Hey everybody, I'm Tim McEy and this is my podcast Exploring My Strange Bible.

I am a card carrying Bible history and language nerd who thinks that Jesus of Nazareth is

utterly amazing and worth following with everything that you have.

On this podcast I'm putting together the last ten years worth of lectures and sermons

where I've been exploring the strange and wonderful story of the Bible and how it invites

us into the mission of Jesus and the journey of faith.

And I hope this can be helpful for you too.

I also help start this thing called the Bible Project.

We make animated videos and podcasts about all kinds of topics in Bible and theology.

You can find those resources at thebibelproject.com.

With all that said, let's dive into the episode for this week.

Alright, hey guys, this is the last of a five-part series we've been doing through the book of Jonah.

This is about when God loves your enemy.

It's exploring the last chapter of the book of Jonah.

If you haven't listened to the first four teachings that explore the earlier parts of the book,

I recommend you do that in the previous podcast.

This last chapter of the book of Jonah is actually one of the most puzzling and difficult parts of the book.

I have a children's book at home that I will never read to my children.

It says it's about the book of Jonah, but it happily leaves out any recounting of the final chapter of the book,

which is actually not that surprising because the last chapter, Jonah chapter four,

turns this story from a happy story of Jonah finally obeying and the Ninevites responding,

ideal way to this message that comes from God's prophet.

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