The Prophet, Nahum

A servant of God with a message for the Ninevites

by R. Douglass Mahaffey
     The prophet Nahum, just as any prophet of God's, brought a warning to the enemy of Israel, that their days on the earth would be abbreviated.
     About 140 years after God spared Ninevah the fate they were facing post-warning, which was delivered by the prophet Jonah, the sin-torn country returned to its mistreatment of the Israelites. Only this time, the Ninevites would not heed the prophet's warning. Even after the destruction of the people was avoided and the blessings of the Lord poured out on the city for its repentant heart, the people arrogantly chose to forget what the repentance of their ancestors had afforded them.
     Nahum brought a new warning to Ninevah fueled with the wrath of God and a promise of true destruction to every citizen who remained there and unchanged. The warning was riddled with vengeful phrases such as Chapter 1, verse 14 that reads, "that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile."
     More phrases of vengence followed such as verse 15, " for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off..."  and Chapter 2, verses 4-6, which reads, "The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.
5 He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.
6 The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved."
     There is no doubt that the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is not the Allah that the Islamic world claims He is because of His love for His people, Israel, the very country that the Quran speaks evil of. The proof: Ninevah ignored Nahum's message from God concerning their treatment of Israel and He did exactly what He said he would regarding the infadels that remained in Ninevah to continue the abuse of God's people.

R. Douglass Mahaffey - Founder and Publisher of The Wise Conservative.