by dcaudillo | Jun 12, 2022 | Devotion, Jonah
Taking it In After Jonah starts teaching the Ninevites something crazy happens. Apparently, Jonah didn’t start at the top, because the king eventually hears either about Jonah’s message or something going on in the city, and is moved. While the rest of the public has... by dcaudillo | Jun 12, 2022 | Devotion, Jonah
Taking it In Today’s text doesn’t really make it clear what it’s referring to when it says that Nineveh was a “three days’ walk.” Nineveh was certainly a big place at the time but there’s no way it took that long to walk across the city. What is probably being... by dcaudillo | Jun 12, 2022 | Devotion, Jonah
Taking It In As we start chapter three, we see that Jonah is getting a second chance. As a Prophet of the Lord, Jonah has now received a word from God twice, and he is ready to listen. This second call from God is directing Jonah to go to Nineveh to share God’s... by dcaudillo | Jun 12, 2022 | Devotion, Jonah
Taking it In Jonah prays that his “life” is “ebbing away.” The word used for “life” here is the same used for “soul” and can also be rendered as “neck” or “throat.” If you notice, these are the main parts of our bodies that eat and drink. We see elsewhere in the Bible... by dcaudillo | Jun 5, 2022 | Devotion, Jonah
Taking it In Jonah uses vivid imagery and poetic language here to describe his experience in the waters. From the waters that came over his head to the sea weed that he got tangled in you get the picture that he felt, and indeed was, drowning before the fish swallowed... by dcaudillo | Jun 5, 2022 | Devotion, Jonah
Taking it In Finally, Jonah prays. The verb and the noun for prayer in Hebrew take their meaning from normal, everyday life as terms that apply to pleading with a judge who will make a decision in your favor, or at least that’s what you hope for. This almost reads as...
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