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A personal God (Nahum)

January 18, 2008 By Seth Leave a Comment

As I've done with some of these short prophetic books, I want to share some of the background info I read:

When Jonah preached repentance on the streets of Nineveh, the capital of Assyria, the people responded and were spared. A century later (about 650 b.c.) Nahum preached in a time when Nineveh would not repent. Nineveh, which had destroyed Israel’s northern kingdom in 722, would itself fall to Babylon in 612—just a few years after Nahum’s warning. The Assyrians were notorious for the brutality of their treatment of other nations. Nahum declared, however, that God is sovereign: he punishes whom he will, and they are powerless to stop him. Much of Nahum’s prophecy was directed to the people of Judah, who could rejoice at the good news (1:15) of Nineveh’s impending fall.

The Holy Bible : English standard version. 2001 (Na). Wheaton: Standard Bible Society.
Additionally, I really like 1:7 that reads, "The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him."  I did a quick word study on "knows", and the Hebrew word translated as "knows" can have a lot of different uses.  Perhaps I am reading too much into it, but I think it points to a personal God who knows His people in an intimate way.  He deeply knows those people who take their refuge in Him.  After all, God is personal, and He does care about us.  David knew this personal God because he called him his "shepherd."  I'm so glad I serve a personal God who knows me and who knows that I take my refuge in Him.

January 18, 2008 9:00 pm Seth Leave a Comment

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Seth is a pastor, author, and speaker who lives in Batesville, Indiana. He is married to Kari, and they have a daughter, Madelyn.

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