE:
1.The focus on the prophet’s call and response;
and
2.the recognition that God is not working to
bless Israel against the other nations, but to
bless the other nations through Israel.
JONAH’S CALL AND RESPONSE (J
ONAH 1:1-17
)
• The Book of Jonah begins with a call from
God to the prophet (Jon. 1:1-2).

“The word of the Lord came to Jonah, the son


of Amittai.”
JONAH’S CALL AND RESPONSE
(JONAH 1:1-17)

• Foolishly, he attempts to flee the presence of


the Lord by taking a ship to foreign shores (
Jon. 1:3).
JONAH’S CALL AND RESPONSE (J
ONAH 1:1-17
)
• The purpose of a call from God is to serve
other people. Jonah’s call is for the benefit of
Nineveh. When he rejects God’s guidance,
not only do the people he was called to serve
languish, but the people surrounding him
suffer.
JONAH’S CALL AND RESPONSE (J
ONAH 1:1-17
)
•Breaking covenant with God has tangible
consequences, and the actions of
individuals always affect the community.
JONAH’S CALL AND RESPONSE (J
ONAH 1:1-17
)
•Only when Jonah offers to be thrown into
the sea—which the sailors reluctantly
accept—does the storm abate and the
danger to the community subside (
Jon. 1:12-15).
•In the Bible, God does indeed call people
—some people, at least—to particular
work, and gives all people various kinds
of guidance for their work. (Calling & Vocation
[Overview])
TO PONDER

• Imagine the good things we could do and the evil we


could avert when we respond to God’s invitation.
• God gave us skills and talents to be used for His
glory, yet we fail to return what is being asked to us.
• Jonah’s call and response is therefore a reminder for
all of us that when we escape from God,
consequences too are inevitable.
GOD’S BLESSING FOR ALL
NATIONS
(Jonah 1:16, 3:1-4:2)
GOD’S BLESSING FOR ALL NATIO
NS
• Although Jonah initially refuses to participate in
God’s blessing for his adversaries, in the end his
faithfulness to God overcomes his disobedience.
• Eventually he does warn Nineveh, and to his
dismay they respond passionately to his
message.
GOD’S BLESSING FOR ALL NATIO
NS
• “The people of Nineveh believed God” (
Jon. 3:5a) and “when God saw what they did,
how they turned from their evil ways, God
changed his mind about the calamity that he had
said he would bring upon them; and he did not
do it” (Jon. 3:10).
GOD’S BLESSING FOR ALL NATIO
NS
• This is dismaying to Jonah because he continues
to want to dictate the results of the work God
called him to. He wants punishment, not
forgiveness, for Ninevah. He judges the results
of his own work harshly (Jon. 4:5) and misses
out on the joy of others.
DO WE DO
THE SAME?
GOD’S BLESSING FOR ALL NATIO
NS
•On the ship, he acknowledges, “I worship
the Lord, the God of heaven” (Jon. 1:9) and
sacrifices himself for the sake of his
shipmates.
GOD’S BLESSING FOR ALL NATIO
NS
AS A RESULT THEY ARE SAVED FROM THE STORM,
AND MOREOVER, THEY BECOME FOLLOWERS OF
THE LORD. “THE MEN FEARED THE LORD EVEN
MORE, AND THEY OFFERED A SACRIFICE TO THE
LORD AND MADE VOWS” (JON. 1:16).
• By God’s power, our poor
service may accomplish
everything that God intends.
•We need to recognize God-given signs
in our lives; in every SACRAMENT
we received; in every person we
encounter; in every situation we are in;
everytime we open the Scripture God
is talking to us.
GOD’S CARE FOR
THOSE WHO RESP
OND TO HIS CALL
(JONAH 1:3,12-14, 17; 2:10; 4:3-8)
•It is true that responding to
God’s call may require great
sacrifice and hardship.
•Yet in Jonah’s case, the
hardship arises not from God’s
call, but from Jonah’s
disobedience to it.
THE TRUTH IS THAT
GOD IS ALWAYS
WORKING TO CARE
FOR AND COMFORT
JONAH.
•God sends a fish to save Jonah
from drowning (Jon. 1:17) and then
speaks to the fish to tell it to
expel Jonah back to dry land (
Jon. 2:10). 
•Even in the diminished form that
Jonah forces upon himself, they
show that God’s call to service is
also an invitation to blessing.
REFERENCES:

1. Bible Commentary / Produced by TOW Project (


https://www.theologyofwork.org/old-testament/the-twelve-prophets/jo
nah-and-gods-blessing-for-all-nations
)
2. https://
www.bible-commentaries.com/source/johnschultz/BC_Jonah.pdf
3. Bible

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