Manna-eating worms
I owe to my friend John Goulding the following observation:
In Jonah 4, God provided a plant to shield Jonah from the heat. The verb "to provide" is a key-word in Jonah - it's
Jonah
Biblical Theology of Jonah 1
Yes, I’m back in Jonah 1 again!
What happens if we take the view that Jonah represents Israel?
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Tying together Jonah 1 and 2
— Jonah sent to Nineveh (1:1-2)
—— Jonah goes to sea – boards a ship (1:3)
——— Jonah in the belly of the ship; the sailors cry to their gods (1:4-6)
———— Jonah tells the sailors that he worships the one true God (1:7-10)
———— The sailors worship the one true God (1:11-16)
——— Jonah in the belly of the fish; Jonah cries to his God (1:17-2:9)
—— Jonah back on land (2:10)
— Jonah sent to Nineveh (3:1)
Corroborates my suspicion that Jonah’s ministry to the sailors is very important to these chapters
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Jonah 1 and representative responsibility
I’m doing some work on Jonah 1 at the moment (again!), and it seems that we have another fine example of responsibility being passed between groups of people and representative individuals.
Jonah seeks to flee from the presence of the Lord; as a result, distress comes on the entire crew of the ship. Jonah is very clear in verse 12 that this is “on my account” that this has happened. His individual sin has led to judgement on the whole crew.
"A visit required three days"
Thank you Mark Dever, in The Message of the Old Testament for this that I’ve never seen before:
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