在 约拿书2:1-10约拿被困于大鱼的腹中。他祈求救赎，最后，在这一可怕的考验之后，他被吐到了干地上。

在一个新的教会--要么是一群人的善与真的状态，要么是我们自己的善与真的新状态--能够出现之前，必须发生一段试探、挣扎的时期。在这段时间里，以前状态下的善和真理的残余将被保留下来。这发生在我们身上。当我们真的不想做一些我们知道应该做的事情时，我们就会进入精神诱惑的状态。这就是本章的内容。

在 天国的秘密756它说："在约拿书中，'水围着我，甚至到了我的灵魂，深渊包围着我。在这里...水 "和 "深 "代表了诱惑的全部范围。

本章还预言或预示了耶稣基督与地狱的斗争，以及他当时最痛苦的试探。约拿在鱼腹中的三天三夜 "表示与地狱斗争的全部时间。

在《新约》中，在 马太福音12:39-41，有一个参考，回到了这个故事。

"除了先知约拿的神迹之外，没有任何神迹可以给它。因为约拿在大鱼腹中三日三夜，人子在地心也要三日三夜。尼尼微的人在审判的时候，要和这一代人站在一起，定他们的罪，因为他们听了约拿的传道就悔改了。而现在，有一位比约拿更伟大的人在这里。

对我们来说，那么......什么？当我们偏离了主，在 "鱼腹 "中--在试探、挣扎、争斗中，一切看起来都很无望--那么如果我们真的祈祷，寻求主的帮助，他可以帮助我们。

这里有一个关于本章的有趣（音频）布道的链接，作者是托德-贝斯文格牧师。

这里还有一个链接，是麦考迪牧师的约拿书学习指南，可免费获得.pdf格式，供你使用。

648. As for numbers and measurements in the Word meaning celestial and spiritual things, this becomes quite clear from the measuring of the New Jerusalem and of the Temple in John and Ezekiel. It may become clear to anyone that the 'New Jerusalem' and the 'New Temple' mean the Lord's kingdom in heaven and on earth, and that the Lord's kingdom in heaven and on earth is not subject to earthly measurements, even though the size of it - its length, breadth, and height - is specified numerically. From this anyone may conclude that numbers and measurements mean things that are holy, as in John,

I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and the angel stood and said to me, Rise and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and those who worship in it. Revelation 11:1.

And concerning the New Jerusalem,

The wall of the heavenly Jerusalem was great and high, having twelve gates, and above the gates twelve angels, and names written which are those of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel; on the east three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates. The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them the twelve names of the apostles of the Lamb. He who talked to me had a golden measuring-rod to measure the city, and its gates, and its wall. The city lies four-square, and its length is the same as its breadth. He therefore measured the city with the measuring rod, twelve thousand stadia; its length and breadth and height were equal. He measured its wall, a hundred and forty-four cubits, which is the measure of a man, that is, of an angel. Revelation 21:12-17.

[2] Here the number twelve occurs repeatedly. It is a very holy number since it means the holy things of faith, as has been stated above at verse 3 of this chapter, and in the Lord's Divine mercy will be shown at Genesis 29, 30. Hence also the comment added at the end of the quotation set out above about this measure being 'the measure of a man, that is, of an angel'. The same applies with the New Temple and the New Jerusalem in Ezekiel, which are also described according to their measurements, Chapter 40:3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13-14, 22, 25, 30, 36, 42, 47; Ezekiel 41:1-end; 42:5-15; Zechariah 2:1-2. There also, regarded in themselves the numbers mean nothing but celestial and spiritual holiness independent of actual numbers. The same applies to all the numbers giving the dimensions of the Ark, Exodus 25:10, and similarly of the mercy seat, the golden table, the Tabernacle, the altar, Exodus 25:17, 23; Exodus 26; 27:1; and to all the numbers and dimensions of the Temple, 1 Kings 6:2-3, and many other examples.