In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He [Jesus Christ -Yeshua]
was in the beginning with God.
NAHUM
The Book of Nahum is the seventh of the twelve books of the
Minor
Prophets in the Old Testament. The name Nahum is a Hebrew word
meaning, “comforter”. Nahum was a prophet from the southern kingdom of
Judah and ministered from c. 663-615 BC. The prophecies of Nahum,
Jeremiah, Zephaniah,
Habakkuk, Ezekiel and
Daniel overlapped in an era
from c. 663-536 BC.
Nahum was called the “comforter” because he prophesied the fall of
Assyria, which had been an arrogant and cruel nation. Israel had already
fallen to Assyria in 722 BC. Jerusalem, the capital of Judah, narrowly
escape destruction. Consequently, the prophecy of the fall of the
Assyrian Empire was a comfort to Judah. One hundred years earlier,
Jonah
had brought revival to the Assyrian capital of Nineveh. Later, however,
the Assyrians turned away from God and returned to their cruel and evil
ways. This time, there would be no repentance, and Assyria’s complete
destruction would be final. Nahum’s prophecy seemed highly unlikely
since the Assyrian Empire was at its zenith and the city walls of
Nineveh were considered impenetrable. Nineveh fell exactly as Nahum
prophesied, by an overflowing flood. The Khosr River, a tributary of the
Tigris River, overflowed its banks and damaged the city’s walls. This
allowed the Babylonians to successfully invade and conquer Babylonia as
prophesied earlier by Micah.
At the end of this age, Jesus Christ, the Messiah, will
return the second time to judge the nations for opposing
Israel. The
Assyrian, the Antichrist, will be powerful and arrogant. He will exact
cruelty on Israel. However, Christ will destroy the Assyrian at the
battle of Armageddon and restore
Israel unto Himself for eternity. We
are living in the last days, as evident by the world’s hostility against
Israel.
Nahum 1: The judgment and destruction of Nineveh; the deliverance of
Judah
Nahum 2: The attack against Nineveh; the city’s destruction
Nahum 3: The wickedness of Nineveh; the weakness of Nineveh