The Link Between Jonah and Nellie

Yesterday I gave a pop quiz from our opening sermon last Sunday on the book of Jonah that we are calling, "From the WHALE to the WORLD!" Here are the answers to the 17 questions:

1. God loves the world

2. Jonah represents Israel; The Sea represents the Gentile nations; The whale represents the Babylonian captivity; and the regurgitation represents the return of Israel out of captivity under Ezra

3. True

4. One

5. False (He is also mentioned in 2 Kings, Matthew and Luke)

6. Iraq, near the city of Mosul

7. Nimrod (Genesis 10:11)

8. The Assyrian Empire

9. Three (Jonah 3:3)

10. True

11. Two walls; 1500 towers

12. 120,000 (Jonah 4:11)

13. Joppa; Tarshish (Jonah 1:3)

14. Flee the presence of the Lord (Jonah 1:3)

15. Jonah hated the Assyrians and did not want them to have the chance to repent (Jonah 4:1-2)

16. He is present everywhere at the same time

17. Nellie Olsen from Little House of the Prairie

This Sunday we continue our study by completing the first chapter of Jonah. What can we learn from the story of Jonah about running from the Lord? Join us this Sunday as we continue our study, From the WHALE to the WORLD!