The Book of Jonah

It is believed that the fifth Prophet of the little Prophet lived during the reign of Jeroboam II when the kingdom divided. (Locker, 198 years) Jonah is short, only 2.5 pages, but it is not lacking in the theme. Due to too many topics, it is difficult to classify them or to decide on key information. (Anchor 936 and New Interpretation 490) These themes include escape, prayer, second chance, anger, and sympathy and compassion of God to name a few. Each topic above relates to Jonah, so I will briefly explain below.

Jonah, and Jonas' book also have about a fifth of the books of the Old Testament which are named in the Jewish classic book 12, bearing the name of a small prophet. Unlike the other prophecies of the Old Testament, Jonah is not a gathering of the prophets, but mainly about the story of this person. Jonah was drawn as a stubborn prophet, escaping the call of God, predicted the evil of Nineveh. According to the poetry at the beginning, Jonah is a child of Amitai. With this lineage, he and Jona came as stated in the 2nd King 14: 25 which was predicted during the reign of Jeroboam II around 785 BC. Some of the traditional materials handed down by this book may have been associated with Jonah in the early days, but the current format of the book reflects the later work.

One of the books I rediscovered this year is Jonah. As one of the best books for children in the Bible, Jonah has more to do with children's adaptation. Most of us explain Jonah as a passive prophet at this Sunday school, calling on foreign cities to preach God, trying to escape from what he called a mission, and finally " A big fish ". After encountering the fish, Jonah noticed that he was unable to escape the will of God and went to Nineveh. However, for young children, most "Jonah and whale" stories completely omit the fourth and last chapter of the book. If we can abandon all the people swallowed by big fish and change their mind, the last chapter is where Jonah is really interesting.

Jonah was the central figure of Jonah and God told him to go to Nineveh to prophesy against it, but Jonah tried to escape from the "presence of the Lord" by going to Jaffa ( Sometimes Joppa or Jopo) and sailed to him. A huge storm happened and crews noticed that it was not an ordinary storm and found lots of things and learned that Jonah should be condemned. Jonah acknowledged this and pointed out that the storm would stop if he was thrown out of the ship. Seafarers refused to do so, but their efforts all failed, eventually they were forced to throw Jonah out of the boat. As a result, the storm calmed down and the crews sacrificed God. Jonah was saved miraculously by being swallowed by a big fish, and in his stomach he spent three days and three nights. Among the big fish, Jonah prayed to God in suffering, thanked and devoted himself to paying all that he swore.