GOD’S PROPHETS AND PROPHECIES JONAH AND NAHUM – Prophets to Nineveh.

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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