Jonah and a conditional prophecy

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Jonahs prophecy didn’t seem conditional. Simply “Forty days more and Nineveh shall be destroyed.” not a “if you don’t repent you’ll be destroyed in forty days”.
Am I overlooking something? Why is Jonah considered a prophet if he got it wrong?
Thanks and God bless.
 
He’s a prophet because he was God’s messenger to Nineveh.
 
A prophet just means that God actually spoke to the person,
and they repeated what He said.
 
Montie_Claunch said:
Jonahs prophecy didn’t seem conditional. Simply “Forty days more and Nineveh shall be destroyed.” not a “if you don’t repent you’ll be destroyed in forty days”.
Am I overlooking something? Why is Jonah considered a prophet if he got it wrong?
Thanks and God bless.
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Ninevah was later destroyed, the prophet Nahum prophecied against them. The generation at the time of Jonah was spared because they repented, but Ninevah still was destroyed.
 
Hi Montie,

Remember when Abraham “changed” God’s mind several times? (Gen. 18,19ff) Prayer does it.

Verbum
 
I recommend checking out this commentary on Jonah, it is loaded with quotes from the Early Church Fathers for every single verse of Jonah, it’s many commentaries all in one. litteralchristianlibrary.wetpaint.com/page/Jonah+Commentary

“God threatens to destroy the city of Nineveh for the very reason that He might not destroy it. When God makes a threat concerning our sins, He makes the threat beforehand so that we may be sobered by fear, so that our repentance will bring about God’s mercy so He will not have to follow through with the threat.” St. John Chrysostom Hom. On Paralytic 3
 
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