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       Jonah 2:4-5
       By: clark thompson Date: July 10, 2017, 10:11 am
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       Jonah 2:4-5 King James Version (KJV)
       4 Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again
       toward thy holy temple.
       5 The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth
       closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.
       Jonah 2:4-5 New Life Version (NLV)
       4 Then I said, ‘I have been sent away from Your eyes. But I will
       look again toward Your holy house.’ 5 Waters closed in over me.
       The sea was all around me. Weeds were around my head.
       New Life Version (NLV) Copyright © 1969 by Christian Literature
       International
       These are my thoughts, please share yours.
       4 Jonah knew that what he had done was against what God wanted
       but also knew that God didn’t let him die because he still
       wanted him to go to preach. We cant ever be in this life outside
       of God’s sight the only place this happens is hell. Jonah was
       not in hell but in the belly of a fish. Thru Christ we gain
       excess to Him and He abides in us thru the Holy Spirit and one
       day because we received Christ as Lord we will gain excess to
       His home in heaven.
       5 Jonah is speaking about him falling into the water. Jonah had
       time to think as he fell into the depths of the sea before the
       fish came to him, the fish swallowed him because God saw that he
       needed more time to think so that he would follow God’s will.
       Sometimes we are blessed with extra time to think of what God
       wants rather then for us to make huge mistake by falling away
       into sin and run from Jesus sometimes we don’t get this chance
       but as long as we are alive we can turn back to the Lord. Jonah
       had to go the Lord’s way because his way leads him into this
       fish. We have to go God’s way because our way will lead us to
       hell.
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