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There once lived a man named Jonah,
whom God asked to go to Nineveh.
Warn the people of my judgment,
was God’s specific commandment.
Jonah resented being sent
not wanting his foes to repent.
but wishing the annihilation,
of that vile and wicked nation.
So, he took a boat to Tarshish,
and from God, he started running.
Not too far into his boat trip,
a sudden storm engulfed the ship.
The sailors started to panic.
Their behavior became manic.
They tossed cargo into the sea,
and to their gods made earnest plea.
All this time Jonah lay sleeping,
though the sailors started weeping.
Like one who drank a sleep potion,
he slept through all the commotion.
With heads on fire and toes cold as ice
the crew decide to roll the dice,
and determine by the odds,
who had offended the gods,
When the lot on poor Jonah fell,
He did to them his story tell.
The crew to God made an earnest plea,
then threw Jonah into the sea.
The raging sea at once grew still,
As Jonah hit the waters chill.
God did for him a ride prepare,
he did not have to pay a fare.
Instead of a boat propelled by sail,
his ride was moved by fins and tail.
It did not skim above the tide,
he had the first submarine ride.
When the port of call it did reach
Jonah was ejected on a beach.
He must have been a scary sight,
As he emerged into the light.
Then God again his order gave,
to warn, and peradventure save.
Jonah obeyed God’s call at last,
the king believed and called a fast.
Nineveh was spared from God’s judgment.
The people did believe and repent.
Like them, we are nearing God’s judgment,
So, please heed God’s warning and repent.
Jonah's Calling
A vision of Jonah I did not see,
Nor did I hear the Lord speak
(Who pitied the wicked city of Nineveh)
When He said to His servant, Jonah,
“Arise and go to Nineveh for me.”
“Set me free!” Jonah cried and said to himself,
“They are but strangers to me.”
And the Lord heard Jonah’s heart
And turned.
In shame, Jonah ran away
To Tarshish, where he boarded a cargo ship,
Which got caught in a tempest.
And lots were drawn
And Jonah was thrown overboard
And was swallowed by a huge fish
(Jonah prayed, and the Lord hearkened to him)
Which, after three days, vomited him onto dry land.
And the Lord spoke to Jonah a second time,
“Arise and go to Nineveh for me.”
This time Jonah obeyed,
And the Lord’s anger was abated
Because the debaucherous city of Nineveh
Repented.
However, Jonah was jealous
Of the Lord’s compassion for Nineveh
And sulked under the shade of a tree.
“It is so cool under the gourd,” thought Jonah.
“Why should I leave? Where is my love?”
Then, a worm ate the plant,
Causing Jonah to suffer from the heat,
Who then turned and cursed the Lord.
And the Lord spake to Jonah a third time,
“And yet, you did not plant the gourd,
Nor did you tend to it.
You know not whence it lives
And canst not say when it shall die.
Shall I not have compassion for the people of Nineveh
Who cannot tell their left hand from their right?
Dost thou do well to be angry with me?”
And I remembered, written in the Book of Isaiah 1:18,
Of the Lord’s abounding love and patience.
“Come now, and let us reason together,” saith the Lord.
“Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow;
Though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.”
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References:
Book of Jonah (Old Testament)
Isaiah 1:18 (KJV)
After Jonah got out of the whale, he went to the city of Nineveh and warned the Ninevites.
He told them that God was going to destroy them because they weren't doing what was right.
God was going to destroy them in forty days because of the evil they had done in the present and the past.
The King heeded the warning and he and everybody else covered themselves with sackcloth and began to fast.
The Ninevites turned from their evil ways after they were warned.
God saw that they had changed and he was no longer scorned.
God spared the Ninevites because they were no longer unfit.
Jehovah isn't a harsh God and that sure did prove it.
Jonah believed that justice required punishment, not mercy
Obedience is what God desires from us, not our opinions
Never weep or whine over spilled milk; just wipe it up
And remember that every secret will be brought into the light
Heaven is a place for forgiven people, not perfect people
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So let us all rejoice in God's mercy, not our goodness.
Never give up on people who have gone astray
I and you are candidates for God's mercy
No one who still breathes is too far gone
Everyone is capable of making a change
Valuable lessons from Scripture are priceless
Even animals are recipients of God's mercy
Happily and Fortunately, God is rich in mercy
122119PoSoupContest, What's In A Name, Juliet Ligon, 1P
He is sworn in holding a branch
Cut from the tree of life and a vine
That's sacred he swears to protect
His people the tree and the vine
He swears by the sacred abode
Shortly afterwards he gets the vision
Go to Nineveh Jonah and warn them
He departs not to nineveh but to Taasis
Aboard the ship they have no option
But to throw him overboard into the sea
In the belly of that big fish choking on seaweed
Three days seem like three thousand years plus
This is too much he's now praying earnestly
My Lord i will accept your will i will go and warn
The fish spews him in the great city of wonders and signs
This time round they spit on him pour dirty water on him
Hurl insults at him beat him up yet he says repent.. repent
His message over he then moves to the edge of the city
In the deep of the night Khat the sacred tree grows over him
And the African orchids encircle the roots - the base of the tree
Roy rubs his eyes inspecting the fruits from the tree -tree of life
Three days from today this city will be destroyed....
Thinks Roy he will tend to this tree together with his descendants
In the midday sun a ground worm ate the root stalk of the tee
It then ate the root of the vine... both tree and vine dried up
And a SOUND says... Roy i have forgiven this city i will let it live
Roy is astounded but the SOUND rebukes him..
Roy you are willing to protect a vine and a tree
Yet you care not for this great city go home..
Roy departed and went back to his home
The sign of the prophet Jonah will portend the coming of age...
Roy remembers during the ceremony he had chewed the leaves
And the visions were no more than Khat visions he's still perplexed
Roy goes back home and starts reading the sacred scripture
CODE 254
Lewis Nyaga
Thoome wairegi
Kings counsel
Noah survived the flood with sons Japheth, Ham, and Shem.
Along with the animals of the earth, God spared them.
With floods, He vowed never again to do such a thing.
God made a covenant with Noah and his offspring:
“You and your sons shall populate the world as you go.
Look up into the clouds and you shall see My rainbow.
This is a sign the covenant is everlasting.
All creatures shall thrive, along with each human being.”
Noah’s grandson, firstborn of Ham, Canaan was his name.
He had to serve Shem and Japheth because he brought shame.
Ham also gave birth to Cush; who in turn brought Raamah.
Raamah extended the line with Dedan and Sheba.
Shem was fruitful producing many generations.
Arphaxad and Aram’s progeny would lead nations.
Among Japheth’s seven sons were Gomer and Javan
Their descendents also had produced many children.
Among Ham’s descendents was a king who defied God.
A mighty hunter and warrior, he was Nimrod.
His kingdom had contained land from Babylonia.
Moreover, it stretched as far south as Assyria.
His great cities included Calah and Nineveh.
They lived on land between the Euphrates and Tigris.
His people united and strong were making progress.
Nimrod proclaimed, “We have one language and great power.
Let us assemble and raise a very tall tower.
This ziggurat will provide a stairway to a star.
We are an ambitious people, and we can go far!”
A new great city appeared on the plain of Shinar.
With formidable walls constructed with bricks and tar.
God realized these persons were filling with contempt,
He wished to halt their foolhardy fallacious attempt.
Perplexing their language among them caused confusion.
They stopped construction and divided with diffusion.
God’s almighty power can never be defeated.
Therefore, the Tower Of Babel was not completed.
A ziggurat is a temple of Babylonian architecture resembling a pyramid. It begins
with either a square or a rectangular base. Additional stories with smaller floor
space create a terrace effect on each level.
Genesis Chapters 8-11
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Repent America, for your 7 great abominations. Like Ancient Nineveh, you have also shed innocent blood,
you adulterous and ungrateful drunkards. You have forsaken God for another. Your Apathy is telling and your heart has grown cold.
The Eclipse of 2017 crossed 7 Salems, which stands for Jerusalem. This Elcipse on April 8, 2024 will cross 7 Ninevehs. Like Nineveh, was, America is now. Nineveh repented before judgment came. Will you repent, America?
Shall God indeed bring you low,
so that you can be saved?
I am wondering if like in 1811 where there was a lunar eclipse two weeks before a Solar Eclipse then massive earthquakes, 1 being 8.8, and the Mississippi River changed its direction for three hours. Will we go that route again or will the total enslavement and murderous unrest and lawlessness, take its place?
Where the two Eclipses of 2017 and 2024 will intersect is a place called Little Egypt. A land that endured plagues for the sin of slavery. They seek to enslave Jerusalem again and will you turn your back on her? God has told you not to part his Land.
Will He part this Land, America as a recourse for adultery with the UN whore who is against Jerusalem?
Will America have its Nineveh moment?
We will know in not a long proximity to April 8, what is in store.
What do you say?
What do you believe?
Whom do you serve?
Repent.
My identity is clear even the world
recognizes who I am what I stand for,
catch me @ the brook where the
spirit of God constantly pours on
the thirsty, sin conceives death
and lately I been murdering me
yeah it hurts but Im more than a conqueror unto him
who is able
to do exceedingly & abundantly
I can't run from he, so I guess I'm
feeling like Jonah and my homeboys
are Nineveh turn from your wicked ways man up, own up,
stand up
for the Christ even the darkness
is paralyzed when daybreak hits
I emerged when the smoked cleared
so its clear the Christ was in the midst
of the storm when it brewed, he could've chose someone
else more
worthy to do his bidding but praise
The Lord Of My Strength & Salvation
he didn't make that decision -J.U.D.A.H.
Knowing exactly what he was supposed to do
Yet from this responsibility he suddenly withdrew
Boarding a ship and heading the other way
For Jonah was running so he wouldn't have to obey
And there at the very bottom of that ship he lay
Even as the ship began to violently rock and sway
But all the sailors knew with such fear in their eyes
Just as Jonah himself would also come to realize
So they took Jonah and threw him over the side
Into that stormy ocean so dark deep and wide
Soon to be swallowed by a very large whale
So many people think this is just an old Bible tale
But for three long days in that belly would he lay
As later he would do that just as God would say
Then on that third day he was finally set free
And headed straight to Nineveh ever so quickly
Are you also running from what God has said
Doing only what you really want to do instead
Maybe this would be a good time to admit
Before another such storm would also hit
Jonah 1:2
Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it;
for their wickedness is come up before me.
One or two of us
Were home on leave;
For the rest of us,
Christmas came by mail.
Our callsign: Gunslingers.
Our Military Transition Team
Was embedded with
The "Triple Deuce" Iraqi Infantry,
For a year our home
Was LSA Diamondback
Mosul, Nineveh province,
In northern Iraq
A Team member's wife
Gave us all Santa hats.
I have an old photo
Of us standing on top
Of an old Iraqi bunker,
Bearing pistols, rifles,
And those Santa hats.
My wife sent a small
Plastic Christmas tree,
Which was decorated
In the Gunslingers' office.
My mom sent a warm quilt.
When you're acclimatized
To wearing battle armor
In the high 90s and 100s,
80-something feels cold!
I remember the nights--
Dark, but full of stars,
With Orion's belt
On the horizon.
Soldiers made bonfires
In the oddest places:
By a concrete shelter,
Or in classified burn pits.
Once exiting my office,
I saw a fire in the sky.
Soldiers were on top of a bunker
Drinking near-beer, singing.
Another night, I stood
Just outside of the light
Looking at some troops,
And the chiaroscuro image.
I went back to my "choo",
And penciled the scene.
To complete the masterpiece,
I inserted myself
Roasting marshmallos.
I went back to visit them,
Showed them the drawing,
Then completed the picture
By searing a marshmallow.
Christmas was what we made of it.