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Pamphlet 1602 Jonah kc 2-1

It is extremely important that God's elect in this final generation
clearly understand the message of the Book of Jonah.

If you recall, we noted at the beginning of our first study that this Book of Jonah is placed in the 5th (grace) position among the "visions" of the minor prophets, whose visions were given to be understood by the "sons and daughters" of this final generation. Of course the reason those visions were to be "unsealed" and "understood" in the last days was because they concern the events that take place in the final generation, that generation of the fig tree which we now have "seen" began on May 15th, in the year of our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Forty Eight.

Many teach that the Book of Jonah is either an allegory or just a history book whereby Jonah was a type of the Savior, which undoubtedly he was. But is the Book of Jonah therefore a "fish out of water", so to speak, set among the visions of the minor prophet's whose words were spoken for these last days, for this final generation? After all, Jonah was not even shown a "vision", was he? The answer is, "No, it is not out of place." It is exactly where it is supposed to be and if we do not understand it, then it is we who are out of place. What therefore is the message of the Book of Jonah for God's elect in this final generation?

Let us start by understanding that Jonah was the only prophet of God to be sent to a "heathen" nation. Furthermore and conspicuously so, Israel is NOT even mentioned anywhere in the entire book. It should thus become obvious to those with eyes to see and ears to hear that the Book of Jonah concerns the Hope and the Salvation of the "heathen", including even those tares, the kenites, who were the ones who asked Jesus Christ for a sign, as in a miracle. This is important, so let's read it again:

Matthew 12:38
Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.

[39] But He answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:

That is right! The Plan of God in this final generation INCLUDES the "Sign of Jonah" when His servants, those whom He sends to give witness unto the heathen in that "great city", shall die and be dead for 3 1/2 days and be resurrected! And you know what? There shall even be repentance among those heathen, as there was in the days of Jonah. Our Father's plan of salvation is far more perfect and powerful than we oft times consider as we look around at the wickedness in the "world". Yes, the sign of Jonah, the Dove, symbolic of the Spirit of God (Jn. 1:32), shall be given to the heathen in this final generation. Why? Because of the very last words Jonah would utter in the belly of the great fish: "Salvation is of the LORD."

Let us document the sign of Jonah to be "seen" in these last days. It is written in the 11th chapter of Revelation that God will commission His two witnesses to prophecy in the holy city, that great city which has been trodden down by the gentiles. Here is what happens to them when they finish their testimony:

Rev. 11:7
And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.

[8] And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

Rev. 17:18
And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.

Rev. 11:9
And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.

[10] And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.

[11] And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.

[12] And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.

[13] And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.

However, the "remnant", the "loipoy" in Greek which means "residue", who were with those who were consumed shall become affrighted at these events including the "Sign of Jonah" and they shall give glory to the God of heaven after the manner of Nineveh.

Yes, the sign of Jonah shall be given to this evil and adulterous generation, so let us learn all we can absorb from this great book which stands in the Old Testament even as a witness and forerunner to the death and burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ.