Bible Discussion Thread

The book of Jonah is a very interesting book, and we have alot to learn from it, especially in this end times. Recently there was serious revelation from God thru some of His end time prophets, that serious trouble is coming to earth within days, that will turn many people to God. This prophecy was everywhere and some wonderful end time prophets of God confirmed it. People were repenting and getting ready for what was revealed, but nothing happen. There was a lot of criticism agaist the prophets who revealed this because it didnot happen. Many called them false prophets.Personally am very close to one of the prophets, she is a great servant of God. While the criticism was going on God directed me to the book of Jonah. I had little understanding about the book of Jonah, infact i never knew why Jonah was running away from God until i went to read it. Jonah had an intimate relationship with God. He had been hearing from the LORD and passing messages to people. He has come to know from his exsperience with God that God is so merciful. God has given him warning messages in the past and repented. This is like an embarrasement to Jonah, after telling the people that God is about to destroy this city nothing happen, because God had repented. This was the reason Jonah refused to go to Niniveh when the message came to Him. I used to think that God told Jonah to go and warn Niniveh to repent, but God has opened my eyes beyound that. Jonah was told to go and tell Niniveh that in Fourty days time God will bring judgment upon the city because of their sins. It was the people that decided on their own to repent, and God forgave them. Jonah became angry because his prophecy did not happen. Read how the people reacted to Jonah's message in chapter 3. And in chapter 4 you will see how Jonah was talking to the LORD that this is the reason he did not want to come to Niniveh.