Imagine you live in a city known for violence, idol worship, human sacrifices, beheading the enemy, constant wars, and taking captured enemies for slavery or for sacrifices. Imagine celebrations for victories where babies are sacrificed and burned alive. What miracles would impact you so you would listen to a prophet’s message and repent? What messages could be delivered by a prophet in those circumstances?
Like us, Jonah had a life; he made a living and worked as a unit with his family. When asked to go to Nineveh, he knew he was inadequate for the task, and fear paralyzed him. He learned, as we all learn, that sometimes the challenge we are told to complete changes us more than it impacts the people we teach. Deep down, we know our background, experiences, and religious training do not prepare us to complete the challenges before us. What if we were selected from the foundations of the earth to be prophets?
Like Jonah, we will have doubts? Does God make a mistake?
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