This week we’ve seen the drama between God and Jonah, all the nuances of Jonah’s reluctance, anger and fear.
And now we come to a plot twist worthy of The Twilight Zone. Jonah’s message led to a repentant nation and God’s mercy for the people of Nineveh.
In an old PEANUTS cartoon, Peppermint Patty calls Charlie Brown on the telephone.
Jonah got swallowed by the size of his problem and his reluctance to see how God could use him.
The scene described here is not only a plot twist, but also foreshadows what those of us who have read Jonah before already know.