Contributed by Garrett Tyson on Sep 8, 2022
                    
                
                
                    The king of Assyria knows that there's a chance that God will change his mind, and not bring about the promised judgment.  God prefers to forgive, and bless.  For three chapters in a row, God has shown mercy, not judgment.
                
                    
                        The book of Jonah began in a surprising way.  Yahweh called Yonah to go to Ninevah, and Yonah disobeyed.  This is not what prophets do.  Prophets obey.  But Yonah ran the wrong direction, to the end of the known world, at Tarshish.  When that didn't work, he chose death over Yahweh.  He refused
                        
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