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How To Study The Book Of Jonah

The book of Jonah is unlike all the other minor prophetic books in that there is hardly a message of gloom and doom. The book is almost like an essay following the life of a lesser known prophet and the twists and turns his life takes. 

Studying this book is like holding a mirror up to our face and taking a closer look at ourselves. 

Jonah is not so different from us in the way he reacts and behaves. Maybe we don't have the dramatic happen to us (being ingested by a fish and being spat out three days later) but we can definitely relate to his dislike of a certain people group and his trying to run away from an uncomfortable situation. 

As we read this book may we look at ourselves closer, as with a microscope, and deal with the things that don't make for unity, peace, or love. The body of Christ depends on it!