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Originally Posted by Thankful Jane
There was a difference between Jonah and Adam. Unlike Adam, Jonah had faced and confessed his sin before he went over board to save those on the ship. Jesus’s reference to Jonah as a type of Himself, referred to Jonah after his sin had been removed by confession. He was not in the very act of disobedience. [/FONT][/COLOR]
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Jane,
I don't see that. I just reread the account of Jonah and his disobedience seems the greater since he was fully aware he was fleeing God, even that he was the cause of the mariners troubles, but he was unwilling to change his way. He would rather die than do God's will.
This is a man bold in his sin. Luther would have loved him. I think bolder than Adam who I would guess gulped before he gulped, if you get my drift. Neither man was deceived one bit. They were clear.
So I stand by my statement that Jonah could be a type of Christ even in a sinful state.
SC