“Jews have been disobeying God since the Golden Calf.”
And Jews have been obeying God since Moses lead his people out of Egypt and Jonah followed God’s command to preach to Nineveh. So what’s your point? People, Jews and non-Jews alike have been disobeying God since the Garden of Eden.
It’s a cycle.
Jews disobey God.
God warns the Jews, they double down.
God sends another country to kick their ass.
After awhile God remembers His promises to Abraham and David, and rescues the Jews.
He then stomps the country He used to punish the Jews.
The Jews let it go to their head that they can get away with *anything* and start disobeying again.
If they’d obey God more they wouldn’t keep getting into trouble.
“...Jonah followed God’s command to preach to Nineveh...”
It isn’t quite that simple!
Qualifing context is necessary...
Jonah obeyed ONLY after first getting on a ship going in the opposite direction, then being thrown overboard from the ship during a raging storm and finally being swallowed by a great fish (whale), where he had time to think it over for three days, marinating in the dark and sloshing around in the digestive acids of the fish’s belly. He most likely showed up in Nineveh looking like a severely wrinkled grape with his acid burnt skin peeling from his body.
He didn’t go willingly by any means.
Furthermore, after he went and spoke, he sat down under a tree and pouted because Nineveh heard God’s message and repented. For this poutfest, God again scolded him.
Not quite the John the Baptist of his day.
...that is all
Agreed. There are devils operating in every organization/religion of mankind. Evil prowls like a lion, seeking the ruin of souls.
As my Polish priest said to me, “Just follow Jesus’ words and example and you will be okay.”
All other humans must earn my trust.