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Laika
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| Posted 6/24/2004 11:57 AM (GMT -6) |   | Anyone who declares that Jonah was a false prophet is a nutcase.
Let's look at the facts:
1. Jeremiah 18:7,8
"At one moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to uproot, to pull down, or to destroy it; if that nation against which I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent concerning the calamity I planned to bring on it."
Exactly what happened when Jonah proclaimed God's message of destruction to Nineveh and they repented.
2. There's no rebuke from God about the message Jonah gave Nineveh, none.
3. Jonah is mad at God for doing the opposite of His message! He's mad at God for having mercy on Nineveh.
4. God deals with this attitude, not the message he gave. After disobeying God once, why would Jonah disobey again? You don't think the sojourn in the belly of the great fish wasn't enough of a wakeup call?
5. Why would Jonah change a conditional message that offered some hope into a message ONLY about destruction towards a hostile city?
Where's the rebuke for the message?
6. Jesus didn't consider Jonah a false prophet.
Matthew 12:39,40
"An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth."
Luke 11:29,30
"As the crowds were increasing, He began to say, 'This generation is a wicked generation; it seeks for a sign, and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah. For just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation.'"
Jonah was a prophet of God as evidenced by the facts of scripture.
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