Read Today's Passage
Wow.
Nahum just goes off on Ninevah. He reminds them of God's immense power and strength. I felt like I was reading the last couple of chapters of Job while Nahum was conveying the immensity of God's nature. And yet in the middle of it all, we are reminded that God is good,and that He does indeed care for His people and desires to protect them. And then we are back into God's need to punish sin, reminding us of the consequences that await us when we choose to sin. Granted, we are probably not going to incur God's wrath to the point that He chooses to obliterate our country (though there are those who say that He already is working on this...)
Interesting note: Nahum prophecies over 100 years after Jonah did. And Ninevah did not repent this time around. Ninevah fell to the Babylonians, Medes and Scythians in 612 B.C. For more background on Ninevah, Nahum and Jonah, stop by this site.
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