Determining date and authorship of Jonah remains problematic, as explicit references do not exist within the narrative.Consequently, scholars must consider linguistic and historical factors to approximate such information. On Jonah, Stuart argues for the historicity of the book. Jonah 1:17 Yet how often is the “whale”, really fish mentioned in stories and how much of the focus of the narrative placed on the fish. Jonah’s book magnifies the sovereignty of God as well as the love and mercy of God. Jonah 1 The Pursuing Heart of God; WARREN WIERSBE.

Thomas E. McComiskey — The Minor Prophets (2009 [1992]). And likeJonah,theyhadto be disciplined; for Assyria would conquer Israel, and Babylon would take Judah into captivity. The Book of Jonah (4) Introduction. He has been the pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, since February 9, 1969. Jerome and Augustine, and the Fall of Rome. The completed registration allows us to send order and donation receipts to the email address you provided. 2. But he is also very wise. Thomas Reid and His "Common Sense Philosophy" Commentaries on the Belgic Confession and Canons of Dort. John Fullerton MacArthur Jr. (born June 19, 1939) is an American pastor and author known for his internationally syndicated Christian teaching radio program Grace to You. Although this phrase is one of the several indications in the book of Jonah of Nineveh’s impressive size, interpreters are not precisely sure what “a three-day walk” means. Baldwin also questions the arguments of those who identify Jonah as a work of fiction. Most other series have some really good commentaries, some mediocre commentaries, and at least a handful of commentaries that are not very helpful at all.

Civil Religion. Jonah 2 Commentary ; Jonah 3 Commentary - excerpt Jonah 3:3 - Required three days to walk through it. Jonah 1 - When God Speaks, You Better Listen; ROB SALVATO. 2 Kings 14:25), placing the book somewhere in the eighth century (BC). Richard S. Hess — Joshua (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries, 1996). In 1969, after graduating from Talbot Theological Seminary, John came to Grace Community Church.

2 Traditionally, many ascribe authorship to Jonah son of Amittai (cf. Background 1. We left Jonah in the belly of the fish, and had reason to think we should hear no more of him, that if he were not destroyed by the waters of the sea he would be consumed in the bowels of that leviathan, "out of whose mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire, and whose breath kindles coals,’’ Job. Jonah 1 The Flight of Jonah; JAMES MERRITT. Eschatology by Ethos. chap 5); John F MacArthur … Commentary to Jonah - Bible Commentaries the inspiration of the Bible as the Word of God One can only place Jonah in the category of fables if one starts out with the prejudice that miracles, such as described in this God is a very patient teacher. Jonah 1 Exposition/Commentary Notes ; NETBIBLE NOTES. Jonah had not yet learned his lesson, so God continues with his education in 4:6. The sign of Jonah (1:17, 2:2-9) – Jonah alludes to his near-death experience in the fish as being “in the belly of Sheol” (2:2), “You raised my life from the Pit” (2:6), and “as my life was fading away” (2:7, HCSB). Chapter 2. John MacArthur is the pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, as well as an author, conference speaker, president of The Master’s University and Seminary, and featured teacher with the Grace to You media ministry. The Reformation of the Supper. ... JOHN GILL Commentary on Joel.

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