Modern Day Jonah

Jonah also known as Jonas is the name given in the Hebrew bible to a prophet, Jonah’s name stands for “dove” or “peace. Jonah was the son of Amitai and was one of the greatest prophets during the time of Jeroboam II. As a disciple Jonah had anointed Jehu and enjoyed the Kings benevolence. God commended Jonah to go to Nineveh and speak for God and speak out to them telling them what they where doing bad as Nineveh was founded by Nimrod and shorty after during 900 B.C. Nineveh had rose to power, planning on conquering Israel. By 721 B.C. the army had destroyed the northern kingdom of Israel, so Jonah chose to ignore God as he would of liked to see Nineveh go into destruction because if he done what God commended him to do he would be putting Israel into threat. Jonah decided to go into hiding and hide away from God.

Jonah was a prophet and was asked as a command from God, although Jonah did not like the order as it was letting his enemy country regain their sins through him. Jonah decided to ignore God and flee on a ship and travel to Tarshsish, although you can not run away from God. God found the ship Jonah was travelling on and
You cannot run and you cannot hide from God and His will for your life as his presence on this earth is every where. The Lord has a reason for the commands he makes that will always come out of the good and will teach you a lesson. The Lord also gave Jonah another chance at his selfless task and got the chance to rebirth from a lower stage in his life to grow and find his higher nature in life. The storm that God put upon the ship was The Lords way of saying that when believers are disobedient to God, even people who do not believe in can be negatively affected. The lesson of this story is that just because God makes calling for Jonah to preach to non-believers it does not mean that you should resist Gods calling, as God loves everyone and wants to save