Nahum 2

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TALKS FOR GROWING CHRISTIANS

Nineveh Falls to the Armies of the Medes and Babylonians

BACKGROUND NOTES



DOCTRINAL POINT(S)

  1. The splendor of Nineveh would be removed.

  2. The splendor of Israel will be restored.

PRACTICAL APPLICATION

  1. Don't pull prophecy out of context.

  2. Remember God's “I am against you” has a corollary truth.

QUESTIONS

  1. What could be the title of the prophecy of Nahum?

  2. What is the theme of the prophecy of Nahum?

  3. Why had God had delayed His judgment on the pagan city of Nineveh?

  4. In which geographical area did Nahum write his prophecy?

  5. Although Nahum's prophecy of judgment was directed at Nineveh, it was a warning and wake-up call to another kingdom who had departed from the Lord. Which kingdom would this be?

ANSWERS

  1. “To Nineveh from Nahum.”

  2. “The Doom of Nineveh.”

  3. Because they had previously repented of their sinful ways when Jonah had preached there more than 100 years before Nahum's time.

  4. He wrote from the Southern Kingdom of Judah because the Northern Kingdom of Israel had already fallen to the Assyrians in 722 B.C.

  5. The Southern Kingdom of Judah, who had also departed from the Lord.

DISCUSS/CONSIDER

  1. Nahum 2:1–13 shows that even the mighty city of Nineveh fell when God decreed judgment.  How does this challenge our understanding of God’s authority and justice today, and what can it teach us about the consequences of pride and oppression?

  2. Nahum 2:2 interrupts the fall of Nineveh to point to the future, when the Lord will return.  The splendor once held by Assyria will be gone, and the glory of Israel will be fully restored.  This will be realized when Christ sets up His kingdom on earth.  How does the promise of God’s future restoration and reign encourage us to trust Him amid present challenges and injustices?

CHALLENGE

  1. God’s “I am against you” against Nineveh reminds us that His judgment falls on anything opposed to Him (Romans 8:31).  Are you fully on God’s side by trusting Christ as your Savior, confident that if God is for you, no one can stand against you?

KEY VERSES

  • “The Lord will restore the excellence of Jacob like the excellence of Israel” Nahum 2:2

  • “Though Nineveh of old was like a pool of water…she is empty, desolate, and waste!” Nahum 2:8-10

  • “Behold, I am against you, says the Lord of hosts, the voice of your messengers shall be heard no more.” Nahum 2:13



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