![]() Then they said to him, “Tell us, now! On whose account has this calamity struck us? What is your occupation? And where do you come from? What is your country? From what people are you?” He said to them, “I am a Hebrew, and I fear the Lord God of heaven who made the sea and the dry land.” Then the men became extremely frightened and they said to him, “How could you do this?” For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the Lord, because he had told them. With bewildered and anxious faces, the pagan sailors looked to Jonah for an explanation. This storm, in fact, had been sent by the Lord both to chastise him for his flagrant disobedience and to halt him from running farther away. When the crew cast lots to find who was to blame for angering the gods, Jonah was singled out and his suspicions were confirmed-he was God’s target in the tempest. Once awake, however, Jonah soon found himself in even greater danger. It was only the ship’s captain waking him that brought Jonah to conscious awareness of the chaos and deadly danger of the storm. The boat may have been tossing and turning, but, incredibly, Jonah was not. ![]() ![]() While the Gentile sailors frantically scurried about, bailing water and tossing any unnecessary cargo overboard, a seemingly oblivious Hebrew prophet was sound asleep in the hold of the ship. But the storm described in the first chapter of Jonah was different. Modern meteorology has documented the destructive power rogue waves, tropical cyclones, microbursts, and other weather phenomena that pose unique threats to ships at sea. The sea is no place to go for peace and quiet.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |