The last thing we need is a bunch of trans and homophobes thinking they are doing something by attacking the LGBT community. For Right-Wingers is better to do nothing, because they are stupid, and trust me you don't want stupid people thinking "justice" is on their side.
Here’s something that can change your way of life or thinking. This is the most important thing you will hear/read today. If you’ve told one lie, stolen anything, or lusted (which is adultery of the heart), you’ll be found guilty on Judgment Day and end up in Hell. But there’s good news: Though we broke God’s Law, Jesus, the prophesied Messiah, perfectly kept the Law, fulfilling all righteousness. He paid the fine for sinners ( that we could never pay ) by suffering and dying on the cross-absorbing the wrath of God that we deserve. “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.” Then Jesus rose from the dead and was seen by hundreds of eyewitnesses. Today, repent and trust Jesus; God will grant you forgiveness and the gift of eternal life. God bless God bless ❤❤
yeah except that him going there and telling them would have done absolutely nothing. Why god would come up with such a ridiculous task and then penalize him for not doing it is beyond me.
Actually, the story of Jonah goes deeper than that: The reason Jonah disobeyed God wasn’t because he was terrified of speaking to an entire city living in sin. It was because he knew if he spoke the Word of God to them, they would repent - and Jonah wanted God to condemn them. So he disobeyed. The storm comes, the people ask who’s fault is this, Jonah admits to his fault and tells the pagans to throws him overboard. The pagans refuse, but to save their own lives, they asked the God of Jonah for forgiveness for throwing an innocent man overboard. To save Jonah from drowning, God sends the fish swallows him. Jonah comes to his senses and repents. The fish spits him out in the land of Nineveh, the place God originally told Him to go. Jonah preaches, then leaves the city to see what happens. As Jonah waits the heat of the sun becomes too much to bear so God grows a tree to cover him. Then later on a worm eats the leaves and Jonah became so indignant for the life of the tree, how it died so soon. Then God speaks to Jonah and points out how he became so upset and compassionate for losing the tree that he neither planted nor cultivated, yet how much more should the Lord have compassion on all the people and animals in Nineveh who are suffering under the weight of their own sin. It’s an interesting story because the main character, the prophet Jonah, seems like the antagonist of his own story as well. How very much like our own lives. And yet the Lord has compassion and mercy upon all, even calling the disobedient to help others struggling to see the light, that they might receive new life.
Thank you! I feel like JP is not really talking about the story of jonah in an accurate manner what so ever. Glad someone else knows their bible better
No that's not true either. See my above comment. If Jonah had that kind of mentality, he would not have been chosen in the first place. He DID however feel disgruntled over the fact that God had mercy on them. God then disciplined him for that poor attitude.
@@UltimateWaifuXD What about the ones that are sacrificing their children to Molek and they play the drums loud so the parents may not hear their children screaming when they sizzle to death? Would you say that those people are evil and deserve to be wiped out, no?
@@proximityclockworkx1572 Of course not! That's the same logic that every dictator that commits genocides uses; that the people they were killing were evil and deserved to be wiped out. That's how we get tragedies like the Holocaust or the Rape of Nanking or the Trail of Tears or the Armenian Genocide.
Jonah told the sailors to throw him into the sea. They did Not want to do it. when they could no longer delay, they did it. With great respect, JP, details matter.
Yeah, the details do matter. Jonah hated the Ninevites because of the evils they did to his people. He would have rejoiced in their destruction which was another reason he went the opposite way. His defiance to God both figuratively and literally brought Jonah to the bowels of hell. It was only by the grace of God and that Ninevah was given the opportunity to repent. A more apt example would have been the King of Israel Saul. He was commanded to destroy the Amalekites along with their livestock. He did not and allowed his army to take their spoils. This action caused the kingdom and the spirit of God to be rent from him. Soon after another spirit came onto Saul one that David helped soothe with the playing of the harp. Saul never had peace after that. You could make the claim that his existence was a hell of its own.
@@ShahrulNizam-zm7ni I get that he was summarizing! But... It's NOT a true summary... if the details of the summary are wrong... The details change the motives of the characters and thus the message of the parable! 1) The sailors didn't come up with the idea to throw Jonah overboard... Jonah DID! The sailors weren't plotting to murder Jonah to save themselves... Jonah TOLD them to throw him overboard! 2) Jonah choose not to go to Nineveh because he HATED them... NOT because they were a big city! Jonah disobeyed God out of hatred not out of fear! In this case... it was an incorrect summary. JP should have stated... Jonah went the opposite direction because he hated Nineveh and wanted to see them destroyed! and... Jonah told the sailors to throw himself overboard to save the sailors!
@@onestoptechnologies7305 I agree with your point bro, some people might get the wrong information if they never read about Jonah's story. But if he includes all the correct details is not going to be 1 minute. That is all my point.
What man wouldn't admin he's wrong infront of God? Like was he seriously like nah y'all gonna have to throw me off this boat cos I'm not owning up to nothn
One thing to note is at the end of the chapter Jonah states the reason why he didn’t want to go. I recommend everyone read it, I opener on forgiveness and mercy of God on evil people. By the way, historically during Jonah’s time, Babylonians would beat in the skulls of women as they raped them. So you have context of the hatred Jonah had for them.
It was definitely Assyria, due to location, even God himself said “Woe to the Assyrian, the rod of my anger” - Isaiah 10:5 KJV Assyria was a conquering nation that literally destroyed every city it went against.
It was Jonah who told the sailors to throw him off the boat showing great courage, humility and repentance because he had disobeyed. The meaning behind the story of Jonah is that he was being taught a lesson in compassion and empathy and this revealed God’s own attitude to the Ninevites in that despite their deplorable, cruel and violent ways he was prepared to give them the opportunity to turn things round ❤
And don't forget God was so compassionate he sent a tree to grow and give shade to Jonah after he was super butthurt about Nineveh repenting. God even mentioned the number of animals in Nineveh. He wanted to spare the ANIMALS and it makes you think, wow.
It's also about the moral disparage between Jonah and the people, the sailers the first thing they do In the storm is pray to gods, and Jonah stays asleep, they ask Jonah do you have idea why this storm is happening , reluctantly they throw him over and then realise the truth about Jonah and his god recognizing the one true God. When he survived and gets to ninivah, he preaches a 5 word sermon, you will all die (basically) with no way to reach god or repent, dispite this the people repent and believe in God , this annoys Jonah so he goes off to die. He cannot cope with the idea of redemption for anyone, he is the holy man , but yet these people believe in God! They understand forgiveness and what god's grace is. It's the warning against us being righteous when we ourselves are not being truly righteous, when we cast dispersions on others , but don't look deeply at our clear failures
The reason Jonah despised Nineveh was because they are an extremelly degenerate and violent people. Believe me, you also wouldn't want then to be saved, but God's mercy knows no limits
@@Rivershield yes I understand that, but that's the almost comedic affect of the story, even the animals repent , dispite his best efforts god forgives to those people. And does an entire nation own a dictators acts? It's the idea of grace and redemption. The polemic that plays out is radical grace against hard hearted people. The hard hearted person is Jonah, he constantly disobeys God but the heathens they instantly become righteous. I think it sets up beautifully for the new testament dynamic against the pharisees against Jesus, except Jesus is sinless . Jonah has so much success but his holiness is so much that he is angry at God, for his forgiveness Also I know the ninivites skinned people alive as well as sawed them in half, but it's a story of gods character
@@tobybigham4196no some people should be judges and punished .. only god can judge me is a fairytale. In reality we are judged constantly. And if someone did a horrible crime we will judge him and put him behind bars.
@@kouhanailana3884 Reading comprehension was not something you did well with back in the 2nd grade? I feel so sorry for you kid! "Life is hard. It really hard when you are dumb!" Most of your teachers....
The reason for Jonah not to want to preach is not because there were many people. But rather because he said, "I know you're a merciful God, and you will forgive them." And that's the reason he did not want to preach because he knew God would forgive them.
He only said that once God spared the city. Prior that, Jonah actually thinks that God will destrot the city and Jonah was just there to warn them. Jonah was afraid to incite judgement from God upon the Ninevites because Ninevah is the capital of Assyria at that time and Assyria is notorious for being cruel and utilized skinning alive and other torture methods to anyone who opposed them. Imagine going to Moscow to shout for 30 days with a megaphone in the Red Square that the US will nuke the shit out of the city. You'd be scared too.
It's not that Jonah was afraid to tell the Ninevites they were wrong, the real reason he didn't want to go was bc he knew that if he prophesied their destruction (as God had said to do), they WOULD repent and God would forgive them. Jonah HATED the Ninevites, he WANTED them to DIE so of course he didn't want to go prophesy and have them repent
The KJV Bible is God's only true word. The others are pegan Vatican copies that they try to remove Jesus' Godhood and a great many other misleading things. Very sneaky, low down things. I only say this so that one can get the proper version of the story, and if one is saved, one will have understanding from the Holy Spirit. The KJV Bible is the only book where the author is there every time you read it. But heave your heart right, or it's just going to be a book to you. Sorry...He is God and He makes the rules. Best go get the proper rule book and have a look see!
There are a lot of lessons from Jonah- God loved the folks of Nineveh despite their sins and gave them a chance to repent. God had a purpose for Jonah. God invites us and is patient, God is sovereign and providential. God is Creator. God is Love, and that’s just a few lessons
Some additional details to this are: -Jonah was a prophet of God, not just "minding his own business" -The fish/whale was also efficient transportation to Nineveh -The effect of being in the fish/whale for that period of time changed the color of Jonah's skin lending credibility to him - how he got there and the message he brought.
@frp1276 While it may be easy to dismiss it as fiction based on one's limited understanding of the possible, but if you actually research it, like others who are smarter than myself have, the evidence stacks up in favor of it being an actual event.
Yea the Assyrians!! I was reading comments like does anybody know? The Assyrians God use as a Iron Rod to discipline Israel (according to Iasiah). Jonah wanted justice. The Assyrians did repent but later went back to their ways and God destroyed them. The Assyrian were a very vicious people.
Jonah prays a prayer of praise and thanksgiving in the belly of the fish, which then "vomited Jonah onto dry land." The end of the prayer (Jonah 2:8-9): “Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from God’s love for them. But I, with shouts of grateful praise, will sacrifice to you. What I have vowed I will make good. I will say, ‘Salvation comes from the Lord.’”
Yeah but in the end they repented. Its actually funny-tragic. After he again said no then he went to sit down by a tree for it had shadow. Then God withered the tree and Jonah said why did you do that God? And god said "you are mad because of a dead tree yet you want me to lose all of my children in that city" and jonah went and saved them because they repented in the end. Repent people repent because we are worse than them today
@tikkiu7345 you know we are in the end times when someone says repent along with a heart warming story about God's forgiveness and a prick says "speak for your self" to be edgy💀 Have a nice one, also repent it's good for you
@tikkiu7345 oh OK you are a protestant and just called Christ the most horrible thing. But now you just fulfilled a prophecy of Christ "if the called Mr belsebuub so they will call you too" You say you are sinless? That you need no God no more? I am an orthodox Christian ☦️ and salvation is won everyday. "If you don't drink my blood and eat my flesh there is no place for you in the kingdom of heaven" You made your choice and called my God the devil. If you don't repent for this blasphemy saying you can't sin anymore you are worse than the devil and I am sorry for you and that you got tricked
@tikkiu7345 it's fascinating to me that protestants are so caught up by the devil they are so afraid to repent for their sins. Only God has no sin, even the saints sin but you might be more than a Saint or even God simply because you accepted Jesus but what did Jesus say mf? Repent always. Not only you deny Christs word but you use him for salvation and then calling him the devil. You truly are guided by blind guides and you deserve hell two times as them....
Yes, you are right. He didn't do the opposite. He told them about the disaster which is coming for what they did and after that he left. He thought he had paid his dues. His fault was to leave without asking God. It is from islam
@@matematikadarslari_UA-camit’s not from Islam it’s from Judaism. He told them to repent but when they actually did & God spared them he was angry with God because he wanted them wiped out
@@matematikadarslari_UA-cam WRONG. We're not talking about islame we're talking about the Holy Bible. Namely, a story in The Old Testament. Point Blank Period.
And also verses 13 and 14. 13 being one that... to be a little fair to Mr. Peterson, many people forget; where the sailors initially tried to sail back to land, but still weren't making any progress in the storm so at last they decided to toss Jonah. And 14 where they begged to God, to both spare them from suffering for Jonah's actions and not judge them for what they're about to do. (both verses showing the sailors had remorse for what they had to do to Jonah, and it wasn't a "well, off ya go" attitude)
Yahusha told officials of the Sanhidran they were an adulterous generation seeking after a sign from himself to them to prove that he was their Messiah. Yehusha's response to their demand was"no sign shall be given you except the sign of Jonah." Now what do you suppose the Lord was referring to?
@@skelter1153 Luke 11: 38-41 38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. 39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: 40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
My conclusion: Jonas died in the belly of that fish/whale. The parallel is clearly articulated by the Lord himself! Three days was Jonas in a whale's belly (dead) and it will also be true for Messiah but in the heart of the Earth. One was given life again by the Holy Spirit and one was raised from the dead by himself. This was the only sign provided as evidence of exactly who Yehusha is. Jonas' experience was a shadow, a prophetic example of what God would do to fulfill his own promises!
I grew up going to Christian schools and always had a problem with my teachers telling me everything in the Bible is a fact but couldn’t explain most of it. It wasn’t until I was an adult that I learned most of the stories are more like parables with a plethora of little messages inside of bigger messages and now I really love the biblical poetry 😊
And the sailors, upon hearing that, didn't jump to throwing him over, but tried to sail back first (c1 v13), only throwing Jonah when nothing else was working, and even then while asking God to not judge them for doing it (v14).
Good summary with the exception that the captian & crew didn’t want to throw Jonah overboard. They tried everything in their power to save him without throwing him overboard. It was Jonah who told them to throw him overboard or they would perish. Jonah knew what had to be done & willingly did it.
Jonah essentially threw himself overboard. And you forgot that he was In the belly for “3 days” (foreshadow to Jesus) before he was spat up at Nineveh. He preached…and they repented and God saved them from destruction! More about the redemption than the deciding to be quiet. Also about how God later fulfilled both the law and the prophets.
A key part of this story Jordan gets mixed up here is that Jonah was the one who insisted he be thrown overboard. The crew even tried to row ashore with him aboard, but it didn't work.
And also that Jonah didn't want to go to Nineveh not because he was scared of the Ninevites, but because the Hebrews/Jews hated them and *wanted* God to destroy them. That's why Jonah went to an overlook of the city in Chapter 4: he was still hoping for his own desired outcome, not God's will for those people. But back to your comment, yes, the sailors only threw Jonah overboard when nothing else was working, and even then begged God to not judge them for what they were about to do.
Jonah wasn't intimidated by the size of the city. He had political prejudice against the Assyrians. He actually says that he was afraid God would be merciful to them. It was like a republican being told to go tell San Francisco to wise. Or a Democrat being sent to a republican city.
One of the many aspects of the story of Jonah that is so great is that, many blaspheme God or deny his ways but He gives the wicked a fair chance to repent and turn from their ways. In the end no one will be able to say God wasn’t fair, he gave the chance and option for the wicked of the wickest, so gain mercy and forgiveness, even when they don’t deserve it (just as Jonah felt). God is the One True God of justice but he is also The One True God of Love and He so loved the world that he ended up giving his only begotten Son so that we may have eternal life in forgiveness if our sin by the precious blood of His holy child, Jesus the Christ, The Lord and Savior of all.
I think it's more along the lines listen to and act in a manner that represents God or face the consequences which is being deserted and sinking into depths of despair where you will meet your fate.
Biblically speaking, Jonah was asleep below deck as this storm hit and he was approached by the Captain "Ship Master" and told Jonah to get up and pray to his God that God may hear him and spare them, (as all of them did to their own gods) and they casted lots (many versions of this, to name a few, Throwing dice, using broken pottery with names on it, drawing straws etc....) And it landed on Jonah, to which the men questioned Jonah about where he came from, who his people where and why he was there and Jonah came clean and expressed that he was running from God because he did not want to do the job God called him to do out of fear. Even though he had handled messaged from the Lord and seen His mighty works he still laqued faith that God would protect him. Jonah told the men, Jonah 1:12 "And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you." And the men had compassion for Jonah and tried to row to land but was unable to. So they cried to Jonah's God and asked to be spared because of their innocence in the matter and did as Jonah told them and the Sea calmed.
Not only a true story but a perfect analogy of people doing the right thing. If you sit back and say nothing when you know right from wrong than nothing good will become of it and evil along with destruction will come about.
The sailors cast lots to see who God was angry with. And at the end of the story Jonah gets angry with God, because he didn’t say what God told him to say, and because the people repented God didn’t destroy them. God told Jonah to say repent or God will destroy you. Jonah said God is going to destroy you.
This is incrediby concise and largely accurate. Jonah later carried out his mission and then sat at the edge of Nineveh expecting them not to repent and waiting to watch God destroy them.
You say "swallowed" I say "it doesn't look like anything to me". But I got your point, there are matters to be dealt with, because those matters are me!
What about the part when he was given a second chance? I get where Peterson is going with it, and I think he's right, but there is more to the story than just that. There are more lessons to be gleaned from the book of Jonah.
The second chance was up to Jonah. And thats the thing. Your second chance is a second chance to do what you were purposed to do from the beginning. That is where many people fall short. They refuse the beckoning of what deep down they know is right, and their mind, body and surroundings revolt against them until what ought to be done, is rectified and accomplished. What you fail to pursue, then pursues you. Even into the depths of the sea.
@@jasmineelfiky1410As real as Santa or Narnia. It's hilarious how you people believe that there's a being higher than humans just because you've read it in an almost 2000 year old book written by *humans* 😂😂😂
Sure, it’s 2000 years old. But it’s still true. And it’s physically written by men, but inspired by God. How else could you explain prophecy? In the book of Daniel, it goes into detail about Alexander the Great and his aftermath. This was written before him.
Jonah knew that God was sending him to Nineveh because He is merciful and compassionate. The Assyrians were a particularly brutal people and Jonah wanted to see them destroyed rather than to repent and be spared. The rest of the story, as Paul Harvey would say, is an amazing tale of God’s provision, long suffering, and mercy, to those who do not deserve it (ie. Everyone… for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God).
Amazing story... to add on the slightly missing part there... Jonas disobedience threatened the lives of innocent men too... classic example of choose your friends wisely.
He also left out (or forgot) that Jonah really didn't want to go to Nineveh because he actively wanted all the Ninevites to die, not because he was daunted by the task. Important lessons there about being so caught up in yourself and your own perspective that you can't see the bigger picture. And I guess, going back to the sailors, a small lesson in "your actions affect way more than just you; think about the impact your decisions can have" Really, a lot to be gleaned from this book.
@@insulttothehumanrace3807 I slightly disagree with the part that he wanted the Ninevites to die. The reason he didn't want to go was that he thought to himself what use is he to the God that knows everything and can tell the outcomes of things before they even happen. It was a matter of self doubt more than anything else. And another note worthy lesson I believe is being honest with one's self.
Jordan, don't forget that not only was this a good lesson, but the actual events took place and wasn't just a story. God's omnipotence is always multi-faceted and limitless. Also, you have reached millions with some truths everyone needs to here. Shift your focus to Jesus. All will listen
Jonah did not want to go to Nineveh to warn them because Nineveh was an enemy. He wanted Nineveh to be destroyed. He knew God is merciful. And he knew God would spare them if they repented.
Nineveh was a large Assyrian city. Jonah hated the Assyrians and he wanted nothing to do with them. The Assyrians were a brutal people. I am sure that you have heard expression: "I'm going to skin you alive!". That saying came about from the brutal treatment that awaited the enemys of Assyria.
I once heard a great sermon on Jonah by Sinclair Ferguson at the St. Georg’s Tron Kirk in Glasgow in the 1980s. Jonah volunteered to be thrown off the ship. God was very gentle with Jonah the whole time.
Once, during Holy Mass, a priest explained that passage. What he said is hereby reported: At the time God commissioned Jonah to visit and convert Ninive, the city was comparable to modern day Islamic State against Catholics and Christians. That explains why Jonah was so scared and why he rejected the mission. The three days inside the whale's womb symbolise (1) the three days Lord Jesus spent buried and among the dead and (2) that God makes the impossible, possible, (3) that it is better to succomb to God's wills than to succomb to people's hatred.
Jonah actually told Them to throw himself overboard... "...Jon 1:12 And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you..."
The next part of the story is even more interesting. He does end up going there, because he gets a second chance. He does his job and tells the people how they will be punished by god for their disobedience and general disgusting behavior (read up on the history of Nineveh if you're curious, it's not pretty). But then, against all odds, the king repents and persuades the city to repent as well. So God decides to spare the city and postpone his judgement. So Jonah would be happy about that, right? Wrong. He sits there, just outside the city, looking down at the city that just got spared. And he's pissed off. He feels like a fool. There he was, walking days on end, telling everyone what was going to happen to the city and now nothing's going to occur? Now Jonah looks like a fool! So he ends up sulking, all frustrated about something that should be a good thing. So yeah, he ends up being corrected once more by God for that, although a bit less flashy and severe this time, lol. There's a lot of lessons in this story if you really take the time to think about it.
Everyone covered the fact that they didn’t want to throw him overboard at first until he himself actually insisted. But I’d like to add that the city of Nineveh was also known for LOVING war and killing. They were the bloodiest country known to earth at the time. So it wasn’t just the amount of people he was afraid of. It was their treatment towards those they defeated he really feared
Thank you for pointing that out. Also worth noting that, when Jonah did preach to them of their wrongdoings and they repented, chapter 4 verse 1 tells us that Jonah was *angry* that this happened. Jonah wanted them all dead, for the reasons you listed out here. His initial refusal wasn't just out of fear, but out of hatred.
U will bend the knee as will we all ,if this happens to u called apon to deliver a message ur blessed deliver the message and u shall be deliver to God ❤
This one was surprising, for how much he got wrong. It's only 4 chapters, it takes 10 minutes to read! Jonah fled from God because he knew God intended to have mercy on Ninevah (whom Jonah hated), not because he was afraid of the Ninevites. And it was Jonah's idea to be thrown overboard, the sailors were extremely reluctant to do so, they did all they could to avoid it and only complied when their strength was spent - even then, they did it with a sacrifice and vows to God, along with a plea for mercy, since they had only shed innocent blood because of the storm God sent. Then Jonah spent 3 days in the belly of the whale, which was a prophetic symbol of the 3 days Christ would spend in the grave. Also the last bit is very important, the part where he sits under the plant and gets angry when it withers.
Notice how Jonah repenting and doing what God told him to do was left out of this short...? And fear wasn't part of the equation for Jonah; it was contempt for people who he felt DESERVED condemnation and punishment. There's a good lesson in this story though. So, in that regard, I suppose I'm glad it was brought up.... We need to remember to have compassion for the lost if we're going to have any chance of reaching them with The Lifeline.
The ninevites repented when receiving the word of the Lord from the prophet. What did Jonah do? Climbed up a hill waiting for God to destroy them, not caring that the ninevites repented. Jonah should not be known for his struggle to give the word of the Lord, but rather for his disobedience to God and his hatred for a race of people that chose to repent. Jonah is the worst example of a prophet in the old testament.
You can tell he's unsaved because it ends with "and you wish you would have drowned." That's not at all how it ends. "And God spoke to Jonah a second time." That is the story of Jonah.
I hate that an atheist would look at this through the frame of "magic man in the sky barking orders". As an atheist even I can see this through the lens of: "God is the thing within you that tells you what is right, and calls you out to do something meaningful. If you don't do it then hell is the result, not a magic place of fire and evil" It is like people forget these stories have meaning and symbolism, refined throughout human history. These stories survived the test of time because they are IMPORTANT
The issue is that people claim that these are not just stories and fables teaching morals, but instead they claim what's written is what actually happened.
The whale saved his life 😢 God gave him three days To show not only Jonah but as he can gives us temporary serious punishments Just so we fulfill what he had asked of us because if you are chosen for a role no one in the world can do it the way you would Because that's why God chose you specifically for it❤
He forgot to say that God gives Jonah three days to think about his unwise behaviour, after which the ‘whale’ spits him out near Nineveh so he can do what God told him to do in the first place. The three days in the belly of then whale prefigures Jesus’ death and resurrection. Love and All Good Things, Jesse.🌹
Jonah wanted Nineveh to be destroyed. He wasn't afraid of the wrath of the Ninevites. He was afraid of the forgiveness of God. Jonah didn't want Ninevah to be forgiven.
Wow! This was a pitiful summation of Jonah! The sailors did not say we have to throw Jonah over board, but desperately tried to get the boat to shore. When they could not get to shore they begged God not hold them guilty for throwing Jonah into the sea. THEN they threw Jonah into the sea.
Jonah was exactly like the Brother of The Prodigal Son. If you read his story in The Holy Bible, he knew God was sending him to warn Ninevah that destruction was coming lest they Repent and turn back to their God (Yahweh) and him being Self-righteous was upset by the fact that people who were living in obvious Debauchery were being given another chance. Instead of celebrating God's Grace & Mercy, he loathed it. I had the same Self-righteousness having been raised in a very strict Christian upbringing. You live righteously all your Life, and someone else lives for Satan, but in the process of dying they TRULY Repent, accepts Jesus as Lord & Savior, and they get to enter Heaven? How is that fair? Then God reminded me He gives the same Grace and Mercy I ask for myself everyday to others bc He is no respector of persons. He is truly Merciful! Praise His Name!!! 🥺🙏🏾✝️🛐
The Bible never says that Jonah is worried about the size of the city. Jonah says he doesn't want to go to Nineveh, because he knows that God is merciful. Jonah wanted Assyria to be judged by God, and he knew that if God sent him, then they repented, God would withhold the destruction that Jonah wanted for them. Also, it says that there were 120,000 children, so there were way more people than just 120,000. I really appreciate Dr. Peterson's work, but one should really get a firm grasp on the plain meaning of the text, before searching for hidden meanings.
It’s actually a story about a very self-righteous person, whom the Lord has compassion for, in addition to the Ninevites.. Jonah was perfectly fine with the Ninevites being wiped off the face of the planet. He was angry at the Lord’s compassion towards the Ninevites; he admits that he ran away to Tarshish to forestall the Lord’s compassion. “When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented and did not bring on them the destruction he had threatened. But to Jonah this seemed very wrong, and he became angry. He prayed to the Lord, “Isn’t this what I said, Lord, when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall by fleeing to Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity. Now, Lord, take away my life, for it is better for me to die than to live.” But the Lord replied, “Is it right for you to be angry?”
Jonah knew God would save them and he did not want God to save them But God showed Jonah that GOD loves those people ( just a little extra in the story)
I believe the Ninevites worshipped a part man part fish idol named Dagon so seeing Jonah wash up on shore from a big fish would’ve given his message more credibility that he was sent from an even higher power.
“And you can also commit injustice by doing nothing.” - Marcus Aurelius.
The last thing we need is a bunch of trans and homophobes thinking they are doing something by attacking the LGBT community.
For Right-Wingers is better to do nothing, because they are stupid, and trust me you don't want stupid people thinking "justice" is on their side.
Here’s something that can change your way of life or thinking. This is the most important thing you will hear/read today.
If you’ve told one lie, stolen anything, or lusted (which is adultery of the heart), you’ll be found guilty on Judgment Day and end up in Hell. But there’s good news: Though we broke God’s Law, Jesus, the prophesied Messiah, perfectly kept the Law, fulfilling all righteousness. He paid the fine for sinners ( that we could never pay ) by suffering and dying on the cross-absorbing the wrath of God that we deserve. “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.” Then Jesus rose from the dead and was seen by hundreds of eyewitnesses. Today, repent and trust Jesus; God will grant you forgiveness and the gift of eternal life. God bless God bless ❤❤
We are all guilty of the good we did not do.
yeah except that him going there and telling them would have done absolutely nothing.
Why god would come up with such a ridiculous task and then penalize him for not doing it is beyond me.
@@jrmartinez1354I think its a beautiful addition when people like you take the time to write all you did ! God Bless you
Actually, the story of Jonah goes deeper than that:
The reason Jonah disobeyed God wasn’t because he was terrified of speaking to an entire city living in sin.
It was because he knew if he spoke the Word of God to them, they would repent - and Jonah wanted God to condemn them.
So he disobeyed.
The storm comes, the people ask who’s fault is this, Jonah admits to his fault and tells the pagans to throws him overboard.
The pagans refuse, but to save their own lives, they asked the God of Jonah for forgiveness for throwing an innocent man overboard.
To save Jonah from drowning, God sends the fish swallows him.
Jonah comes to his senses and repents.
The fish spits him out in the land of Nineveh, the place God originally told Him to go.
Jonah preaches, then leaves the city to see what happens.
As Jonah waits the heat of the sun becomes too much to bear so God grows a tree to cover him.
Then later on a worm eats the leaves and Jonah became so indignant for the life of the tree, how it died so soon.
Then God speaks to Jonah and points out how he became so upset and compassionate for losing the tree that he neither planted nor cultivated, yet how much more should the Lord have compassion on all the people and animals in Nineveh who are suffering under the weight of their own sin.
It’s an interesting story because the main character, the prophet Jonah, seems like the antagonist of his own story as well.
How very much like our own lives.
And yet the Lord has compassion and mercy upon all, even calling the disobedient to help others struggling to see the light, that they might receive new life.
Thank you! I feel like JP is not really talking about the story of jonah in an accurate manner what so ever. Glad someone else knows their bible better
No that's not true either. See my above comment. If Jonah had that kind of mentality, he would not have been chosen in the first place. He DID however feel disgruntled over the fact that God had mercy on them. God then disciplined him for that poor attitude.
Excellent summary. Jonah’s sin of disobedience was no greater than the immorality of Nineveh.
Wow !!!
Yes.
“Evil only prevails when good men do nothing”
Just what we are told to do now... tolerate evil.
Always speak up for what's right!
Evil will prevail for a time no matter what we do but good will win out in the end. Bible main thing is to be on the winning side. JOHN 3:16
Pretty sure committing genocide on 120,000 people counts as evil.
@@UltimateWaifuXD What about the ones that are sacrificing their children to Molek and they play the drums loud so the parents may not hear their children screaming when they sizzle to death? Would you say that those people are evil and deserve to be wiped out, no?
@@proximityclockworkx1572 Of course not! That's the same logic that every dictator that commits genocides uses; that the people they were killing were evil and deserved to be wiped out. That's how we get tragedies like the Holocaust or the Rape of Nanking or the Trail of Tears or the Armenian Genocide.
Jonah told the sailors to
throw him into the sea.
They did Not want to do it.
when they could no longer
delay, they did it.
With great respect, JP,
details matter.
Yeah, the details do matter. Jonah hated the Ninevites because of the evils they did to his people. He would have rejoiced in their destruction which was another reason he went the opposite way. His defiance to God both figuratively and literally brought Jonah to the bowels of hell. It was only by the grace of God and that Ninevah was given the opportunity to repent. A more apt example would have been the King of Israel Saul. He was commanded to destroy the Amalekites along with their livestock. He did not and allowed his army to take their spoils. This action caused the kingdom and the spirit of God to be rent from him. Soon after another spirit came onto Saul one that David helped soothe with the playing of the harp. Saul never had peace after that. You could make the claim that his existence was a hell of its own.
I'm glad I wasn't the only ones that noticed...
That's why he calls it 1min summary.
These people 💀
@@ShahrulNizam-zm7ni I get that he was summarizing! But... It's NOT a true summary... if the details of the summary are wrong... The details change the motives of the characters and thus the message of the parable!
1) The sailors didn't come up with the idea to throw Jonah overboard... Jonah DID! The sailors weren't plotting to murder Jonah to save themselves... Jonah TOLD them to throw him overboard!
2) Jonah choose not to go to Nineveh because he HATED them... NOT because they were a big city! Jonah disobeyed God out of hatred not out of fear!
In this case... it was an incorrect summary. JP should have stated...
Jonah went the opposite direction because he hated Nineveh and wanted to see them destroyed!
and...
Jonah told the sailors to throw himself overboard to save the sailors!
@@onestoptechnologies7305 I agree with your point bro, some people might get the wrong information if they never read about Jonah's story. But if he includes all the correct details is not going to be 1 minute. That is all my point.
The real hidden story of Jonah is that he hated a group of people who God wanted to love and forgive. He did not love his neighbor.
That's not hidden at all. It's really, really obvious.
That is why God gave him this tricky test...🐋
The greatest act of love would have been to call them to repent. The greatest act of hatred was to keep silence and "accept" their wicked ways.
Jonah told the sailors to throw him off the boat and they didn’t want to at first 😂
Yup
Also, he thanked God for saving him from inside the fish/whale.
What man wouldn't admin he's wrong infront of God? Like was he seriously like nah y'all gonna have to throw me off this boat cos I'm not owning up to nothn
@@chrisgarcia6413in the Bible they did too, to see whose fault it was that there was a storm but it was Jonahs idea to be thrown overboard
@@chrisgarcia6413its a biblical story. Why would Quran have any idea what happened other then taking it from the bible?
One thing to note is at the end of the chapter Jonah states the reason why he didn’t want to go. I recommend everyone read it, I opener on forgiveness and mercy of God on evil people. By the way, historically during Jonah’s time, Babylonians would beat in the skulls of women as they raped them. So you have context of the hatred Jonah had for them.
I thought Ninevah was in Assyria? But I think Assyria was even more cruel than Babylon, so the point stands.
Assyria not Babylon. Babylon took captives not to beat them but to assimilate them into their society. See the book Daniel for proof.
It was definitely Assyria, due to location, even God himself said “Woe to the Assyrian, the rod of my anger” - Isaiah 10:5 KJV
Assyria was a conquering nation that literally destroyed every city it went against.
Thanks for the clarification. However, Nineveh was the capital of Assyria, not Babylon. Cheers and thanks again.
It was Jonah who told the sailors to throw him off the boat showing great courage, humility and repentance because he had disobeyed. The meaning behind the story of Jonah is that he was being taught a lesson in compassion and empathy and this revealed God’s own attitude to the Ninevites in that despite their deplorable, cruel and violent ways he was prepared to give them the opportunity to turn things round ❤
And don't forget God was so compassionate he sent a tree to grow and give shade to Jonah after he was super butthurt about Nineveh repenting. God even mentioned the number of animals in Nineveh. He wanted to spare the ANIMALS and it makes you think, wow.
It's also about the moral disparage between Jonah and the people, the sailers the first thing they do In the storm is pray to gods, and Jonah stays asleep, they ask Jonah do you have idea why this storm is happening , reluctantly they throw him over and then realise the truth about Jonah and his god recognizing the one true God.
When he survived and gets to ninivah, he preaches a 5 word sermon, you will all die (basically) with no way to reach god or repent, dispite this the people repent and believe in God , this annoys Jonah so he goes off to die.
He cannot cope with the idea of redemption for anyone, he is the holy man , but yet these people believe in God! They understand forgiveness and what god's grace is.
It's the warning against us being righteous when we ourselves are not being truly righteous, when we cast dispersions on others , but don't look deeply at our clear failures
The only one worthy to judge others is God. It is hard to denounce someone without judging them. This is one of the biggest follies of man!
The reason Jonah despised Nineveh was because they are an extremelly degenerate and violent people.
Believe me, you also wouldn't want then to be saved, but God's mercy knows no limits
@@Rivershield yes I understand that, but that's the almost comedic affect of the story, even the animals repent , dispite his best efforts god forgives to those people. And does an entire nation own a dictators acts? It's the idea of grace and redemption.
The polemic that plays out is radical grace against hard hearted people. The hard hearted person is Jonah, he constantly disobeys God but the heathens they instantly become righteous.
I think it sets up beautifully for the new testament dynamic against the pharisees against Jesus, except Jesus is sinless .
Jonah has so much success but his holiness is so much that he is angry at God, for his forgiveness
Also I know the ninivites skinned people alive as well as sawed them in half, but it's a story of gods character
@@tobybigham4196no some people should be judges and punished .. only god can judge me is a fairytale. In reality we are judged constantly. And if someone did a horrible crime we will judge him and put him behind bars.
@@kouhanailana3884 Reading comprehension was not something you did well with back in the 2nd grade? I feel so sorry for you kid!
"Life is hard. It really hard when you are dumb!" Most of your teachers....
The reason for Jonah not to want to preach is not because there were many people. But rather because he said, "I know you're a merciful God, and you will forgive them." And that's the reason he did not want to preach because he knew God would forgive them.
He only said that once God spared the city. Prior that, Jonah actually thinks that God will destrot the city and Jonah was just there to warn them.
Jonah was afraid to incite judgement from God upon the Ninevites because Ninevah is the capital of Assyria at that time and Assyria is notorious for being cruel and utilized skinning alive and other torture methods to anyone who opposed them.
Imagine going to Moscow to shout for 30 days with a megaphone in the Red Square that the US will nuke the shit out of the city. You'd be scared too.
It's not that Jonah was afraid to tell the Ninevites they were wrong, the real reason he didn't want to go was bc he knew that if he prophesied their destruction (as God had said to do), they WOULD repent and God would forgive them. Jonah HATED the Ninevites, he WANTED them to DIE so of course he didn't want to go prophesy and have them repent
Please provide references to the research journals you are speaking about.
@@user-tc8we4kt1g No journals needed, read Jonah 4:2-3
@@user-tc8we4kt1git was his personal research and interpretation.
@@pot7979Read the story, it's very clear at the end.
The KJV Bible is God's only true word. The others are pegan Vatican copies that they try to remove Jesus' Godhood and a great many other misleading things. Very sneaky, low down things.
I only say this so that one can get the proper version of the story, and if one is saved, one will have understanding from the Holy Spirit. The KJV Bible is the only book where the author is there every time you read it. But heave your heart right, or it's just going to be a book to you. Sorry...He is God and He makes the rules. Best go get the proper rule book and have a look see!
The special thing about the king of Ninava is he was humble enough to repent and lead his people in repentance.
There are a lot of lessons from Jonah- God loved the folks of Nineveh despite their sins and gave them a chance to repent. God had a purpose for Jonah. God invites us and is patient, God is sovereign and providential. God is Creator. God is Love, and that’s just a few lessons
Some additional details to this are:
-Jonah was a prophet of God, not just "minding his own business"
-The fish/whale was also efficient transportation to Nineveh
-The effect of being in the fish/whale for that period of time changed the color of Jonah's skin lending credibility to him - how he got there and the message he brought.
Don't forget it's simply a story with a message. Not reality
@frp1276 While it may be easy to dismiss it as fiction based on one's limited understanding of the possible, but if you actually research it, like others who are smarter than myself have, the evidence stacks up in favor of it being an actual event.
@@tangogolf846 thanks for the belly laugh.
Jonah also didn’t want to tell them because those people had oppressed HIS people and he was bitter toward them and wanted them to be punished.
Yea the Assyrians!! I was reading comments like does anybody know? The Assyrians God use as a Iron Rod to discipline Israel (according to Iasiah). Jonah wanted justice. The Assyrians did repent but later went back to their ways and God destroyed them. The Assyrian were a very vicious people.
Jonah prays a prayer of praise and thanksgiving in the belly of the fish, which then "vomited Jonah onto dry land." The end of the prayer (Jonah 2:8-9):
“Those who cling to worthless idols
turn away from God’s love for them.
But I, with shouts of grateful praise,
will sacrifice to you.
What I have vowed I will make good.
I will say, ‘Salvation comes from the Lord.’”
Well actually Jonah hated those people for their evil and he wanted God to destroy them. They were notorious for witchcraft murder and robbery.
Yeah but in the end they repented. Its actually funny-tragic. After he again said no then he went to sit down by a tree for it had shadow. Then God withered the tree and Jonah said why did you do that God? And god said "you are mad because of a dead tree yet you want me to lose all of my children in that city" and jonah went and saved them because they repented in the end. Repent people repent because we are worse than them today
@tikkiu7345 you know we are in the end times when someone says repent along with a heart warming story about God's forgiveness and a prick says "speak for your self" to be edgy💀
Have a nice one, also repent it's good for you
@tikkiu7345 oh OK you are a protestant and just called Christ the most horrible thing. But now you just fulfilled a prophecy of Christ "if the called Mr belsebuub so they will call you too"
You say you are sinless? That you need no God no more? I am an orthodox Christian ☦️ and salvation is won everyday. "If you don't drink my blood and eat my flesh there is no place for you in the kingdom of heaven"
You made your choice and called my God the devil. If you don't repent for this blasphemy saying you can't sin anymore you are worse than the devil and I am sorry for you and that you got tricked
@tikkiu7345 it's fascinating to me that protestants are so caught up by the devil they are so afraid to repent for their sins. Only God has no sin, even the saints sin but you might be more than a Saint or even God simply because you accepted Jesus but what did Jesus say mf? Repent always. Not only you deny Christs word but you use him for salvation and then calling him the devil. You truly are guided by blind guides and you deserve hell two times as them....
@@DeadPool----well said !!!
"To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men." ~Ella Wheeler Wilcox
The story of Jonah is also a story of redemption, repentance and restoration. Jonah was given a second chance. Saved from death.
If God actually tells you to do something,
you shouldn't do the exact opposite.
Yes, you are right. He didn't do the opposite. He told them about the disaster which is coming for what they did and after that he left. He thought he had paid his dues. His fault was to leave without asking God. It is from islam
Why? Clearly in this story, that's what he did and it wasn't a fun time.
@@matematikadarslari_UA-camit’s not from Islam it’s from Judaism. He told them to repent but when they actually did & God spared them he was angry with God because he wanted them wiped out
@@lewisglm_ I do not know any prophet who asked his qawm to be wiped out except Noah. But still Judaism, Christianity and Islam are all one rooted
@@matematikadarslari_UA-cam
WRONG.
We're not talking about islame
we're talking about the Holy Bible.
Namely, a story in The Old Testament.
Point Blank Period.
I’d add one thing to this great story. Jonah told the sailors to throw him overboard (Jonah 1:12).
And also verses 13 and 14.
13 being one that... to be a little fair to Mr. Peterson, many people forget; where the sailors initially tried to sail back to land, but still weren't making any progress in the storm so at last they decided to toss Jonah.
And 14 where they begged to God, to both spare them from suffering for Jonah's actions and not judge them for what they're about to do. (both verses showing the sailors had remorse for what they had to do to Jonah, and it wasn't a "well, off ya go" attitude)
Tbh jonah was so truthful about that and saved the lifes on that boat. Respect
Yahusha told officials of the Sanhidran they were an adulterous generation seeking after a sign from himself to them to prove that he was their Messiah. Yehusha's response to their demand was"no sign shall be given you except the sign of Jonah." Now what do you suppose the Lord was referring to?
What's the Book and Verse Number?
I'd like to read it.
@@skelter1153
Luke 11: 38-41
38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. 39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: 40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
My conclusion: Jonas died in the belly of that fish/whale. The parallel is clearly articulated by the Lord himself! Three days was Jonas in a whale's belly (dead) and it will also be true for Messiah but in the heart of the Earth. One was given life again by the Holy Spirit and one was raised from the dead by himself. This was the only sign provided as evidence of exactly who Yehusha is. Jonas' experience was a shadow, a prophetic example of what God would do to fulfill his own promises!
I grew up going to Christian schools and always had a problem with my teachers telling me everything in the Bible is a fact but couldn’t explain most of it. It wasn’t until I was an adult that I learned most of the stories are more like parables with a plethora of little messages inside of bigger messages and now I really love the biblical poetry 😊
It's actually worse than this, Jonah is the one that tells the sailors to throw him overboard
And the sailors, upon hearing that, didn't jump to throwing him over, but tried to sail back first (c1 v13), only throwing Jonah when nothing else was working, and even then while asking God to not judge them for doing it (v14).
Good summary with the exception that the captian & crew didn’t want to throw Jonah overboard. They tried everything in their power to save him without throwing him overboard. It was Jonah who told them to throw him overboard or they would perish. Jonah knew what had to be done & willingly did it.
...when good men say or do nothing....
@lirisadybug too many good men don't take action or speak up when they have the right and responsibility to do so, and evil continues to prevail.
I guess. There’s nothing could do.
Jonah essentially threw himself overboard. And you forgot that he was In the belly for “3 days” (foreshadow to Jesus) before he was spat up at Nineveh. He preached…and they repented and God saved them from destruction! More about the redemption than the deciding to be quiet. Also about how God later fulfilled both the law and the prophets.
A key part of this story Jordan gets mixed up here is that Jonah was the one who insisted he be thrown overboard. The crew even tried to row ashore with him aboard, but it didn't work.
And also that Jonah didn't want to go to Nineveh not because he was scared of the Ninevites, but because the Hebrews/Jews hated them and *wanted* God to destroy them.
That's why Jonah went to an overlook of the city in Chapter 4: he was still hoping for his own desired outcome, not God's will for those people.
But back to your comment, yes, the sailors only threw Jonah overboard when nothing else was working, and even then begged God to not judge them for what they were about to do.
No one escapes responsability. It's worse if you try.
Jonah wasn't intimidated by the size of the city. He had political prejudice against the Assyrians. He actually says that he was afraid God would be merciful to them.
It was like a republican being told to go tell San Francisco to wise. Or a Democrat being sent to a republican city.
Don't mix politics with the Bible or Christianity.
It's unmixable.
Early true Christians were strictly politically neutral and were dying for it.
It’s happened to me, it happens when you ignore your calling and try to settle for mediocrity, or something less
I'll take the job! ➕ 👑
You're wrong
@@A_Swarm_of_Waspcrabs Tell me one thing that's right in your life right now Wasp?
@@garyhoffman503 I just told you you're wrong, a couple more to go.
I think this is the first video where more than a handful of people called BS on JP's ranting.
I'm mildly heartened.
We’ll part of him not wanting to go is because he knew they would repent and God would forgive them as well
One of the many aspects of the story of Jonah that is so great is that, many blaspheme God or deny his ways but He gives the wicked a fair chance to repent and turn from their ways. In the end no one will be able to say God wasn’t fair, he gave the chance and option for the wicked of the wickest, so gain mercy and forgiveness, even when they don’t deserve it (just as Jonah felt). God is the One True God of justice but he is also The One True God of Love and He so loved the world that he ended up giving his only begotten Son so that we may have eternal life in forgiveness if our sin by the precious blood of His holy child, Jesus the Christ, The Lord and Savior of all.
I always laugh when I read that Jonah actually thought he could run from God!😂
Could Jonah?
Many people actually think so...
Ask atheist
So good. Love how you made it so explainable for today's lost. Using our normal way of speaking 🔊 is what is needed
I think it's more along the lines listen to and act in a manner that represents God or face the consequences which is being deserted and sinking into depths of despair where you will meet your fate.
So much for freewill
@jamesmcdowell8441 what I said doesn't contradict the idea of free will. But free will has its limitations if you want to survive
“Then you wish you would have” mr Peterson is one of the greatest minds I’ve ever seen
I LOVE this man... GOD BLESS him as he Tells THE TRUTH!!! ❤
Jonah was the reluctant prophet, but he was a prophet none the less.
“There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers.”
Surah al-Anbiya Ayat 87
Biblically speaking, Jonah was asleep below deck as this storm hit and he was approached by the Captain "Ship Master" and told Jonah to get up and pray to his God that God may hear him and spare them, (as all of them did to their own gods) and they casted lots (many versions of this, to name a few, Throwing dice, using broken pottery with names on it, drawing straws etc....)
And it landed on Jonah, to which the men questioned Jonah about where he came from, who his people where and why he was there and Jonah came clean and expressed that he was running from God because he did not want to do the job God called him to do out of fear. Even though he had handled messaged from the Lord and seen His mighty works he still laqued faith that God would protect him.
Jonah told the men, Jonah 1:12 "And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you."
And the men had compassion for Jonah and tried to row to land but was unable to. So they cried to Jonah's God and asked to be spared because of their innocence in the matter and did as Jonah told them and the Sea calmed.
Remember: the reason Jonah doesn't go is because he knows that God was going to offer mercy.
Not only a true story but a perfect analogy of people doing the right thing. If you sit back and say nothing when you know right from wrong than nothing good will become of it and evil along with destruction will come about.
We are here to serve God our creator and our fellow men (humanity)
I serve no one im my own God
The sailors cast lots to see who God was angry with. And at the end of the story Jonah gets angry with God, because he didn’t say what God told him to say, and because the people repented God didn’t destroy them. God told Jonah to say repent or God will destroy you. Jonah said God is going to destroy you.
I absolutely LOVE J.P.s rendering of this story❤
This is incrediby concise and largely accurate. Jonah later carried out his mission and then sat at the edge of Nineveh expecting them not to repent and waiting to watch God destroy them.
You say "swallowed" I say "it doesn't look like anything to me". But I got your point, there are matters to be dealt with, because those matters are me!
Called upon to speak. Praise the Lord.
What about the part when he was given a second chance? I get where Peterson is going with it, and I think he's right, but there is more to the story than just that. There are more lessons to be gleaned from the book of Jonah.
The second chance was up to Jonah. And thats the thing. Your second chance is a second chance to do what you were purposed to do from the beginning. That is where many people fall short. They refuse the beckoning of what deep down they know is right, and their mind, body and surroundings revolt against them until what ought to be done, is rectified and accomplished.
What you fail to pursue, then pursues you. Even into the depths of the sea.
Life normally gives you second chances. That's not the point of the story.
I like your understanding, for the story. You are really Blessed. Thank you for sharing.😊
When does he meet the talking caterpillar?
Well someone has been watching veggietales
@@thunderfist25😂
This is the story of a real messenger ..Noah in Arabic..a big whale swallowed him
@@jasmineelfiky1410As real as Santa or Narnia. It's hilarious how you people believe that there's a being higher than humans just because you've read it in an almost 2000 year old book written by *humans* 😂😂😂
Sure, it’s 2000 years old. But it’s still true. And it’s physically written by men, but inspired by God. How else could you explain prophecy? In the book of Daniel, it goes into detail about Alexander the Great and his aftermath. This was written before him.
Jonah knew that God was sending him to Nineveh because He is merciful and compassionate. The Assyrians were a particularly brutal people and Jonah wanted to see them destroyed rather than to repent and be spared. The rest of the story, as Paul Harvey would say, is an amazing tale of God’s provision, long suffering, and mercy, to those who do not deserve it (ie. Everyone… for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God).
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I love the way you tell a story, Jordan❤
Remember, kids: if God is telling you to do something, you better not hesitate to go and see a psychiatrist.
Those who observe lying vanities forsake their own mercies,,,,timeless
Jesus Christ is the ONLY way to Heaven! John 3:16-21, Matthew 5-6
True. But the point of this short is to trust and obey. The LORD.
Amazing story... to add on the slightly missing part there... Jonas disobedience threatened the lives of innocent men too... classic example of choose your friends wisely.
He also left out (or forgot) that Jonah really didn't want to go to Nineveh because he actively wanted all the Ninevites to die, not because he was daunted by the task.
Important lessons there about being so caught up in yourself and your own perspective that you can't see the bigger picture.
And I guess, going back to the sailors, a small lesson in "your actions affect way more than just you; think about the impact your decisions can have"
Really, a lot to be gleaned from this book.
@@insulttothehumanrace3807 I slightly disagree with the part that he wanted the Ninevites to die. The reason he didn't want to go was that he thought to himself what use is he to the God that knows everything and can tell the outcomes of things before they even happen.
It was a matter of self doubt more than anything else. And another note worthy lesson I believe is being honest with one's self.
Jordan, don't forget that not only was this a good lesson, but the actual events took place and wasn't just a story. God's omnipotence is always multi-faceted and limitless. Also, you have reached millions with some truths everyone needs to here. Shift your focus to Jesus. All will listen
Can’t do it in a minute! You left out major important details!❤
Jonah did not want to go to Nineveh to warn them because Nineveh was an enemy. He wanted Nineveh to be destroyed. He knew God is merciful. And he knew God would spare them if they repented.
"one often meets his destiny, on the road he chooses to avoid it"
Nineveh was a large Assyrian city. Jonah hated the Assyrians and he wanted nothing to do with them. The Assyrians were a brutal people. I am sure that you have heard expression: "I'm going to skin you alive!". That saying came about from the brutal treatment that awaited the enemys of Assyria.
I once heard a great sermon on Jonah by Sinclair Ferguson at the St. Georg’s Tron Kirk in Glasgow in the 1980s. Jonah volunteered to be thrown off the ship. God was very gentle with Jonah the whole time.
Telling the truth is scary. Give me courage Lord 😢
Hallelujah! SPEAK PEOPLE!!!
Jonah was a prophet. That is also their job.
Once, during Holy Mass, a priest explained that passage. What he said is hereby reported:
At the time God commissioned Jonah to visit and convert Ninive, the city was comparable to modern day Islamic State against Catholics and Christians. That explains why Jonah was so scared and why he rejected the mission.
The three days inside the whale's womb symbolise (1) the three days Lord Jesus spent buried and among the dead and (2) that God makes the impossible, possible, (3) that it is better to succomb to God's wills than to succomb to people's hatred.
Jonah actually told Them to throw himself overboard... "...Jon 1:12 And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you..."
The next part of the story is even more interesting. He does end up going there, because he gets a second chance. He does his job and tells the people how they will be punished by god for their disobedience and general disgusting behavior (read up on the history of Nineveh if you're curious, it's not pretty). But then, against all odds, the king repents and persuades the city to repent as well. So God decides to spare the city and postpone his judgement. So Jonah would be happy about that, right? Wrong. He sits there, just outside the city, looking down at the city that just got spared. And he's pissed off. He feels like a fool. There he was, walking days on end, telling everyone what was going to happen to the city and now nothing's going to occur? Now Jonah looks like a fool! So he ends up sulking, all frustrated about something that should be a good thing. So yeah, he ends up being corrected once more by God for that, although a bit less flashy and severe this time, lol. There's a lot of lessons in this story if you really take the time to think about it.
Everyone covered the fact that they didn’t want to throw him overboard at first until he himself actually insisted. But I’d like to add that the city of Nineveh was also known for LOVING war and killing. They were the bloodiest country known to earth at the time. So it wasn’t just the amount of people he was afraid of. It was their treatment towards those they defeated he really feared
Thank you for pointing that out.
Also worth noting that, when Jonah did preach to them of their wrongdoings and they repented, chapter 4 verse 1 tells us that Jonah was *angry* that this happened.
Jonah wanted them all dead, for the reasons you listed out here. His initial refusal wasn't just out of fear, but out of hatred.
Man Jonah's story brings a smile to my face every time. Gotta love Jonah.
U will bend the knee as will we all ,if this happens to u called apon to deliver a message ur blessed deliver the message and u shall be deliver to God ❤
This one was surprising, for how much he got wrong. It's only 4 chapters, it takes 10 minutes to read!
Jonah fled from God because he knew God intended to have mercy on Ninevah (whom Jonah hated), not because he was afraid of the Ninevites. And it was Jonah's idea to be thrown overboard, the sailors were extremely reluctant to do so, they did all they could to avoid it and only complied when their strength was spent - even then, they did it with a sacrifice and vows to God, along with a plea for mercy, since they had only shed innocent blood because of the storm God sent.
Then Jonah spent 3 days in the belly of the whale, which was a prophetic symbol of the 3 days Christ would spend in the grave.
Also the last bit is very important, the part where he sits under the plant and gets angry when it withers.
Notice how Jonah repenting and doing what God told him to do was left out of this short...? And fear wasn't part of the equation for Jonah; it was contempt for people who he felt DESERVED condemnation and punishment.
There's a good lesson in this story though. So, in that regard, I suppose I'm glad it was brought up....
We need to remember to have compassion for the lost if we're going to have any chance of reaching them with The Lifeline.
The ninevites repented when receiving the word of the Lord from the prophet. What did Jonah do? Climbed up a hill waiting for God to destroy them, not caring that the ninevites repented. Jonah should not be known for his struggle to give the word of the Lord, but rather for his disobedience to God and his hatred for a race of people that chose to repent. Jonah is the worst example of a prophet in the old testament.
You can tell he's unsaved because it ends with "and you wish you would have drowned."
That's not at all how it ends.
"And God spoke to Jonah a second time."
That is the story of Jonah.
I hate that an atheist would look at this through the frame of "magic man in the sky barking orders". As an atheist even I can see this through the lens of: "God is the thing within you that tells you what is right, and calls you out to do something meaningful. If you don't do it then hell is the result, not a magic place of fire and evil"
It is like people forget these stories have meaning and symbolism, refined throughout human history.
These stories survived the test of time because they are IMPORTANT
The issue is that people claim that these are not just stories and fables teaching morals, but instead they claim what's written is what actually happened.
If God ever directly asks something of you, there's a really good chance he's backing you on it... Be 120,000 or 120,000,000, fear not.
The whale saved his life 😢
God gave him three days
To show not only Jonah but as he can gives us temporary serious punishments
Just so we fulfill what he had asked of us because if you are chosen for a role no one in the world can do it the way you would
Because that's why God chose you specifically for it❤
I liked the veggie tales version. The ship was the pirates who don't do anything.
It also means that when you think someone is unredeemable, God might not feel the same way, and when he says, "Go preach to em you better go!"
He forgot to say that God gives Jonah three days to think about his unwise behaviour, after which the ‘whale’ spits him out near Nineveh so he can do what God told him to do in the first place.
The three days in the belly of then whale prefigures Jesus’ death and resurrection.
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Jesse.🌹
Jonah wanted Nineveh to be destroyed. He wasn't afraid of the wrath of the Ninevites. He was afraid of the forgiveness of God. Jonah didn't want Ninevah to be forgiven.
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Wow! This was a pitiful summation of Jonah! The sailors did not say we have to throw Jonah over board, but desperately tried to get the boat to shore. When they could not get to shore they begged God not hold them guilty for throwing Jonah into the sea. THEN they threw Jonah into the sea.
Jonah was exactly like the Brother of The Prodigal Son. If you read his story in The Holy Bible, he knew God was sending him to warn Ninevah that destruction was coming lest they Repent and turn back to their God (Yahweh) and him being Self-righteous was upset by the fact that people who were living in obvious Debauchery were being given another chance. Instead of celebrating God's Grace & Mercy, he loathed it. I had the same Self-righteousness having been raised in a very strict Christian upbringing. You live righteously all your Life, and someone else lives for Satan, but in the process of dying they TRULY Repent, accepts Jesus as Lord & Savior, and they get to enter Heaven? How is that fair? Then God reminded me He gives the same Grace and Mercy I ask for myself everyday to others bc He is no respector of persons. He is truly Merciful! Praise His Name!!! 🥺🙏🏾✝️🛐
Lord Jesus protect us when we are in the belly of the beast.
Out of the depths I cry unto You, O Lord.
Wow, very powerful message in today’s times. Surprised I haven’t heard Dr. Peterson mention it this way before 🧐
The Bible never says that Jonah is worried about the size of the city. Jonah says he doesn't want to go to Nineveh, because he knows that God is merciful. Jonah wanted Assyria to be judged by God, and he knew that if God sent him, then they repented, God would withhold the destruction that Jonah wanted for them.
Also, it says that there were 120,000 children, so there were way more people than just 120,000.
I really appreciate Dr. Peterson's work, but one should really get a firm grasp on the plain meaning of the text, before searching for hidden meanings.
It’s actually a story about a very self-righteous person, whom the Lord has compassion for, in addition to the Ninevites.. Jonah was perfectly fine with the Ninevites being wiped off the face of the planet. He was angry at the Lord’s compassion towards the Ninevites; he admits that he ran away to Tarshish to forestall the Lord’s compassion.
“When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented and did not bring on them the destruction he had threatened. But to Jonah this seemed very wrong, and he became angry. He prayed to the Lord, “Isn’t this what I said, Lord, when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall by fleeing to Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity. Now, Lord, take away my life, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
But the Lord replied, “Is it right for you to be angry?”
Jonah knew God would save them and he did not want God to save them But God showed Jonah that GOD loves those people ( just a little extra in the story)
I believe the Ninevites worshipped a part man part fish idol named Dagon so seeing Jonah wash up on shore from a big fish would’ve given his message more credibility that he was sent from an even higher power.
The West must repent and come back to God and forsake wickedness. ASAP.
"And then you wish you would have drowned.!!"
Exactly 💯
God's Will or nothing 🙏
Someone as intelligent as Dr. Peterson should stop believing in fairy tales. And get rid of that horrific suit