Sign from the fish's belly

Tami Whitehead · 27 Jan 2003, 18:51 · from urth-v0301.mbox · original

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From: Tami Whitehead <razorkittee at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: (urth) Sign from the fish's belly
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 10:51:10 -0800 (PST)
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Hi Josh,=20
Jonah pleaded ill health, but God saw through his
flimsy excuse.(God would have healed his illness, had
that really been the case). Re-read the book of
Jonah...his hate and resentment of the Ninevites is
very apparent as the reason for his rebellion, not his
health, else why go even farther on a more arduous
journey to evade the mission?=20

Yes, prophets are normally regular folks sent to say
something to more powerful folks they don't want to
hear...and that is often a reason for not wanting to
prophesy...there is also to common complaint of
prophets "Why me? Leave me alone, let me get on with
my humble life...I never asked to be a mouthpiece for
God." There is something to be said for not wanting to
be sent on Divine Missions, or touched by God, etc.
The books of the Prophets show more than the reaction
of those prophesied to, but also how the Prophets
themselves are brought into line. Check it out.=20

razorkittee
--- Josh Geller <dclxvi at dclxvi.best.vwh.net> wrote:
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> On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, Tami Whitehead wrote:
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> > But the theological twist on Jonah is, as you
> alluded
> > in your post, a resistance to God's will on
> Jonah's
> > part. He heard the call to prophecy to his
> enemies,
> > and like many prophets, did not want to go [...]
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> Mostly for health reasons.
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> A prophet is normally being instructed to inform
> people who
> are more powerful than he is of something that they
> don't want
> to hear.
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