Three Days in the Deep
Read the book of Jonah first. [i] “Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the son of Amittai.” (Jonah 1:1, ESV [ii] ) God speaks to His people. We can assume this was not the first time the word of the Lord came to Jonah, and Jonah recognized the word of the Lord. Jonah was a prophet of the Northern Kingdom. He shows up in 2 Kings 14:25 in the account of Jeroboam II. Jeroboam II was king of the northern kingdom of Israel during the ministries of Isaiah and Hosea. 2 Kings 14:25 says: Jeroboam II recovered the territories of Israel between Lebo-hamath and the Dead Sea, just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had promised through Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath-hepher. In this account, we have evidence of some of the ministry of Jonah to the Northern Kingdom of Israel. In the book of Jonah, we have a historical narrative that teaches God’s concern for the nations, God’s concern for His messenger and God’s concern for His people. Going back to ver