Running from Purpose: When Obedience Is Delayed

Subtitle- The Spiritual Consequences of Delayed Yes

Background & Context

Book: Jonah (4 chapters)

Author: Traditionally attributed to Jonah

Historical setting: Around the 8th century BC

Audience: Israel and, prophetically, the nations

Key city: Nineveh (capital of Assyria, Israel’s enemy)

Unlike other prophetic books, Jonah focuses less on prophecy and more on the prophet’s posture of heart toward God’s mercy.