Author: Shalem John
his change of plans made Jonah very angry. This 2 He complained to the Lord about it: “This is exactly what I thought You’d do, Lord, when I was there in my own country and You first told me to come here. That’s why I ran away to Tarshish. For I knew You were a gracious God, merciful, slow to get angry, and full of kindness; I knew how easily You could cancel Your plans for destroying these people. 3 Please kill me, Lord; I’d rather be dead than alive (when nothing that I told them happens*).” 4 Then the…
The visible manifestation or appearance of God to man is called as Theophany. The Bible describes the theophanies of God as an ‘Angel of the Lord’ and in Christ as the incarnate Son. 1. Theophany of God The Bible says that God is so great that man cannot see God face to face and live (John 1:18; Judg. 13:22). Hence the Bible does not describe people seeing God; but records incidents where there was an appearance of God in the following places. At Sinai: The seventy elders and Moses did not see God directly but they saw Him as the…
PART-1 The Lord sent this message to Jonah, the son of 2 “Go to the great city of Nineveh, and give them this announcement from the Lord: ‘I am going to destroy you for your wickedness rises before Me; it smells to highest heaven.”” 3 But Jonah was afraid to go and ran away from the Lord. He went down to the seacoast, to the port of Joppa, where he found a ship leaving for Tarshish. He bought a ticket, went on board, and climbed down into the dark hold of the ship to hide there from the Lord. 4…