Little book ~ BIG story

Jonah is a short book: 47 verses long. You can read it, quite literally, in minutes even if  you read v    e    r    y  slowly. But ~ so much happens!!!

Jonah gets instructions from God.

Jonah says, "No way!!" and goes on an extended trip.

God chases Jonah with a storm.

Jonah gets comfronted by some VERY angry sailors . . . and ultimately thrown overboard.

God sends a big fish to swallow him.

Jonah prays a wonderful, very worshipful prayer.

Jonah goes to Nineveh and gives, like, a 1 sentence ultimatum-esk prophecy against the city.

Nineveh repents!!!!

Jonah throws a fit, sits up on a hill in a snit, and God confronts him...with poignant wit.

THE END

My summary may even be longer than the whole book. Right? Ahhhh! But it's the story!!

So...things I love about this story!!

1) Jonah tells God, "NO!"
Jonah is a prophet!!! He clearly loves God...know Him well. The book starts with a prophet refusing to obey God.  That gets my attention.

The word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai: "Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me."
 But Jonah ran away from the LORD and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the LORD. Jonah 1:1-3
Ok, knowing the "where" really helps with this book.

On the far left of the map, in what is present day SPAIN is Tarshish. On the far right is Nineveh.

I need it to be a movie!! I am nearly willing to go BEG Speilberg to make the movie.  I think he could do it justice. I do. He should do it.



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