Israelites were not noted seamen, Jonah’s willingness to embark on such a long and dangerous voyage is evidence of his stubborn determination to abandon his ministry. Jonah might have argued that the circumstances seemed providential. Circumstances, however, are often deceiving. No matter how Jonah might have rationalized, minimized or whitewashed his doings, the stark and horrible truth remained that he was disobeying the God of heaven and earth. Neither prophets nor preachers have any more right