The Old Testament Reveals Our Problem Is With God's Mercy | Made Like His Brothers 004

Made Like His Brothers · Oct 23, 2026 · 1h 14m

Why would a prophet be angry that God forgives? Jonah ran from Nineveh because he knew God is "gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love," and he did not want Nineveh to receive it. If you were in trouble because of your own sin, what would you appeal to? Across the Psalms, Isaiah, Numbers, Micah, and Jonah, God's people appeal to the same thing: Yahweh's character, His hesed and emet toward those who belong to Him. In this episode, we trace that through the Old Testament, and ask what it tells us about the basis of God's forgiveness, why that forgiveness doesn't…