The prophet Jonah seems to be a bit of a racist. Running from God, and ending up in the belly of a fish, he cries out for forgiveness and gets it. While he is happy to accept a second chance from God, he doesn't think the people of Nineveh deserve one. He clearly thinks that…

Jonah probably feels his refusal to go to Nineveh is a reasonable limit on his obedience to God. After all, the Assyrians (Nineveh was their capital) were monsters. Any sane person would want to see them fall under God's wrath. So Jonah represents a negative example; he's the classic example of what not to do.…