<ul><li>Jonah<ul>
<li>Setting<ul>
<li>8th century</li><li>Jeroboam 2 (c.786-746 BC)</li><li>Northern Kingdom - Israel</li><li>reluctant and non-compassionate prophet</li><li>Nineveh - Assyria - East bank of Tigris - fell in 612 BC<br></li><li>Tarshish (Tarsus), Joppa (modern Tel Aviv)</li></ul></li><li>The Command - Jonah 1:2 </li><li>Reaction</li><ul><li>Jonah`s Reaction - diobedience - Jonah 1:3</li><li>God`s Reaction - judgment - Jonah 1:4</li><li>Sailor`s Reaction - rejection - Jonah 1:15</li></ul><li>The Results <ul><li>On Jonah - death - repentence - Jonah 2</li><li>On Sailors - safety and salvation - Jonah 1:16</li><li>On God - nothing</li></ul></li><li>Obedience </li><ul><li>Nineveh spared - Jonah 3:5</li><li>Jonah`s relationship restored - Jonah 2:2</li><li>God - forgiveness - Jonah 3:10</li></ul><li>Jonah`s Testimony - Jonah 1:9</li></ul></li></ul>