Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And they launched forth. But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy. And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm. And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him.-Luke 8:22-25**Over 700 years before Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, was with his disciples in a boat, Jonah (Jonas), a prophet of the Lord God, was on a ship to run away from the presence of the Lord God. Jonah did not want to obey a specific command of the Lord God. However, after Jonah was willingly tossed overboard, and swallowed by a great fish, and prayed to the Lord God, and the fish vomited Jonah out of its belly, and Jonah heard a command from the Lord God, Jonah obeyed the Lord God and went to Nineveh in Assyria and proclaimed the words of the Lord God to the inhabitants. The divinely inspired Scriptures of the Holy Bible reveal that Jesus always does the things pleasing to his Father. In Capernaum, Jesus revealed that he said and spoke according to the commandment his Father gave him. Jonah was an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) and Sarah (Sarai), Isaac and Rebekah, and Isaac and Rebekah's youngest fraternal twin son Jacob (Israel). None of the others on the ship with Jonah were Israelites, and none of those on the ship with Jonah worshiped the Lord God. Jesus was in the boat with his disciples, all of whom were Israelites, and other boats were nearby. At least 30 years before Jesus was on the boat with his disciples, Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born into the tribe of Jacob's 4th born son Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin. When Jonah was aboard the ship, the Lord God sent a great wind, and a storm occurred and destruction of the ship was imminent. Jonah was asleep while items were being tossed overboard and cries were being cried to idols. One of the chief workmen aboard the ship went to Jonah and spoke questioningly and determinedly to him. During the time that Jesus was asleep during the storm, possibly all of the disciples spoke to Jesus.-Genesis 11:26-50:26, Exodus, Numbers 20:1-29, 27:12-23, Deuteronomy 31:1-30, 32:44-52, 34:1-12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 23:1-24:33, Judges 1:1-2:23, 1 Samuel 1:1-3:21, 8:1-31:13, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings 1:1-14:29, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, Jonah, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26
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