Jonah and the Whale: Lesson Eight

God gives a second chance, but it is still the same call.

The word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time. God did not change the message or the city.

Jonah 3:1-2 (KJV): And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying, Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.

This time Jonah went, and he preached what God told him to preach.

Jonah 3:4 (KJV): And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.

God is longsuffering. He does not want anyone to perish, but wants all to come to repentance.

2 Peter 3:9 (KJV): The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Scripture References: Jonah 3:1-2 Jonah 3:4 2 Peter 3:9