Jonah - a resurrection story?

[Joel]

Anyone want to look at 'em? He's generally not a widely studied book.... but his insights are numerous.

It appeals to me he has been historically selected as the choice of reading on Israel's Holiest and most Humbling day of the year (Yom Kippor); the day of Atonement [Tishri 10].





Jonah 1:1 ~ Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai


Starters...
Jonah means 'dove'.
Amittai means 'truth', and/or 'faithful'.
Son of the true and Faithful one?.... Son of Truth?

The dove imagery hearkens back to another biblical precedent.... alluding to the operation and presence of the Holy Spirit (per Genesis 1:2, Genesis 8:8-11, Matthew 3:16)

[Joel]

I believe he has groundbreaking parallels interwoven into his accounts which represent both of our Lord's advents... in such a short book... God can pack many truths into one spot.

[TrueChild]

What I find interesting about the story of the book of Jonah....

Jonah tried to escape from doing God's will, and preaching to the People of Ninevah. After the problem with the great fish, he goes to the people of Ninevah, says five words to them (in the original Hebrew) and what do they do? They fast ("let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything. Let them not feed or drink water" Jonah 3:7) just as the Jews do on Yom Kippur.

The people of Ninevah also prayed ("Let them cry mightily to God." Jonah 3:8) just as the Jews do on Yom Kippur.

And, finally, the people of Ninevah stopped doing Evil, started doing Good ("Let everyone turn from his evil ways and from the violence which is in his hands." Jonah 3:8) as Jews are, hopefully, inspired to do on Yom Kippur.

What was God's response? God forgave them of their sins because of their works ("When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God repented of the Evil which He had said He would do unto them, and He did not do it." Jonah 3:10)

Note that the text does NOT read that God saw their sacrifices, the People of Ninevah were never commanded to sacrifice. Nor does the text read that God saw that they had the right faith. Rather it says that God saw what they did, their works.

I find it interesting because even though this book is in the Old Testament, it shows that God forgives sins WITHOUT a blood sacrifice. This runs counter to what I've been taught about Christian theology (that Jews HAVE to give a blood sacrifice to atone for sins).

[Jany]

Never heard of the Book of Jonah - uhmm <><

[TrueChild]

Never heard of the Book of Jonah - uhmm <><

Jonah is one of "The Twelve Minor Prophets."

Books before and after:

Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk

[blitzkreig]

Jonah is a very strong type of Christ.

Here is a fairly good analysis:

http://www.carelinks.net/books/dh/bl/12-1Jonah_Type_Of_Christ.htm

[lisalisa]

Jonah is not a type of Christ

He was to be a messenger of God, and rather than obey- he disobeyed.

He finally brought a message of repentance (and the people repented)
rather than rejoice ... He lamented

The only analogy of Jonah that fits Christ (and the reason Christ raised it)
was that just as Jonah was 'dead' in the whale 3 days ... so too would Christ be 'dead' in the earth 3 days ... only to be 'reborn'

Jonah ain't no Jesus!

[Love]

Anyone want to look at 'em? He's generally not a widely studied book.... but his insights are numerous.


Peace.

I like the book of Jonah. :)

I like the overarching themes such as the Lord's concern for all people, His determination of sending a messenger, His persistence in bringing to the forefront of someones mind the truths about His character...His pointing out that no one is as respectable and esteemed by Him as one who is willing to live by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. Jonah is a good lesson for those who walk with the Lord for a time, to keep them humble and concerned about their brother.

[blitzkreig]

Jonah is not a type of Christ

He was to be a messenger of God, and rather than obey- he disobeyed.

He finally brought a message of repentance (and the people repented)
rather than rejoice ... He lamented

The only analogy of Jonah that fits Christ (and the reason Christ raised it)
was that just as Jonah was 'dead' in the whale 3 days ... so too would Christ be 'dead' in the earth 3 days ... only to be 'reborn'

Jonah ain't no Jesus! You don't seem to know what the word "type" means when studying Scripture. Nor I suppose the term "anti-type" ...

You might like to learn of the tools before you take up the craft.

:hat

[lisa]

The discussion about Blood Sacrifices has been moved to Apologetics.

Let's keep to the topic: Jonah.

:)