Jonah and the Whale | Stories of God I Animated Children's Bible Stories | Bedtime Stories For Kids

Jonah was a wise old man who lived in Israel long long ago he was loved and respected by the people everybody came to him to solve their  problems and he gave them wise advice God loved him because he was a good man and he helped his fellow beings Jonah loved God he followed his teachings and prayed to God all the time Nineveh was a neighbouring country of Israel the people in this country were known to be very evil they did not follow God they did bad things they were cruel   greedy and were always fighting with other people  because of this God was angry with the people of   Nineveh one day God spoke to Jonah and called  for his service Jonah I have something to tell   you my lord I am lucky to be of your service  tell me I am listening to you God there is a   place called Nineveh not very far from here the  people living in this place are evil they steal   from each other kill their own brothers and  do a lot of other evil famous their king is   lazy and selfish he eats drinks and enjoys himself  while these people are starving he does not care   about his people their actions anger me and I have  decided to destroy them I understand my god I am   well aware of their actions they are a wretched  group of people they are also our sworn enemies   in 40 days I will destroy the land of Nineveh  and everyone living there this is my decision   so be it my lord you have told me all of this  but I still do not understand how I can be of   service to you tell me my lord what should I  do to make your wish come true you are a good   righteous man and Jonah you have always obeyed  me and followed my teachings I trust you and   your abilities this is why I must go to Nineveh  immediately and talk to the people about anger   they do not know me you must speak about my love  you must tell them to change their ways and become   good people only you can do this but God how will  I do this they are evil they will not listen to me   also there are sworn enemies the people of Nineveh  are constantly attacking us and waging war against   us they try to steal from us and harm our women  that is all true but still you must go and talk   to them they will have a second chance through you  if they fail they will be destroyed you are their   only hope for survival now only you can convince  them to change their ways and turn to me the one   and only living God I have complete faith in you  God you have decided to destroy them anyway after   40 days then why should I go there and risk my  life my countrymen will be more than happy to   hear that Nineveh is going to be destroyed they  will abandon me if they hear that I tried to stop   that from happening this is my will you must do  this Jonah you must leave for Nineveh immediately   very well my lord as you wish Jonah was very  troubled by what God had asked of him he was   happy that God had decided to destroy the people  of Nineveh they were the enemies of Israel he   did not believe that he could change their ways  but then how could he disobey God Jonah finally   decided he would not go to Nineveh he got scared  and decided to escape from Nineveh and hide from   God Jonah travelled far from Nineveh over the  deserts and barren lands finally he reached the   seashore where he saw a ship heading to another  city and crossed the sea he asked the captain   whether he could get on the ship the captain was  not happy at first but finally agreed the sailors   did not know about the one true God that Jonah  served and believed it they worshipped stone at   wooden idols they had a God for the son another  God for the moon another for the ocean and so   on Jonah saw this but he did not speak anything he  went and slept in the lower part of the ship Jonah   was fast asleep in the lower part of the ship  once the ship had traveled a short distance the   ship got caught in a great storm they were tossed  around in the water like a paper boat everybody on   the ship was very scared and began to cry out loud  to their gods the men on the ship were surprised   to see Jonah's sleeping peacefully while a great  storm was raging outside hey Jonah wake up wake   up how can you sleep like this there was a storm  outside and the ship is going to be torn apart wake up and pray to your God we have been praying  to our gods for some time now but the storm is   continuing to rock the boat no this is the work  of my God the one and only true God who made the   whole world did you do anything to make him angry  how can we stop the storm I tried to hide away   from him he gave me a task but I refused to do  it that's why he's angry at me now what should we   do there is nothing else to do you have no other  option but to throw me off the ship and then the   storm will go away my God will leave you alone no  we cannot do that you're a good man we don't want   to harm you let us try to throw some of the cargo  out and see if we can keep the ship afloat the   sailors started throwing out the packages loaded  on the ship one by one but the storm did not go   away there is no use in doing this throw me into  the water save yourself I hope you God keeps you   safe when the sailors realized that they had no  other option they threw Jonah off the ship into   the sea and like a miracle the storm subsided the  sea was calm all of a sudden just at that moment a   big whale came up and swallowed Jonah Jonah was  scared like never before he was in the dark and   cold there was a horrible smell around him also  it was slimy and all kinds of things were floating   around him it was then that he realized that he  was inside a whale Jonah could not believe this   was happening to him but realized that God was  doing all of this Jonah spent three days and three   nights in the belly of the whale he prayed the  whole time to God he was asking for forgiveness   and promised that he would never try to hide away  from God Jonah would lose hope from time to time   and thought he would never see daylight again he  thought about the foolish things he had done how   could he believed that he could disobey God and  hide from him this was so stupid of him alone in   the cold dark insides of the whale Jonah became  very sad but he called out to God and it gave him   strength he believed that God would keep him safe  on the fourth day the whale opened its mouth and   spit Jonah onto the beach Jonah was relieved to  see the light of day he had been inside the dark   belly of a whale for three days then God spoke to  him Jonah you cannot hide from me whatever YouTube   who I am with you all the time I am so sorry my  lord I realize now how foolish I have been tell   me what I can do to make up for this do as I told  you you must go to Nineveh and complete the task I   gave you they are evil because they do not know me  they have not heard of my teachings they deserve   a chance to change their ways and become good I  will do whatever you ask of me my lord I shall   go and speak to the people of Nineveh about your  undying love this time Jonah went to Nineveh as   promised he talked to the people about God and his  kingdom he talked about what had happened to him   and how God had rescued him from the raging  storm by sending a whale he showed them why   it was important to do good things and be kind to  people he taught them God's teachings and how God   was protecting them and taking care of them at all  times he also warned them about God's punishment   to his surprise the people of Nineveh listened to  him the King heard of Jonah and called him to the   palace Jonah talked to the King about how God was  merciful but that if he didn't change himself then   the city of Nineveh would be destroyed in 40 days  the king asked for forgiveness for all the bad and   horrible things he had done and promised that he  would pray to the one and only true God from now   on he also announced throughout the land that  everybody should pray to the Almighty God that   Jonah served Jonah spent many days with the people  of Nineveh God saw that indeed the people of   Nineveh had changed so God decided not to punish  the city of Nineveh later Jonah realized his work   was finished and he started on his journey back  to Israel however he was still hoping that Nineveh   would be destroyed as he did not completely  believe that their people could actually   become good so when God decided not to destroy  the city Jonah was not happy God realized what   he was thinking and spoke to Jonah Jonah why are  you unhappy you had said that you would destroy   the land of Nineveh these people are enemies  of Israel why didn't you destroy them Jonah you   don't understand the good you have data these  people are no longer your enemies they believe   in the one true God just like we do I believe  that everybody needs a second chance to correct   their mistakes I do not want to punish my people  I love them I created them so if they make use of   the opportunity to become good then why should  I destroy them all of this has been possible   through your work Jonah go home now return in  peace you have completed God's work very well my   god I understand now thank you for this chance to  serve you my lord thank you for saving me so many   times Jonah then made the journey back to Israel  and continued to speak about God and the love for   his people he told everybody the story of how he  was trapped inside a whale for three days and how   God saved him the people loved and respected him  and the old prophet lived for a very long time

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Length: 11min 48sec (708 seconds)

Published: Sat Sep 02 2017