Jonah & The Beast II

The Chosen People

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Judaism, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 9 September 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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# 233 - Jonah & The Beast P. 2 - 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 233 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 Jonah 4:11, And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?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:(02:10) Intro with Yael Eckstein(03:34) Jonah & The Beast P. 2(26:19) 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.
0:03.0	Jonah.
0:05.0	You shall go to Nineveh to preach against their wickedness.
0:10.0	Warn them. Call them to repentance.
0:15.0	What? What? No. No. Of course not. You have the wrong man. Never.
0:24.0	Jonah approached the docks of Jopper with a small pack around his shoulders.
0:29.6	It took some searching to find a ship sailing far enough away to widen the distance between Jonah and God.
0:37.3	Thunder crashed above, shaking timbers and bones alike.
0:42.0	Who are you?
0:43.6	Why has this evil befallen us?
0:45.9	Speak, stranger.
0:47.3	From where have you come?
0:48.8	And what madness have you brought upon my sheep?
0:52.2	I'm a Hebrew.
0:54.5	Your gods, they rule the sea, or the earth, or the skies, but my God, my God commands all of them.
1:03.1	He made the sea, and the wind, and he made the land, and it's from him, I flee.
1:10.4	But he has found me.
1:13.8	With grim determination, they seized Jonah, lifted him above their heads,
1:19.4	and with cries of anguish, cast him into the raging waters.
1:24.5	Something immense, ancient, and terrible drew near. Its great jaws agape.
1:31.3	And then, the jaws snapped shut. And Jonah was swallowed whole, sealed within a tomb of scales and darkness, lost to the world and the heavens alike.
1:46.0	I'm sorry, Lord. I was wrong.
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