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Jonah – The Enigmatic Prophet
The Great City In our last article we saw Jonah, saved from his horror of drowning, acknowledge God’s intention to include Gentiles in His purpose. He promises to offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and faithfully perform […]
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Jonah – The Enigmatic Prophet (3)
The Great Fish In chapter 2, the record returns to follow Jonah’s plight and most of the events described would have occupied about 3-5 minutes. On the surface, newly converted sailors are making sacrifice and […]
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Jonah –The Enigmatic Prophet (2)
The great storm Little is revealed about Jonah in Scripture outside the book that bears his name and the historical accounts and inferences meagrely scattered throughout the record. Jonah means ‘a dove’ and his father, […]
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Jonah – The Enigmatic Prophet (1)
Background Many of us would have pictured Jonah as a somewhat sulky individual known for hating gentiles and famous for trying to run away from God and being swallowed by a whale. We aim to […]
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