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