JONAH- 1
Matthew 12:39 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:
https://youtu.be/KUzR8ng9Fjs Jonah 1
ON VIDEO [new stuff below]
.Throw the stuff overboard
.The Most High God
.Suicide by cop?
.Whale was mercy
NEW [verses below]
Jonah is called by God to go to a city and preach.
Jonah 1:1 Now the word of the LORD came unto
Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
Jonah
1:2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their
wickedness is come up before me.
He rebels- and gets on a ship- heads for another town.
Jonah
1:3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and
went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare
thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence
of the LORD.
God sends a storm-
Jonah 1:4
But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest
in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.
The guys on the ship
are afraid- they all call upon their pagan god’s-
Jonah
1:5 Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast
forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But
Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast
asleep.
Jonah is asleep on the ship.
The guys wake him up ‘wake up- don’t you see we are ready to
die- call upon your God’.
Jonah 1:6
So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper?
arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish
not.
Jonah tells them that the storm is a judgment by God- on
him!
Jonah
1:7 And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we
may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot
fell upon Jonah.Jonah 1:8 Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us; What is thine occupation? and whence comest thou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou?
I think Jonah was trying to commit suicide ‘by cop’ [or by
the others on the ship].
Why?
Jonah does not call upon God- and repent.
That would have surely stopped the storm.
The other thing he does not do- is jump to his death into
the sea.
Instead- he tells the men ‘you throw me into the sea- and
the storm will stop’.
Jonah
1:11 Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be
calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous.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.
Now- these guys do not want to do it-
After all they realize Jonah’s God is the most high.
Jonah 1:9
And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven,
which hath made the sea and the dry land.
They pray to the real God ‘Don’t old this against us- lay
not incent blood upon us’.
Jonah
1:13 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could
not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.Jonah 1:14 Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased thee.
And yes- they throw Jonah overboard.
Jonah 1:15
So they look up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from
her raging.
Now- if Jonah wanted to die- by his own hand- he would have
jumped.
And if he did not want to die- he would have repented.
So- it looks like he was willing to die- and let the other
guys do the dirty work.
Yes- one of those self-righteous prophet types.
Ok- at the end of the chapter it says ‘God prepared a great
fish- and it swallowed Jonah’.
Jonah 1:17
Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in
the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Remember- back in the day- you did not have coast guard
rescues- or submarines.
So- the Whale was a type of God’s mercy- to not allow the
plan of Jonah to happen [die as a self-righteous preacher].
But instead- the whale was God’s mercy- and yes- judgment
too.
Judgment in the sense of discipline- putting Jonah in a
tough place- where he ‘became willing’ to do the right thing.
Yes- he actually does call upon God during the 3 day tour in
the fish- [we will get to chapter 2 on the next video]
He is in great distress- weeds around his head- going up and
down in the sea.
And even if he wanted to take his life- he couldn’t.
I mean he was in a ‘rubber room’.
No option in this place
to even take his own life.
So- he calls upon his God- and repents.
A few things-
When Jonah went the other way- the bible says he fled the ‘presence’
of God.
Jonah 1:3
But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD
When you leave your calling- when you determine to do some
other thing- then you are missing out on your true purpose in life.
And even if you decide- on your own- it’s over-
God has ways to make it not ‘be over’.
Jonah is a type of Christ- Jesus himself quotes the last verse
when speaking about his own death and resurrection-
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. Matt. 12:40
The pagan men on the ship also had an encounter with the
most high God.
They saw that God’s wrath was very real- and as soon as they
threw Jonah over- it stopped.
Jonah
1:15 So they look up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased
from her raging.Jonah 1:16 Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.
This is a type of the Cross- God’s judgment was upon the
whole world- and others had to put Jesus on the Cross in order for God’s wrath
to cease.
Jonah fulfilled the picture perfectly- though he did not know
it.
The men who threw him over recognized it was innocent blood-
because they said that before throwing him over.
let us not perish
for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast
done as it pleased thee.
Jonah 1:14 b
If Jonah killed himself- it would not have been a good
picture of Christ.
Jesus was crucified by wicked men.
Acts 2:23
Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye
have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
Jesus was innocent.
And yes- after he was crucified- the wrath of God towards
sinful men was appeased-
Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. Rom. 5:9
All in all- good job Jonah!
VERSES-
Jonah 1:1 Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of
Amittai, saying,
Jonah 1:2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against
it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
Jonah 1:3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the
presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to
Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto
Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.
Jonah 1:4 But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and
there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.
Jonah 1:5 Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto
his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to
lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he
lay, and was fast asleep.
Jonah 1:6 So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What
meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think
upon us, that we perish not.
Jonah 1:7 And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us
cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast
lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.
Jonah 1:8 Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for
whose cause this evil is upon us; What is thine occupation? and whence comest
thou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou?
Jonah 1:9 And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the
LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.
Jonah 1:10 Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto
him. Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence
of the LORD, because he had told them.
Jonah 1:11 Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee,
that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous.
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.
Jonah 1:13 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the
land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against
them.
Jonah 1:14 Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We
beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life,
and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased
thee.
Jonah 1:15 So they look up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea:
and the sea ceased from her raging.
Jonah 1:16 Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a
sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.
Jonah 1:17 Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up
Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Matthew 12:39 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:
Matthew 12:40 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.
Matthew 12:41 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.
23 They that
go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;
24 These see
the works of the Lord, and
his wonders in the deep.
25 For he
commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
26 They
mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted
because of trouble.
27 They reel
to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
28 Then they
cry unto the Lord in
their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.
29 He maketh
the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
30 Then are
they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
Ps. 107
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