Defying ISIS by Johnnie Moore

Author:Johnnie Moore
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2017-05-01T04:00:00+00:00

JONAH

Nineveh was a bad place in which to hang out back in the old days. It certainly wasn’t a place that we would consider receptive to the message of the prophet, Jonah. Yet, that is exactly where the Lord called the prophet to preach.

There were, however, glimmers of light in an otherwise dark history of this city. One scholar pulls back the historical curtain for us:

“. . . during the reign of Adad-nirari III (810–783 BC) there was a swing toward monotheism, which may have been the result of Jonah’s preaching. The awakening may have occurred in the days of Ashur-dan III (771–734 BC). The plague of 765, the eclipse of the sun in 763 BC, and a second plague in 759 BC were events of the type regarded by ancients as evidence of divine judgment, and could have prepared the people to receive Jonah’s message.”15

You likely know the rest of the story. After Jonah tried to hide on the cruise ship to Spain, after the great fish swallowed him up and then spit him out, Jonah reprogrammed his GPS to march right into Nineveh to preach the Good News. The result? One of the greatest spiritual revivals in history!

The King of Nineveh declared, “Let men call on God earnestly that each may turn from his wicked way and from the violence which is in his hands. Who knows, God may turn and relent, and withdraw His burning anger so that we shall not perish.” (Jonah 3:8–9 NASB)

Imagine the scene: believers in the Lord, right there in downtown Mosul in Northern Iraq, thousands of years ago.

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