(November 13, 2014 at 7:02 pm)Godschild Wrote: You're write the story is about a prophet trying to go against God's will, yet within that story there's the Messiah story. Sheol also refers to the grave. Jonah was also in the fish for thee days before he started to pray, the word "Then" in verse 1 of chapter 2 shows us this plainly. The fish did keep Jonah from drowning as was God's plan, but Jonah couldn't have lived in the fish for three days, if he had don't you think he would have had more than one prayer, especially before three days in a fishes belly.
GC
Or that's what your pastor tells you.
You do realize that the number three was one of the holy numbers in many myths before the first jewish shepard even walked the desert?