Through Nahum, God calls Nineveh a “bloody city.” They are twice bloody; once for the way they acted towards others before the fall, and the devastation after the fall. Assyria was a brutal and cruel. It was notorious for its treatment of those it conquered; including taxing them to death. Assyria was NOT a ‘compassionate […]
God Himself will be contending with the city of Nineveh. HE is the Scatterer and will bring about the destruction of Nineveh through the hands of man. The Assyrians were a proud and mighty people. Their center was Nineveh. God had decreed an end to their bloody ways. God initially used them to bring about […]
God is speaking against Nineveh again. Their repentance after Jonah’s message didn’t last. Nahum doesn’t go to them but to God’s people with his message. We see two sides of God in His words to Judah. We see His angry and avenging side as well as His protective and loving side. Yes. God gets angry, […]
No matter what Israel and Judah have done in the past, God STILL loves them. His steadfast love NEVER fails. And it NEVER fails us either! After ALL that has happened and ALL that will happen, God NEVER stops loving His children. He is not blind to their sins. He doesn’t gloss over them and […]
Micah sees corruption all around, but he has not given up. He KNOWS that God WILL bring salvation. “I will wait for the God of my salvation” (verse 7b). We ARE moving toward a time just like Micah describes. A time when even the “most upright” of men is like a “thorn hedge” (verse 4b). […]
