Yeshua HaMashiach: What A Gracious, Compassionate, and Lovingkindness God | 3,650 Minutes of Prayer

This is Day Fifty-Eight of 3,650 Minutes of Prayer. Today, we concluded our journey through the book of Jonah by focusing on Jonah 4, while recapping the powerful revelations from the previous chapters. We witnessed the beautiful, yet often misunderstood, depth of the grace and lovingkindness of YHWH. Even a prophet like Jonah struggled to comprehend a mercy so vast that it would extend to the brutal city of Nineveh. Jonah’s "tantrum" and displeasure were not rooted in unfaithfulness, but in a limited human understanding of a God who is "gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness".The essence of our message today was that the salvation Jonah prophesied from the belly of the fish—where he gazed toward the Holy Temple—is fully realized in Yeshua HaMashiach. Jonah’s three days and nights in the deep were a sign of Christ’s death and resurrection, the breaking and rebuilding of the True Temple. We spoke of how this compassion is so deep that it reaches the thief on the cross in his final moments and reaches us today. Through the sacrifice of the only begotten Son, we were crucified with Him and have risen with Him; we are now seated at the right hand of God.The temple God desired was never merely physical. We are now the temple of the Lord, and the Spirit of God lives in us. Yet, He is also the Holy Temple in which we dwell. We spent time interceding for every person to experience this forgiveness and for believers to become vessels that extend this same grace to others. We prayed that we would move beyond our own judgments and human knowledge to truly exercise the grace that Yeshua brought into our lives.Interceding & Revelation Scriptures (NKJV)Jonah 4:2: "So he prayed to the LORD, and said, '...for I know that You are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, One who relents from doing harm.'"John 3:16: "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."1 Corinthians 3:16: "Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?"Ephesians 2:6: "...and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus."Luke 23:42-43: "Then he said to Jesus, 'Lord, remember me when You come into Your kingdom.' And Jesus said to him, 'Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.'"Romans 5:8: "But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us."Read the whole of Jonah Chapter 4...There is One true God, the Creator of all things, revealed in three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. There is One God and One Spirit Who has redeemed us all. I am Mathew Sekanjako, a believer in Christ Jesus (Y’shua HaMashiach), the one Son of God. I serve and confess God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. This interceding is offered in faith, in obedience, and in love, for all who will listen.