God ordained divine destruction: The massive flood in Noah's day killed everyone but 8 people, the total destruction of every living soul & creature in Sodom & Gomorrah, the 3.5 years of famine in the land in the times of Joseph, the fall of Babylon…
God ordained to destroy Nineveh for it's evil but his will was changed when Nineveh fasted & turned from their evil ways. Jonah spoke what HaElohim said to speak: in 40 days Nineveh would be overthrown (divine destruction), so let neither man nor animal taste anything; let them not eat, nor drink (water); But let man & animals be covered in sackcloth, & cry mightily to Elohim; yea, let them turn away from his evil way, turn from treating people wrong or violently. Who can tell if HaElohim will turn & relent, & turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? The people of Nineveh believed from the least to the greatest fasting & put on sackcloth. Even the King of Nineveh got off of his throne, took his robe off, covered himself in sackcloth, & sat in ashes. The fast was proclaimed all throughout Nineveh & all repented & fasted. God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; & God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do to them, & he did it not. Nineveh was saved.
Brothers & sisters be warned. Nineveh was a "great city." The people were known for being exceedingly cruel. Nineveh was accessed by fifteen massive gates; each one named after a false "god." The Lord was going to destroy Nineveh. They did believe the prophesy by Jonah to be true. The King knew they needed to honestly repent or they would be utterly destroyed in 40 days. He knew this was the word of the Lord. Know this to be the word of the Lord it is time to repent & proclaim a fast, righteous judgement is looming at your door.
