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“O Sleeper! Arise, Call…!” THE BOOK OF JONAH A PROPHECY ABOUT ISRAEL AND THE NATIONS A Study About Israel and the Nations, As Seen in the Life and Experiences of the Prophet Jonah Arlen L. Chitwood Introduction i “O Sleeper! Arise, Call…!” THE BOOK OF JONAH A PROPHECY ABOUT THE NATION OF ISRAEL i ii ESTHER ii Introduction iii “O Sleeper! Arise, Call…!” THE BOOK OF JONAH A PROPHECY ABOUT THE NATION OF ISRAEL by Arlen L. Chitwood The Lamp Broadcast, Inc. 225 S. Cottonwood Ranch Rd. Cottonwood, Arizona 86326 www.lampbroadcast.org 2018 Book for Web-Site Only Not Printed iii iv ESTHER “…I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and NONE shall rescue him. I will go and return to my place, TILL they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: IN THEIR AFFLICTION THEY WILL SEEK ME EARLY. Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for HE hath torn, and HE will heal us; HE hath smitten, and HE will bind us up. After two days will HE revive us: in the third day HE will raise us up, and we shall live in HIS sight” (Hosea 5:14b-6:2). Cover Picture: from Painting by Willem Van de Velde II (1680) iv Introduction v CONTENTS FOREWORD . vii INTRODUCTION . ix I. GOD’S COMMAND, JONAH’S RESPONSE . 1 GO TO NINEVEH, CRY AGAINST IT, BUT JONAH ROSE UP TO FLEE II. GOD’S RESPONSE TO JONAH’S ACTIONS . 11 A GREAT STORM AROSE ON THE SEA III. GOD’S WAY TO EFFECT CORRECTION . 25 JONAH MUST BE CAST FROM THE SHIP INTO THE SEA IV. MAN’S WAY, WHICH AVOIDS CORRECTION . 45 JONAH MUST REMAIN ON THE SHIP OUT OF THE SEA V. THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS . 63 AS JONAH, SO ISRAEL, SO THE SON OF MAN VI. JONAH DEALT WITH IN THE SEA . 73 BROUGHT TO THE PLACE OF REPENTANCE WHILE IN THE SEA VII. A WOMAN DEALT WITH IN THE WILDERNESS . 85 BURNED WITH FIRE, HER SMOKE ASCENDETH UP FOREVER VIII. JONAH DELIVERED WHILE IN THE SEA . 103 REPENTANCE EFFECTED, SALVATION REALIZED WHILE IN THE SEA IX. JONAH DELIVERED FROM THE SEA . 127 REMOVED FROM THE SEA AND RESTORED TO HIS OWN LAND X. JONAH RECOMMISSIONED . 149 NOW WILLINGLY GOES TO THE GENTILES XI. RESULTS OF JONAH’S RECOMMISSION . 173 THE SALVATION, DELIVERANCE OF THE GENTILES XII. A RECOUNTING OF THE ACCOUNT . 187 THE COMPLETE ACCOUNT SEEN AFTER ANOTHER FASHION APPENDIXES . 201 I) TYPES AND ANTITYPES . 201 II) PARABLE OF THE FIG TREE . 211 III) EZEKIEL THIRTY-SEVEN — THIRTY-NINE . 227 IV) IF MY PEOPLE… . 245 V) THE PROPHETIC CALENDAR OF ISRAEL . 251 SCRIPTURE INDEX . 257 v vi ESTHER By the Same Author — HAD YE BELIEVED MOSES COMING IN HIS KINGDOM WE ARE ALMOST THERE THE MOST HIGH RULETH FROM ACTS TO THE EPISTLES FROM EGYPT TO CANAAN REDEEMED FOR A PURPOSE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST PROPHECY ON MOUNT OLIVET MYSTERIES OF THE KINGDOM MYSTERY OF THE WOMAN THE BRIDE IN GENESIS SEARCH FOR THE BRIDE SEVEN, TEN GENERATIONS THE TIME OF JACOB’S TROUBLE MIDDLE EAST PEACE — HOW? WHEN? SALVATION BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH “NEVER AGAIN!” OR “YES, AGAIN!” ISRAEL — FROM DEATH TO LIFE BROUGHT FORTH FROM ABOVE SALVATION OF THE SOUL SO GREAT SALVATION THE SPIRITUAL WARFARE THE STUDY OF SCRIPTURE SIGNS IN JOHN’S GOSPEL GOD'S FIRSTBORN SONS THE TIME OF THE END DISTANT HOOFBEATS IN THE LORD’S DAY END OF THE DAYS MOSES AND JOHN LET US GO ON RUN TO WIN BY FAITH JUDE RUTH ESTHER vi Introduction vii FOREWORD The Book of Jonah is a prophecy having to do with Israel and the nations. And it is a prophecy having to do, not with events during time between Jonah’s day and our day, but with events which are yet future even today, events which will occur, not just sometime in the future, but in the immediate future. Then, bringing this over into today’s world and looking out ahead to that which lies in the immediate future in this respect, Israel and the nations in the Middle East are in view first and foremost. Then, from the Middle East, matters inseparably related to Jonah’s prophecy move out into the world at large and deal with the remainder of the Jewish people and the nations among which they are scattered. And Jonah, though written almost three millenniums ago, is FAR, FAR more up-to-date on Middle East and related world affairs than any modern newspaper, magazine, etc. in existence today. The Prophets, as moved by the Spirit (II Peter 1:21), can only be completely accurate in all respects, relating the end from the begin- ning (Isa. 46:9, 10). And this is EXACTLY the way Jonah handles matters in his prophecy, looking down through the centuries, seeing the end from the beginning. Jonah relates the entire matter. God’s prophet relates WHAT is about to happen in the Middle East, from beginning to end — WHY it is about to happen, HOW the matter is to be brought to pass, and WHEN the matter will be brought to pass. There is ONE central Middle East issue today, which occupies a position ahead of any other, for almost any other issue is inseparably connected with this issue. And successfully dealing with this issue has eluded any and all who have tried it down through the years: HOW CAN MIDDLE EAST PEACE BE EFFECTED? Do you want to know what God’s prophet — thus, God Himself — states MUST be done to bring about peace in the Middle East and the world at large? It is all very simple: JONAH MUST BE CAST INTO THE SEA! vii viii “O SLEEPER! ARISE, CALL…!” That’s it! That’s the solution! There is NO other solution! Note what happened once Jonah was cast into the sea (1:15)! Read it for yourself! ANYTHING ELSE SIMPLY WON’T WORK! BUT THIS WILL! The mariners in Jonah’s day tried it another way (1:13, 14). It DIDN’T work then! Man today is trying it with his peace efforts. It WON’T work today either! A man out ahead, at the beginning of the Tribulation, will try it via a covenant. It will seemingly work for a time, but matters will end up worse than they were at the beginning! It WON’T work then either! (This man’s covenant, agreement, with the Jewish people is called in Isa. 28:18, a “covenant with death,” an “agreement with hell” [Heb., Sheol, the place of the dead]. And there is a reason why it is so called. And any Middle East peace agreement today could only be seen in a similar respect, for the same reason [ref. chapter IV, p. 52, in this book].) IT SIMPLY WON’T WORK AT ANY TIME IN ANY WAY BUT THE PROPHET’S WAY, WHICH IS GOD’S WAY! So, why has man been trying it his way down through the years, along with his continuing today? He hasn’t learned the lesson from history, and he is not about to follow the prophet. Thus, he can only continue to see failure after failure, with only one possible change — making matters worse. Even most Christians have turned matters completely around, usu- ally supporting any way but the prophet’s way. And there is a reason for that as well. With rare exception, they don’t seem to understand the ramifications of Jonah even being on the ship, much less the ramifications of seeing him cast from the ship into the sea. Now, I’m perfectly aware that I’ve dealt with only half of differ- ent connected issues through much of what has been stated in this foreword. In short, I’ve stated matters from the standpoint of the type only, apart from moving to the antitype and dealing with metaphors. And I’ve done this for a reason, trying to capture the reader’s at- tention. If the reader has a mind for the different ways that God has structured His Word (Heb. 1:1, 2) — e.g., through using types and metaphors in Jonah — that person will know what has been done in this foreword. If the preceding is not the case, 255 pages of explana- tory data follow this foreword and succeeding introduction to the book. If interested in knowing what is about to happen in the Middle East and the world at large, the data is there. If not, well… viii INTRODUCTION The Book of Jonah is a historical account of a particular sequence of events and experiences in the life of a Jewish Prophet. God, in His sovereign control of all things, has allowed and brought events and experiences in Jonah’s life to pass for one central purpose — that He, at later times, might have this account to draw upon in order to teach His people deep spiritual truths concerning His plans and purposes. In this respect, that seen in the Book of Jonah goes far beyond the usual simple approach which many individuals take — drawing spiritual lessons from this book. The book, of course, like numerous other parts of Scripture, lends itself to this type approach. But, as well, like so many of these other parts of Scripture, an approach of this nature doesn’t deal with the true subject matter of the book. The preceding type approach to Jonah is usually taken for a reason, out of necessity. Unless an individual has begun at the proper place in Biblical studies — which CAN ONLY and MUST BE GENESIS — and, over time, has become familiar with how God has structured His Word, along with understanding what Scripture is about, that person, aside from drawing spiritual lessons from the book, will never see and un- derstand much about Jonah.

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