Book of Jonah Summary: A Complete Animated Overview

Watch our overview video on the book of Jonah, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. The book of Jonah is a subversive story about a rebellious prophet who despises his God for loving his enemies.

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[SL-xfre]

God literally did a mic drop with his final question to Jonah. This is definitely now one of my favorite books in the Bible, I resonate with Jonah on so many levels, it’s hard.

[namewitheld]

I love Jonah. He's a real guy. We all want our enemies to be smote and get frustrated when The Lord just won't do it. So Jonah tries to just do the bare minimum because he really wants them gone. He's sulky right up to the end because we all want justice on OUR terms, not The Lord's. It's a great story.

[guayabagirl]

+thebibleproject 😢I cried when you said: "that's not the point, this book is trying to mess with you the reader, Are you okay with God loving your enemies?" powerful straight to my heart.

[PrincessZ]

God has me looking at Jonah and the more I study..the more I realize him pointing out my own lack of compassion for a lost world. He loves us, all of us. Thanks for this!

[reynauldc]

I've been a Christian a long time, and have read through the entire Bible several times, but this is one of the best explanations I've seen yet. Thank you for your good work!

[readingswithjenna]

Wow, I've read Jonah before, but hearing it played out from you guys brought tears to my eyes. God just showed me that this is why I've been "exciled" so to speak. I've prayed for weeks for God to tell me what I've done wrong for Him to leave me, (He never really leaves) but I hadn't heard an answer until I played this video. Tears are streaming down my face.

Shouldn't we love a God that loves even our enemies? Shouldn't we be grateful that a being so loving exists and that we fall under his umbrella of merciful love? I can't believe how dumb I've been to not see this sooner. I want to share a quote I heard in a dream not too long ago. A pastor was preaching at the front of the church and his exact words were...


"Jesus died for me. But He didn't die for ONLY me."

It's our job as Christians to spread the good word. Even if that means loving our enemies long enough to do it.

PRAISE GOD AND HIS UNDYING LOVE FOR

[keraatkins]

There truely is a bit of Jonah in all of us.

[nataliahuck]

Every time I'm about to start reading a book in the bible or just after having read one I take a look at these videos. The bible project has been a tremendous blessing to my spiritual growth. Thanks God for servants like you!!! May the Lord keep on blessing you, so that you can keep on being a blessing to the body of Christ ♡

[Frentzneil]

Jonah is a lot like us. “Just kill me LORD..”

We always ask this when we’re tired of life..

[zinhlenonhlakaniphomtolo]

I died at "Jonah's five word sermon" 😂😂. Thank you so much! Really an eye opener of God's compassion 👐. A challenge on our end to imitate Him😢👐. Thank you!

[johndo]

This is weird ... even tho I'm an Israeli, a Jew ethnically, and an Atheist, I never really sat down and read the bible stories. Most Israelis are secular and hardly read the book, except for secular teaching at school. Those who are Orthodox are more into the later holy scripture like the Talmud. Anyway, all I knew about the book of Jonah is that it is another mythological fantasy story about a prophet who was swallowed by a whale. But now, after watching this beautiful video, made by Christians... I might give this book a chance.

Thank you guys :)

[sevensevennine]

Ohhh I get it. We aren't supposed to emulate the characters in the Bible, we're supposed to see ourselves in them and be better than they were

[yolandao.]

The lesson of the Book of Jonah is another way of mirroring, cleaning, clearing our hearts of the stubbornness we have deep inside.

[nieshpalmore]

Just WOW… amazingly said. We often times ask God to remove or destroy our enemies.. because we want to love what God loves & hate what God hates but this book definitely shedded a new light on Gods’s mercy & character for real. My prayers for my enemies will not be the same after reading this chapter. 🙏🏾❤ this is good!!

[nakdot]

For the past 3 weeks God has being putting Jonah all in my feeds on social media. So I decided to study multiple sources. Thank you Lord for revealing this to me. Grew up hearing this story. The focus was always the whale but that not it at all. It's about disobedience and forgiveness. Self righteousness as well.

[BibleMunch]

"I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love" Jonah 4:2

That's one of my favorite quotes from the book of Jonah!

May God bless you, and all who watch!

[vipitoachumi]

Ever since I was a kid I always found Jonah hilarious. And today I learned a new way to read the Book of Jonah that makes it more thought provoking and meaningful and not just a comedy. Thankyou.

[emiliabennett]

My pastor, who use to be a history teacher indicated that the ninivites were terrible people that use to kill Israelites and wear their skulls as necklaces. So Jonah's anger towards them is more understandable with that knowledge. Personally I do identify with Jonah's character but it's a matter of perspective. Jonah does not agree with God's decision to forgive the ninivites anymore than a person who lost a brother by a terrorist would forgive them. Even more than that is that sometimes we don't agree with God's decisions so we "run away." But it's important to remember that he's God and we're not. I just think Jonah got a bad rap in this when we're all a little like Jonah, which still isn't good. lol

[Frentzneil]

I find Jonah’s story very funny and informative. From a third person view, his story is very funny lol.