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Jonah and the Whale (1621) by Pieter Lastman Jonah Preaching to the Ninevites (1866) by Gustave Doré, in La Grande Bible de Tours. Jonah is the central character in the Book of Jonah, in which God commands him to go to the city of Nineveh to prophesy against it "for their great wickedness is come up before me," [10] but Jonah instead attempts to flee from "the presence of the Lord" by going ...
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Art historians generally interpret this prime position as being because the story of Jonah (who was swallowed for three days by a large fish before being miraculously restored) was seen as prefiguring that of Christ's death and resurrection. [4] [5] The Prophet Jonah is opposite the fresco of the prophet Zachariah. [5]
Jonah is miraculously saved by being swallowed by a "great fish", in whose belly he spends three days and three nights. [22] While inside the great fish, Jonah prays to God in thanksgiving and commits to paying what he has vowed. [23] Jonah's prayer has been compared with some of the Psalms, [24] and with the Song of Hannah in 1 Samuel 2:1-10. [25]
Jonah was induced to flee because, after having won his reputation as a true prophet ("one whose words always came true") by the fulfilment of his prediction in the days of Jeroboam II, [8] he had come to be distrusted and to be called a false prophet, the reason being that when sent to Jerusalem to foretell its doom its inhabitants repented and the disaster did not come.
Uebert Angel (born Uebert Mudzanire; [4] 6 September 1978) is a British-Zimbabwean Businessman and a preacher. [5] He is an evangelical preacher and the founder of Spirit Embassy, a Pentecostal ministry in the United Kingdom.
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"The Bible Tells Me So" speaks of trust in and reliance on God as revealed in the Bible, as the source of faith, hope and charity. The Bible is extolled in the song as the best way to live, as being not only the key to success, but also the way to please God and receive His guidance.