During our study we’ll see how God comes into Jonah’s life both directly and indirectly. We will also discover that Jonah is not exactly a sympathetic character. He is petulant and prickly, peevish and pouting, childish and crabby. He is passionately patriotic, ardently nationalistic, staunchly pro-Israel, and fiercely anti-foreigner. In other words, Jonah is a lot like you and me.