Nahum

It took about 15 minutes for me to read this book.  It is important to remember that God revealed these words to Nahum years AFTER Jonah visited the city of Nineveh.  God’s mercy was extended to Nineveh, but now their return to evil has overwhelmed his generosity.  In 1 verse 9 God sums up Nineveh’s rebellious attitude.  God will overturn Nineveh’s plans to “repel” him.  They will not get a second chance.  Like them, we are expected to learn from the right and wrong choices of those who came before us.  I know that I have been guilty of failing to heed the warning God sent future generations.  But I’m thankful that He continues to extend his mercy to me and my generation in spite of rebellion.  But we must still take Nineveh as a warning to us.

Stuart