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THE LORD GAVE JONAH A TASK TO PERFORM
Jonah 1:1 Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

BUT JONAH FLED FROM THE TASK THE LORD HAD GIVEN HIM
Jonah 1:3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.

AFTER JONAH HAD AN ADVENTURE - BEING SWALLOWED BY A GREAT FISH
Jonah 3:1 And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying,
2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
3 So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey. {exceeding: Heb. of God}
4 And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
5 So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
6 For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:
8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
9 Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
10 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.

NOW CONSIDER ANOTHER SCENARIO -
Gen 18:20 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know. 22 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.

ABRAHAM PLEADED FOR THE CITY BASED UPON FIFTY RIGHTEOUS SOULS
23 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
26 And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

ABRAHAM PLEADED FOR THE CITY BASED UPON FORTY-FIVE RIGHTEOUS SOULS
27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:
28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.

FOR FORTY
29 And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake.

THIRTY
30 And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.

TWENTY
31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.

UNTIL FINALLY, ABRAHAM PLEADED FOR THE CITY BASED UPON TEN RIGHTEOUS SOULS
32 And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake.

EVEN ABRAHAM DID NOT GO BELOW THE NUMBER IN HIS NEPHEW'S FAMILY (THERE WERE 6)
33 And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place. (ONLY FOUR WENT OUT FROM SODOM.)

THE STORY IS CONTINUED IN-
Genesis 19:1 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;

Interpolating and extrapolating the number of God's people on the Earth today, and comparing the population figure of today with the population of Sodom, Ghomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim (whcih the Lord overthrew in His anger and in His wrath- Deu 29:23); and extrapolating the possible number of righteous souls in the world today, but keeping in mind the example derived from Sodom, etc., Suppose YOU are the "tenth person."

That would make God's judgment of the Earth dependant upon YOUR faithfulness to God's message of love, and repentance, helping the weak, feeding the hungry; assuming all of the preceeding... How long can we expect to wait for judgment from GOD?