Majoring on the Minors - Jonah

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Majoring on the Minors 3 What Do You Know About Jonah?

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Majoring on the Minors 4 5 Questions: How many books of the Bible mention Jonah?

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Majoring on the Minors 5 5 Questions: 2. Where was Nineveh?

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Majoring on the Minors 6 5 Questions: 3. Which Northern King did Jonah prophesy to?

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Majoring on the Minors 7 5 Questions: 4. What was Jonah fleeing from?

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Majoring on the Minors 8 5 Questions: 5. What does God reveal about His heart to Jonah?

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Majoring on the Minors 9 What Do You Know About Jonah?

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Majoring on the Minors 10 5 Questions: How many books of the Bible mention Jonah?

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Majoring on the Minors 11 5 Questions: How many books of the Bible mention Jonah? Four II Kings, Jonah, Matthew & Luke

Big Picture: 

Exile & Restoration of Jerusalem 586–430 BC Divided Kingdom 931–586 BC Moses & the Exodus 1526–1406 BC Abraham to the Sojourn in Egypt 2200–1526 BC The Conquest & the Judges 1406–1051 BC United Kingdom 1051–931 BC Early Church AD 30–100 Intertestamental Period 430 BC –6 to 4 BC Life of Jesus 6 to 4 BC – AD 30 Creation to Abraham Big Picture

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900 BC 850 BC 800 BC Divided Kingdom Kings of Israel Nadab (910-909) Baasha (909-886) Elah (886-885) Tibni (885-880) Ahab (874-853) Ahaziah (853-852) Joram (Jehoram) (852-841) Jehu (841-814) Jehoahaz (814-798) Kingdom divides (931) Jeroboam I (931-910) Kings of Judah Rehoboam I (931-913) Abijah (913-911) Asa (911-870) Jehoshaphat (873-848) Jehoram (Joram) (853-841) Ahaziah (841) Queen Athaliah (841-835) Joash (835-796) Elijah (c. 870-845) Elisha (c. 845-800) Zimri (885) Omri (885-874)

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800 BC 750 BC 700 BC Divided Kingdom Kings of Israel Kings of Judah Jehoash (798-782) Jeroboam II (793-753) Menahem (752-742) Pekahiah (742-740) Pekah (752-732) Hoshea (732-722) Israel falls to the Assyrians (722) Amaziah (796-767) Uzziah (Azariah) (792-740) Jotham (750-732) Ahaz (735-716) Hezekiah (716-687) Amos (c. 765-754) Isaiah (c. 760-673) Hosea (c. 758-725) Micah (c. 738-698) Zechariah (753) Shallum (752) Jonah (c. 781 )

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700 BC 650 BC 600 BC Divided Kingdom Kings of Judah Hezekiah (716-687) Isaiah (c. 760-673) Nineveh , capital of Assyria, falls to the Babylonians and Medes (612) Manasseh (697-643) Amon (643-641) Josiah (641-609) Jehoahaz (609) Jehoiakim (609-598) First exile to Babylon (605) Jehoiachin (598-597) Zedekiah (597-586) Judah falls to the Babylonians (586) Jeremiah (c. 650-582) Zephaniah (c. 640-626) Habakkuk (c. 608-598) Ezekiel (c. 620-570) Daniel (c. 620-540) Obadiah (c. 590) Gedaliah, governor of Judah (586) Nahum (c. 658-615)

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Majoring on the Minors 16 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash , king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash , king of Israel, began to reign in Samaria, and he reigned forty-one years. And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. He did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat , which he made Israel to sin.

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Majoring on the Minors 17 He restored the border of Israel from Lebo- hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah , according to the word of the LORD, the God of Israel, which he spoke by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai , the prophet, who was from Gath- hepher . For the LORD saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter, for there was none left, bond or free, and there was none to help Israel.

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Majoring on the Minors 18 But the LORD had not said that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, so he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash . (2 Kings 14:23-27 ESV)

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Majoring on the Minors 20 Matthew 12:38-41 “ Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.” But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.

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Majoring on the Minors 21 For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.

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Majoring on the Minors 22 2. Where was Nineveh? 5 Questions:

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Majoring on the Minors 23 5 Questions: 3. Which Northern King did Jonah prophesy to? “Jeroboam II”

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Majoring on the Minors 24 5 Questions: 4. What was Jonah fleeing from?

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Majoring on the Minors 25 2. Where was Nineveh? 5 Questions:

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Majoring on the Minors 26 5 Questions: 4. What was Jonah fleeing from? “The presence of the Lord”

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Majoring on the Minors 27 5 Questions: 5. What does God reveal about His heart to Jonah? Mercy knows no barriers.

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Majoring on the Minors 29 A Deeper “Yes”: “This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it .” Psalm 118:24,

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Majoring on the Minors 30 A Deeper “Yes”: Run to the presence!

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Majoring on the Minors 31 A Deeper “Yes”: Repent of  bigotry, racism, and judgmentalism .