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Nineveh's judgment prophecied/take place |
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Nahum
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The book of Nahum speaks about the utter destruction of Nineveh. When does God's judgment against Nineveh take place in relation to the repentance of Nineveh in the book of Jonah? Are these prophecies spoken of Nineveh at the same time that God sends Jonah to save it? |
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Nineveh's judgment prophecied/take place |
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Nahum
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God gave Jonah a job to do but Jonah ran from God and he was swallowed by a great fish. While in the belly of the great fish Jonah repented and became a prophet in 793BC. His ministry ended in 753BC.
Ninevah doesn't fall until 612BC. Ninevah fell well after Jonah ended his ministry, probably well after he died. prayon |
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Nineveh's judgment prophecied/take place |
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Nahum
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Again, thank you prayon for putting the prophecy of Nahum into perspective here.. According to your chronology, Nineveh fell 141 years after Jonah's ministry ended, which would be about 4 generations (if a generation is based on 30-40 years). That would be enough time for the younger generation to forget their repentance and turn back to the sins of their ancestors before them. It makes you wonder where Jonah's reluctance or hatred towards the Ninevites played a role in the sense that the Ninevites turned and repented but yet went back to their wretched sinful ways only 141 years afterward. Their repentance and the Lord's favor upon them only lasted for a brief time in history before sin got the better of them again.
Nolan |
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When a prophet? |
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Nahum
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The only thing that I couldn't find a date for is when Jonah "met" the fish. Could he of been a prophet before the fish incidence and been a disobedient prophet? |
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When a prophet? |
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Nahum
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Sure,
Nothing say one way or another
ed
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When a prophet? |
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Nahum
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I wonder if Nineveh would have been so quick to fall again had Jonah stayed around the first time to give them proper teaching. It is my understanding that the reason Jonah didn't want to go in the first place is because Nineveh was a Gentile city and a good Jew had nothing to do with Gentiles (unclean). Did they even know anything about Moses and the law and God in general other than they sinned against Him? They were prophesied to by a man who didn't like them and wanted nothing to do with them. I think it is amazing they repented at all.
Debbie |
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When a prophet? |
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Nahum
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Actually Jonah was afraid to go to Nineveh. They had probably one of the most cruelest civilizations known to man. If a person went there and said something the king found objectionable that person would be put to death in one of three most horrible ways.
I won’t go into details but let me say it took days and from the word go it was not pleasant.
Their hideous tortures were world renowned and I’m sure Jonah when God gave Jonah the opportunity (?) to bring correction to the city, that he viewed the whole thing as a rotten idea and a lousy way to die. I know getting thrown overboard was preferable, however I imagine somewhere between the second and third day in the digestive system of the fish probably changed his mind.
Ed
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When a prophet? |
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Nahum
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Didn't know that. Thanks.
Are we going to do more fish jokes?(groan!) |
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When a prophet? |
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Nahum
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Nay! I repented remember! |
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When a prophet? |
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Nahum
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So did I! :) Thank you for accepting my apology, my friend. |
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NAHUM FIRST OR JONAH |
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Nahum
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WAS THE BOOK OF NAHUM WRITTEN AFTER JONAH WENT THERE AND TOLD THE PEOPLE TO REPENT AND THEY DID SO, OR WAS IT WRITTEN BEFORE JONAH WENT? |
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NAHUM FIRST OR JONAH |
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Nahum
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Jonah went to Ninevah and told the people to repent around 759 BC. The book of Nahum was written between 663 and 654 BC so it was written after. prayon |
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Prophecy for the automobile? |
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Nah 2:4
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Is the automobile being prophesied about in this verse? |
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Was Nahum 2:4 fulfilled in Acts 2:1? |
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Nah 2:4
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Dear Nolan,
I'm not sure if this is a prophecy for the automobile or not. It does say 'chariots'. However, we know that the New Testament did fulfill much of the prophecy of the Old. That being the case, it is possible that this was indeed a prophecy that was fulfilled in Acts 2:1. Here it states that the disciples were all in one Accord, (KJV) obviously a Honda. Note that the last part of the verse does say that they were in one place. I'll need to check my commentaries here but I think it is probably because gasoline had not been invented yet.
What do you think?
In Him, Bill Mc |
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Was Nahum 2:4 fulfilled in Acts 2:1? |
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Nah 2:4
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Hello Bill!
I drive a Chevrolet so I wouldn't know too much about Hondas..
Nolan |
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Prophecy for the automobile? |
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Nah 2:4
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Nolan, while the prophet Nahum very likely confined his remarks to the mass confusion that existed in Nineveh, it is tempting to see the automobile in his descriptive words. In my neck of the woods, they certainly "dash to and fro like lightning flashes" and like lightning often does, they strike other objects with devastating and often fatal force. --Hank |
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Prophecy for the automobile? |
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Nah 2:4
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Nolan, I wanted to ask earlier if you were taking over for Steve an question asking, but didn't have a scripture to back it up. :) |
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Prophecy for the automobile? |
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Nah 2:4
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Thank you Hank! Yes, I agree, Nahum is not prophesying about the automobile here.. :-)
The thing to focus on here in this prophecy in Nahum is not the chariots, but the city of Nineveh. Nineveh was once irresistibly victorious over her enemies, but she was now going to experience the destruction that she had brought upon others. Nineveh's enemy would invade the city with chariots that would ride wildly throughout the city, like flames of fire.
Good study!
Nolan |
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Was Nahum 2:4 fulfilled in Acts 2:1? |
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Nah 2:4
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Good exegesis, Bill Mc. I can see we both are graduates of good ole STS (Simpleton Theological Seminary) :-) There can be no more doubt that the disciples rode in a Honda than there is that God created the earth during the high point of a baseball game. Doesn't Genesis 1:1 clearly say, "In the Big Inning God created..... Ah, but I must stop and rest my mind. Wrestling with these profound theological concepts just wears me to a frazzle. Blessings to you, Bill. --Hank |
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Prophecy for the automobile? |
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Nah 2:4
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No, Norrie..
There is no "taking over" from Steve here. I am my own entity on the Forum and my own person. I would take this as a genuine insult if I did not know any better.
Nolan |
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Prophecy for the automobile? |
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Nah 2:4
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Hey, if we can't give our friends a bad time occassionally, what fun is there left in life-right! :) |
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Prophecy for the automobile? |
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Nah 2:4
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Thank you Norrie! I forgive you.. :-) |
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