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DOES THE CREATOR REPENT? (Part 3)
3 – Here the Creator didn’t wish to obliterate Nineveh and, for this, He made of Jonah a sign to the Ninevites (Luke 11:30) so that He could find room of Repent in their heart and, thus, He could get pleasure manifesting His mercy to them.
First, the Creator made a miracle in and through the life of Jonah (Jonah 1). Next, He enjoined Jonah to preach His message:
• Jonah 3:4 -> “Jonah began to go into the city, going a day's journey. And he called out, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!””.
In response of this, the Creator found room in the heart of each Ninevite to His Repent (sadness) for their bad deportment and His conversion from their bad ways (2Tim 2:24-26):
• Jonah 3:6-9 -> “The word reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, removed his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. And he issued a proclamation and published through Nineveh, “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything. Let them not feed or drink water, but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and let them call out mightily to God. Let everyone turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands. Who knows? God may turn and relent and turn from his fierce anger, so that we may not perish.”.
Finally, the Creator could enjoy seeing the transformation He could work in Nineveh and, thus, allowed Him to move forward the privilege of blessing them.
• Jonah 3:10 -> “When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it.”.
4 – The Creator didn’t desire to destroy Judah and, so that He could solace Himself, He sent Micah to prophesy against Judah. From the moment that Hezekiah heard, the Creator could find room in His heart to comfort Himself acting against all the idols of Israel and, thus, destroying everything that was precluding Him of working His grace, mercy and kindness in favor of Israel’s people.
In other words, the heart of His people, with the purification of Hezekiah, became more sensitive for His compassion in favor of the neighbor:
• Jeremiah 26:18,19 -> “ “Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and said to all the people of Judah: ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts, “‘Zion shall be plowed as a field; Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins, and the mountain of the house a wooded height.’ Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? Did he not fear the LORD and entreat the favor of the LORD, and did not the LORD relent of the disaster that he had pronounced against them? But we are about to bring great disaster upon ourselves.” ”.
Have a marvelous day.
Tomorrow we will carry on.
3 – Here the Creator didn’t wish to obliterate Nineveh and, for this, He made of Jonah a sign to the Ninevites (Luke 11:30) so that He could find room of Repent in their heart and, thus, He could get pleasure manifesting His mercy to them.
First, the Creator made a miracle in and through the life of Jonah (Jonah 1). Next, He enjoined Jonah to preach His message:
• Jonah 3:4 -> “Jonah began to go into the city, going a day's journey. And he called out, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!””.
In response of this, the Creator found room in the heart of each Ninevite to His Repent (sadness) for their bad deportment and His conversion from their bad ways (2Tim 2:24-26):
• Jonah 3:6-9 -> “The word reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, removed his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. And he issued a proclamation and published through Nineveh, “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything. Let them not feed or drink water, but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and let them call out mightily to God. Let everyone turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands. Who knows? God may turn and relent and turn from his fierce anger, so that we may not perish.”.
Finally, the Creator could enjoy seeing the transformation He could work in Nineveh and, thus, allowed Him to move forward the privilege of blessing them.
• Jonah 3:10 -> “When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it.”.
4 – The Creator didn’t desire to destroy Judah and, so that He could solace Himself, He sent Micah to prophesy against Judah. From the moment that Hezekiah heard, the Creator could find room in His heart to comfort Himself acting against all the idols of Israel and, thus, destroying everything that was precluding Him of working His grace, mercy and kindness in favor of Israel’s people.
In other words, the heart of His people, with the purification of Hezekiah, became more sensitive for His compassion in favor of the neighbor:
• Jeremiah 26:18,19 -> “ “Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and said to all the people of Judah: ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts, “‘Zion shall be plowed as a field; Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins, and the mountain of the house a wooded height.’ Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? Did he not fear the LORD and entreat the favor of the LORD, and did not the LORD relent of the disaster that he had pronounced against them? But we are about to bring great disaster upon ourselves.” ”.
Have a marvelous day.
Tomorrow we will carry on.