In Jonah 2, we take a break from the narrative to read a poem of thanksgiving that Jonah prayed when he was detained for three days and three nights. It turns out that the fish that swallowed Jonah was God’s appointed means not for Jonah’s destruction but for his rescue. By surviving his brush with death, Jonah learned an important lesson that we all must learn.
In a second vision, Daniel saw into the future when the Jews would need to remain faithful under terrible persecution.
Timothy and Epaphroditus demonstrated the mind of Christ in the way they lived.
In Daniel 2, a problem arose because of the absence of the gods among humans, but the true God showed himself through a human.
