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+-----------The Chase; The Thoughts Of Jonah Awoken From Sleep In The Lower Deck By The Ship's Captain
I first beheld them in Gath-hepher
as a boy, often at night- long shadows
of tall winged men cast by the full
moon. Standing over me. Like two
ravens perched, desperate for flesh
of the vulnerable. And Ive spent my
life running, their voices corroborating
the voice of God urging me “Go to Nineveh”,
to a disgusting peoples. But now they’ve
brought barge calamity, squalls, black mist,
on seas of my refuge. The scared seamen
tell me they see them too now. Two appalling
upper deck apparitions who wont be
appeased with me on onboard. Fate,
Destiny have come for answers…the
ultimate ultimatum: submit to them, or
take chances overboard into waves raging.
----------------Jonah 1:9-17
He answered, “I am a Hebrew and I worship the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.” This terrified them and they asked, “What have you done?” (They knew he was running away from the Lord, because he had already told them so.) The sea was getting rougher and rougher. So they asked him, “What should we do to you to make the sea calm down for us?” “Pick me up and throw me into the sea,” he replied, “and it will become calm. I know that it is my fault that this great storm has come upon you.” Instead, the men did their best to row back to land. But they could not, for the sea grew even wilder than before. Then they cried out to the Lord, “Please, Lord, do not let us die for taking this man’s life. Do not hold us accountable for killing an innocent man, for you, Lord, have done as you pleased.” Then they took Jonah and threw him overboard, and the raging sea grew calm. At this the men greatly feared the Lord, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows to him. Now the Lord provided a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
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