Hello, Daniel. Jona might just be an example of a failed or unbalanced journey, a desire to return to the food pots of Egypt if you will. At the end he basically stated that all he did was for naught, because the outcome was predetermined in his mind, it was a failure on his part to learn and grow, even with his "rebirth". The city is a big problem, and it got "fixed" using aggressive methodology, the small pebble that is Jona, did not. Sack cloth, like the camel hair of John the Baptist, is rough stuff, rubbing you raw within hours, and dousing yourself in ashes is hardcore, once you remember how soap was made. Adding a dry fast onto that... All you can do is sit and stew in misery, since if you work/sin you actually worsen your condition. I think in Leviticus it states that if you fast and go into the fields, you will surely die. So, failed/unbalanced journey, with an admonition to have some humility,( It makes me think how reborn Christians and recovering addicts act.) It may even have been a starter fable, written by an aspirant, or to teach the young. As an aside, my Mandela effect brain had remembered that Jona refused to go because they were his enemies, and they would surely kill him for the insult of his words, which is why he passed through just once, delivering the message with the least amount of effort and then chose a spot to view the smiting.
Heya, Stone'o, Haven't heard from you in a while. It's great to hear from you again. My channel is so dead that I'm going to make a video to reply to this if that's okay with you. I can pretend like I have someone to talk to and that helps me out at this stage of my seeking and revealing.
Hello, Daniel.
Jona might just be an example of a failed or unbalanced journey, a desire to return to the food pots of Egypt if you will.
At the end he basically stated that all he did was for naught, because the outcome was predetermined in his mind, it was a failure on his part to learn and grow, even with his "rebirth".
The city is a big problem, and it got "fixed" using aggressive methodology, the small pebble that is Jona, did not.
Sack cloth, like the camel hair of John the Baptist, is rough stuff, rubbing you raw within hours, and dousing yourself in ashes is hardcore, once you remember how soap was made. Adding a dry fast onto that...
All you can do is sit and stew in misery, since if you work/sin you actually worsen your condition.
I think in Leviticus it states that if you fast and go into the fields, you will surely die.
So, failed/unbalanced journey, with an admonition to have some humility,( It makes me think how reborn Christians and recovering addicts act.)
It may even have been a starter fable, written by an aspirant, or to teach the young.
As an aside, my Mandela effect brain had remembered that Jona refused to go because they were his enemies, and they would surely kill him for the insult of his words, which is why he passed through just once, delivering the message with the least amount of effort and then chose a spot to view the smiting.
Heya, Stone'o, Haven't heard from you in a while. It's great to hear from you again.
My channel is so dead that I'm going to make a video to reply to this if that's okay with you. I can pretend like I have someone to talk to and that helps me out at this stage of my seeking and revealing.