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My Servants The Prophets

Explore the book of Nahum and its major lessons. Discover the attributes of God, the call to arms against Nineveh, and the vivid descriptions of impending judgment. Reflect on the goodness and severity of God, His power, and mercy towards His people.

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My Servants The Prophets

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  1. My Servants The Prophets Major Lessons From Selected Minor Prophets

  2. Introduction – “Judgement to Nineveh” “The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite” (Nahum 1:1)

  3. Introduction – Time of Nahum After the fall of No (No-amon, Thebes of Egypt, Nahum 2:8, historically 663 BC) Before the fall of Nineveh (historically 612 BC) This may place Nahum during the time of Manasseh or Josiah of Judah

  4. Simple Timeline of the Kings Kings of Israel Saul, David, Solomon Nahum? Kings of Judah Days of Manasseh and Josiah Adapted from a hand drawn chart by Gospel Light Publications, 1989

  5. Introduction – Outline Nahum 1 Attributes of our God Nahum 2-3 A call to arms, O Nineveh! The Lord is against you!

  6. Introduction – Outline Nahum 1 Attributes of our God Goodness and severity Awesome power Nahum 2-3 A vivid description of the coming judgment against Nineveh “I am against thee, saith the Lord of hosts…” (Nahum 2:13, 3:5)

  7. Introduction – “The burden of Nineveh” (KJV) “A prophecy concerning Nineveh” (NIV) “An oracle concerning Nineveh” (ESV) “The pronouncement concerning Nineveh” (CSB)

  8. Introduction – “The burden of Nineveh” (KJV) “The burden of Babylon” (Isaiah 13:1) “The burden of Moab” (Isaiah 15:1) “The burden of Damascus” (Isaiah 17:1) “The burden of Egypt” (Isaiah 19:1 “The burden of Dumah” (Edom, Isaiah 21:11) “The burden of Tyre” (Isaiah 23:1) Messages of judgment

  9. Introduction –“The burden of Nineveh” (KJV) A weighty pronouncement – a load of doom The words of weight to Nineveh were words of comfort to Judah (Nahum 1:15)

  10. Attributes of our God (Nahum 1) Goodness and severity (1:1-3, 7-11, 14) ”Slow to anger” (1:3) 2 Peter 3:9 God is longsuffering. He does not want any to perish. E.g. Nineveh in the days of Jonah. Numbers 14:21-22 “all those men…have tempted me now these ten times…” Genesis 15:13-16 cup of the Amorites not yet full Psalm 103:13-14 he remembers that we are dust

  11. Attributes of our God (Nahum 1) Goodness and severity (1:1-3, 7-11, 14) ”Will not at all acquit the wicked” (1:3) Nahum 1:2 Takes revenge (2 Thessalonians 1:7-9) Ezekiel 33:11 turn… why will ye die… (Acts 17:30, even Christians may need to repent Acts 8:22) Revelation 2:20-22 space to repent…cast her… into great tribulation God is what the scriptures reveal that he is! We cannot change Him to fit a desire or doctrine.

  12. Attributes of our God (Nahum 1) Goodness and severity (1:1-3, 7-11, 14) “He knows them that trust in him” (1:7) Luke 10:20 names written in heaven Merciful to his people (1:12-13, 15) Comfort to Jacob (1:15), like tidings Romans 10:15 Isaiah 52:1-7

  13. Attributes of our God (Nahum 1) Awesome in power (1:3-6) Picture, “the clouds are the dust of his feet” (1:3) Pictures from Isaiah 40:9-31, verse 12, 15-17 ”measured the waters in the hollow of his hand” “meted out heaven with the span” “comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure” “weighed the mountains in scales” “nations are as a drop of a bucket” As big or as small as he needs to be (Philippians 2:6-10) With Nineveh, God simply declares his will and it will be done (1:14 ”I will make thy grave”)

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