My pastor did a series on Jonah a few weeks ago. Every story I heard about Jonah before focused on his disobedience and gettign thrown off the boat and being swallowed by a big fish. The sermon series went through the entire four chapters. 1. Jonay disobeys; 2. Jonah gets swallowed by a fish and repents; 3. Jonah does what God asked him and preaches to Ninevah - they repent; 4. Jonah gets mad that God forgives Ninevah.
So, he disobeys, realizes he's an idiot for disoebeying, finally obeys and then gets ticked off because he never wanted to do it in the first place. I can relate.
And the end of the book doesn't resolve Jonah's situation. Jonah's ticked off, and the end is simply God "justifying" to Jonah why he is concerned abotu Ninevah. There are lessons here about how we respond to God, but it seems the biggest lesson is how God uses unmerciful people to enact his mercy.
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