The name Nahum means comfort or consolation. Nahum perceives God as Lord of all nations speaks of Assyrian commission to punish Judah and excoriates Assyrian policies as being against Gods will for which reason the announced upheavals will take place.
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Micah prophecies that God would raise up another.
The book of nahum is a message against. Nahums message does contain typical prophetic precepts G. Nahums singular focus on the impending judgment of Nineveh offers a continuation of the story that began in Jonah. 1 A report on the problem of Nineveh the way God gave Nahum of Elkosh to see it.
The Global Message of Nahum for Today It seems strange at first glance that the prophecy of Nahum whose name means comfort would include so much denunciation and judgment. Composed before 632 BCE the Bible book of Nahum contains that message. Go To Nahum Index.
Yet as such denunciation is directed against Israels oppressors it is indeed a deep comfort. God will utterly destroy devastate and humiliate you and your people for your blatant evil bloodshed and injustice upon the innocent. The prophet Nahum of Judah has a word regarding the Assyrian capital Nineveh.
When God had a message for the people He spoke through the prophets. Nahum is the seventh of the Minor Prophets the last 12 books of the Old Testament. The book of Nahum is prophecy concerning the city of Nineveh and reveals a powerful message about Gods care for His elect.
Since this book is against an important city of Assyria it must have been written after the Assyrians took the Northern kingdom Israel into captivity ie. The royal inscriptions of Assyria afford the best commentary on Nahums burning denunciation of the bloody city In the. The sad irony is that Assyria will reap the very consequences of violence and destruction they had been sowing for years Nahum 210-13.
The book of Nahum is a message against. The LORDs Anger Against Nineveh - The LORD is a jealous and avenging God. The next power to rise is the Babylonian Empire sometimes ruled by Chaldean kings.
The message of Nahum to the Assyrians is deeply haunting yet simple and goes something like this. But God doesnt lose his temper. Assyria was eventually overtaken in 612 BC so this prophecy must have been written before that date.
Nahum did not write this book as a warning or call to repentance for the people of Nineveh. Nahum Gods oracle against Nineveh Destruction in 612 BC. He wont be trifled with.
Second the remainder of Nahums prophecies came true in 612 BC. His word came in visions oracles dreams parables and the like. Shortly before the fall of Nineveh the capital of Assyria in 612 BC Nahum uttered his prophecy against the hated city.
THE BOOK OF NAHUM. To understand the prophets exultant outburst of joy over the impending destruction it is necessary to recall the savage cruelty of Assyria which had made it the scourge of the ancient Near East for almost three centuries. False Question 32 1 out of 1 points In the.
His book is a message of destruction for Nineveh and that would have been a message of consolation for the nations she had oppressed. This prophecy is fulfilled in Matthew. He avenges his foes.
2-6 God is serious business. The only thing we know about Nahum is found in 11 which says he was from Elkosh. The Hebrew name Nahum means comfort or consolation The theme of the prophecy is the fate and destruction of Nineveh the one-time capital city of the mighty Assyrian empire which had destroyed Israel and taken many inhabitants of the land captive 722 BC.
Nahum can be identified as prophecy based on Nahum 112 when Nahum the prophet begins speaking the words God has given to him. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. Hes powerful but its a patient power.
Nahum means comfort or consolation and is a short form of Nehemiah comfort of Yahweh. The LORD takes vengeance and is filled with wrath. TitleThe books title is taken from the prophet-of-Gods oracle against Nineveh the capital of Assyria.
In this discussion Nicholas Reidassociate professor of Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern studies and director of the hybrid MDiv program at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlandopresents the book of Nahum as a message to the Ninevites meant to offer hope and comfort to Gods exiled people. In three short chapters we see that God will bring destruction to Assyria in such a way that has never been seen before. He stands up against his enemies fierce and raging.
First Nahum mentions Thebes No Amon in Egypt falling to the Assyrians 663 BC in the past tense so it had already happened. Sometime around 760 BC God sent Jonah to Nineveh to preach repentance and hope to the Assyrian people a message they heard and adoptedat least for a time. A prophecy concerning Nineveh.
Nineveh Question 31 1 out of 1 points. Assyria has also long been a menace to Judah. One might even say that the book of Nahum is a celebration of the fall of Assyria And this is not just a warning or speaking positively of the destruction of Nineveh it is also a positive encouragement and message of comfort for Israel Judah and others who had experienced the endless cruelty of the Assyrians.
However these theological views are colored by strong feelings of.
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