Scripture: Ecclesiastes 6:7-7:4, Ecclesiastes 6:7 to 7:4.

Scripture: Micah 2

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 5:18-6:1, Ecclesiastes 5:18 to 6:1 are covered.

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 5:1-17, Ecclesiastes 5:1-17

Scripture: Jonah 2-4, In Chapter 3 the Word of the Lord comes a second time! "Arise, go to Nineveh". Jonah in a one sentence sermon says to the people, "In forty days Nineveh will be overthrown". -- and the "people of Nineveh believed God! 3:5 Jonah saw God's mercy as a great evil. Jonah wants to die because God is showing mercy. He made a tent to see what would become of the city. He wanted to see if he won his argument with God. God shows mercy to Jonah by not killing him. If God did kill Jonah now, Jonah would be in Hell. God's reaction to Jonah is one of the great teaching of this book!

Scripture: Micah 1-2

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 4:9 - 5:1, Ecclesiastes 4:9 to 5:1 are in this lesson.

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 4:1-9, Ecclesiastes 4:1 to 9 are discussed.

Scripture: Jonah 1-2; Matthew 12:39, Nineveh is a large Assyrian city over 500 miles northeast of Israel. Jonah, told to go to Nineveh twice, fled "away from the presence of the Lord". Running from the Lord is a motif in Scripture. Jonah is a "type of Christ" and goes to sleep in the storm. His reason for sleeping is different than Jesus.Just as Jonah feels Nineveh is unworthy of God's mercy, he feels in his Chapter 2 prayer that he is unworthy of God's mercy. Every line of Jonah'y prayer drips with deep reflection and meaning.

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:17-22, Ecclesiastes 3:17-22