But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. So he went down to Joppa, found a ship which was going to Tarshish, paid the fare and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.Jonah obviously didn't want to do what God had commanded. He could have just stayed put, decided to ignore God's instructions. He could have also argued with God, or asked for another assignment. But Jonah didn't do any of this.
Instead, he fled. But he didn't flee from God's instruction. He was trying to flee from God's presence. Were his directions given in some special ceremony or place, where he thought God could only work inside it? If he was a prophet, why didn't he know that God's presence is everywhere, and can't be escaped from
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