Topic: Jonah

Question

Why did Jonah look toward the temple while he was in the whale's belly?

Answer

Jonah said, “They are lying vanities.” He said, “Once more will I look to Your holy temple,” told God. Because when Solomon dedicated that temple, he said, “If Thy people be in trouble anywhere and look to this holy place and pray, then You hear from heaven.” And he believed, Jonah believed that God...

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How is Jonah's looking to the temple from inside the whale applied to a sick person's symptoms?

Answer

And Jonah believed that Solomon’s prayer was heard. And he said, “I’m not going to look to these symptoms; I’m going to look to the temple of God.” And if Jonah in that kind of a condition, could look to a natural temple, where a nat—or a human prayed, how much more ought you setting here, where peo...

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What were the 'lying vanities' Jonah spoke of in the belly of the whale?

Answer

There he is now, backslid, stormy sea, hands tied behind him, belly of a whale. Every time that fish eats it goes to the bottom of the sea and or the…A goldfish, when you feed him, he’ll go down and throw his little swimmers out and rest at the bottom of the water, the bowl. He’s found his prey and...