God Spared Ninevah from Destruction

Nenevah Heeded the Word and Repented, so what happened to Ninevah after they Repented?

God Spared Ninevah from Destruction. America and the World can be spared. What would stop the spread of the coronavirus?

With the Coronavirus spreading quickly on the planet, there are conditions for God to relent his judgment. As this is the beginning of sorrows on the earth.

Background

Ninevah was a city of over 120,000 thousand people. A large city at that time.

Was it God's will to destroy Nineveh (Jonah 3:4) - "Then Jonah began to go through the city one day’s walk; and he cried out and said, "Yet forty days and Nineveh will be overthrown."

Why God won't destroy Nineveh (Jonah 3:10) -  "When God saw their deeds, that they turned from their wicked way, then God relented concerning the calamity which He had declared He would bring upon them. And He did not do it."

God says in Jeremiah 18:8, "if that nation against which I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent concerning the calamity I planned to bring on it."  The Lord said he would not bring judgment if that nation turned from sin.  Nineveh did turn from its sin after Jonah gave them a warning from God.

"Then the people of Nineveh believed in God; and they called a fast and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least of them. 6 When the word reached the king of Nineveh, he arose from his throne, laid aside his robe from him, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat on the ashes. 7 And he issued a proclamation and it said, "In Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles: Do not let man, beast, herd, or flock taste a thing. Do not let them eat or drink water. 8"But both man and beast must be covered with sackcloth; and let men call on God earnestly that each may turn from his wicked way and from the violence which is in his hands. 9"Who knows, God may turn and relent, and withdraw His burning anger so that we shall not perish?" (Jonah 3:5-9).

Therefore, we see that because Nineveh repented, God turned from the destruction He had earlier declared.

God usually gives warning through his prophets and has conditions explained in Jeremiah 18:7-8:

"If at any time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down and destroyed, and if that nation I warned repents of its evil, then I will relent and not inflict on it the disaster I had planned."

God would have carried out His plan to destroy an unrepentant Nineveh, but he did not destroy it since they heeded the warning sent by the prophet Jonah.

The Ninevites repented, and the warning no longer applied to them. God's hand was removed. They became recipients of God's unchanging promise to forgive and show mercy to those who turn to Him.

In like manner, God warns every man and woman that we will go to hell because we've all sinned, and “the wages of sin is death” (Romans 3:23; Romans 6:23).

But when we repent and turn to Christ, that warning no longer applies (John 3:16). 

God doesn't change His mind. His wrath against the wicked stands firm (John 3:36). But His mercy toward the believer also stands firm.

Jonah did get mad at God. But God said this!

God should have responded to Jonah saying, “How shall I not pity people who turned to me with their whole heart and soul?”

the book of Jonah sought to highlight the idea of forgiveness. God warned Israel for approximately 400 years.