AW: [RR] Jonah and the whale

[G�nter Pflaum]

All, I'm sure everone knows the story of Jonah and the whale. For the past few weeks a question has been floating around at work that I thought I'd ask to you guys. When Jonah was in the belly of the whale was he dead or alive?   In  Jonah 2,1 is the answer. But you seem to have read it. The Word of God says, and then quote to your buddies.   One of the guys at work seems to think he was dead and God brung him back to life. I think he was "near" death, because how can a dead man pray?   Very good question. In the different versions of the Bible I have read. None of them states as to what day or night Jonah started to pray. It just says he prayed from within the whales belly. Which to me means he prayed the whole time. What do you think?   If I would have been in his place I probably would have prayed for sure - all the time. Feeling all that slimy sludge – vomit, work its way past me. Total darkness and horrible stench. Submarine and gurgling noises coming from the intestinal tract of “Free Willi”. All very strange and new to a desert man. Think of the whale. Feeling something walking through his stomach.     Guenter Pflaum / McKenzie Cdr RR-OP 64 Calvary Chapel Siegen, Germany