We begin chapter three with Jonah out of detention, pursued by a Word intent on its objective from chapter 1: to make Jonah “stand up” or “get moving” (qum/קוּם) in Nineveh, bearing witness to God’s instruction. Matthew’s explicit mention of this text (Matt 12:39) draws parallels between the movement of Jesus in Matthew and that…
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Put in a Bad Position
God puts people in hard positions our class saw as we discussed Jonah, chapter 1. One problem we discussed affected the poor mariners. They seemed to have their heart in the right place. They wanted to please their gods–any god!–to survive the storm. When they found out that Jonah was at fault, they asked what…
“Shuv” in Jonah: First lesson with youngest children at Ephesus School
Our youngest students, ages 6 and younger, enacted “shuv” from the story of Jonah. They traced the Hebrew letters for “shuv” which means “to turn or repent.” We have many characters turning in the story of Jonah: from the seamen who turned to Jonah’s God, to the large fish who turned Jonah around from Tarshish…