Jonah

Bible Reference: 2 Kings 14:25; Jonah 1-4; Matthew 12:39

Jonah flourished as a prophet under the reign of Jeroboam II.
He predicted the successful restoration of the boundaries of the Northern Kingdom.
He was called by God to share a message of repentance to the Ninevites, but after being called, he ran away because of his hatred of the Ninevites.
After fleeing from God on a boat, God sent a storm and Jonah was thrown overboard and swallowed by a great fish. He repented of his sin and then spit out of the fish.
Jonah went to Nineveh and shared the message that they would be destroyed if they didn’t repent.
The Ninevites turned away from their sin and got right with God.
Jonah still wanted the Ninevites to be destroyed, so he sat on a hill overlooking the city waiting for their destruction.
God corrected Jonah for his anger and hatred for the people.
Jesus saw Jonah not as a figure in literature, but as an actual person.

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