A Nation needed Healing

God saved his life in the belly of the fish by allowing seaweed to warp around his head and allow him to breath while under water in the belly of the fish

how often do we suffer because of our failure to follow God’s word?

we might as well call it what it is sin.

The Bible frames Nineveh as a thoroughly evil city and an enemy of Israel. The book of Jonah describes Nineveh, its inhabitants, and its king as so evil that Yahweh threatens to completely destroy them if they do not repent. The Israelite prophet, Jonah, despises Nineveh and is disappointed when the people repent and Yahweh spares them. The book of Nahum describes Nineveh’s destruction at the hands of the Babylonians in graphic detail. It also describes Nineveh as a city of bloodshed.

The biblical authors of Jonah and Nahum believed that Nineveh was evil and deserved the punishment it finally received. This stance was a result of the historical situation of Assyrian dominance throughout Mesopotamia and Palestine. Both Israel (northern kingdom) and Judah (southern kingdom) were subject to Assyrian rule and experienced the harsh treatment with which Assyria maintained control.

Location

Nineveh was located on the east bank of the Tigris River downstream from the Kurdish mountains in modern day Mosul, Iraq. The site is about 7.7 miles in circumference, and contains two main citadels—Kouyunjik and Nabi Yunus. The Khosr River, a tributary of the Tigris, runs between these two citadels.

Nineveh was a dominating presence situated on two major trade routes. The north—south trade route ran through Nineveh along the Tigris, while the east—west trade route followed the southern foothills of the Kurdish mountains and also passed through Nineveh. These routes created an ancient highway between the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf. Because of its location, Nineveh became a wealthy city active in trade (Halton, “How Big Was Nineveh?” 193).

Sieges, A. (2016). Nineveh. In J. D. Barry, D. Bomar, D. R. Brown, R. Klippenstein, D. Mangum, C. Sinclair Wolcott, … W. Widder (Eds.), The Lexham Bible Dictionary. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press.

Obedience

Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

King James Version Chapter 5

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

King James Version Chapter 5

If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

King James Version Chapter 1

Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men. And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.

The Holy Bible: King James Version. (2009). (Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version., Jn 8:31–32). Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.

Healing

King James Version Chapter 34

I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.

King James Version Chapter 19

For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

King James Version Chapter 2

When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

King James Version Chapter 10

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

King James Version Psalm 81

O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;

There shall no strange god be in thee;

Neither shalt thou worship any strange god.

I am the LORD thy God,

Which brought thee out of the land of Egypt:

Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

But my people would not hearken to my voice;

And Israel would none of me.

So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust:

And they walked in their own counsels.

Oh that my people had hearkened unto me,

And Israel had walked in my ways!

I should soon have subdued their enemies,

And turned my hand against their adversaries.

The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him:

But their time should have endured for ever.

He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat:

And with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.

King James Version Chapter 7

If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place. For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.