Why did God forgive the city to be a wicked gangster?
(The book is before: he is punished by God, but he is called the greatest miracle by Jesus )
Three days passed, Jonah went outside the city, there was a dry mountain in the east, and the mountain overlooked the city. Jonah went up the mountain every morning, looking at the city and moving to the evening to rest in the evening.
The sun was shining, but the mountains were uncovered and uncovered. Jonah was so dizzy that the skin bleached by the whale stomach was first cracked like dried orange peel, and another piece peeled off, such as snake skin hanging on the face. . For the sunshade, he used a dry branch to build a low shed, sitting underneath, but it didn't work, and he had to move with the shadow of the sun. From time to time, he drank a few mouthfuls of water in his pocket and looked at the city.
In the city of Nineveh, it took him three days to finish. He walked around and screamed and warned, waiting for Nineveh soldiers to throw him to the ground.
"Come on, the wolves," he thought to himself: "You are coming to kill me, so that I will not disgrace my mission, and I will urge God to no longer hesitate and quickly destroy the wicked people in the city."
Three days later, the Manchu people did not kill him, but instead turned from the original side to the later.
What made Jonah unhappy was the notice on the second day in the city. It was the decree of Nineveh: "The king and the minister have orders, the people of the city must fast, and the cattle and sheep are not allowed to graze. Drinking water. People and animals must be clothed with linen, and everyone must plead with God, change their evil spirits, and stop doing evil. God may have mercy and regain anger, so that we will not perish, nor know."
"Can a lion become a lamb? The cold-blooded murderer suddenly burst into tears?"
Jonah sat under the shed on the hill and took a sip of dry food. He couldn't help but sneer again: "Do you know that there are today's evil animals? You know how much innocent blood is on your hands! The children and pregnant women pleaded before their death. In exchange for your enthusiasm for the knife? Why, do you think that simply fasting for a few days, sitting in the ashes for a while, will fool God? God, please declare them as you declare them."
Jonah looked up at the sky and looked for the fluttering fire, but only saw the dazzling sun. Jonah wiped away the sweat and noticed that a castor, which was only half a person tall yesterday, grew taller than the night, and the giant hand-like leaves cast a shadow over the stack, and then walked over the nettle to overlook Nineveh.
This is the last day of forty days. The city is quiet and quiet. There is almost no smoke. There are very few pedestrians walking on the street. The whole city is like a dead city. Nineveh, tomorrow is your last day. May God drop the sulphur from heaven and destroy you like burning Sodom! I am burning and I will stand here tomorrow, so I can hear the despair and sorrow before your death.
On the dawn of the next day, Jonah climbed up the mountain as usual, waiting for the moment when the last day collapsed. The sun rises as usual, and the sky is like a dry rag. Jonah is not exposed to the sun, but moved to the nettle, but it is found that the castor leaves, like the broken umbrella with no ribs, have withered and died. Jonah was annoyed in his heart. Only when he continued to wait, the sun gradually rose, and suddenly a wind blew up, and dust as a thousand hot arrows hit Jonah.
A trace of desperation floated on the heart of Jonah, and he could no longer see the destruction of Nineveh. He looked up at the sky and complained loudly: "Yahweh, when I was in my hometown, I said it earlier. You must do this? I know that you are a God of grace and compassion, not easily angry, full of love, I couldn't bear to blame, so I quickly fled to Spain. Lord, please take back my life, I am better than living alive!"
"Are you so tempered?" The voice of God rang in his ear.
Jonah had nothing to say, and suddenly another east wind blew, and the ramie on Jonah's head was folded into two, and fell to the ground. Jonah picked up the withered upper part of the nettle and looked at the calm city. He shouted again: "God, I don't even have a place to cover the sun. Is this group of evil people hiding in the house to enjoy the cold? I am dead more than alive." Ok!"
"Are you tempered with this nettle?"
"I am mad and reasonable."
The Lord said, "This ramie is not planted by you, nor is it planted by you. It grows overnight and is bitten by insects overnight. You still love it so much. How can I not care for this? What about the big city of Nymia? There are more than 120,000 young children in the city who can't even distinguish between their left and right hands, not to mention many animals."
In this way, Jonah did not disgrace the mission and told the Nineveh of God's warning. The Ninevites repented and God forgave them.
The most distressing love story
In the winter, the sun is like a drunken astigmatism, and he walks into the Baal Temple with the same lost eyes. The temple looks like a few times deeper than the outside. The bright lights are like psychedelic eyes flashing in the darkness. The tall Ba Li bronze statue is baked by the charcoal fire, and the orange light shines through the hands. Open, a mocking smile. A man kneels under the statue of Baal, whispering in his mouth, and handing a crying baby in his arms to the Baal priest.
He was at a loss at the door, like a lamb lost in the wilderness. A priest approached him and looked up and down with suspiciousness: "What do you do?"
"I am looking for my wife."
The priest glanced and turned away. After a moment, a enchanting young woman came over and smiled. "Come with me."
He followed the woman's room and was one of the many rooms along the wall of the temple. A scent of singularity came from the room, and there were various statues of men and women in the room. He looked around as if his wife was hiding in the room.
"What prayer do you want to offer to Baal God? We can speak out loud to him when we are going to merge."
If he was topped with red ink, his ears were hot: "I am the prophet of the Lord, not worshiping Baal. Is my wife here too? She is a song honey."
"Your wife is here? She is a song honey? It's a nice name." The woman looked at him inexplicably, sitting on the edge of the bed, thinking with a slight head: "But I don't remember, and we all use priests here." What's the new name. What does she look like."
"She is the most beautiful woman I have ever met." His throat stalked: "She is like a lily, her eyes are like autumn waves, her red lips are like red ribbons, her cheeks are like two pomegranates. Her smile makes me dump, Her figure took my heart. She left me."
"In this case, why should you look for her again?" A glimmer of light passed over the woman's eyes, like lightning. "When did she leave you?"
"Our third child was just weaned. She left. She didn't bring money before she went. She followed her man, but she didn't tell me who. Now the three children are crying and looking for mom. I know that man will soon Tired of her, so come here."
The woman’s eyes seemed to have tears like a night’s meteor flashing through: “I remember a beautiful woman here a few months ago, which led us to marry her, so she had no friends, but she was looking for her pilgrim. Every day is constant. Right, is there a red dragonfly under her breast?” She paused, worried that his silently distorted face was torn by pain.
"Is she still here?" His voice was as if it had been pressed under the mountain.
"She left a long time ago, and a pilgrim fell in love with her and redeemed her. I knew it, but..." She said nothing.
He reached into the robes and found a few dollars of money from the inside: "I have only so much with me, please tell me where I am."
The woman said a few words in his ear, and then stood up straight: "You don't want to squat, and don't let anyone know that I told you. I'm afraid they will not let her go, nor will they let go." I. I just see you poor, only..."
He resigned and walked through the deep temple. The Baal statue still flashed a dreamy orange light. On the shiny palm, he held a mass of burnt meat. The smoke was smashed and the temple was filled with a Strange aroma. He saw a baby's ribs flashing in the fire, such as unburned branches. The baby's father leaned over to the ground, his hands crossed and he was too motionless to die.
He went all the way to the city center and finally found the address that the woman told him. It was a simple 妓 ,, as simple as every 妓 周围. From time to time, a man walks into this narrow alley, like a thief looking left and right, and occasionally a man comes out of a certain door, leaving no one else.
He stood at the door, and the man sitting at the door looked up at him: "You wait a little longer, there are people inside."
"Is there a song honey?"
The man stood up and showed the fierce light: "What do you want to do?"
"My name is Hosea, I am looking for my wife."
Suddenly, his familiar voice came out of the house. He was poured in plaster instantly, and the stone was lying in the same place. The tears were like the rain flowing over the embankment, silently rushing down.
Why do women who have affair have similar fates?
Her husband’s voice seemed to come from outside the door, and her heart leaped. Since he was looking for her loudly outside the door a few days ago, her long-suffering thinking suddenly resembled the land after the melting of winter snow, and everything that was covered was ruthlessly exposed, and no longer hidden.
Her thought that he would break into the door, he instinctively shrunk under the man in the house, as the deer blocked in the corner did not hope to avoid the hunter's knife and fork. But he actually left, quietly seems to have never been, so she almost doubted whether she heard the illusion.
But he did come. After the guest left, the owner of the museum opened the door and smiled and looked at her up and down, as if she saw her naked in bed for the first time: "Your man has come. You guess what he wants? Haha, it’s good, It’s good, I don’t think I can find other women, but it’s hard to find you like a flower.”
She shrank in the corner and didn't dare to ask. This man is her fifth master. She bought her from the fourth owner. Like every former man, she first met her like a baby. She said to her without any day or night. The lingering love words made her believe once again that she finally found a man who truly understood her. She opened her heart again and was very gentle with him, so that he could retain his heart. But he was like other men, and soon got tired of it, and said something that made her chill: "Haha, I bought you heavily, is it to listen to you talking about women's nonsense every day? I want you to give I am making money."
The husband has been here a few days ago, she does not remember. What is the difference between her day and her year in this closed earth house? But it is better than being sold to the next person. The next master's fist is probably even more powerful. His temper after drinking is probably more terrible. But why is the husband coming? And his husband and wife’s time of a few years, now recalled, if you are separated. Although the rough tea, although the three young children let her not stop, but after all, the husband really loves himself, that loves him, although he does not say, she never doubted.
But that love can't satisfy her young heart. She is eager to stimulate, eager to be craved every day, eager to be chased by men. She is tired of being a wife's monotonous responsibility and is more annoyed to be a mother's hard work. She does not want to be bound by the two roles in her life, she wants to pursue greater happiness.
However, everything is late. Her life has been locked in the four walls of the earth. After a few years, I am afraid that even the earthen walls will not be there again. Which man will take a look at her old age?
The door opened, and the husband stood at the door, naked, looking down at the ground. The boss laughed outside the door: "One hundred and seventy-two silver and three hundred pounds of barley are really not much. If I don't see you really have no money, then it will not be rare for your barley, count as thirty-two silver. However, since the ransom is handed over, the person is yours. Go in, the old man's wife. Don't let her run again later, haha."
He walked to his wife and saw that her originally tight and shiny skin, such as the ribbon, was worn out by the dust and sand. It had become rough and dull. The original black hair also showed a lot of white hair roots. He put clean clothes on her side and said, "Gome, let's go, go home with me, the children miss you."
She looked up at her husband, tears suddenly sprouted out of the clear spring, he was old, and the wrinkles in his eyes cracked like dry soil, but his eyes were as gentle as the night that licked her. Did he forget how much she hurt him? Why did he come to her, why not go to a bride to talk to?
The two of them walked out of the house, and the originally lonely alley was suddenly crowded with people. The boss forked his hands and grinned, without saying a word. She bowed her head behind her husband, her hair covering her face.
"This man, why don't you let the tribes stone the lascivious woman, why don't you stop this shameful wife?" Finally someone asked aloud.
He stopped and turned to the person who asked the question, but his eyes turned to the people: "Israel, the Lord has called you out of Egypt. Why did you turn to go to Baal and commit adultery? You should have sought the arm of the Lord, why Going to flirt with Egypt and Assyria? Israel, don’t laugh like this, don’t forget it like a foreigner! Because you are unfaithful to your God, God’s retribution is already on the way.”
"Hah, he is yelling at us." The people laughed and someone asked: "Who gives you the authority to speak to us like this?"
"Because I am the prophet of the Lord, he wants me to point out your sins and wait for you to repent. But you are as stubborn wild beasts, and you have hardened your neck. So the Lord will leave you alone, letting you and Assyria come and see, until they are They swallowed up, so that you can save your sinful heart."
"The prophet of the Lord can't control his wife, but it is up to us. What is your name?" The people laughed again.
He pulled his wife behind him and said to the crowd, "My name is Hosea. The Lord called this happen to me, so that you can be your counsel. And I have got my wife again, and she will never leave me." You must first taste the pain of being abused by the Assyrians, and then you will truly seek the Lord."
He took the song and turned and left, not knowing what to do.
A few decades later, Israel was attacked by Assyria and died in the country. The surviving people after the Holocaust were taken away by Assyria, as the trees were uprooted. Since then, Samaria has become the name of humiliation. Since then, the ten people of Israel have lost their lives in history until today.
The most qualified person, please reflect on this true story.
The fifteenth generation of King David, Uzziah, has been king for forty-two years, fifty-eight years old. He came to the temple and made up his mind to do something big that David and any ancestors had never done before. For this matter, he thought for a long time, and now the machine is mature. He is not only the most qualified to do so, but he will go down in history and set a precedent for later descendants.
Joash, the grandfather of Uzziah, was once slaughtered by the bloody mass of his grandmother, Aah, and was protected by the high priest Jehoiye in the temple for six years, and became the only blood of David to survive. Joash was enthroned at the age of seven, and he became king for forty years. When he was young, he was supported by his uncle, Jehoi, and he was loyal to the Lord, repairing the temple, and keeping the country well organized. After the death of Jehoi, he was swayed by the traitors of his men, and he became interested in the pagan Asherah, not only bowing, but also committing himself.
Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada, out of righteous indignation, condemned in the public the covenant of Joash. Joash was not good at the moment, but he led a group of hooligans into the outer court of the temple, and Zachariah passed by and killed him with a rock. After the matter spread, Joash’s men hated him for enmity, and he assassinated him in bed and avenged the father and son of Jehoi.
The son of Joash, Amaziah, was twenty-five years old when he succeeded. He became king for twenty-nine years. After he ascended the throne, he killed the murderer who assassinated his father. But according to the Law of Moses, there was no such thing as their descendants. Like the king of Israel, Israel. Yamaha made great efforts to rectify the army, and led the army to fight with the Edomites, killing the other 10,000 soldiers, and throwing 10,000 prisoners of war one by one, and fell to life. He triumphed back to the DPRK, and his heart was so unsatisfactory that he began to worship the idols of the Edomites.
When God became angry, he let Amaziah's ambition expand. Amaziah thought that he could do anything, and he slammed the war to the king of Israel. The king of Israel laughed and accepted the challenge. The two armies would fight at the border of Bethmaid. Amaziah was defeated and captured alive. The walls of Jerusalem were broken. The gold and silver vessels and the jewels in the palace were collected. Because of this defeat, Amaziah was chased down by the minister and died in Laji. The body was pulled back to Jerusalem and buried in the grave.
When Uzziah’s son Uzzia succeeded to the throne, he was sixteen years old. After he ascended the throne, he honored the Lord, and sought his guidance in all things, and he received all kinds of blessings. He first settled the ancient Philistines on the western coast and smashed the great cities around him. The Arabs in the south and the Ammons in the southeast were recruited. After that, he strengthened the walls of Jerusalem and built towers at the corner gates and valley gates to look at the guards. He also greatly promoted water conservancy, digging water wells, raising cattle and sheep, and increasing farming.
During the heyday of Uzzia, there were more than 300,000 soldiers in the country, each equipped with a spear shield, a fine helmet armor, and a good bow. He invented a variety of new weapons, such as the stone attacking machine and the powerful. Uzzia is therefore famous for its direct access to Egypt.
Uxia stood in front of the altar in the inner courtyard of the temple, looking back at the great achievements of the past forty-two years of achievement, and could not help but have a strong ambition and a few ambiguities. Going all the way, in the blink of an eye, I will enter the year of the flower, and there are not many years left to make meritorious deeds. In the future, I should consider how to keep a name in history and surpass my ancestors. He has already had a good idea today and wants to turn the plan into reality.
On the top of the temple, two copper pillars, the Lily priests who were on duty as usual, looked at Uzziah in confusion and confusion, because no one knew him. I saw him dressed in a royal suit, wearing a crown, and his face was dignified but there was no one else, just looking down and walking up the steps. After boarding dozens of steps, he looked up at the copper pillars ten meters high, waited for the heartbeat to calm down, and then swayed the curtain of the temple door and walked straight into the inner hall of the temple.
The priests who watched it were shocked. This is a major event that has never been heard since the temple was built. According to the Law of Moses, only the priests of the Levites can take turns to enter the temple. No one else, regardless of his identity, is allowed to enter. The fifteen kings of Judah before this, no one has ever surpassed this example, and the priests in the temple are therefore never prepared to dare to destroy this case. Finally, someone woke up and flew early to report to the high priest.
Uzzia entered the temple and couldn't help but watch the up and down. I saw the golden splendor in the temple, the carved beams, the candlelight flashing, and the silence. There is no pillar in the temple. There is no heaven and earth. There is a golden candlestick on the left and a pie table on the right. At the end of the temple, under the curtain of the Most Holy Place, there is a golden incense altar with cigarettes on the altar. Uzzia couldn’t hold back his heartbeat. He was the first grandson of David who entered the temple in the 200th century. What a great glory and honor. He felt the gaze of the priests and turned them into inner excitement. This day is an epoch-making day for yourself, for your children, for Judah.
Uzziah solemnly walked to the incense altar and bowed to the ceremony. After a moment of silence, he reached out and took the spare scent from the side of the altar. He ignited the incense that was burning slowly, lit them, and then inserted them into a incense burner. Then he stood up straight and looked at the cigarettes in his hand, as if he were awkward.
Suddenly there was a lot of footsteps in the temple, and Uzziah did not turn back. There was a voice coming: "Ussia, burning incense to the Lord is not something you can do, but the Aaron of the priesthood who is the priest." Leave the sanctuary! You have committed the Lord God and will not receive glory from Him."
Uzzia was shocked. No one dared to speak to him like this. Not only did he call his name, but he was also harsh. He turned around angrily and saw that the priest Azaria had come to the front with dozens of priests, and everyone was stunned and nervous.
Uzziah angered her chest and asked Azaria loudly: "I don't have much to do for God?"
"More."
"Then I haven't had more territory for you to open up?"
"I have not opened up any territory."
"The responsibility that I shoulder is not that you are important?"
"You are the king of Judah."
"Then why can't I burn incense to the Lord myself?"
"Because the Lord has fixed this matter to the priests."
Uzzia heard, angry, and shouted: "I see that you are arrogant. I am going to break the dictatorship of your priests today."
After all, Uxia lifted the incense burner and prepared to turn back. In a flash, his forehead suddenly clicked on the finger that could not be seen, and a circular white spot appeared in an instant. Uzzia felt the abnormality of the skin early, and vacated her hand to touch her forehead. She felt that the place was as rough as lime, and itchy like a mosquito bite. He couldn’t help but scratch his fingers and put his fingers in front of him. Bran-like crumbs.
He was wondering, suddenly hearing the horrible cry of the priests around him, and the sneak peek of them as they hid him. He looked up and saw Azaria standing in the same place, seeing his eyes mixed with fear, disdain and disgust: "Ussia, you have just got leprosy. Why do you have to sin against the Lord, you have to retribute." ”
Uzzia heard the words, his face pale, and then reached out to wipe the rough spots on his forehead, as if to wipe off the lime stained, the plaque seems to have become bigger.
"Are you still not going to go, do you still have to bear the greater punishment of the Lord?" The harsh voice of Azariah sounded again.
Uxia was awake as soon as a dream, cold sweat has already flowed down his cheeks. He bowed his head and said nothing. He walked away from the hall and the sun suddenly became extraordinarily glaring. The whole world is no longer the same. He did not think of this ending, but he desperately understood that there is no turning back.
After he returned to the palace, he gave the throne to his son Jotán and became the only king of Judah suffering from leprosy. For the next ten years, Ucia lived in the palace, separated from others, and tasted endless grief and shame every day, and suffered from leprosy.
When Uxia died, she was sixty-eight years old. Because he suffered from leprosy, he could not be buried with the ancestors and was buried on the side of the ancestral cemetery.
Didn't get the punishment of God without doing bad things, don't be proud of it first.
King Usia died and all Judah was shocked. Although his son Jottan had been in power for 10 years after he was suffering from leprosy in Uzbekistan, people were worried about whether Jotham had the wisdom and courage of his father and whether he could cope with the embarrassment of the countries around him.
People also worry about Israel in the north. Israel’s political situation is unstable. In the past 12 years, Israel has replaced four kings and four families.
Twelve years ago, Zechariah, the son of the four generations of Jehu, ascended the throne, but because he was as sacred as his ancestors, he was killed by his men in the salon for only six months. He fulfilled the prophecy of God, the Jehu family. To be king only to the fourth generation. Only a month later, Sharon was killed by the general. In order to prevent repeating the mistakes, Mina is now killing the cockroaches, and the Tiefsa, who resisted the massacre, not only let go of the children, but even cut all the pregnant women’s belly to avoid the trouble. In this way, with the brutal rule, Mina was able to be king for ten years, but he encountered the expedition of the Assyrian Empire. In order to retreat from the enemy, Mina now ordered a rich domestic man to donate a pound of silver, and a total of 75,000 people made up a total of 370,000 tons of silver. The king of Assyria got these money and retired. After Mina’s death, his son was succeeded to Gai, but only two years later, he was killed by his general.
Beiga is more resourceful. After he ascended the throne, he joined the Syrian neighbors in the northeast, resisting the strong enemy of Assyria in the East, and constantly inciting Judah to join. Now that King Uxia is dying, the people of Judah are worried, and I don’t know when the war will come. More people began to bow down to the false gods, and the rich more unscrupulously searched for money. The judges greeted bribes and deliberately misjudged cases. The weak, such as widows and orphans, were worse than death.
The temple was gradually dying, and the priests indulged in the thrill of drunkenness, and the sacrifice was more formal. But there are still a few priests who are faithful to worship the Lord and serve diligently in the temple. On this day, a young priest named Isaiah was alone in the temple, and after doing all the work, he kneels before the golden incense altar and prays to the Lord silently. Thinking of the glory of Judah and Israel in the past and the decadence of today, he prayed and shed tears while he prayed.
It turned out that two years ago, a Jewish shepherd named Amos was inspired by the Lord and went to Israel to warn God of the punishment that was coming, and was brought back by the local priests. Amos recorded the prophetic prophecy of God, and Isaiah was able to see God's terrible prophecy. With regard to Israel, God prophesied: "O Israel, you have been in the wilderness for forty years, why are you offering sacrifices and offerings to me? You carry the tabernacle of the Moro made for yourself and the idols of your idols, and you The gods. So I will take you outside Damascus. This is the Lord, the god of the army."
This is obviously a prophecy for the country to die. Isaiah bowed his head and prayed, asking God to change the minds of the people, so as to avoid the terrible results of prophecy. Suddenly, the ground swayed, like the swaying surface of the waves. earthquake! Isaiah opened his eyes and fell to the ground in panic, but could not grasp. Suddenly, the temple is full of strange sounds, such as the waves and the wind blowing. Isaiah was at a loss, and suddenly saw the curtain of the front of the sanctuary opened, and the golden light was shining in the holy place. The Lord sat on the throne, and the robe was like a wave covering the ground of the temple. Around the throne of the Lord, there is an angel, a Salaf guard, with six wings, two covering feet, two covering faces, and two flying. They shouted at each other again:
"Holy! Holy: Holy! Lord of Hosts; His glory is full of the earth!"
Because of their crying, the foundation of the temple shook, and the temple was full of clouds. Isaiah was so scared that she fell to her knees and whispered in tears: "Well, I am dead, because I saw the Lord of Hosts with my own eyes, and because I used to say foul words, I lived. In the middle of the same filthy people."
A Salaf flew to the side of Isaiah, patted him on the shoulder with one hand, and took a red charcoal from the incense altar in one hand and said to him, "Behold, this charcoal has your mouth, your sin will be removed." Your sins will be forgiven."
Isaiah dipped his lips with charcoal, and the peace immediately flowed into the heart like a stream. He heard the voice of the Lord like the waves echoing: "Who can I send? Who will give us a letter?"
Isaiah thought that God must have good news to his compatriots and said in a hurry: "I am here, send me." After a pause, he asked: "What do I want to tell people?"
"You tell the people to say: You listen to hear, but you don't understand; you want to see, but you don't know. Let the people's hearts be filled with oil, their ears sink, their eyes coma; I am afraid that the eyes will see, the ears will hear, and the heart will Understand that if you turn around, you will be healed."
Isaiah listened and was speechless. Although he did not fully understand it, he heard that God would not immediately attack these disobedient people. Instead, he would let the evil do not continue to do evil, and worship the gods to continue to worship the gods. However, when is this the end, when will the people wake up? Isaiah finally asked: "When is this going to be?"
"Until the city is desolate, uninhabited, the house is idle, the land is extremely desolate, and the Lord will take the people to the distance and leave a lot of land in the territory."
"God, what credentials do you give me?"
"You have to give birth to your wife. You have to name him Shi Ya Ya (meaning the remnant return)."