Jonah 4:1-3 is both comic and remarkable, and not just because Jonah is a sulky grump.
...That is why I was so quick to flee to Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity.
Jonah says he ran away from God because God is merciful! Usually, when stories about "gods" are told, people run away from them because they are scary, violent monsters. Think about this guy for a minute:
I can only imagine what Baal and Molech would've been like. Like Stay Puff, they'd leave a trail of destruction.
But, in contrast to these gods, as much as they bring desolation, the God of Israel leaves a trail of ... grace.
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