And It Just So Happened That Jonah Was Shown To Be The Guilty One The God was pleased so to order the lots, that jonah was found to be the guilty person: not to favour such vain practices of the heathen; but that, after jonah had made known to the mariners that the god of heaven and earth, whom he worshipped, had sent this storm, they might be brought to understand that the true god is the only director of lots. Self murder (suicide) is sinful according to exodus 20:13. jonah believed that if he went from the ship into the sea, that he would die and the storm would cease. however, if he jumped himself, that would be sinful since it would be suicide. instead, he told the sailors to cast himself into the sea. in the same way, jesus willfully died on the.
Blessed Jonahs Fast Now When We Study The Story Of Jonah The Force Of The question jonah has an answer to is not what jonah has done to cause this (they already have some idea about that) but who is actually responsible for the storm. obviously, the only one who can be responsible for a storm must be some sort of divine being who controls things like that. The sea and the dry land are two extremes. jonah used them to convey the idea of totality. in other words, the lord is the creator of everything. both the sea and the dry land belong to the lord because he made them ( genesis 1:9 10 ). as the cosmic, creator deity, the lord is the god who would be able to send the storm and calm it. Jonah flees from the lord the word of the lord came to jonah son of amittai: “go to the great city of nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.” but jonah ran away from the lord and headed for tarshish. he went down to joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. after paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for tarshish to flee from the lord. The lord, the almighty and eternal god, from whose work jonah fleeth, sent out a great wind. god keepeth the winds as in storehouses, or treasuries, and now brings one forth to fetch back a fugitive, and obstinate refuser of his command: the greatness of it, with the suddenness of its rising, and manner of its working, undeniably showed that it was supernatural, and from god, displeased with.