PPT-Nahum Nineveh’s Day of Reckoning

The Book of Nahum Written to Nineveh capital of Assyria telling of their wickedness that is bringing about their destruction Tells that their destruction will not heal they will be destroyed. (Jonah. . 2:10 – 3:3. ). Jonah 1:2-3. 2. “Arise. , go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me." . 3. But Jonah rose to flee to . Tarshish. from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to . St. Mary’s Coptic Church, Ottawa. Angels’ Service – Grade 6. Jonah The Prophet. Introduction. What is the name of the upcoming fast/feast?. What are we celebrating starting tomorrow?. Who was Jonah?. 2. nd. Sunday of . Amsheer. 2016. Warning. 4 . And Jonah began to enter the city on the first day’s walk. Then he cried out and said, “. Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown. !. ” Jon 3:4. 3 . (ESV). 3 . Then the word of the . Lord. came to Jonah the second time, saying, . 2 . “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it the message that I tell you.” . 3 . So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the . The Sign of Jonah. Jonah 2:10. Like the Israelites marching into Canaan, Jonah may have been preceded by his sign.. At some point, God “resets” the story and begins a second time in . ch.. 3:1. as in . NAHUM. Assyria. (Northern Kingdom already in Assyrian exile). . Nahum – The man…. . Slide . 2. Little is known about Nahum . He came from the town of . Elkosh. (whose location we can’t identify with certainty) . The Minor Prophets and History. Seventh Century Developments. Nahum. Historical Context. Destruction of Thebes, 663 (3:8). Destruction of Nineveh, 612, imminent?. Message. Foreign prophecy against Nineveh. Jonah 3. So the people of Nineveh believed God, proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them. Then word came to the king of Nineveh; and he arose from his throne and laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth and sat in ashes. And he caused it to be proclaimed and published throughout Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles saying,. Nahum 1:1-3:19. A CD of this message will be available (free of charge) immediately following today's message. This message will be available via podcast later this week at calvaryokc.com. Nahum 1:1-3-19. Jer. 5. 1. Jer. 5:1. [. 1. ] Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that . executeth. judgment (that doeth . (Jon . 3:4-9) . And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown. . . So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. (International standard bible encyclopedia) . 790-750 BC - . Jonah Preaches to Nineveh and they repent. 663-607 BC - . Nahum the . Elkoshite. prophesied about the destruction of Nineveh. 607-606 BC - . (Jon . 3:4-9) . And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown. . . So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. God called. Jonah ran. God chased. Jonah obeyed (kind of). Jonah preached. Nineveh repented. God spared Nineveh. J onah pouted . 1 Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time:  2 “Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach the