We’re now switching back to the Northern Kingdom of Israel, about 40 years before their destruction by Assyria. The capital city of Assyria is Nineveh.
READ Hosea 10:1-2, 6-7
Who does Hosea prophesy will
enslave Israel and kill its king?
READ Jonah 1:1-3
Why does the Lord command
Jonah to preach against the wicked Assyrians?
Why does Jonah flee to
Tarshish (in Spain, the furthest western point from Nineveh in the known
world)?
READ Jonah 1:4-5 ,7 ,10
What is the consequence of
Jonah’s fleeing from the Lord?
READ Jonah 1:11-15
Why do the sailors not want to
throw Jonah overboard?
What is the initial response
of the sailors?
Why are they not able to
extend mercy to Jonah?
READ Jonah 1:17 and Jonah
2:2-10
What happened to Jonah?
What does “I AM cast out of
thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple” mean?
READ Jonah 3:1-3
What did Jonah do when he
received the will of the Lord the second time?
READ Jonah 3:4-5 and 3:9-10
What was Jonah’s message to the
Assyrians?
How did the people of Nineveh
react to this prophet of their enemy declaring their coming destruction?
How did the Lord react to
their repentance?
READ Jonah 4:1-5
How did Jonah react to the
Lord’s mercy?
Why had Jonah really gone to
Nineveh?
READ Jonah 4:11
Should not the Lord spare
Nineveh – is it “just” to save them?
Does Jonah “deserve” to be
saved?
What is justice?
What is mercy?
What is grace?
What do you need to do to
deserve mercy?
What is Jonah’s refusal to
allow God’s mercy for Nineveh?
READ Matthew 18:32-35
How must Jonah forgive Nineveh
its trespasses against him?
Alternatively, what sins are
Jonah committing against Nineveh?
Why does the Book of Jonah end
with an open question – “should not I spare Nineveh?”
What is the biggest deterrent
to our own salvation: failing to extend mercy to those who have sinned against
us or forgetting the mercy that others have extended to us when we have sinned
against them?
What is the chiasm in the Book
of Jonah?
What is the true point of the
story of Jonah?
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