THE BOOK OF JONAH Lesson 1, Introduction Within its mere 4 chapters Jonah presents one of the more complex, controversial, and difficult books among all the Prophets to interpret. This might seem counter-intuitive since the story is one of the first that Jewish and Christian children are taught, and the…

THE BOOK OF JONAH Lesson 2, Chapter 1 In Herman Melville’s epic work, Moby Dick, we find a most poignant remark by one of the novel’s characters named Father Mapple. This remark, I believe, well defines what we are about to undertake today: studying the unique and divinely-inspired Book of…

THE BOOK OF JONAH Lesson 3, Chapter 1 Continued We left off in verse 4 of Jonah chapter 1 last time. After all the preliminaries of the first 3 verses to set-up the sea saga of Jonah, we get down to brass tacks in verse 4 as God hurls violent…

THE BOOK OF JONAH Lesson 4, Chapters 1 and 2 We left off last time as Jonah has just confessed that it is him that has caused this pending calamity of the ship he is on sinking because of a violent storm, and most likely resulting in the loss of…

THE BOOK OF JONAH Lesson 5, Chapter 2 Before we continue in Jonah chapter 2 when we examine Jonah’s Psalm or prayer of Thanksgiving that consumes the bulk of the chapter, I want to speak to you about a principle that is embedded in what we’ve studied so far in…

THE BOOK OF JONAH Lesson 6, Chapter 3 We have discussed on a few occasions now, that Jonah isn’t really about who Jonah really is but rather is about who God really is. In the Book of Jonah, perhaps the primary theme is about how God thinks about gentiles; a…

THE BOOK OF JONAH Lesson 7, Chapters 3 and 4 END In Jonah chapter 3 verses 7 and 8 we learn that the King of Nineveh (certainly meaning the King of all Assyria) took to heart God’s oracle of warning through Jonah. He not only made a couple of strong…