• Where Jonah went He needed space

    From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Daryl Stout on Thu Feb 18 08:42:00 2021
    Hello Daryl Stout!

    ** On Wednesday 17.02.21 - 11:18, Daryl Stout wrote to August Abolins:

    On this day...
    Jonah took
    No brush
    To mop his face
    Where Jonah went
    He needed space

    HUH? The only Jonah I know is the one in the story of Jonah and
    the great fish. What does the one above mean?

    It's the same one. He basically was "running from God",
    as he hated the people who lived in Ninevah. God wanted
    him to warn them that judgment was imminent, unless
    repentance was forthcoming. Jonah basically wanted the
    Ninevites wiped out, as they were a threat to Israel and
    the Jews.

    I am familiar with the story. Thanks. So, the reference to
    "needed space" refers to the cramped quarters of the fish's
    stomach? (BTW.. the original hebrew does not use the word
    whale.)

    Unfortunately, for Ninevah, the repentance was apparently
    short lived, as a short time later, they were back to
    their iniquity...and this time, God did destroy them.

    I either forgot or didn't know about that part.

    The VeggieTales movie about Jonah is hilarious. They represented
    the iniquity as the people going around slapping other people in
    the face with fishes.

    Well, I had thoughts about eating lunch until I typed
    this reply. :P

    Hope your luch was worth the wait.

    I just learned that Tolkien wrote a commentary on the Jonah
    story.

    BTW.. WRT to your attempt to explain the logics of stomach acid
    in the fish, check out the book Jonah by (forgot the the author,
    but will look it up.. I have some of the author's books in my
    shop). It explores what it might have been like in the belly of
    the great beast. As a sceptic, I was impressed with the
    imagining.

    Lastly, there are other "changes" in the hebrew text that
    suggest that Jonah was in TWO great fishes: the first one (male)
    and large stomach and therefore refused to pray, and the second
    one (female) with much smaller stomach and therefore he began to
    pray.

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  • From August Abolins@1:153/757.2 to Daryl Stout! on Thu Feb 18 10:47:55 2021
    Hello Daryl!

    BTW.. WRT to your attempt to explain the logics of stomach acid
    in the fish, check out the book Jonah by (forgot the the author,
    but will look it up.. I have some of the author's books in my
    shop). It explores what it might have been like in the belly of
    the great beast. As a sceptic, I was impressed with the
    imagining.

    HERE is the info I promised:

    SBN: 0970027435 EAN: 9780970027436
    Publisher: Port Hole Publications (View Publisher's Titles)
    US SRP: $22.99 US
    Binding: Paperback
    Pub Date: October 01, 2001
    Copyright Date: 2001
    Annotation:
    This is a story of rebellion and obedience, as Jonah, the man swallowed by a whale, wonders what is his place in God's work.
    Additional Information
    BISAC Categories:
    - Fiction | Christian | General
    INGRAM Categories:
    - Theometrics | Evangelical
    - Religious Orientation | Christian
    OCLC Number: OCLC#60658403
    Physical Info: 1.70 cms H x 23.72 cms L x 15.09 cms W (0.43 kgs) 264 pages

    The chapters dealing with what an experience may be like inside the stomach (and the journey TO the stomach) are laudable and memorable.
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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to August Abolins on Thu Feb 18 13:08:00 2021
    August,

    I am familiar with the story. Thanks. So, the reference to
    "needed space" refers to the cramped quarters of the fish's
    stomach? (BTW.. the original hebrew does not use the word
    whale.)

    I would think so. It was basically "a large fish", and that could
    have been anything...or "an extra large minnow" <G>.

    Unfortunately, for Ninevah, the repentance was apparently
    short lived, as a short time later, they were back to
    their iniquity...and this time, God did destroy them.

    I either forgot or didn't know about that part.

    I forget exactly where it is, but like so many nations, they
    "turned their back on God".

    Well, I had thoughts about eating lunch until I typed
    this reply. :P

    Hope your luch was worth the wait.

    As a ham radio operator, I've been "cannibalistic" lately...eating
    ham sandwiches (regular and black forest) <G>. Portions of Arkansas
    have from 1 to 2 feet of snow on the ground right now, and virtually everything...roads, businesses, etc., are shut down.

    There are scores of abandoned vehicles along the roads, and in some
    areas, water mains have burst, creating a sheet of ice on the roads...
    on top of the snow that was already there. Interstate 40, the main
    east-west route through the country, is littered with wrecked and
    abandoned vehicles either side of Little Rock.

    Plus, the power companies have been doing "rolling blackouts"...so
    far, I've been lucky. I saw where the city of Lufkin, Texas literally "depleted its water supply". A warm-up is supposed to begin over the
    weekend into next week...but warmer weather also leads to tornado
    season.

    Back to the deli sandwiches, I got several of the "Family Packs",
    and am able to make up 8 sandwiches. I eat 2 per meal, then put the
    others back for later meals...basically food for 2 days. Plus, doing
    them on paper plates means there are no dishes to wash...and no hot
    water to use. I'm just doing "a bird bath" until things warm up more.

    Lastly, there are other "changes" in the hebrew text that
    suggest that Jonah was in TWO great fishes: the first one (male)
    and large stomach and therefore refused to pray, and the second
    one (female) with much smaller stomach and therefore he began to
    pray.

    Either way, he ended up going back to Ninevah "the hard way". :P

    Daryl

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