The Assyrian capital Nineveh is recorded as having a population of…
Jonah 3:5
Jonah 3:5
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Morning Word from Pastor Peter Sunagawa
The Assyrian capital of Nineveh is recorded as having a population of "over 120,000."
...Jonah walked tirelessly, loudly proclaiming the words God had commanded him.
..."In 40 days, the city of Nineveh will be destroyed."
...😨
The people of Nineveh...
took the imminent crisis seriously and wanted to do something about it.
...
The conclusion of the inhabitants of Nineveh was not to abandon the city and flee...
They all demonstrated their repentance for their sins before God through concrete actions.
Fasting and wearing sackcloth were expressions of their sincere feelings of grieving for their sins and seeking God's forgiveness.
...Not only the inhabitants, but the king also willingly humbled himself before God.
He even commanded that the livestock fast and wear sackcloth.
...Jonah 3:10.
… "God saw their works (repentance), that they had turned away from their evil ways, and he changed his mind and stopped bringing down the calamity he had pronounced."
… God… does not rejoice in the destruction of even the worst people❗️.
Jesus desires that all people repent and enter heaven 🙏
Shalom 😃
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