GODS PROPHETS AND PROPHECIES JONAH AND NAHUM Prophets
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GOD’S PROPHETS AND PROPHECIES JONAH AND NAHUM – Prophets to Nineveh
UNDERSTANDING OF ASSYRIA AND NINEVEH • Assyria first mentioned Gen 2: 14 • Comes into prominence 2 Kings 15: 19 • Nineveh first mentioned Gen 10: 9 -12
JONAH • 2 Kings 14: 25 tells us he was from Gath. Hepher • Prophesied concurrently with Amos and Hosea in the north and Isaiah and Micah in the south
“ONLYS” FOR JONAH • Only “minor” prophet that preached to a foreign nation on foreign soil • Only preacher of salvation in recorded history that hoped he would fail
MESSAGE OF JONAH • Jonah 3: 2 • Jonah 3: 4
GOD’S CARE FOR NINEVEH • What law was Nineveh under? • What kind of leader did they have at this time? • Jonah angry at ? ? ? • Romans 8: 7 -8 • Book ends with a question?
NAHUM • Only mentioned by name in 1: 1 • Elkoshite • Prophesied in mid seventh century BC
MESSAGE OF NAHUM • Descriptions of God (1: 2, 3, 7) • Rest of book focuses on the impending destruction of Nineveh
MESSAGE OF NAHUM • Descriptions of God (1: 2, 3, 7) • Rest of book focuses on the impending destruction of Nineveh • Brief message to Judah to keep the feasts (1: 15)
OUR MESSAGE TODAY • God’s statements in 2: 13 and 3: 5 • We must have strength and courage to stand up to wickedness of our own nation • Book ends with a question that we do not want applied to our nation
