Jonah 3
1 Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time, saying, 2 "Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it the message that I tell you."
3 So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days' journey in breadth. 4 Jonah began to go into the city, going a day's journey. And he called out, "Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!"
5 And the people of Nineveh believed God.
They called for a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.
6 The word reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, removed his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. 7 And he issued a proclamation and published through Nineveh, "By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything. Let them not feed or drink water, 8 but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and let them call out mightily to God. Let everyone turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands. 9 Who knows? God may turn and relent and turn from his fierce anger, so that we may not perish."
10 When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it.
Jonah 4
1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry. 2 And he prayed to the LORD and said, "O LORD, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from disaster. 3
Therefore now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live."
4 And the LORD said, "Do you do well to be angry?"
5 Jonah went out of the city and sat to the east of the city and made a booth for himself there. He sat under it in the shade, till he should see what would become of the city.
6 Now the LORD God appointed a plant and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to save him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the plant.
7 But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant, so that it withered. 8 When the sun rose, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on the head of Jonah so that he was faint. And he asked that he might die and said, "It is better for me to die than to live."
9 But God said to Jonah, "Do you do well to be angry for the plant?"
And he said, "Yes, I do well to be angry, angry enough to die."
10 And the LORD said, "You pity the plant, for which you did not labor, nor did you make it grow, which came into being in a night and perished in a night. 11 And should not I pity Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also much cattle?"
Speaking of the Exodus.
A whale of a time.
Oh the places you'll go - the sights you will see.
What does Jonah have in common with the Exodus?
Jesus was so fond of the Exodus and Jonah - Jesus lived in Egypt and discussed Jonah. As if - gasp - Jonah is REAL. Considering the insider information and Hezekiah's miraculous escape from Assyrian Empire Soldiers - we definitely lived believing the truth when we read of Jonah and believe. (Jonah created admiration for the Jews and obtained mercy for his nation.)
God has told us HE is very fond of His Good Works in the Exodus.
Where He has demonstrated life of His Children is important to Him.
Fulfillment and Freedom come (outside the Church and Temple) and He fights for His Children to have basic human needs to be met. He is a FATHER not a program of rules.
God had the slaves leave with all kinds of gold. God believes in being paid for work.
God knew slaves would be afraid and His Good Works were not just for the eyes of Pharaoh. God was creating a path for the slaves to want to leave things like hail on fire and all the livestock perishing. Red Blood Water. God provided a propeller. The Children of Israel were ready to leave. It was not comfortable.
Comfortable. If you have good temperature, rain and warmth - Fire by night, cloud by day. Where clothes and shoes do not wear out for 40 years - God is making a path. Making Jericho, which was lovely, prepared to pass this up to do God's Plan.
God is a Father and He provides a Path.
God wants His Children to know they are Loved. And to have gratitude - that we would learn the goodness of His Works.
Jonah - sulked. And God did not toss him out. Nor did God abandon His Plans. God was compassionate to the left and the right. His Love did not have Borders.
The Mercy of God in the Bible has no narrator to say - psssst, "This is the part where GOD does not allow His Children to intermarry and agree with infant murder for blood for prosperity on the crops and field."
God says seek God. Seek Him. God provides no narrator to say - pssst, "This is the part where God tells us if we have a lot of children - their livelihood and children and childbirth and comforts Are Very Important To Him."
God says quietly, "THE EXODUS - I want you to have basic freedoms in life and the expectation of owning a home, vineyards to work and to enjoy, farming with a terraced view."
The Commandments Jesus Gave us. Psssst. Love God with all your mind and heart. He is your Father.
Pssst. The Person God places Second is - - - you. You are entitled to speak up. To have Dignity. Compassion. To have hopes of Happiness. God asks us to have concerns for others. Their jobs. Welfare. Hopes. To Love them and help each other. To raise one another up.
God does not tell us to hopelessly seek God. God tells us when we seek to see God - we will. God is not a desperation we must grasp. God is gently in our circumstances. Ever Father.
Our Father is Good. When we have seen Jesus - we know our Father.
Abba Father
The Blessing of God fall on us.
When we rejoice - we are happier.
When trouble in life comes - with You - we overcome.
When we see life multiplied - we Rejoice.
When we see life end - we have Hope with Love.
Your blessing fall on us and the ones we love. Upon the people You have given us.
All over our culture, all over our nation.
Soak is with the Steadfast Love of Jesus and the Holy Spirit.
World wide we pray this and have the joy of thinking as we go to sleep -
Our Father God - You - cover the planet with the prayers of the believing hearts.
For the prayers we hold to us so closely. For the prayers of good health.
To know each day - we have opportunity - to have meaningful life - building our soul - to You.
In Jesus Christ. We Love Jesus and Bless Him. Thanking You for our Blessings and asking You to
uphold and heal our concerns.
We abundantly lift up the West Coast for healing and rain. Ending Fires.
Jesus is Willing. Amen.
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