Yes, he vacillated but later repented and did what God told him to do, to prophecy unto Nineveh their coming judgment and destruction if they didn't repent. His immaturity caused him to have a little pout fest when the people repented, and so God didn't execute therefore the judgment upon the city, but that was a immaturity issue with him. No, he wasn't perfect, who is, we all sin, but he did the job that God called him to do.
Answer 2
Yes, he was good. He tried to avoid conveying God's prophecy to Nineveh because he suspected that most of the Ten Tribes were likely to ignore the example of the Ninevites and this would hasten the destruction of the land of the ten Tribes. He left the shores of Israel in a ship, since Israel is the land most conducive to prophecy.
No. It was the prophet Jonah.
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The whale spat Jonah out on dry land.
There is no mention of Jonah having a wife in the Scriptures.
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No, he was a Hebrew prophet.
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Jonah and the whale.
God chose him to be one.
In religion, a prophet, from the Greek word προφήτης (profétés) meaning "advocate", is an individual who is claimed to have been contacted by the supernatural or the divine, and to speak for them.Yes Jonah was a prophet, sent by God to warn the Ninevites to repent.
Jonah was to deliver a judgement message to the Assyrian city of Nineveh (Jonah 1:2) saying that unless they repented and turned around to doing good, God would destroy them (Jonah 3:1-4). Amazingly, they listened, obeyed and were saved for a time.(Jonah 3:5+10)
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