Jonah 2:10

GOD'S MESSENGER RUNNING TO GODTHE PRESERVATION OF JONAH

TEXT: Jonah 2:10

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And Jehovah spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.

QUERIES

a.

How does God communicate with fish?

b.

Where did Jonah land?

PARAPHRASE

And the Lord commanded the fish to spit up Jonah on the beach and the fish obeyed the command of the Lord,

SUMMARY

Jonah is delivered with a second opportunity to carry out his commission from the Lord.

COMMENT

Jonah 2:10. JEHOVAH SPAKE UNTO THE FISH, AND IT VOMITED OUT JONAH. God has set the whole creation, except man, to function through orderly laws and instincts imposed upon it by His will. Man He created in His own spiritual image with a will free to make moral choice. But God, impels by a certain divine and secret power, as Cyril says, animal and inanimate creation to do His will in a miraculous way when it serves His purpose to do so, (cf. Balaam's ass, Numbers 22:21-30; the star of Bethlehem, Matthew 2:2; Matthew 2:9). The land upon which Jonah was spewed out is not known for certain but we assume it to be the coast of Palestine or Syria (K & D think it was near Joppa where he boarded the ship to run away).

QUIZ

1.

Cite other incidents where God has imposed His will on animals to use them miraculously.

2.

How long was Jonah's life preserved by God in the belly of this fish?