Matthew 12:38-50 Lesson 24
Read both the "King James Bible" and the "New Living Translation."
In this lesson:
Some people don't need proof, they believe out of faith.
Others don't believe even when they meet the Messiah.
Study Tip:
Find the truth in each Bible passage. Ponder what that truth means to you. Determine how you can apply that truth into your life.
Find the truth in each Bible passage. Ponder what that truth means to you. Determine how you can apply that truth into your life.
Who was...
Jonas -
Also called Jonah. The son of Amittai, Jonah was born in Gath-hepher (near Nazareth) around 770 BC. Jonah was a political leader who helped restore the boundaries of Israel (2 Kings 14:25), and an Old Testament prophet who lived seven hundred years before the birth of Christ. Fearing that the brutal Assyrians would kill him, Jonah refused God's assignment to go to Assyrian and preach. While fleeing his assignment, Jonah was swallowed by a huge fish but "resurrected" in three days after promising to go to Nineveh, the Assyrian capital, to preach. Miraculously, rather than kill Jonah, the Assyrians repented (Jonah 3:3-5). Jonah being "resurrected" from the large fish after three days was a "sign" to the Ninevites, just as Jesus' resurrection is a "sign" for all mankind (Matthew 12:40, Luke 11:30). You can learn more in the Old Testament book of Jonah.
The Queen of the south -
Also called the Queen of Sheba. Sheba was a Gentile from the Kingdom of the Sabeans, which is believed to have been in present-day Yemen. Sheba made a long, dangerous trip to Jerusalem to hear the wisdom of the Hebrew King Solomon
firsthand but discovered the glory of God instead (1 Kings 10:1-10; 2 Chronicles 9:1-12).
Jonas -
Also called Jonah. The son of Amittai, Jonah was born in Gath-hepher (near Nazareth) around 770 BC. Jonah was a political leader who helped restore the boundaries of Israel (2 Kings 14:25), and an Old Testament prophet who lived seven hundred years before the birth of Christ. Fearing that the brutal Assyrians would kill him, Jonah refused God's assignment to go to Assyrian and preach. While fleeing his assignment, Jonah was swallowed by a huge fish but "resurrected" in three days after promising to go to Nineveh, the Assyrian capital, to preach. Miraculously, rather than kill Jonah, the Assyrians repented (Jonah 3:3-5). Jonah being "resurrected" from the large fish after three days was a "sign" to the Ninevites, just as Jesus' resurrection is a "sign" for all mankind (Matthew 12:40, Luke 11:30). You can learn more in the Old Testament book of Jonah.
The Queen of the south -
Also called the Queen of Sheba. Sheba was a Gentile from the Kingdom of the Sabeans, which is believed to have been in present-day Yemen. Sheba made a long, dangerous trip to Jerusalem to hear the wisdom of the Hebrew King Solomon
firsthand but discovered the glory of God instead (1 Kings 10:1-10; 2 Chronicles 9:1-12).