FAMOUS WHINERS of the BIBLE ~ JONAH 2

JONAH PRAYS IN HOUR OF DESPERATION

Jonah prays, crying for help in the belly of the whale.     "Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God while in the stomach of the fish,  saying, “I called out to the Lord because of my trouble, and He answered me. I cried for help from the place of the dead, and You heard my voice."   Jonah 2:1-2  NLV

Jonah WHINES blaming God for being cast into the ocean.     "You threw me into the deep waters, to the very bottom of the sea. A flood was all around me and all Your waves passed over me." Jonah 2:3  NLV

Jonah tells God about being swallowed by the whale, weeds wrapped around his head, and decending to the bottom of the sea.

"Then I said, ‘I have been sent away from Your eyes. But I will look again toward Your holy house.’ Waters closed in over me. The sea was all around me. Weeds were around my head.  I went down to the roots of the mountains. The walls of the earth were around me forever. But You have brought me up from the grave, O Lord my God. While I was losing all my strength, I remembered the Lord. And my prayer came to You, into Your holy house. Jonah 2:4-7  NLV

Those on the ill fated ship gave up their false gods and called on the true God.

"Those who worship false gods have given up their faith in You. But I will give gifts in worship to You with a thankful voice. I will give You what I have promised. The Lord is the One Who saves.”  Jonah 2:8-9  NLV

The whale became beached and vomited Jonah out.

"Then the Lord spoke to the fish, and it spit Jonah out onto the dry land."  Jonah 2:10  NLV  (New Life Version)

FAMOUS WHINERS of the BIBLE ~ JONAH 3

God Speaks a Second Time

MEDITERRANEAN SEA

Jonah, this is the second time I'm telling you to go to Nineveh and proclaim my message.

"Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying,  “Go to Nineveh the great city and declare to it the message which I am going to tell you.”  Jonah 3:1-2  AMP

Jonah proclaimed God's message: "You have 40 days to get right with God, before the city will be overthrown."

"So Jonah went to Nineveh in accordance with the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three days’ walk [about sixty miles in circumference]. Then on the first day’s walk, Jonah began to go through the city, and he called out and said, “Forty days more [remain] and [then] Nineveh will be overthrown!”  Jonah 3:3-4  AMP

People of Nineveh believed God's message.

"The people of Nineveh believed and trusted in God; and they proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth [in penitent mourning], from the greatest even to the least of them.         Jonah 3:5  AMP

Jonah's message reaches the king.

"When word reached the king of Nineveh [of Jonah’s message from God], he rose from his throne, took off his robe, covered himself with sackcloth and sat in the dust [in repentance].  Jonah 3:6  AMP

King makes a proclamation for fasting and repentance.

"He issued a proclamation and it said, “In Nineveh, by the decree of the king and his nobles: No man, animal, herd, or flock is to taste anything. They are not to eat or drink water. But both man and animal must be covered with sackcloth; and every one is to call on God earnestly and forcefully that each may turn from his wicked way and from the violence that is in his hands. Who knows, God may turn [in compassion] and relent and withdraw His burning anger (judgment) so that we will not perish.”              Jonah 3:7-9  AMP

God spared Nineveh when they turned away from their wickedness.

"When God saw their deeds, that they turned from their wicked way, then God [had compassion and] relented concerning the disaster which He had declared that He would bring upon them. And He did not do it.                               Jonah 3:10  AMP (Amplified Bible)

FAMOUS WHINERS of the BIBLE ~ JONAH 4

Jonah's Whining turns to Anger 

"But this made Jonah very unhappy, and he became angry."   Jonah 4:1  NCV 

Jonah WHINES and is angry with God wanting to die.  He thinks he shouldn't have been punished for his disobedience sailing away to Spain, because he believes God shows mercy.

"He prayed to the Lord, “When I was still in my own country this is what I said would happen, and that is why I quickly ran away to Tarshish. I knew that you are a God who is kind and shows mercy. You don’t become angry quickly, and you have great love. I knew you would choose not to cause harm." 

"So now I ask you, Lord, please kill me. It is better for me to die than to live.”  Jonah 4:2-3  NCV 

God wants Jonah to examine himself, to find out the real reason he is so angry.

"Then the Lord said, “Do you think it is right for you to be angry?”  Jonah 4:4  NCV 

Jonah's skin was most likely bleached from being in the belly of the whale.  Escaping from damaging UV rays in the afternoon, he would seek shade on the east side of the city.

"Jonah went out and sat down east of the city. There he made a shelter for himself and sat in the shade, waiting to see what would happen to the city.  Jonah 4:5  NCV  

This could have been a plant growing on the city wall, with large leaves.

"The Lord made a plant grow quickly up over Jonah, which gave him shade and helped him to be more comfortable. Jonah was very pleased to have the plant."  

"But the next day when the sun rose, God sent a worm to attack the plant so that it died."   Jonah 4:6-7  NCV 

Is Jonah bald?  Did he lose hair from being in the whale?  Poor Jonah, couldn't escape from the hot winds from the east.

"As the sun rose higher in the sky, God sent a very hot east wind to blow, and the sun became so hot on Jonah’s head that he became very weak and wished he were dead. He said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”  

"But God said to Jonah, “Do you think it is right for you to be angry about the plant?”

Jonah answered, “It is right for me to be angry! I am so angry I could die!”  Jonah 4:8-9  NCV  

Jonah had more compassion for a plant, than 120,000 persons!

"And the Lord said, “You are so concerned for that plant even though you did nothing to make it grow. It appeared one day, and the next day it died."  

"Then shouldn’t I show concern for the great city Nineveh, which has more than one hundred twenty thousand people who do not know right from wrong, and many animals, too?” Jonah 4:10-11  NCV (New Century Version)

FLOATING AX HEAD

STRANGEST THINGS OF THE BIBLE

JORDAN RIVER

Elisha's disciples said, it was too crowded,letsbuild a bigger place to live.  

"The disciples of the prophets said to Elisha, “The place where we’re staying is too small for us."  2 Kings 6:1  GW

They decide to go to the Jordan River to cut

down some trees, to use for construction.

"Let’s go to the Jordan River. Each of us can

get some logs and make a place for us to live

there.”  Elisha said, “Go ahead.” 2 Kings 6:2

GW

The disciples convinced Elisha to come and

help out. 

"Then one of the disciples asked, “Won’t you

please come with us?” Elisha answered, “I’ll

go.” 2 Kings 6:3 GW

"So he went with them. They came to the

Jordan River and began to cut down trees." 

2 Kings 6:4  GW 

A loose ax head flies into the Jordan River and

sinks to the muddy bottom.  The man panics

because he has borrowed the ax and may

have no way to repay the loss.

"As one of them was cutting down a tree, the

ax head fell into the water. He cried out, “Oh

no, master! It was borrowed!”  2 Kings 6:5  GW

Elisha asks where in the river that it fell in.  He

cuts a piece of wood off a log and throws it into

the water, making the ax head float.

"The man of God asked, “Where did it fall?”

When he showed Elisha the place, Elisha cut

off a piece of wood. He threw it into the water

at that place and made the ax head float."  

2 Kings 6:6  GW 

Quickly the man grabbed it out of the water.

"Elisha said, “Pick it up.” The disciple reached

for it and picked it up."   

2 Kings 6:7 GW  God's Word translation

ANOTHER GIANT WANTS TO KILL KING DAVID

JERUSALEM

KING DAVID WAS 60 YEARS OLD

"Now when the Philistines were at war again

 with Israel, David went down and his servants

 with him; and as they fought against the

 Philistines, David became weary."              

II Samuel 21:15 NASB

A Giant wanted to kill King David

"Then Ishbi-benob, who was among the

 descendants of the giant, the weight of whose

 spear was three hundred shekels of bronze in

 weight, was girded with a new sword, and

 he intended to kill David." 

II Samuel 21:16 NASB

Abishai helped David by killing Ishbi-benob the

giant.  And the men of Israel took King David

off the battlefield.

"But Abishai the son of Zeruiah helped him,

 and struck the Philistine and killed him. Then

 the men of David swore to him, saying, “You

 shall not go out again with us to battle, so that

 you do not extinguish the lamp of Israel."

II Samuel 21:17 NASB

Sibbecai struck down another giant.

"Now it came about after this that there was

 war again with the Philistines at Gob;

 then Sibbecai the Hushathite struck down

 Saph, who was among the descendants of

 the giant."

 II Samuel 21:18 NASB

Elhanan killed Goliath the Gittite.

"There was war with the Philistines again at

 Gob, and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim

 the Bethlehemite killed Goliath the Gittite, the

 shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s

 beam."

II Samuel 21:19 NASB

Jonathan killed a six fingered Giant.

"There was war at Gath again, where there

 was a man of great stature who had six

 fingers on each hand and six toes on each

 foot, twenty-four in number; and he also had

 been born to the giant."   II Samuel 21:20

 NASB

"When he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of

 Shimei, David’s brother, struck him down."    

II Samuel 21:21 NASB

Those four Giants were offspring of the giant in

Gath.

"These four were born to the giant in Gath,

and they fell by the hand of David and by the

hand of his servants."

II Samuel 21:15 NASB (New American Standard Bible)

THE PRODIGAL BROTHER

FAMOUS WHINERS OF THE BIBLE 

"Jesus told this parable; and he said,  

THERE WAS A MAN WITH TWO SONS."

"And the YOUNGER of the said to his father, "Father give the share of property that is coming to me.'  And he divided his property between them."  

RECKLESS LIVING

"Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in reckless living."  

FAMINE AND FOOD SHORTAGE

"And when he had spent everything, a severe famine arose in that country, and he began to be in need."  

WORKING AS A PIG FARMER 

"So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs. And he was longing to be fed with the pods that the pigs ate, and no one gave him anything." 

COMING TO HIS SENSES

“But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread, but I perish here with hunger!   I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you.  I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me as one of your hired servants.”’ 

PRODIGAL SON RETURNS HOME

And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.  And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ 

FATHER CELEBRATES

But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet.  And bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate.  For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.’ And they began to celebrate."

PRODIGAL BROTHER IS JEALOUS

“Now his older son was in the field, and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing.  And he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant.  And he said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and sound.’" 

OLDER SON WHINES TO HIS FATHER

But he was angry and refused to go in. His father came out and entreated him,  but he answered his father, ‘Look, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed your command, yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.  But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your property with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!’" 

QUIT WHINING, YOUR BROTHER IS ALIVE!

And he said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours. It was fitting to celebrate and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.’”  

Luke 15:11-32 ESV  English Standard Version

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