THE BIG FISH THAT SWALLOWED JONAH: READ AND WHAT'S YOUR VIEW
God sent Jonah to provide/warn some people but he refused to go, so a big fish swallowed Jonah.
What is the name of the "big fish" that has swallowed you for not accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour?
or,
As a Christian, what is the name of the "big fish" that has swallowed you for not following God's instruction?
According to Sirach 10: 12
"PRIDE HAS ITS BEGINNING WHEN A PERSON ABANDONS THE LORD."
This means that;
INTERPRETATION OF THE ABOVE BIBLE VERSE GOES THUS: Just as we know that "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom," so also "The abandonment of God who created you is the beginning of worldly pride." They popularly say "PRIDE COMES BEFORE A FALL" which means that worldly pride leads to failure.
The same specie of animal called "fish" in which Simon Peter found the money that was enough to pay for the temple taxes of Jesus Christ and all His apostles (just as Jesus Christ had instructed Him to do to avoid unnecessary quarrels between Him and those temple tax collectors) even as citizens of the nation because Simon Peter followed Jesus Christ's instructions on that day totally even without using questions about something that sounded so impossible. "WITH GOD ALMIGHTY, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE."
That same specie of animal called "fish" is the one that swallowed Jonah for refusing to go preach to/warn the sinful people of Nineveh who were at the verge of being destroyed the way SODOM AND GOMORRAH WAS ACTUALLY DESTROYED. God gave Nineveh a "LAST CHANCE" and they took the opportunity when Jonah finally arrived there and warned them in person and they became sorry for their sins just like King David was sorry for killing Uriah and stealing his wife from him after Prophet Samuel brought his sin before him. These were cases of near destruction that never happened again the way God wanted to carry it out before showing His mercy. SODOM AND GOMORRHA did not take the "last chance" that the physical visit of the angels to the country gave them instead their men wanted to brutally rape the male angels even after Lot (that is, Abraham's nephew) suggested that they should sleep with daughters for free instead. So, instead of getting mercy at least from angels, they got the full wrath of God except Lot and his immediate obedient family.
"Last chances" still exist. When you get such last chance as a wicked and evil person; "BE HAPPY AND REPENT (that is, repent joyfully)."
King Saul was confronted by a Prophet called Prophet Samuel with his offence and he lost his throne but the same office of Prophet occupied by Prophet Nathan confronted King Saul's immediate successor known as King David with his own offence and his sincere apology to God Almighty brought him mercy (that is, "JUSTICE WAS TAMPERED WITH MERCY") which means that the fruit of the womb of his sinful act with Uriah's wife died (which is justice) but God spared his life and his throne remained in his lineage and so was even passed down to King Solomon (his son); and Jesus Christ was still born by Virgin Mary and linked through His earthly adopted Father called Joseph, the carpenter as the descendant of King David.
It is not everything that God sends you to do that you will naturally agree to, sometimes you will naturally like to find a way out of it. If my Lord Jesus Christ met God His father in prayer before His arrest and crucifixion to ask that God, the Father should let the cup passover him (only that Jesus Christ also said that the will of God, the Father should still be done irrespective of how he felt at that moment as his only begotten Son). So, who am I that Godly mission will not startle me? But let the will of God be done anyway. TRUST GOD!!!
Jesus Christ (God, the Son) trusts the decisions (that is, will) of God the Father!!! So, trust God too!!!
Sing this Song Inviting God (IMMANUEL - "GOD IS WITH ME").
*** COME WALK WITH ME.
*** THE ROAD IS VERY NARROW.
*** COME WALK WITH ME.
*** I CANNOT WALK ALONE.
*** THE ROAD IS HERE.
*** AND THERE ARE MANY DANGERS.
*** COME WALK WITH I CANNOT WALK ALONE.
*** COME WALK WITH ME.
*** THE ROAD IS VERY NARROW.
*** COME WALK WITH ME.
*** I CANNOT WALK ALONE.
*** THE ROAD IS HERE.
*** AND THERE ARE MANY DANGERS.
*** COME WALK WITH I CANNOT WALK ALONE.
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