Mission And God’s Mercy In The Bible (Mission and Grace of God According to the Book of Jonah)

In the Old Testament there is a debate between two related topics, namely themission and grace of God. Specifically seen in the Book of Jonah, this bookcontains several dialogues which perfectly support the motion of the story and thethemes it carries. Its structure provides a contrasting picture of Yahweh and Jonah.To answer this debate, by looking at the relationship between mission and God'sgrace in the Book of Jonah. We can find in it Jonah's disobedience in carrying outthe mission that God gave him and the rewards he experienced by God's grace tohim. Likewise the Ninevites received the grace of God which the prophet of Goddid not want. Then the question arises what is the mission and mercy of God inuniversal relationships. Thus this paper seeks to elaborate on these two topics.