1.THE BOOK OF JONAH

IS THE BOOK OF JONAH TRUE?

Or is it a,”Wale of a Tale?”

Was Jonah real person, was he housed in a great fish as the book declares? Did he preach to Nineveh to cause them to repent before Divine Judgement came upon them?

The fact of the book of Jonah comes when we look at the Scriptures as a whole and at the words of our Lord Jesus Himself. Many modern Theologians have discredited this book. They see it as ridiculous!

Jonah himself was a natural person. He is called the son of Amittai. The word of the Lord came to him, indicating that he was a Prophet of God. See 2nd Kings 14:25. Jonah’s ministry was about the time of Joash, the King of Israel (presumably), in the earlier years of Jeroboam 2.

He may have been one of the leaders in the,  “School of the Prophets,” where Elijah was nearing the end of his remarkable ministry.

The book is full of supernatural happenings. Apart from the admitted presence of striking miracles, there is nothing to disprove that the book is a narrative of fact. Then, there is a confirmation of Christ’s words about its historicity. Read Matt 12:39,40 — the sign of Jonah.

Then there is the further words from our Lord about Jonah in Matt 12.

“THEY DID NOT REPENT AT THE PREACHING OF JONAH.”

Also a “GREATER ONE THAN JONAH IS HERE.”

Jesus our Lord was “the Truth” and He spoke the truth. He clearly confirmed the historicity of the book of Jonah.

But what of the ‘WALE?’ The truth is that this physical miracle is lovely, but even more astounding is the miracle of repentance of Nineveh. God could have created a specially large fish to swallow Jonah. The Scriptures say He “prepared” a great fish. In Matt 12, it is called a Wale. We need to remember that the New Testament was translated from the Greek: and the word is translated as a, “SEA MONSTER.” Yet there have been proofs of the size of such Wales.

In Birmingham, a carcase of a Wale was displayed by marine experts on a vacant block of ground outside New Street Station.

Quote: “I was one of the men who went inside the mouth,then passed into its throat and moved about in what was equivalent to a fair-sized room.                                              Its throat is large enough to serve as a door. It would have been quite easy for a Wale of that kind to swallow a man” It did happen to Jonah, and the words of Christ confirm it!

There will be more signs and wonders in these last days at the soon return of Christ.                             We pray that many shall call upon the Name of the Lord and be saved.

Are you ready to meet Jesus when He comes in person in His Glory and splendor?                        First you must come to Him in Spirit and Truth by becoming born again. Jesus said,

“You must be born again or you will not even ‘see’ the Kingdom of Heaven.” 

“Well, why not?” You may ask.

Because your sin is stopping you from entering the Kingdom of Heaven. You may have a perfect character in your own eyes. Yet you were born naturally with a sinful nature, you never have to teach your youngster how to utter his first lie.                              One lie makes you a liar. One act of stealing makes you a thief.                     David said in the Psalms. 

“In sin my mother conceived me.” Conception is not a sin, it’s the sin nature that has been passed on from the parents to the child whom they conceive.

“FOR ALL HAVE SINNED ” SO YOU AND I ARE SINNERS AND WE NEED A SAVIOUR. PRAISE GOD! HE MADE A WAY! HE BECAME FLESH.

GOD IN JESUS CHRIST DIED ON THE CROSS OR YOUORCROSS CTROSS

TO SAVE EACH ONE OF US, AND THAT INCLUDES YOU! Conception was not a sin, because when Adam & Eve rebelled against GOD and blatantly disobeyed His command, they became sinners by ‘nature’ and that sinful nature passed onto Cain, who, out of envy, committed the first murder by slaying his brother Abel.

So as it says in the New Testament. That sin passed upon all men. 

Jesus took your and my sin on  his body on the cross of Calvary.

(The cruelest death known to man.)

SHED HIS PURE PRECIOUS BLOOD. (To wash away our guilt, shame, our failures, mistakes, rebellion and pride and many sins under our belt.

When we admit we have sinned and we put our whole lives into His loving care and protection, take up our cross and follow Him.

A PRAYER OF SALVATION.

MY LORD and SAVIOUR Jesus Christ. I Know I am a sinner, please forgive me. No one else is the problem, it’s my heart ❤️ and l need to be saved.                 

Come into my life. Save, Keep, guide me by the Holy Spirit to follow you. Thank you for dying for me and shedding your precious blood so I can be free.

Amen.

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