Jonah & The Beast I

The Chosen People

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🗓️ 8 September 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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# 232 - Jonah & The Beast P. 1 - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Jonah runs hard from God’s call to show mercy to Nineveh—straight into a storm, a casting of lots, and the belly of a great fish, where rebellion finally turns into prayer. This episode dives into Jonah 1–2 to show how the “belly of the beast” becomes a womb of grace, where teshuvah (return) begins and salvation belongs to the Lord.Episode 232 of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-upFor more information about Yael Eckstein and IFCJ visit https://www.ifcj.org/Today's opening prayer is inspired by Proverbs 3:31-32, Do not envy the violent or choose any of their ways. For the Lord detests the perverse, but takes the upright into his confidence.Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app.Show Notes:(00:58) Intro with Yael Eckstein(02:45) Jonah & The Beast P. 1(28:05) Reflection with Yael Eckstein See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Previously on the chosen people.
0:02.0	Years had passed.
0:05.0	The fire was gone, the sword sheathed, the heads buried or rotted into the earth.
0:12.0	Jahu's reign limped toward its end, not with trumpets, but with bureaucracy.
0:19.0	You didn't serve the Lord, Jehu, not really.
0:22.6	You served your rage.
0:24.6	You heard the call of heaven and used to feed the fire in your own gut.
0:30.6	Golden calves still stood in Bethel and Dan,
0:34.6	polished like heirlooms no one remembered the origin of.
0:38.9	He had done evil in the sight of Yahweh, and everyone knew it.
0:43.9	Let me tell you this.
0:45.7	Hearing God's voice isn't about knowing secrets for your own gain.
0:50.2	It's about trust, the kind of trust that lets you act when he calls and stays silent when he doesn't.
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