In Jonah 4, we find the most successful preacher of his day angry enough to die after his greatest triumph, because God had done in Nineveh exactly what Jonah had suspected he would do. In this final chapter, God presented two arguments to teach Jonah about compassion, the same two arguments that still hold for us who have received God’s compassion in Christ.
Even though it was hard for the Hebrew slaves to see it, and hard for us sometimes, God does care.
After relating terrible events that must happen before Christ’s coming, this text leaves believers with a simple message – Stand Firm!
The construction of the tabernacle foreshadowed greater dwellings of God, which he keeps building by plundering the nations.
