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Ninevah forgot quickly (within decades) about their repentance before God and his relenting of the disaster that was to come upon them. History records that in the year 722 - maybe about thirty years after Jonah came through the city - Assyria conquered Jonah's home country of Israel. 

The message moved the people, but the message didn't stick. 

How can we make sure that the message of the gospel sticks in our times?  Carl Trueman, in his latest book "The Desecration of Man," chronicles how Christianity has been the backbone of the west for millenia, yet seems to have been ravenously destroyed in the last 30 years or so. 

We have an upcoming generation that we must influence with the good news of Christ. Generation A - people born on or after 2010 - are shaped by pervasive anxiety, unforseen access to impulse gratification, the impacts of the pandemic, hyperconnectivity, and artificial intelligence. They are people, just like you and I, but they were birthed and are being raised in an entirely different world than we inhabited. Understanding the difference in our worlds is one helpful way to connect wtih them.

You can read more about this by clicking --> here <-- on an article about connecting to Gen A (by New Growth Press).

What happened in Jonah's time cannot happen today. We must remember the Lord and faithfully pass on the faith that was once, for all, delivered to the saints. We must swallow generational pride and connect with the upcoming generations to lead them well, spiritually.