Is the story of Jonah just a whale of a tale told before bedtime, taught in children’s Sunday schools, viewed as cute cartoons on DVD players? Or is there a deeper message to be heard, found inside that cold, dark belly of a fish?
As this passage by passage study reveals, trusting in one’s own vanity is as a childhood fantasy of believing that our own decisions have zero affect on other people’s lives – failing to grasp the realities that by our own hand, we forsake our own mercy.
Blessings,
Derek and Rivkah