Jesus and Joseph, Jonah and the Whale

The lives of Jesus and Joseph:

Jesus and Joseph had the following in common.  They both:

WERE HATED WITHOUT A CAUSE

IT WAS FORETOLD THAT ONE DAY THEY WOULD RULE

WERE REJECTED AND CONDEMNED TO DIE

STRIPPED OF THEIR CLOTHING

BECAME A SERVANTS

SOLD FOR SILVER INTO THE HANDS OF GENTILES (Joseph 20 pieces Jesus 30 pieces)

RESISTED TEMPTATION

NUMBERED WITH TRANSGRESSORS

FALSELY ACCUSED

THEIR PEOPLE DID NOT RECOGNIZE THEM

THEIR BROTHERS WERE TROUBLED WHEN THEY MET THEM

THERE WAS REVELATION AND RECONCILIATION IN THE END

Jonah and the Whale:  The story of Jonah and the Whale starts with the following Bible verse: 

Jonah 1:1-2 (KJV) Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

Upon receiving instruction from the Lord to warn the people of Nineveh of their coming judgment of God, Jonah attempts to hide from God in a boat, but that doesn't work.  Then ends up in a fishes belly, and is subsequently spat up onto the shore of the city Nineveh.  He finally gets around to performing the task which God chose for him, and he warns the people of Nineveh that God is going to judge them, unless they repent.  They repent, and this makes Jonah angry, because he doesn't feel that they deserve forgivenss.  What is the moral to this story?  First:  You cannot hide from God.  Second:  There is always hope for forgiveness of sin.