Tuesday, July 21, 2009

God loves outsiders

The book of Jonah focuses in two ways on God's compassion for those outside of Israel.
1.) Contrasting spiritually sensitive pagans with the reluctant Israelite prophet.
2.) Ending on a note that focuses on God's feelings toward Ninevah as He rhetorically asks Jonah, "Should I not be concerned about thay great city?"


--Tremper Longman & Ray Dillard

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