Week 3 Part 1

Hello everyone!  Today is a snow day for me so I have extra time to spend searching questions I had in Jonah so praise God for that!  I hope that you are all doing well today!  We are on the second part of week 3 this week,  if you are behind, keep trucking along and feel free to answer any blog questions as you want, even if they are old posts!  I think we learn so much from each other and things become more concrete when we share them.

So first is an interesting short article on Jonah from Answers in Genesis.
http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/am/v1/n1/great-fish
I never doubted Jonah being swallowed by a fish because nothing is impossible for God but it is fun to see that it isn't that unreasonable and that is has happened to some people and a dog.

Here are a few questions:
1. What themes did you come up for Jonah 1 and 2?  I think this is so helpful to pull the main events together!

2. What did God do in response to Jonah's prayer? What does this show you about God?

3.What application do you see for your life?

ALSO...As you come to Day 19 and she is talking about looking up words to find out more about them.  This is when www.blueletterbible.org come in handy.  You can go to the site and type in the word you are looking for on the upper right under Lexicon or you can type in the verse and click on the C next to the verse.

Few things I learned today to help me understand more:
Sheol - Sheowl - Can mean the grave, shows that Jonah thought he was going to die.  He cried out from that mindset.

Lots- Gowral - pieces or pebbles put into an urn  and pulled out to make decisions.  We see that the priest did this when determining out of 2 goats which one was going to be for the LORD and which was for Azazel.

Ninevah- Capital of the ancient Kingdom of Assyria, 3 days journey ( One day is thought to be about 12 miles) Jonah had a lot of walking to do! :)

Sackcloth- Saq - worn in mourning or humiliation.  I love Psalms 30:11-12 You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,that my glory may sing your praise and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks to you forever!   Could this be how the Ninevites felt after God relented towards them!


Anyways, that is enough reading for one day!  Love you all!