Prophet Jonah's Aborted "Moving On" Story, and How Come Jonah was Angry The Lord Saved Big-City Nineveh from Destruction?
I'm totally intrigued by this story. I didn't know before reading the whole story that Jonah was actually angry over the fact that the Lord didn't destroy Nineveh as He promised ---if its people won't improve from its hideous ways. I wonder also what lifestyles were those people in Nineveh were having during those times. Curious scenarios, indeed, specially if you live in big city yourself (just like me nowadays, here in New York City ). A lot of bad things happen here, and for all we know, we may just be ready for another kind of destruction we can't even try to imagine now---until a "Jonah" comes in our midst, announcing the need for repentance now. Jonah must have failed to "move on" after he has done one of his assignments from the Lord---but he sulked and became angry. He actually wanted Nineveh to perish and be gone as soon as possible, but still Jonah had to do his assignment or else he'd be experiencing more terrible experiences sen...