17 December 2012
Jesse Tree Story: JONAH
Jesse Tree Symbol: THE WHALE
Scripture: "The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The abyss has walled me in. The ocean has covered my head."
Jonah 2:6
"For just as Jonah was in the belly of the whale for three days and three nights, so shall the Son of man be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.
Matthew 12:40
Commentary: Jesus used the story of Jonah, who was swallowed by a
whale and miraculously disgorged upon the shore on the third day,
to point out his own burial and resurrection.
Readings of the Day:
Genesis 49:2, 8-10
Psalm 72
Matthew 1:1-17
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