![]() God explained to him that He loves all human beings and that He doesn’t want to destroy them when they are trying to be good. That made Jonathan angry because after all, these people were Israel’s enemies, and he would have liked to see Nineveh destroyed. When God saw that, he decided to spare the city of Nineveh and not destroy it. The people listened to him and decided to become better and to obey God. There he told the people what had happened to him, and that God would destroy their city in fourty days if they would not stop doing bad things. He felt ashamed of what he had done and decided to go to Nineveh as God had asked him to. On the fourth day, the whale spit him out and Jonah landed on the beach. All this time, Jonah was very afraid and prayed God for forgiveness. Instead, He caused a big whale to swallow Jonah.įor three days and three nights, Jonah was in the belly of the whale. ![]() But God had mercy on Jonah and didn’t let him drown. ![]() So in order to save the ship, Jonah jumped overboard and immediately the storm ceased and the sea became calm. All the people on the ship got together and decided that it was Jonah’s fault, since he had disobeyed God. So he boarded a ship and sailed in the opposite direction.Ī big storm came and Jonah’s ship was in great danger. But Jonah didn’t want to go there because the people there were enemies of Israel. God asked him to go to the city of Nineveh to tell the people there to lead better lives. Jonah was a prophet in Israel, a long time ago. The story of Jonah and the whale has two memorable elements that can be illustrated with craft activities: the ship in the storm and of course the whale. #Jonah and the whale fullThe Bible is full of meaningful stories, and if you are planning vacation bible school activities, you should definitely consider vbs crafts as a way to illustrate Bible stories and help the kids understand and remember them. ![]()
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