Jonah
Hanko provides an exegetical introduction to the book of Jonah, examining the prophet's character, historical background, and theological significance. The article emphasizes how God's sovereign purpose and power work through weak human instruments, and identifies Jonah as a prefiguration of Christ's death and burial, demonstrating the unity of Scripture's redemptive narrative.
Introduction The appeal of the book of Jonah, for this writer, lies in part in the character of Jonah. Disinclined to preach as sent, disobedient, grudging the repentance of those to whom he preached, Jonah shows himself to be a man "subject to like passions as we are" (James 5:17). Yet the prophet was used by God to save His people and to be, in history, an example of the power of God's Word and the wideness of God's purpose, even to be a pre-figure of the death and burial of our Savior. That...
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