Jonah 3:6 The word reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, removed his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. 7 And he issued a proclamation and published through Nineveh, “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything. Let them not feed or drink water, 8 but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and let them call out mightily to God. Let everyone turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands. 9 Who knows? God may turn and relent and turn from his fierce anger, so that we may not perish.” 10 When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it.
God had seen all the wickedness of Nineveh and sent Jonah to warn them to repent. Jonah strongly resisted and rebelled against his assignment, but when he finally carried it out, there was repentance. God saw it and kept His promise, withdrawing His hand of judgment. That was exactly what Jonah had feared. He knew too well the omniscience and mercy of God. The problem was, He did not want God to act according to His character. When we view those living evil lives the way God does? Wanting them to come to repentance and salvation. Or do we wish God did not see?
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