Men of Nineveh

Could the repentance of Nineveh be a type of the Elect coming out of Tribulation? Let's examine.

JUDGMENT: FIRST HELL THEN SALVATION?

Jon 2:1 Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish’s belly,

Jon 2:2 And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.

Jon 2:4 Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

Jon 2:5 The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.

Jon 2:7 When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.

Jon 2:9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.

Jon 2:10 And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.

Jon 1:2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

JONAH: A TYPE OF CHRIST?

Mt 12:39 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:

Lu 11:29 And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.

Lu 11:30 For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.

NINEVEH: TYPE OF THE UNSAVED UNSAVED?

Re 13:3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.

Ge 20:17 So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.

Ge 17:20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

Ge 17:25 And Ishmael his son was THIRTEEN years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

THIS GENERATION: UNSAVED CHURCH?

Mt 12:41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation <1074>, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.

Php 2:15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation <1074>, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

Lu 17:25 But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation <1074>.

Lu 21:32 Verily I say unto you, This generation <1074> shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.

Lu 21:33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.

Ps 95:10 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:

Jer 7:29 Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.

Lu 11:51 From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.

Re 19:2 For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

Re 18:24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.

Re 16:6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they

Mt 12:40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Lu 11:31 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon (Christ); and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

1Pe 3:19 By which also he (Christ) went and preached unto the spirits in prison;

1Pe 3:20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

REPENTANCE: REDEMPTION OF THE BODY?

Mt 12:41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.

Lu 5:32 I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

Ac 5:31 Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

Ro 2:4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

Jon 3:10 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.

2Ti 2:25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;

Mt 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Lu 24:47 And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

RISING IN JUDGMENT: COMING OUT OF BABYLON?

Mt 12:41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.

Mr 12:25 For when they shall rise <450> from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.

Lu 24:33 And they rose up^450 the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them,

Joh 6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise^450 him up at the last day.

CONDEMING THE WORLD: ELECT JUDGING WITH CHRIST THROUGH THE BIBLE?

Mt 12:41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment <2919> with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.

1Co 6:2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge <2919> the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?1Co 6:3 Know ye not that we shall judge <2919> angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?

Da 7:22 Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.

Mt 19:28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging <2919> the twelve tribes of Israel.

Lu 22:30 That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging <2919> the twelve tribes of Israel.

Re 2:26 And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:

SUMMARY CONCLUSION

The City of Nineveh that repented at the preaching of Jonas seems to be a picture of the believers who come out of tribulation. Christ is the one greater than Jonah who came to preach to His People. He first had to endure Hell (Jonas in the belly of the fish) before that salvation could be made effective?