Jonah's story teaches us about obedience, willingness of spirit, gratitude, compassion and God's patience, mercy, Forgiveness, Compassion, obedience, God's love for others, God's love for creation, Judgment, Grace, Repentance, Love for enemies and God's persistence.
And although it seems unknown, the story of Jonah and the big fish affects our everyday lives and shows the themes above everyday.
A parable an illustration that puts something familiar alongside something unfamiliar. A parable is similar to a fable or an allegory or a proverb but parables are generally concerned with spiritual matters not morals
Jesus used parables as a teaching method to teach the people who followed him about, for example, the kingdom of heaven. He spoke in parables so that only those who were sincere would see the truth contained in them.
Jesus interprets the parable of the fishing net in Luke 13:49.
The time is the end of the age; that is, the end of the Tribulation period. It is the time of the Second Coming of Christ. The fishermen are the angels. The good fish are the righteous; that is, saved people, both Jews and Gentiles. The bad fish are the unrighteous; namely, unbelieving people of all races.
The separating of the good and bad is done by angels. All this cannot refer to the present time nor to the church, but to the time when the kingdom is about to be set up. The angels will be used, as is so clearly seen in the book of Revelation. The wicked will be cast into the furnace of fire and the righteous will remain in the earth for the millennial kingdom.
So there is no moral to this parable but rather teaching about the end of the age.
I assume that the synonym you are looking for is a 'parable', which is a short story, such as those Jesus told, which teaches a moral or spiritual lesson.
a moral
A story with a moral at the end which teaches one a life lesson is called A Fable. This is a story where one does something wrong or sins and learns how to correct his ways towards the ends of the story.
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Another word for lesson is learned or taught a lesson
A lesson learned from the work.
A Lesson Learned
a lesson learned from the work.
Generally in fables there is a moral lesson to be learned.
The lesson learned at the end of a fable is often referred to as the moral or the moral lesson. It is a concise and explicit message or value that the story intends to convey to the reader or listener.
A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson, as told by Jesus in the Gospels.
The lesson is that you should be ready for Jesus christs second coming.