Day 188 (Jonah 1-4) - Year 8
7/7/20268 min
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[upbeat music] Hey, Bible readers. I'm Tara-Leigh Cobble, and I'm your host for The Bible Recap. [upbeat music] Congratulations! Today we finished our 18th book of the Bible. So let's talk about it. Jonah was a prophet who lived during the time of King Jeri II, a king in the Northern Kingdom of Israel. This is around 750 BC. Some people regard this book as allegory and not as historical fact, but one important thing to note, it's almost certainly not a parable because one of the characteristics of parables is that they have anonymous characters, not real humans with names, whereas Jonah is mentioned by name in both the book of 2 Kings and by Christ Himself in Matthew 12. And on top of that, it's far more complex than any other parables we have in scripture. Regardless whether you view it as allegory or history, the things it reveals to us about God remain the same. He shows love and mercy to many of His enemies, choosing to adopt them into His family. Jonah is probably the author of this book because it includes details only he would know. And since a lot of the book shows how foolish and selfish Jonah was, it probably serves as evidence that he was able to look back on things with a healthy dose of humility and humor. It seems like he eventually learned not to take himself too seriously, hopefully, but that's definitely not how he started out. When God first commissions Jonah to go