GOD’S PROPHETS AND PROPHECIES
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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