Should I not pity?

Should I not pity them?

Text: Jonah 4

We finish our travel through Jonah. Nineveh has repented, God has shown them mercy, and then Jonah's true fear is revealed. He wasn't afraid that the Ninevites might hurt him, or that he'd fail; he was afraid that God would actually show them mercy.

In the final chapter of the book, we get the true punch, the true point of the whole book: what if God chooses to show mercy to those whom we hate, despise, fear, or think are truly evil? How will we react?

The final question is the deepest challenge and the greatest call for our day, when the voice of the stranger screams, "Hate your enemy, pray for their destruction," a much quieter voice, the voice of the shepherd says, "Love your enemy, pray for their redemption."