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6. The Sign of Jonah
Jesus was asked by His disciples, "When shall the
end come? What signs or clues should we look for?"
Christ not only answered them, he answered us at the
same time. We have been given one final, totally con-
clusive sign that reveals the flash point of judgment:
A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh
after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto
it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas [Jonah]."
(Matthew 16:4 xjv)
This prophetic message of Christ is a dual prophecy.
First, just as Jonah, Christ was in the heart of the earth
for three days. He was resurrected and came forth
preaching mercy and judgment. Jonah preached to Nin-
eveh, Christ preaches to this generation.
But an even more significant prophecy is intended.
Christ is saying, "When you see your society once again
becoming wicked and corrupt like Nineveh, and when
Jonahs once again appears on your streets warning of im-
pending judgment, you can know the day of reckoning
has come."
For as Jonas [Jonah] was a sign unto the Nm-
evites, so shall also the son of man be to this gen-
eration.
(Luke 11:30 KJV)

Nineveh II
Is that why there are now thousands of young men
and women standing on street corners of nearly every
city in America preaching judgment? It is like an under-
ground army. They have no organization, but they all
preach the same message: "Prepare! This wicked na-
tion is about to be judged."
God loves America just as much as He loved Nine-
veh. And God refuses to judge a society until "Jonah
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