Week 23 – Narration (Jonah)

Jonah is a man that God sent to Nineveh because he wanted Jonah to tell the people of Nineveh to turn away from their sins or else God would overthrow their town.  Instead of going to Nineveh he caught a ship and went to Tarshish. Before he could get there, the Lord sent a bad storm and Jonah told the sailors to throw him in the sea so that the storm would stop. The sailors didn’t want to throw Jonah in the sea, but they did because the storm was getting worse and worse. And then, God sent a great fish and told the fish to swallow Jonah. Three days later, Jonah prayed to God and God told the fish to spit out Jonah onto dry land. Then Jonah got up and God said to him for the second time, “Go to Nineveh and tell the people to turn away from their sins.” This time, Jonah obeyed and went to Nineveh and told the people to turn away from their sins. And Jonah said, “If you do not turn away from your sins, God will overthrow your city.” The people believed Jonah and turned from their sins. Jonah’s message got to the king and he said, “We have disobeyed God. We should turn away from our sins.” And they did. Jonah felt angry about that, that God didn’t overthrow their land.  And God asked him,”Why are you angry?” Jonah was angry because God didn’t overthrow their land and Jonah wanted God to overthrow their city because of their sins. But God wanted to give them another chance.

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