Jesus in the Text
Jonah being in the belly of the whale for 3 days and 3 nights represented this.
What is Jesus' death, burial and resurrection?
"Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying..."
What is Jonah 3?
The Lord appointed this to swallow up Jonah after he was thrown into the sea.
What is a big fish/whale?
The evil of this city northeast of Israel came up before the Lord.
What is Nineveh?
“Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!”
Who is Jonah?
Jonah being asleep in the middle of the storm draws a parallel to this miracle performed by Jesus in the New Testament.
What is Jesus calming the storm?
"But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry."
What is Jonah 4?
The Lord hurled this upon the sea.
What is a great wind?
East of Israel, the journey to this city is 4-5 times longer than the journey from Israel to Nineveh.
What is Tarshish?
“What shall we do to you, that the sea may quiet down for us?”
Who are the pagan sailors?
When Jesus caused calmed the storm in the New Testament, he demonstrated that he was this person.
Who is God/Yahweh?
"And the men marveled, saying, “What sort of man is this, that even winds and sea obey him?”"
What is Matthew 8?
God appointed this to destroy the plant protecting Jonah from the heat.
What is a worm?
Jonah went immediately to this port city after hearing the word of the Lord.
What is Joppa?
"Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything. Let them not feed or drink water, but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and let them call out mightily to God. Let everyone turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands. Who knows? God may turn and relent and turn from his fierce anger, so that we may not perish.”
Who is the king of Nineveh?
What is casting lots?
"Those who pay regard to vain idols
forsake their hope of steadfast love."
What is Jonah 2?
When explaining to Jonah why He extended mercy to the Ninevites, God expressed concern for this animal/animal group.
What are cattle?
Nineveh was this many days journey in breadth.
What is 3 days?
“What do you mean, you sleeper? Arise, call out to your god! Perhaps the god will give a thought to us, that we may not perish.”
Who is the captain of the ship?
This action of Jonah represents Christ's atonement/propitiation for our sins.
What is sacrificing himself to be thrown overboard?
" For just 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. "
What is Matthew 12?
In his prayer of thanksgiving, Jonah said that these were wrapped around his head.
What are weeds?
After journeying for this many days into Nineveh, Jonah began to preach to the Ninevites.
What is 1 day?
“Do you do well to be angry?”
Who is God?