Assyrians rule over much of the known world, their vast empire built on the pillars of corruption, idolatry, and violence. Israel suffers beneath this tyranny like most other nations.So, when Jewish prophet Jonah is commanded by God to go and preach to these wicked people in Nineveh, the lion’s den—and largest and most sinful city in the world—he resists and flees.Three days and three nights of unimaginable horror ensue.When Jonah is at last liberated from the depths, he finds himself physically and spiritually transfigured.Only now is it possible for God’s will to be fulfilled; no other prophet could succeed in turning the hearts of those wretched Ninevites. It has to be Jonah. And he had to suffer.But why? And how is it possible that his simple message of doom saved 120,000 souls, and ultimately resulted in the annihilation of the entire Neo-Assyrian empire?This is the true story of Jonah as you have never known—faithful to scripture and fully revealed in novel format.
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