Jonah 1:7-17

The book of Jonah opens with little introduction. The word of the Lord came to Jonah. The scriptures before us do not reveal if this were the first occasion that the Lord spoke to Jonah but the word before us makes it clear that Jonah was certain that God spoke to him and that Jonah fully understood that which God would have him to do.

Jonah knew his mission was to go Nineveh…