On the other hand, the greater a person’s stubbornness was in resisting God’s will, the harder it will be for him to change and to grow to perfection.

Jesus Christ pointed this out when he told unbelieving fellow countrymen: “Men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation and will condemn it; because they repented at what Jonah preached, but, look! something more than Jonah is here. The queen of the south will be raised up in the judgment with this generation and will condemn it; because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, but, look! something more than Solomon is here.” (Matt. 12:41, 42)

The better response of the resurrected Ninevites and that of the “queen of the south” will reprove the resurrected generation of Jesus’ fellow countrymen who actually heard him preach and teach. In the past, the Ninevites in the time of Jonah and in the days of the “queen of the south” responded favorably to what God’s servants said. Hence, it will be easier for them to submit to the reign of God’s chosen king, one toward whom they never had prejudice.