St Timothy Presbyterian Church

Jonah 4 Introduction If the story ended at chapter 2, then it would be a great story of calling and repentance. If the story ended at chapter 3, then it would be a great story of calling, repentance and a heroic response to one's calling. In fact, a chapter 3 ending would be more parallel to the modern mythical story of our modern society: how one feels a calling, shrinks in fear, but then overcomes that fear to live out a glorious calling. In terms of results, Jonah was the most successful prophet. But the story doesn't end there. We have chapter 4.   It's a very confusing chapter, it's mysterious and weird. But we have it.  Which means that it means something. And because it's the concluding chapter of our short book, it is a very important chapter. It's perhaps the most important one. It is the key to the meaning of the whole book.   So it's very important to reflect deeply on this last chapter.   Jonah's Anger The word angry comes up 5 times in English, 6 if you include the Hebrew root for displeased