Was reading my commentary on Jonah by Charles Feinberg and the author dives into typology a little saying Jonah is a type of Israel....
Feinberg is hard core Chiliast and misses the mark in a huge way here.
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as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale;
so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. Mt 12:40
1 Then Jonah prayed unto Jehovah his God out of the fish`s belly.
2 And he said, I called by reason of mine affliction unto Jehovah, And he answered me; Out of the belly of Sheol cried I, And thou heardest my voice.
3 For thou didst cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me; All thy waves and thy billows passed over me.
4 And I said, I am cast out from before thine eyes; Yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
5 The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; The deep was round about me; The weeds were wrapped about my head.
6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; The earth with its bars closed upon me for ever: Yet hast thou brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah my God.
7 When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Jehovah; And my prayer came in unto thee, into thy holy temple.
8 They that regard lying vanities Forsake their own mercy.
9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation is of Jehovah.
10 And Jehovah spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land. Jonah 2
You'd best pay attention to inspired scripture rather than to uninspired man.
