THE GOD OF GRACE AND JUDGMENT (1 OF 3)
by Jim Perdue
Scripture: Nahum 1:1-4, Nahum 1:7-15
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The God of Grace and Judgment (1 of 3)
Series: Prophecy of Nahum
Jim Perdue
Nahum 1:1-15
Intro/Attention
Tonight, I begin a brief series on the Old Testament book of Nahum. It's a series I've entitled When Grace Runs Out. That's the scene we see here in this short prophecy. God has shown grace, but His grace does have limits. What happens when grace runs out?
When Jonah preached repentance on the streets of Nineveh, the capital of Assyria, the people responded and were spared. A century later, Nahum preached in a time when Nineveh would not repent. Nineveh fell to Babylon in 612-just a few years after Nahum's warning. The Assyrians were notorious for their military might and brutality but Nahum reminds us that God is in charge and will not tolerate sin forever. Much of this prophecy was directed to the people of Judah, who could rejoice at the good news (1:15) of Nineveh's impending fall. READ TEXT
*Queen Victoria was celebrating sixty years on the British throne when Rudyard Kipling published his poem ''Recessional.'' Not everybody in Great Britain liked the poem because it punctured national pride at a time when the empire was at its peak. ''Recessional'' was a warning that other empires had vanished from the stage of history and theirs might follow in their train. God was still the Judge of the nations. Kipling wrote:
Far-called, our navies melt away;
On dune and headland sinks the fire:
Lo, all our pomp of yesterday
Is one with Nineveh and Tyre!
Judge of the Nations, spare us yet,
Lest we forget-lest we forget!
The prophet Nahum would have applauded the poem, especially Kipling's reference to Nineveh, for it was Nahum who wrote the Old Testament book that vividly describes the destruction of Nineveh, the event that marked the beginning of the end for the Assyrian Empire. Nahum made it clear that God is indeed the Judge of the nations, and that ''pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall'' (Prov. 16 ...
Series: Prophecy of Nahum
Jim Perdue
Nahum 1:1-15
Intro/Attention
Tonight, I begin a brief series on the Old Testament book of Nahum. It's a series I've entitled When Grace Runs Out. That's the scene we see here in this short prophecy. God has shown grace, but His grace does have limits. What happens when grace runs out?
When Jonah preached repentance on the streets of Nineveh, the capital of Assyria, the people responded and were spared. A century later, Nahum preached in a time when Nineveh would not repent. Nineveh fell to Babylon in 612-just a few years after Nahum's warning. The Assyrians were notorious for their military might and brutality but Nahum reminds us that God is in charge and will not tolerate sin forever. Much of this prophecy was directed to the people of Judah, who could rejoice at the good news (1:15) of Nineveh's impending fall. READ TEXT
*Queen Victoria was celebrating sixty years on the British throne when Rudyard Kipling published his poem ''Recessional.'' Not everybody in Great Britain liked the poem because it punctured national pride at a time when the empire was at its peak. ''Recessional'' was a warning that other empires had vanished from the stage of history and theirs might follow in their train. God was still the Judge of the nations. Kipling wrote:
Far-called, our navies melt away;
On dune and headland sinks the fire:
Lo, all our pomp of yesterday
Is one with Nineveh and Tyre!
Judge of the Nations, spare us yet,
Lest we forget-lest we forget!
The prophet Nahum would have applauded the poem, especially Kipling's reference to Nineveh, for it was Nahum who wrote the Old Testament book that vividly describes the destruction of Nineveh, the event that marked the beginning of the end for the Assyrian Empire. Nahum made it clear that God is indeed the Judge of the nations, and that ''pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall'' (Prov. 16 ...
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