A Story You Thought You Knew...

A Prophet's Tale

An ageless tale of rebellion and intrigue, faith and love, and spirits in battle over the soul of a man

The Prologue

 

"Tell the King and the people: Israel shall be restored to the land...for a season." The angel's words reverberated in Jonah's mind as he set his face toward Samaria.

    A naïve and tentative Jonah ben Amittai witnesses the horror of Assyrian warfare at tender age and it changes his life. Elihu, King Jehu's young armor bearer, shares this raw experience, but comes away with a different perspective. Throughout their lives, the points of view these closest of friends clash and complement―and by God's grace, they complement at just the right time.

    In Ben Amittai: First Call, Jonah receives his first prophetic commission: to deliver God's message of restoration to Israel (2 Kings 14:25). He and Elihu embark on an eventful journey to the court of the newly crowned King Jeroboam, but they arrive at the palace at the worst possible time. Jonah must get God's message to the king, but how does an unknown tanner from a small village in Galilee gain audience with a king during a time of national crisis?

    God will see to His word, but Jonah's story is only beginning.

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    Watch for A Prophet's Tale, from Capstone Fiction, for the continuing story of Jonah. In the first installment, The Journey Begun, the angel commissions Jonah to preach in Nineveh (Jonah 1:1-2). However, repulsed by his hatred for the Assyrians, and prodded by a demon who has no intention of letting a prophet of God onto her Mesopotamian turf, Jonah flees to Joppa. In his rebellion, a series of misadventures befalls him: separation from his family, estrangement from his best friend, betrayal of another friend and entrapment with a young orphan forced into harlotry. In Joppa, he boards the Ba'al Hayam―a ship with a past of its own―bound for Tarshish (Jonah 1:3). After his harrowing escape from the storm at sea, the angel re-commissions him to preach in Nineveh (Jonah 1:4-3:2); however, the angel informs him, "There are wrongs to right that are added to your journey." Jonah retraces his steps back to his home in Gath-hepher where his most poignant task awaits him: reconciliation with his family.