JONAH’S STORY: A

QUINTESSENTIAL APPLICATION

STORY

HISTORY

ALLEGORY

ELI’S TWO SONS

EGYPT

ISRAEL

CANAAN
THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY, VOL. 1, p. 400

THE ARK OF GOD

God reproved Eli for his criminal neglect of

family discipline. Eli reproved his sons, but
did not restrain them.
 DESIRE OF AGES, p. 308
All who obey as He did are likewise declaring that
the law is "holy, and just, and good." Romans 7:12.
On the other hand, all who break God's
commandments are sustaining Satan's claim that the
law is unjust, and cannot be obeyed. Thus they
second the deceptions of the great adversary, and
cast dishonor upon God. They are the children of the
wicked one, who was the first rebel against God's
law. To admit them into heaven would again bring
in the elements of discord and rebellion, and imperil
the well-being of the universe. No man who
willfully disregards one principle of the law shall
enter the kingdom of heaven.
 DISOBEDIENCE EQUALS
DECEPTION
PROCLAIM: WORD

 DISOBEDIENT
 DISCEIVED
 DOWNWARD DESECENT
 DIVINE PRESENCE
 DETOUR
 DISPLEASED: JONAH 4:1[EXCEEDINGLY]

JONAH’S REMEDY: SURRENDER & COMPLY

 JONAH: OUT PICKETING
PROTEST: GOD


 PROVOKE: NATURE’S WRATH

 CASE IN POINT:
 ADAM & EVE

 ELI’S SONS

 JONAH

JONAH 1:12
…For I know that for my sake this great tempest [is]
upon you.
 PROBING:FINDING PROBABLE
CAUSE
JONAH 1:7
And they said every one to his fellow, Come,
and let us cast lots, that we may know for
whose cause this evil [is] upon us. So they cast
lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.

ROMANS 2:24
For the name of God is blasphemed among the
Gentiles through you, as it is written.
 INTERROGATION
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

JONAH 1:8
 WHY ALL OF A SUDDEN…EVIL…?
 WHAT IS YOUR OCCUPATION?
 WHERE DO YOU COME FROM?
 WHAT IS YOUR COUNTRY OF
ORIGIN?
 WHAT RACE OR ETHNIC GROUP…?
PATRIARCHS AND PROPHETS, p. 494, 495
THE FALL OF JERICHO
God's command had been disregarded by one of
those appointed to execute His judgments. And the
nation was held accountable for the guilt of the
transgressor: "They have even taken of the accursed
thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also."
Instruction was given to Joshua for the discovery
and punishment of the criminal. The lot was to be
employed for the detection of the guilty. Step by
step the investigation went on. Closer and still closer
came the fearful test. First the tribe, then the family,
then the household, then the man was taken, and
Achan the son of Carmi, of the tribe of Judah, was
pointed out by the finger of God as the troubler of
Israel.
 JONAH’S BLASPHEMOUS TESTIMONY

JONAH 1:9
And he said unto them, I [am] an Hebrew; and I
fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath
made the sea and the dry [land].
1 JOHN 4:18
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out
fear: because fear hath torment.

JONAH: PROVIDENCE


HE BECAME A PATHOLOGICAL PERJURER

 JONAH: RESOLUTE NOT
REMORSEFUL
JONAH 1:11, 12
Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee,
that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea
wrought, and was tempestuous. And he said unto
them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea;

 Gentiles: Try to reach land [JONAH 1:13]

 Gentiles: Beseech JONAH’S God VS.14
 Gentiles: ROMANS 1:20 [INVISIBLE POWER]
 Wise men: East [Star] MATTHEW 2:1, 2]
SAME SCENARIO: TWO DIFFERENT
OUTCOME

 JESUS: BOAT [MIDDLE OF A TEMPEST

ASLEEP]
JESUS AWOKE

 JONAH: BOAT [MIDDLE OF A TEMPEST

ASLEEP]
JONAH REMAIN ASLEEP
PERILOUS TIMES: DO YOU PONDER OR
PLUNGE..?

SEA PIT
JONAH 2:1, 2
Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of
the fish's belly, And said, I cried by reason of mine
affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of
the belly of hell cried I, [and] thou heardest my
voice.
PSALMS 23:4
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow
of death, I will fear no evil: for thou [art] with me;
thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
 SEA PIT: JONAH BLAMES GOD

JONAH 2:3
For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst
of the seas;…

DOWNWARD SPIRAL:
PROPHET/PERJURER/PRISONER/PIT [BARS]
2:6
REVELATION 22:13
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end,
the first and the last.
 NEVER ASK OTHERS TO SURRENDER
BEFORE YOU COMPLY!
JONAH’S MEMOIRS
JONAH 2:8, 9
They that observe lying vanities forsake their
own mercy. But I will sacrifice unto thee with the
voice of thanksgiving; I will pay [that] that I have
vowed. Salvation [is] of the LORD.

JONAH 2: 10
And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited
out Jonah upon the dry [land].
 JONAH: PAROLE
JONAH 3:1-10 [KINDERGARTEN]

 JONAH: SENT TO NINEVEH [SAME TEST]

 NINEVITES REPENT: AFFLICT THEIR SOULS

& TURN FROM THEIR WICKEDNESS

 GOD SPARES NINEVEH TO JONAH’S

SURPRISE
 JONAH’S REACTION: SHOCK AND
AWE
JONAH 4:1
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was
very angry.
JONAH’S BEHAVIOR CONTRASTED:
 KIND HEARTED…HEART WAS KINDLED
 PATERNAL…PAROCHIAL
 PERSONABLE…PECKISH
 POSITIVE…PIGHEADED
 PASSIONATE…PESSIMISTIC
 PRICELESS…SUICIDAL
 JONAH 4:3

Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my

life from me; for [it is] better for me to die than
to live.
 BITTER NOT BETTER
 MEANER NOT MEEKER

GOD’S PROPHET BECAME ANGRY BECAUSE

PEOPLE WHOM HE THOUGHT WOULD
REJECT GOD, ACCEPTED HIM.
 EVANGELIST TURNS ACTIVIST
STORY: JONAH 4:6-11
 JONAH 4:9 [PLANT ] & JONAH 4:11 [PEOPLE ]

IS THIS MESSAGE JUST A:

 STORY?
 HISTORY?
 ALLEGORY?

IN TIMES OF PROSPERITY, FEAR TAKES A BACK

SEAT, WHILE GREED MOVES INTO THE DRIVER’S
SEAT. WHILE IN TIMES OF ADVERSITY, FEAR
TAKES A FRONT SEAT, WHILE GREED MOVES TO
THE BACK SEAT.
LOYALTY: POSITION BUT DISPOSITION
E.G.W: BIBLE COMMENTARY, VOL. 5, p. 1131.9
Position does not make the man. It is Christ formed within that
makes a man worthy of receiving the crown of life, that
fadeth not away. . . .

JONAH’S PRECIPITOUS DECLINE:

 DOWN TO JOPPA [JONAH 1:3]
 DOWN INTO THE BOAT [1:3]
 DOWN INTO THE SIDES OF THE BOAT [1:5]
 CAST DOWN INTO THE SEA [1:15]
 DOWN INTO THE FISH BELLY [1:17] 3 DAYS
 DOWN INTO THE MIDST OF THE SEA [2:3]
 DOWN: BOTTOM OF THE MOUNTAIN [2:6]
 LESSONS: JONAH’S MEMOIRS

1. FAITH NOT FEELINGS [FREE VS. FARE] JONAH 1:3

2. DIFFERENCE: JONAH & JESUS
BOTH: PROPHETS/SLEEP/DUTY [1:3]
3. GOD CALLS: MAN/MESSAGE/MOVEMENT [3:1-3]
4. GOD CALLS: DENY SELF…DEVOTE SAVIOR [4:1]
5. COMRADES NOT COWARDS
6. GOD IS SEEKING FUGITIVE: RUNNING
AWAY/RUNNING OUT OF TIME
7. GAVE COMPLIMENTS TO CAMOUFLAGE
CRITICISMS [JONAH 1:12 CAST ME INTO THE SEA]
8. JONAH’S CONFESSION: [JONAH 2:7]
CONSEQUENCES OF HIS DISOBEDIENCE

 WRONG WILL ALWAYS LEADS YOU DEEP DOWN