Jonah

[stevehut]

The Lord did not say, "Just as Jonah was dead in the belly of the fish three days and three nights..." The Lord was using the story of Jonah as a type of His own death and resurrection.

Yup.

I hate it when people beat me to the punch. Then I can't show off how smart I am.

[Guest Calamity]

God-man, I misread your post! I'm really, really not blonde, believe it or not!

[Guest shadow2b]

-dead men can't pray, huh Dad Ernie?-  

-Yup. I hate it when people beat me to the punch. Then I can't show off how smart I am.-

-YUPPP-I noze jest zactly whUtt ya meen--"That was gonna be my zact answerTOO

-DAGGNABBITT-- :x:

[Guest shadow2b]

-Much ado about nothing. We can spend ot time more profitable making disciples.

-NOWE THAT KINDA STUFF REALLY TICKS ME OFF----MEBBY THOSE THAT WANNA DO SOMETHING ELSE BESIDES WASTIN TIME IN HERE TALKIN WITH THEIR BRETHREN & LEARNING ABOUT GODS WORD--MEBBY THEY JES OUGHTTA GO ON & BE ADOIN WHAT IT IS THEY ARE SO FRUSTRATED IN NOT ADOIN NOW------

- sOooo-jest ta hepp send ya off with a mite mo sweeter disposition--mebby-YA'LL COME BACK NOWE YA HEER??

[hal]

I do not mean to tick anyone off but making disciples seems to be a much neglected activity. Anyway, the Scriptures say we need to forgive if we want God to forgive us.

[Guest yod]

He didn't write the book while in the fish, ya know....

dead men can't pray

Do you not know the story of Lazarus in Abraham's bosom and how the rich man prayed that someone would be sent to tell his family? Don't you think a man's spirit exists after death?

These 2 verses indicate to me that he might have been dead.

out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.

yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption,

It is not worth an arguement but it makes an interesting discussion.

[wordsower]

Yep, I think he was definately dead. He prayed before he died for you smarty pants!

There is no way to prove it, but Jesus said the only sign you will have is the prophet Jonah. I think He meant that He would be raised up like Jonah was in 3 days.

Furthermore, let's look at it practically, who's gonna live for 3 days inside of a fish at the bottom of the sea? Hello?? Yes, God can do any miracle He wishes but then, raising him from the dead was miraculous too.

That's my thoughts, guess we can ask Jonah when we see him.

[Dad Ernie]

Greetings,

Did you miss the part where it says that God PREPARED a big fish? Since Daniel wasn't eaten in the Lion's den and Shadrack, Mishack and Obednego didn't die in the oven, I don't see why Jonah would have had to die in the whale.

As was said "Dead men don't pray", God had a job for Jonah and He was going to make sure that Jonah understood that God was not going to let him off the hook so easy - not even hoping for death and praying to be tossed overboard would help Jonah get off the hook. I believe we see a very clear picture of God's TOTAL sovereignty here.

Blessings,

Dad Ernie

[whatsitmean]

I think he died in the fish too.

You know the chief god of Nineveh was Dagon, a fish god.

[Guest yod]

Greetings,

Did you miss the part where it says that God PREPARED a big fish? Since Daniel wasn't eaten in the Lion's den and Shadrack, Mishack and Obednego didn't die in the oven, I don't see why Jonah would have had to die in the whale.

As was said "Dead men don't pray", God had a job for Jonah and He was going to make sure that Jonah understood that God was not going to let him off the hook so easy - not even hoping for death and praying to be tossed overboard would help Jonah get off the hook. I believe we see a very clear picture of God's TOTAL sovereignty here.

Blessings,

Dad Ernie

And you absolutely could be right....

:il: