The flood of old and now approaching days like Noah?

[Raccoon1010]

I would like to open a discussion, hopefully pleasant for all, regarding the flood of Noah's time and what it was like that God decided to flood the earth and save Noah and all the 8 living persons and life (saved animals and such) in the Ark back then. I will quote some specific scripture that discusses the state of man before that time. Are we approaching a state on earth like that? (see Genesis 5-9). We as Christians, some of us atleast desire to watch for things that are approaching like Jeus' return.

Bible Gateway passage: Genesis 6 - New King James Version

Genesis 6:5 Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 And the Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. 7 So the Lord said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.” 8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.

In the above message from God we find that the intents of the thoughts of man's heart was only evil continually. And I know that hearts can be damaged and afflicted in evil ways, like abuse and following temptation from evil sources and acting on those tempting influences. And those would be afflictions of the heart of mankind. And what I see in the above scripture is that after damage of the heart, that can cause various thoughts which might be directed towards evil thoughts. And if entertaining and dwelling on those thoughts, which is unwise, problems can arise. God can heal our hearts, and relieve unhealthy thoughts.

We as Christians direct people to confess their sins and become baptized, then confirmed with the Holy Ghost by priests of Christian church organizations. And later receive the bread and wine of Jesus our Lord. Together God the Father, Jesus the Christ and the Holy Ghost protect us from evil and damage and we seek him in humble loving prayer for guidance, healing and many other areas, including protection from those that desire evil works for themselves and also others.

We also have scripture about intents of the heart from the Lord Jesus in the New Testament:

Bible Gateway passage: Matthew 5:27-28 - New King James Version

Matthew 5:27 “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ 28 But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

And it is clear from that passage that there is a line we don't cross as Christians and children of God regarding adultery, which is the act of stealing someones spouse or engaging in sexual relations with a married person. There is also fornication which is a more general description of improper sexual relations and may not be married persons.

Keep in mind that the verse quoted above from Jesus in the New Testament relates to other crimes against God's laws, not only adultery.

There are also a few verses in the New Testament regarding the second coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus the Christ:

Bible Gateway passage: Matthew 24:37-39 - New King James Version

Matthew 24:37 But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 38 For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, 39 and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.

The other scripture that comes to mind for me is the following which also relates and is directed at atleast Jesus and his apostles time back then:

Matthew 12:38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered, saying, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.”

39 But He answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41 The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and indeed a greater than Jonah is here. 42 The queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and indeed a greater than Solomon is here.

Bible Gateway passage: Matthew 16 - New King James Version

Matthew 16:1 Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing Him asked that He would show them a sign from heaven. 2 He answered and said to them, “When it is evening you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red’; 3 and in the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ Hypocrites! You know how to discern the face of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times. 4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign shall be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.” And He left them and departed.

Interesting is the story of Jonah and being caught in the belly of the whale, which he describes similar to an abyss and dead experience for not following God's direction to warn Ninevah of their pending destruction.

Jesus in the previous verse says he ended up in the heart of the earth for 3 days and 3 nights. Was that for a similar reason as Jonah? Did Jesus speak in parables to the wicked and not warn them of some pending destruction? To fullfill the fall of Adam and Even, Jesus died, descended into spirit prison in the heart of the earth and there preached and did good to the spirits still there which were the locked up souls from flood. Jesus is the Son of God, and I'm not sure how he descended into the spirit prison heart of the earth, as he is part of his Father and God also, and followed his father's direction perfectly. Jonah did not and ended up in the belly of a whale and got eventual vomitted up onto the beach. Then Jonah repented of not warning Ninevah.

Bible Gateway passage: 1 Peter 3:18-22 - New King James Version

1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit, 19 by whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison, 20 who formerly were disobedient, when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water. 21 There is also an antitype which now saves us—baptism (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22 who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him.

 

[Windmill Charge]

We as Christians direct people to confess their sins and become baptized, then confirmed with the Holy Ghost

Actually Jesus's command in Matt 28 was:- 'go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.'

The important part is where they accept Jesus as Lord and Saviour.

 

[Raccoon1010]

Actually Jesus's command in Matt 28 was:- 'go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.'

The important part is where they accept Jesus as Lord and Saviour.

Hello @Windmill Charge. I noticed that you have two accounts here at ChristianityBoard. One with a space in between the windmill and charge and the other without. Did you create both accounts? I see there are recent posts on both accounts and similar if not the same info as to the member.

To address your statement: The thread topic about the people that lived in Noah's time and how they had become deliriously following evil continually. So that we can look for problems and such in society and keep an eye on end times.

I'm not sure how your post relates to the topic of the discussion.

 

[Windmill Charge]

Hello @Windmill Charge. I noticed that you have two accounts here at ChristianityBoard. One with a space in between the windmill and charge and the other without. Did you create both accounts? I see there are recent posts on both accounts and similar if not the same info as to the member.

To address your statement: The thread topic about the people that lived in Noah's time and how they had become deliriously following evil continually. So that we can look for problems and such in society and keep an eye on end times.

I'm not sure how your post relates to the topic of the discussion.

I can't find an account for windmillcharge.

Yes the thread is about Noah etc, I responded to your incorrect statement. Confession of sins is only part of the conversion experience.
Our role is primarily to introduce them toJesus.

 

[Ronald David Bruno]

Are we approaching a state on earth like that?

The correlation to Noah's time was given _ I think _ to speak of the unawareness and imminency of the coming judgment; not the state of wickedness of the entire world. He destroyed everyone and saved only eight. This time I believe 1/3 will be saved. The world been changed by Christ, much more civilized and orderly then back then. Good and evil have grown and soon they will be separated.

For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage

There it is, a world going about it's normal business as usual and suddenly He arrives.

Jesus in the previous verse says he ended up in the heart of the earth for 3 days and 3 nights. Was that for a similar reason as Jonah?

Jonah died in the fish, within minutes - so did Jesus die, which is why he compared the experience. Jonah was brought back to life after 3 days. Many think he was kept alive. Nope.

 

[Zachariah.]

I would like to open a discussion, hopefully pleasant for all, regarding the flood of Noah's time and what it was like that God decided to flood the earth and save Noah and all the 8 living persons and life (saved animals and such) in the Ark back then. I will quote some specific scripture that discusses the state of man before that time. Are we approaching a state on earth like that? (see Genesis 5-9). We as Christians, some of us atleast desire to watch for things that are approaching like Jeus' return.

Bible Gateway passage: Genesis 6 - New King James Version

Genesis 6:5 Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 And the Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. 7 So the Lord said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.” 8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.

In the above message from God we find that the intents of the thoughts of man's heart was only evil continually. And I know that hearts can be damaged and afflicted in evil ways, like abuse and following temptation from evil sources and acting on those tempting influences. And those would be afflictions of the heart of mankind. And what I see in the above scripture is that after damage of the heart, that can cause various thoughts which might be directed towards evil thoughts. And if entertaining and dwelling on those thoughts, which is unwise, problems can arise. God can heal our hearts, and relieve unhealthy thoughts.

We as Christians direct people to confess their sins and become baptized, then confirmed with the Holy Ghost by priests of Christian church organizations. And later receive the bread and wine of Jesus our Lord. Together God the Father, Jesus the Christ and the Holy Ghost protect us from evil and damage and we seek him in humble loving prayer for guidance, healing and many other areas, including protection from those that desire evil works for themselves and also others.

We also have scripture about intents of the heart from the Lord Jesus in the New Testament:

Bible Gateway passage: Matthew 5:27-28 - New King James Version

Matthew 5:27 “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ 28 But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

And it is clear from that passage that there is a line we don't cross as Christians and children of God regarding adultery, which is the act of stealing someones spouse or engaging in sexual relations with a married person. There is also fornication which is a more general description of improper sexual relations and may not be married persons.

Keep in mind that the verse quoted above from Jesus in the New Testament relates to other crimes against God's laws, not only adultery.

There are also a few verses in the New Testament regarding the second coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus the Christ:

Bible Gateway passage: Matthew 24:37-39 - New King James Version

Matthew 24:37 But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 38 For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, 39 and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.

The other scripture that comes to mind for me is the following which also relates and is directed at atleast Jesus and his apostles time back then:

Matthew 12:38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered, saying, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.”

39 But He answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41 The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and indeed a greater than Jonah is here. 42 The queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and indeed a greater than Solomon is here.

Bible Gateway passage: Matthew 16 - New King James Version

Matthew 16:1 Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing Him asked that He would show them a sign from heaven. 2 He answered and said to them, “When it is evening you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red’; 3 and in the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ Hypocrites! You know how to discern the face of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times. 4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign shall be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.” And He left them and departed.

Interesting is the story of Jonah and being caught in the belly of the whale, which he describes similar to an abyss and dead experience for not following God's direction to warn Ninevah of their pending destruction.

Jesus in the previous verse says he ended up in the heart of the earth for 3 days and 3 nights. Was that for a similar reason as Jonah? Did Jesus speak in parables to the wicked and not warn them of some pending destruction? To fullfill the fall of Adam and Even, Jesus died, descended into spirit prison in the heart of the earth and there preached and did good to the spirits still there which were the locked up souls from flood. Jesus is the Son of God, and I'm not sure how he descended into the spirit prison heart of the earth, as he is part of his Father and God also, and followed his father's direction perfectly. Jonah did not and ended up in the belly of a whale and got eventual vomitted up onto the beach. Then Jonah repented of not warning Ninevah.

Bible Gateway passage: 1 Peter 3:18-22 - New King James Version

1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit, 19 by whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison, 20 who formerly were disobedient, when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water. 21 There is also an antitype which now saves us—baptism (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22 who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him.

The sign are everywhere. Men follow controle systems, politics and government. They think order following is admirable. Most people are brain washed beyond coming back. Most people assosiate order with chaos and chaos with order.

People are terribly lost and more so the Christians as they have been brainwashed the most.

God is lost along with his law because we all follow man. And saying you follow God doesn't really mean you follow God. Saying the salvation prayer doesn't really mean your saved. And simply believing your a good person does not at all make you a good person. You see people like to live as far away from truth as possible and think things are they way they want them to be. Well, this all comes at a price. The nature of safety is chains. No one has any real understanding of natural law or themselves. They just say and think they do.

And the biggest joke of all is that people think Trump actually cares wether you get an abortion or not... I mean wake up to yourselves. If anyone did ANY research on history they would see the re occurring patters. A political agenda with a rally of Christians is the oldest trick in the book. And most of you fall for it. Because your blind and cannot see. Because you don't read and ultimately don't care.

Salvation is another word for freedom. And the price of freedom is blood. Everyone is dark, sad and in a state of self loathing underneath. No courage exists. No one wants to leave their "safety". You are not saved. Salvation comes at a price none of you have payed.

Another part of the problem is most people take the bible litteraly. So don't come back with "Jesus saved us all on the cross". Wake up to yourselves. Learn your book properly. Stop following what everyone else thinks and learn to think for yourself. This is another problem. Everyone is a follower and to Coward to contest the normal train of thought. Culture is evil, it has been weaponised against you. If you do not follow the noms of your own culture you are ostracized. Culture is your sole enemy.

 

[Verily]

Interesting is the story of Jonah and being caught in the belly of the whale, which he describes similar to an abyss and dead experience for not following God's direction to warn Ninevah of their pending destruction.

Jesus in the previous verse says he ended up in the heart of the earth for 3 days and 3 nights. Was that for a similar reason as Jonah? Did Jesus speak in parables to the wicked and not warn them of some pending destruction?

^This^ similarly, in Jeremiah it says,

Jerm 18:7 At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;

Jerm 18:8 If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.

Shown similarly here as well. After the fleeing the commission of the word of the LORD the first time the word of the Lord came again to Jonah

Jonah 3:1 And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying,

Jonah 3:2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.

He was bid to preach the following

Jonah 3:4 And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.

God did speak by the prophets

Jonah 3:5 So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.

And here it says,

Jona 3:10 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.

Which shows again the same sort of thing here

Jerm 18:8 If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.

For the LORD has said, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live

And Jesus said,

Luke 11:30 For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.

The Son of man to the house of Israel to give warning similarly shown here

Ezek 33:7 So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.

As the apostles also confirm saying,

Acts 3:26 Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.

As Jesus continues saying,

Luke 11:32 The men of Nineveh shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.

Who is the Son of God, made Lord and Christ, Messiah, and the one Moses wrote of

Deut 18:18 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.

As the apostles confirm

Acts 3:32 For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.

Even as Jesus had said,

John 5:46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.

As the apostles continue,

Acts 3:23 And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.

Or as the original text they are referring to says,

Deut 18:18 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.

Which would be the rejection of the words of Jesus Christ (which were given him by the Father)

Jonah was sent to Nineveh to preach what God had bid him to preach and they repented at the preaching of Jonas, Jesus was sent unto the house of Israel (whom they were to hear) even as Moses said.

And here it says in Mattew (the other is in Luke)

Mat 12:38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.

Mat 12:39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:

Mat 12:40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Which is speaking of his death and resurrection

Mark 8:31 And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

And after Jesus was killed (as he so taught) the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate

Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again. Mat 27:62-63

And theres their sign

Acts 13:27 For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.

Acts 13:28 And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.

Acts 13:29 And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.

Acts 13:30 But God raised him from the dead

And so they killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead

The sign given them was what he taught concerning hmself was basically their part/ legacy
in the widom of God in fulfilling the words of God. Their rejection became the life of the world. When delivered up to councils where they do not like to hear it because its a testimony against them, so they are shown responding, "behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us." these being the same which say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been
partakers with them in the blood of the prophets" unto which Jesus responds "Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets." So they have fulfilled them in condemning him.

That was how I was understanding it in more of a broader sense of things, probably way too much information, I could have cut that in half (sorry about that) I just have a hard to figuring out where to cut something off when it starts building and figure someone can just scroll past it.

 

[Scott Downey]

The correlation to Noah's time was given _ I think _ to speak of the unawareness and imminency of the coming judgment; not the state of wickedness of the entire world. He destroyed everyone and saved only eight. This time I believe 1/3 will be saved. The world been changed by Christ, much more civilized and orderly then back then. Good and evil have grown and soon they will be separated.

There it is, a world going about it's normal business as usual and suddenly He arrives.

Jonah died in the fish, within minutes - so did Jesus die, which is why he compared the experience. Jonah was brought back to life after 3 days. Many think he was kept alive. Nope.

Jonah vomited out on the ground by a whale and standing up would make anyone frightened to see and listen to what he was saying.
He could have appeared dead like a zombie and then coming back to life.
They all repented. The story spread far and fast.

It does say Jonah prayed from within the giant fish, so was supernaturally alive, not dead.

1 Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the fish’s belly.

2 And he said:

“I cried out to the Lord because of my affliction,
And He answered me.
“Out of the belly of Sheol I cried,
And You heard my voice.
3 For You cast me into the deep,
Into the heart of the seas,
And the floods surrounded me;
All Your billows and Your waves passed over me.
4 Then I said, ‘I have been cast out of Your sight;
Yet I will look again toward Your holy temple.’
5 The waters surrounded me, even to my soul;
The deep closed around me;
Weeds were wrapped around my head.
6 I went down to the [a]moorings of the mountains;
The earth with its bars closed behind me forever;
Yet You have brought up my life from the pit,
O Lord, my God.
7 “When my soul fainted within me,
I remembered the Lord;
And my prayer went up to You,
Into Your holy temple.
8 “Those who regard worthless idols
Forsake their own [b]Mercy.
9 But I will sacrifice to You
With the voice of thanksgiving;
I will pay what I have vowed.
Salvation is of the Lord.”

10 So the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.

 

[talons]

Are we approaching a state on earth like that?

A war was started in this verse , a "seed" war .
15And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

A genetic corruption was the attack by satan and his fallen angels , sons of God and the daughters of men .
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

Here we are told of the corruption of flesh .

The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

12And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

13And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

Noah was perfect in his generations , IMO meaning his genes as we would say . His family was to carry on the bloodline to the Savior yet to come .
These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.

Is a corruption of the flesh now come upon us again , I believe so . As in the Days of Noah . Read about transhumanism to see what I speak of .

Transhumanist Movement

 

[Ronald David Bruno]

It does say Jonah prayed from within the giant fish,

His dead body was in the fish, but his soul was not.

Out of the belly of Sheol I cried,

Just souls went to Hades, the fish didn 't.

I went down to the [a]moorings of the mountains;
The earth with its bars closed behind me forever;
Yet You have brought up my life from the pit,

The earth's bars ( gates if Hades) closed behind me - that is not wear the fish went. He was swimming within his normal range, closer to the surface.
He "brought up his life from the pit". Again the fish did not swim to the bottomless pit! God resuscitated him back to life as he did Lazarus.

 

[Ronald David Bruno]

It is also interesting why Nineveh, a city filled with wicked people, run by a wicked, godless king would repent after a mere man, a stranger, comes into town, preaches repentance with a warning of judgment, would actually heed his warning and not just laugh and scoff at him ... then kill him?

He walks into town and what ... asks to speak with the king, as if this strange man whom they did not know, could demand such a request. He manages to get a hearing and what happens? He tells them of his far-fetched story: Being thrown off a boat _ because God's wrath caused a destructive storm of doom, and being in fear for their lives, the men all prayed to their gods for mercy. Jonah fessed up, said God was angry at him and told them to throw him in then ocean and God would spare their lives. So a big fish swims along and swallows him ... then he dies and 3 days later is brought back to life and spit out on the shore. That story would generate a big laugh. But let's say, the king was wise and curious and sent out for proof ,witnesses from this said ship to Tarshish and waited for verification? That would take some time, but they had 40 days. Still, was this story enough to change their hearts and cause them to repent? Was it enough to scare them? They never before experienced the miracles of God that the Jews had ... maybe they heard of them? Likely they believed they were tall tales ... myths and dismiss them. "Does this guy really speak for God", they may ponder? They might ask for proof, additional verification. "Show us a miracle ... part the Red Sea ... let's see a swarm of locusts or the river turned to blood ... then we will believe you." "We actually like our sinful life ( laughter); and this God you talk about ( the God of the Jews); he is not ours!"
Why did they believe him?
Was Jonah's story and words so persuasive enough to cause fear and repentance?

Let me offer another scenario that might very well have happened. Sure they sent for verification, witnesses from the boat, but what scared the heck out of them?
His story was likely verifed. But how could that story put the fear of the Lord in them all?
What happens when food gets into our stomach or the stomach of an animal?
It begins to digest. How? HCL acid, enzymes start breaking down the food. Likely Jonah _ after three days in a fish _ inside the stomach filled with HCL acid, was partially digested and spit out of the fish looking like a half- bleeched, skin burned, flesh exposed, man from the dead, walking through town and as people saw him, were struck with horror and fear. They believed him. They didn't need additional proof, no plagues or parting Red Seas.

Of course this is just conjecture, it remains a mystery. Think of it though; were any prophets as effective in one city as to transform all?

 

[Scott Downey]

It is also interesting why Nineveh, a city filled with wicked people, run by a wicked, godless king would repent after a mere man, a stranger, comes into town, preaches repentance with a warning of judgment, would actually heed his warning and not just laugh and scoff at him ... then kill him?

He walks into town and what ... asks to speak with the king, as if this strange man whom they did not know, could demand such a request. He manages to get a hearing and what happens? He tells them of his far-fetched story of being thrown off a boat _ because God's wrath caused an destructive storm of doom, and being in fear for their lives, the men all prayed to their gods for mercy. Jonah fessed up, said God was angry at him and told them to throw him in then ocean and God would spare ther lives. So a big fish swims along amd swallows hims ... then he dies and 3 days later is brought back to life and spit out on the shore. That would generate a big laugh. But let's say, the king was wise and curious and sent out for proof ,witnesses from this said ship to Tarshish and waited for verification? That would take some time, but they had 40 days. Still, was this story enough to change their hearts and cause them to repent? Was it enough to scare them? They never before experienced the miracles of God that the Jews had ... maybe the my heard of them? Sure ...tall tales ... myths, they might scoff. "Does this guy really speak for God", they may ponder? They might ask for proof, additional verification. "Show us a miracle ... part the Red Sea ... let's see a swarm of locusts or the river turned to blood ... then we will believe you." "We actually like our sinful life ( laughter); and this God you talk about ( the God of the Jews); he is not ours!"
Why did they believe him?
Was Jonah's story and words so persuasive enough to cause fear?

Let me offer another scenario that might very well have happened. Sure they sent for verification, witnesses from the boat, but what scared the heck out of them?
His story was likely verifed. But how could that story put the fear of the Lord in them all?
What happens when food gets into our stomach or the stomach of an animal?
It begins to digest. How? Hydrocric acid, enzymes start breaking down the food. Likely Jonah _ after three days in a fish _ inside the stomach filled with hydrocric acid, was partially digested and spit out of the fish looking like a half- bleeched, skin burned, flesh exposed, man from the dead, walking through town and as people saw him, were struck with horror and fear. They believed him. They didn't need additional proof, no plagues or parting Red Seas.

Of course this is just conjecture, it remains a mystery. Think of it though; were any prophets as effective in one city as to transform all?

I think he was a scary sight to see, getting vomited out of a great fish and then standing up.
It was unnatural, and something like that they would have thought the gods were sending a message.

Recall when Paul and Silas were thought to be the gods taken human form?

 

[talons]

@dev553344 , you have anything to add ?