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CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS STUDIES Lesson Note

Topic: Call to repentance II: Repentance of the city of Nineve

GRADE 7 - 3rd TERM - Week 6

 

 


The Call to Repentance: The Repentance of Nineveh (Jonah 1:1-17, 2:1-10, 3:1-10)

 

 









 

 Jonah and the Call to Repentance

 


Jonah was a prophet of God who lived during the reign of King Jeroboam II of Israel, around 780-750 BC. Jonah received a call from God to go to the city of Nineveh, the capital of the Assyrian Empire, and to warn the people to repent of their sins of wickedness ,idolatry etc or face destruction.

Jonah did not want to go to Nineveh because he knew that the Assyrians were enemies of Israel. He was afraid that if he went, the people might repent, and God would spare them.

 




Jonah boarded a ship from Joppa to Tarshish, hoping to escape from God. However, God sent a great storm that threatened to destroy the ship. The sailors were afraid, and they threw Jonah overboard to calm the sea The lot fell on Jonah, and he confessed that he was running away from God.


Jonah in the sea



Jonah 1:5 - "Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep." Visualize a scene in detailed digital art style, depicting a moment from the biblical story Jonah 1:5. Show fearful sailors aboard a ship, each praying to their respective deities, as they hurriedly toss cargo overboard into the turbulent sea, hoping to lighten the vessel. Away from this tumultuous scene, positioned lower within the ship, illustrate a figure, Jonah, tucked away and deeply asleep in contrast to the chaos around him.








Jonah 2:1 - "Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly,"



God made ready a big fish which swallowed Jonah. He was in the belly of the fish for three days and nights. on the third day and he prayed. God spoke to the fish and vomited Jonah on a dry land in Nineveh.


Jonah preached repentance to the people saying "saying yet forty days and Nineveh shall be put on sack cloth. The king removed his royal robe, wore sack cloth and sat in ash. The king then announced general fasting, repented then prayed and God forgave them.



Digital image of “Jonah preaching in Nineveh, scene from the Bible”

Digital image of “Jonah preaching in Nineveh, scene from the Bible”

Look and Learn


Some of the evidences that showed that the Ninevites repented are:

  1. They had remorse and sorrow for their sins
  2. They cried and prayed to God for forgiveness.
  3. They turned away from their evil way.

4.They received pardon and forgiveness from God.

Class Activity.

Explain the response of the Ninevites to Jonah's message.