Good question, it sounds simple, but it carries a deeper implication. The idea of Jonah being preserved or saved from danger, is this, the only danger Jonah was being protected from was himself. In verse one and two of the book which bears his name, we read he was told by the Lord to go to the city of Nineveh, and warn them concerning their wickedness. However, in verse three we are told, but Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa.
Here is one of the lessons, whenever the child of God turns their back on the Lord, or refuse to do what they ought to do, they never progress, they digress. Though he went to Joppa, a geographical location, but the idea is that, if the Christian flees from the Lord in whichever way, they backslide, and their condition will get worse. Hence, he went down to Joppa. The adverb “down” or the phrase he went down to Joppa, typified a retrogressive deterioration of the backsliding believer, but there is always hope to those who call upon the Lord. It doesn’t matter the time or the location.
Jonah was the perfect example, he called upon the Lord during what seems to be his last seconds. In so doing, the Lord will use any means to reach out and save that soul. Even if it takes a “great fish” and the “world” to be used as an instrument.
So the was the storm a type of judgment and the fish protection from the judgment?
Basically I want to know more about the fish 😊
Good question, it sounds simple, but it carries a deeper implication. The idea of Jonah being preserved or saved from danger, is this, the only danger Jonah was being protected from was himself. In verse one and two of the book which bears his name, we read he was told by the Lord to go to the city of Nineveh, and warn them concerning their wickedness. However, in verse three we are told, but Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa.
Here is one of the lessons, whenever the child of God turns their back on the Lord, or refuse to do what they ought to do, they never progress, they digress. Though he went to Joppa, a geographical location, but the idea is that, if the Christian flees from the Lord in whichever way, they backslide, and their condition will get worse. Hence, he went down to Joppa. The adverb “down” or the phrase he went down to Joppa, typified a retrogressive deterioration of the backsliding believer, but there is always hope to those who call upon the Lord. It doesn’t matter the time or the location.
Jonah was the perfect example, he called upon the Lord during what seems to be his last seconds. In so doing, the Lord will use any means to reach out and save that soul. Even if it takes a “great fish” and the “world” to be used as an instrument.