God of Mercy, Saviour to All

God is a God of infinite mercy to all who call upon Him and seek to worship Him as He deserves. He forgives and listens to sinners (both those who intercede and those who respond) for the purpose of reconciling His people to Himself, and to display His glory among the nations.

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Jonah 3:1-10

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Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time,

The Lord commissioned Jonah again,

saying,

MORE SPECIFICALLY, He spoke to Jonah

“Arise,

SAYING, "Get up

go to l Nineveh,

THEN go to Nineveh

that great city,

IN OTHER WORDS, the great Assyrian city

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and call out against it the message that I tell you.”

THEN tell them what I tell you"

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So Jonah arose

AS A RESULT, Jonah got up

and went to Nineveh,

AND headed towards Nineveh

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according to the word of the Lord .

BY following God's command

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Now l Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, 1

Nineveh was huge

three days’ journey in breadth. 2

SO HUGE THAT it took three days to get through it.

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Jonah began to go into the city,

SO Jonah started his trek to the city centre

going a day’s journey.

WHICH took a day

And he called out,

THEN he yelled,

“Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!”

"In 40 days, Nineveh will be turned upside-down!"

m And the people of Nineveh believed God.

ASTONISHINGLY, AND AS A RESULT of Jonah's message, Nineveh believed God

n They called for a fast

IN RESPONSE TO THEIR BELIEVING, they fasted

and o put on sackcloth,

AND they put on sackcloth

from the greatest of them

THEY AS IN the nobles

to the least of them.

AND the peasants

The word reached 1 the king of Nineveh,

THEN the king of Nineveh heard

and p he arose from his throne,

AND AS A RESULT, he got off his throne

removed his robe,

THEN removed his robe

covered himself with sackcloth,

THEN covered himself with sackcloth

q and sat in ashes.

THEN sat in ashes

And he issued a proclamation

AND he proclaimed

and published through Nineveh,

AND published his proclamation,

r “By the decree of the king and his nobles:

SAYING, "By royal decree

Let neither man nor s beast, herd nor flock, taste anything.

DO not let man nor beast, etc. taste anything

Let them not feed

AND don't eat

or drink water,

AND don't drink

but let man and s beast be covered with sackcloth,

INSTEAD, cover yourselves with sackcloth

and let them call out mightily to God.

AND pray

t Let everyone turn from his evil way

AND turn from evil

and from u the violence that is in his hands.

AND from violenece

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v Who knows?

ALTHOUGH we cannot know for certain

God may turn and relent

it is possible that God may relent

w and turn from his fierce anger,

AND forgive us

so that we may not perish.”

IN ORDER THAT we don't die

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When God saw what they did,

AMAZINGLY, WHEN God witnessed the mass repentance

x how they turned from their evil way,

IN OTHER WORDS, that they actually repented

x God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them,

God forgave them

and he did not do it.

AND did not punish them.

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Main point of God having mercy on all who call upon Him is not only in application for Nineveh, but also to Jonah who sought the Lord in the belly of the fish (which plays a similar role to that of Christ's prayer in Gethsemane and the following events that lead to the cross - i.e. Jonah's hike through Nineveh/enemy territory to redeem/judge the people of that land)

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