{"id":2506,"date":"2024-01-13T16:19:17","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T15:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lionofjudah.info\/?p=2506"},"modified":"2026-06-01T19:47:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T17:47:12","slug":"introduction-nahum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lionofjudah.info\/?p=2506","title":{"rendered":"Introduction Nahum"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kb-btns2506_62df86-56{gap:var(--global-kb-gap-xs, 0.5rem );justify-content:center;align-items:center;}.kt-btns2506_62df86-56 .kt-button{font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;}.kt-btns2506_62df86-56 .kt-btn-wrap-0{margin-right:5px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns2506_62df86-56 .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button{color:#555555;border-color:#555555;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns2506_62df86-56 .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button:hover, .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns2506_62df86-56 .kt-btn-wrap-0 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.kb-btn2506_164722-b3.kb-button{width:initial;}<\/style><a class=\"kb-button kt-button button kb-btn2506_164722-b3 kt-btn-size-small kt-btn-width-type-auto kb-btn-global-fill  kt-btn-has-text-true kt-btn-has-svg-false  wp-block-kadence-singlebtn\" href=\"https:\/\/rockingchurch.lion-of-judah.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"kt-btn-inner-text\">Rocking Church<\/span><\/a>\n\n<style>ul.menu .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn .kb-btn2506_eca0fc-cb.kb-button{width:initial;}<\/style><a class=\"kb-button kt-button button kb-btn2506_eca0fc-cb kt-btn-size-small kt-btn-width-type-auto kb-btn-global-fill  kt-btn-has-text-true kt-btn-has-svg-false  wp-block-kadence-singlebtn\" href=\"https:\/\/mm.lion-of-judah.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"kt-btn-inner-text\">Biker<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-2506_59216e-ec .kt-block-spacer{height:20px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-2506_59216e-ec .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-2506_59216e-ec\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2506_ddb06a-59, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2506_ddb06a-59[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2506_ddb06a-59\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2506_ddb06a-59 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2506_ddb06a-59[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2506_ddb06a-59\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2506_ddb06a-59 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2506_ddb06a-59[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2506_ddb06a-59\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h1 class=\"kt-adv-heading2506_ddb06a-59 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2506_ddb06a-59\">Introduction to the prophet Nahum<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">The 34th Book of the Bible, with 3 chapters<br>God will not be mocked \u2013 The Downfall of the Assyrian Empire<\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-2506_fbded5-45 .kt-block-spacer{height:50px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-2506_fbded5-45 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-2506_fbded5-45\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We do not know much about the origins of Nahum, the seventh of the \u201cMinor\u201d Prophets\u2014whose name means \u201ccomfort,\u201d \u201ccomforter,\u201d or \u201cGod comforts\u201d\u2014nor do we (yet) know where his hometown, Elkosh, was located.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He ministered in the remaining Kingdom of Judah, which was subject to the Assyrian Empire.<br>The Northern Kingdom of Israel had been destroyed by the Assyrians over half a century earlier (722 B.C.) along with its capital, Samaria, and its population had been partially \u201creplaced\u201d by foreign peoples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The prophetic ministry of the prophet Nahum, however, can be narrowed down quite precisely.<br>In chapter 3, verse 8, he mentions the downfall of No-Ammon, ancient Thebes, the capital of Upper Egypt at that time.<br>Like Samaria, Thebes was also conquered and destroyed by those very Assyrians in 663 B.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nahum himself now foretells the downfall of the Assyrian capital, Nineveh\u2014which was considered impregnable\u2014through a flood that destroys the city walls, thereby allowing the assembled enemy armies to gain access.<br>In doing so, the prophet also foresees how the conquest of Nineveh will take place in a street battle\u2014and thus lead to the replacement of the Assyrian world power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This prophecy was fulfilled already in August of 612 B.C.E.\u2014meaning that the prophet lived in the second half of the 7th century B.C.E.<br>From the 9th century B.C.E. until the fall of Nineveh, the Assyrian empire had dominated political affairs in the Levant through violence and cruelty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nahum\u2019s prophetic message to us all is also that God will not let the guilty escape.<br>Over a century earlier, the Assyrians had responded to the call of the prophet Jonah, repented, and God was able to spare them\u2014but they had returned to their old ways, and now Assyria too faces righteous judgment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026 only at the return of the LORD as the Judge of the world\u2014will the whole world also have to answer for itself before His judgment\u2014yet for those who seek God and trust in Him, He is also a stronghold on the day of distress. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the book of the prophet Nahum, we find parallels between the flirtatious, seductive nature and the magical practices of Nineveh and the great \u201cwhore\u201d Babylon from Revelation, the last book of the Bible.<br>And a connection to the book of Habakkuk, the \u201cminor\u201d prophet who follows Nahum, is also unmistakable.<br>Nahum begins with a psalm, a song of praise to God, followed by the judgment on Assyria.<br>Habakkuk begins with the threat of judgment against Babylon and then ends with a psalm to God\u2019s glory \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-2506_97e2bb-eb .kt-block-spacer{height:30px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-2506_97e2bb-eb .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-2506_97e2bb-eb\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Outline of the Book of Nahum:<\/h3>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-2506_75ca08-42 .kt-block-spacer{height:30px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-2506_75ca08-42 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-2506_75ca08-42\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p><strong>Nahum Chapter 1<\/strong><br>    God is patient, but also just\u2014when He must judge\u2014who could stand against Him?<br>    Final judgment against Assyria\u2014with Jonah, the Assyrian world power still humbled itself\u2014and they repented<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nahum Chapter 2<\/strong><br>    The destruction of Nineveh, the capital of the ruling empire, is announced<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nahum Chapter 3<\/strong><br>    The guilt of the \u201charlot\u201d Nineveh and God\u2019s judgment<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-2506_39586c-f6 .kt-block-spacer{height:50px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-2506_39586c-f6 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-2506_39586c-f6\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2506_e5be2a-3f, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2506_e5be2a-3f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2506_e5be2a-3f\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2506_e5be2a-3f mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2506_e5be2a-3f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2506_e5be2a-3f\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2506_e5be2a-3f img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2506_e5be2a-3f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2506_e5be2a-3f\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h4 class=\"kt-adv-heading2506_e5be2a-3f wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2506_e5be2a-3f\"><strong>Structure of the prophet Nahum<\/strong>:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lionofjudah.info\/?p=1546#nahum-chapter-1\"><strong>Nahum chapter 1<\/strong><\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/lionofjudah.info\/?p=1546#nahum-chapter-2\"><strong>Nahum chapter 2<\/strong><\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/lionofjudah.info\/?p=1546#nahum-chapter-3\"><strong>Nahum chapter 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