Introduction to the Book
This is the country that Jonah was sent to preach to
Nineveh
Jonah tried to flee to this city
Tarshish
This is where Jonah prays from in chapter 2
The belly of the fish
This is how the people of Nineveh responded to Jonah's message
They believed and repented
This was Jonah's response to God showing mercy to Nineveh
He was angry
The book of Jonah was written to
The people of Israel but it has application for all people
Jonah was in the belly of the big fish for this many days and nights
Three days and three nights
Chapter 2 is in this literary genre
Poetry
This is how God responded to the people of Nineveh repenting
He relented from sending disaster on the city
This is why Jonah did not want to go to Nineveh
He knew that God would be gracious and compassionate to the people of Nineveh
This is who wrote the book of Jonah
The book is technically anonymous but likely written by Jonah
God sent a storm for this reason
Jonah disobeyed God
This is how Jonah being in the belly of the fish points forward to Jesus
Jonah was in the belly of the fish for three days and three nights - Jesus was in the grave for three days and three nights
This was Jonah's message to the people of Nineveh
In forty days and Nineveh will be demolished!
God provides shade for Jonah and then sends a worm to eat the plant to teach Jonah this lesson about himself
It showed Jonah that he believed he deserved God's grace and not His judgment while the people of Nineveh deserved God's judgement, not His grace
Nineveh was a part of this empire
Assyria
The sailors responded to God calming the storm by doing this
Worship Yahweh
Jonah describes his being delivered from the belly of the fish as this
Resurrection from the dead
Salvation
This is how many days it would take to walk the city of Nineveh
Three days
The book of Jonah ends with a question for this reason
It is meant to get us to ask ourselves if we care about the people God created so that we participate in God's mission to see people saved from every nation