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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
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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