Welcome to my blog. This is a free coloring pages blog that has around 2000 pages to clip and color.
There are no ads and no fees to print a drawing to color. I am Robin Lyman and I am a retired Science
Teacher. The drawings were all done by me except for a few done by my grand-niece or grand-nephew.
Today's new drawing is of Jonah and the whale... in fact, there are two drawings that are new today.
Both drawings are of Jonah and the Whale.
Jonah being swallowed by the Whale
Jonah about to be rescued by the Whale
Our 2-year-old granddaughter was coloring a copy of the first drawing and she got upset. She told her grandmother, "Jonah out! Jonah out! She tried to pull him out of the whale's mouth. So I hurry up and drew the other picture for her so she wouldn't be upset.
The story of Jonah is in the Holy Bible in the Old Testament. In that story, Jonah is told to call the people of the city of Ninevah to repentance. He fears them so he tries to get on a ship and run from the Lord. But the Lord sent a storm and so Jonah fessed up to the crew that he was responsible because her ran from the Lord. So Jonah suggests that they throw him overboard. But the crew are nice people and don't want to kill him so they try to row to shore. When that doesn't work they reluctantly throw Jonah overboard. It appears, if you read the whole story, that Jonah was drowning when he was swallowed by a whale. I think it was a sperm whale. The sperm whale in the first drawing is breaching. He or she has already caught Jonah in his or her mouth.
So Jonah is in the belly of the whale for 3 days, just like Jesus' body was in the tomb for only 3 days. So when the whale spits him out, apparently on land near Ninevah... the formerly reluctant prophet went to preach to the people there. To his surprise, the king and people of Ninevah repented completely. So Jonah had been told to tell them that their city would be destroyed if they would not repent. Then when it was not destroyed Jonah got mad about the whole thing.
The Lord told him that they had repented and they were valuable souls. For the whole story see the book of Jonah in the Old Testament half of the Holy Bible.
By the way, I think there is a lesson here that when we repent the Lord will forgive. Jonah was forgiven and the people of Ninevah were forgiven as well.
Sperm whales are toothed whales and they normally eat giant squid. In fact, a drawing of a sperm whale fighting with a giant squid is one of my most popular posts. Sperm whales can get to 59 feet or 18 meters long and they weigh 59 tons. Sperm whales can dive very deep into the ocean to find their prey. Sperm whales can go to depths that would crush a human to goo. But the sperm whale can handle the incredible pressure without a problem.
NOTE: The drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the button labeled "Religious." Then scroll down to the bottom of the Old Testament section. New drawings are always at the bottom of the list. Below is my older drawing of a sperm whale taking on a giant squid. THIS drawing is found, in printable form by clicking on the "Animals" button. Then just scroll and search.
Sperm Whale vs Giant Squid
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