Idea: Through Jonah, God fulfills certain promises made in the Old Testament to extend saving grace to all nations, and foreshadows the ultimate fulfillment of those promises in Jesus Christ.
1. God's Promise Through Moses
a. God's mercy on Ninevah stands as a warning to Israel.
b. Deuteronomy 32:19-21
c. Jonah foreshadows the coming of Christ and the Jews rejection of Him.
2. God's Promise to Abraham
a. Through you all the nations of the earth will be blessed.
b. “Should I not pity Ninevah, that great city?"
c. Jonah foreshadows Jesus and the gathering in of the Gentiles.
3. New Testament applications
a. The Gentiles are clean.
b. The Gentiles are subjects of God's love and mission.
c. The Jews will be converted. |
