We continue to reflect on the minor prophets, this time Nahum. I bet most of us have not spent much time reading Nahum. Did you even know Nahum was a book in the Bible?
In Hebrew Nahum means "comforter," which seems appropriate since he has no bad news for God's people.
Nineveh was the capital city of Assyria, the world power and threat to Judah. Nineveh is the city that Jonah will be told to go into and call on the Ninevites to repent, which they do, much to Jonah's dismay.
Nineveh is compared to Thebes, which Assyria had destroyed about fifty years earlier. As I write this, I hear, "What goes around comes around." Is that sound theology or true about how God works?
Even though the historical context in which the minor prophets prophesied seems so different than our, I am really struck by how much they are struggling with questions we have: Where is God at work in our world? how do we interpret what is happening in our world in light of our faith? What will the future hold?
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