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Today’s Bible Translation

Bible translation used in today’s episode: Ch. 1-3 GWT

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Timothy LaFontaine

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It’s Prophecy Friday, and we’ll read all three chapters of the book of Nahum. I’m calling this episode “The Downfall of Nineveh.“

Summary

The book of Nahum is about Nineveh’s wickedness and its eventual destruction due to their refusal to repent. The lesson is that nations must return to God to receive blessings. Let’s pray for our nation and turn back to God to avoid a similar fate.

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Steve Webb 0:00
It is equally true that if God is against you, then who can be for you?

Steve Webb 0:05
It’s the Lifespring! One Year Bible coming to you from Riverside, California and podcasting since 2004. I am your OG Godcaster. Steve Webb, it’s prophecy Friday and we’ll read all three chapters of the look of Nahum. The website is Lifespringmedia.com. and contact information will be at the end of the show. Before we get started, let’s pray. Our gracious heavenly father how we love you, Lord, and we thank You for Your Word. We thank you for the time you’ve given us here to read it. I pray, Lord, that You would teach us today. touch our hearts. I pray this in Jesus name. Amen. All right, let’s begin.

Steve Webb 0:44
Nahum chapter one. This is a revelation from the Lord about Nineveh. This book contains the vision of Nahum from El Kosh. God does not tolerate rivals. The Lord takes revenge. The Lord takes revenge and is full of anger. The Lord takes revenge against his enemies and holds a grudge against his foes. The Lord is patient and has great strength. The Lord will never let the guilty go unpunished. Raging winds and storms mark his path, and clouds are the dust from his feet. He yells at the sea and makes it dry. He dries up all the rivers Batian and karma with her the flowers of Lebanon with her, the mountains quake because of him, the hills melt. The Earth draws back in his presence, the world and all who live in it draw back as well. Who can stand in the presence of his rage? Who can oppose His burning anger. He pours out his rage like fire and smashes the rocky cliffs. The Lord is good. He is a fortress in the day of trouble. He knows those who seek shelter in him. He will put an end to Nineveh with a devastating flood. He will pursue his enemies with darkness. What do you think about the Lord? He is the one who will bring Nineveh to an end. This trouble will never happen again. The people of Nineveh will be like tangled thorns and like people drunk on their own drink. They will be completely burned up like very dry straw. From you Nineveh, a person who plans evil against the Lord sets out. His advice is wicked. This is what the Lord says. Though the people of Nineveh are physically fit and many in number they will be cut down and die. Though I have humbled you Judah, I will not humble you again. But now I will break none of his yoke off of you and tear its chains from you. The Lord has given this command about unit of a you will no longer have descendants to carry on your name. I will remove the wooden and metal idols from the temple of your gods. I will prepare your grave because you are worthless. There on the mountains or the feet of a messenger who announces the good news all as well. Celebrate your festivals Judah keep your vows. This wickedness will never pass your way again. It will be completely removed.

Steve Webb 3:07
Nahum chapter two, the one who will scatter you is coming to attack you guard your fortress. Keep a lookout on the road. Prepare for battle. Be very courageous. The Lord will restore Jacob’s glory like Israel’s glory. Although enemies have looted it and have destroyed its vines. The shields of his warriors are painted red. His soldiers have red uniforms. The metal on his chariots flash fiery red, so do the spears when they are waved on the day he prepares for battle. Chariots are racing madly through the streets rushing this way in that in the city squares. They look like torches like lightning as they start about. He remembers his best fighting men. They stumble over themselves as they march. They hurry to none of his wall. The Shield has been set up for the battering ram. The gates of the rivers are opened and the palace melts away. The Lord is determined it will be stripped it will be carried away. Its young women will be mourning like doves as they beat their breasts. Nineveh was like a pool of water from its first day on but now it’s people are fleeing. Stop stop. But no one turns around, steal the silver steal the gold. There is no end to what is stored here. Everything a person could ever want. Nineveh is destroyed, deserted, demolished, parts are melting. Knees are knocking. Every stomach becomes upset. Every face turns pale. Whereas the lions den that feeding place for young lions, where are the lion, the lioness and the lion cub who moved about with no one to terrify them. The lion tore its prey to pieces to feed its cubs. It strangled the prey for its mates. It used to fill its caves with torn carcasses and its dens with torn flesh. I am against you Nineveh declares the Lord of Armies. I will Send your chariots up in smoke and a sword will kill your young lions. I will remove your prey from the earth and no one will ever hear the voice of your messengers again.

Steve Webb 5:11
Nahum chapter three. how horrible it will be for that city of bloody violence. It is completely full of lies in stolen goods, never without victims. The sound of the whip the sound of rattling wheels, horses gallop, chariots bounce along, horses charge swords, Flash Spears glitter, many are killed, dead bodies pile up, there is no end to the corpses. People trip over corpses because of Nineveh is constant prostitution, this very charming mistress of evil magic. She used to sell nations or prostitution and people her evil magic. I am against you. Nineveh declares the Lord of Armies. I will lift up your dress over your face. I will show nations your naked body and kingdoms your disgrace. I will throw filth on you. I will make you look like a fool. I will make you a sight to be seen. Everyone who sees you will run from you saying Nineveh has been violently destroyed. Who will feel sorry for her. Where can I find anyone to comfort you? Are you better than no Amman, which sits by the streams of the Nile with water surrounding her. The sea was her defense. The water was her wall, Sudan and Egypt where her endless strength put in the Libyans were her help. Even she went into captivity and was exiled. Even her little children were smashed to death at every street corner. Soldiers tossed dice for her important men and all her best men were bound in chains. Even you Nineveh will stagger like a drunk, you will disappear. Even you will look for a fortress to escape from the enemy. All your defenses will be like fig trees with the earliest figs. When shaken the figs fall into the mouth of the eater. Look at your soldiers. They’re women. The gates of your country are wide open to your enemies. Fire has destroyed the bars of your gates. store water for the siege, strengthen your defenses. Step into the clay pits and trample the clay. Grab the brick mold. fire will consume you there. A sword will cut you down. It will consume you like locusts multiply like locusts multiply like hungry locusts. You have produced more businessman than there are stars in the sky. They are like locusts that attack and then fly away. Your officers are like locusts and your scribes are like swarms of locusts that settle on the fences when it is cold. The sun rises and they scatter in every direction. No one knows where they’ve gone. Your shepherds king of Assyria have fallen into a deep sleep. Your best fighting men are at rest. Your people are scattered on the mountains and there is no one to gather them. There is no relief for your collapse. Your wound is fatal. All who hear the news about you will clap their hands who hasn’t suffered from your endless evil.

Steve Webb 8:06
Nahum means comforter. In this book there is comfort for God’s people to be sure. But for Nineveh not so much. Nineveh was the capital of Assyria. and the book of name was written about 100 years after God sent Jonah to Nineveh to warn them that unless they repented, God’s judgment would destroy them. I’m sure you remember that Jonah didn’t want to go to Nineveh to give them the warning because Nineveh was so evil that he didn’t want them to repent. Jonah didn’t think they deserved a chance. But God is love and doesn’t want anyone to perish. So he’s patient and he pleads with a sinner to turn from their wicked ways. and after Jonah was swallowed by the great fish, he repented and did deliver the warning to Nineveh and Nineveh repented and thus avoided God’s judgment. But now just a short 100 years later, they are a truly evil fall in godless city. They are a great and powerful city and according to one description I found it was 60 miles across with walls 100 feet high, with many 1000s of inhabitants. In Chapter Three as we read today, it was referred to as a city of bloody violence. Now in reading through the Bible, there are occasional times when we’re surprised by how descriptive the language is, but overall, it’s quite reserved in its language. and that’s how this reference in Nineveh was very reserved. Bloody violence doesn’t even begin to describe what went on there. The Assyrian rulers were cruel in the extreme and they were proud of their cruelty. monuments that they created to tell of their heinous acts have been found. and they’re now in museums. Listen to what some of these things say. I cut off their heads and formed them into pillars, or buvo son of Booba I flayed in the city of our Bella and spread his skin upon the city wall. Nice, huh? They seem to have liked the flame act. This one says I flayed all the chief men who revolted and I covered the pillar with their skins, many within the border of my own land, I flayed, and spread their skins upon the walls, and there was much, much more than I haven’t even mentioned. So yes, Nineveh was an evil, evil city, they truly were beyond the pale. God gave them a chance. But after a short time of repentance, they reverted back to their old ways. So getting to the bottom line, Nineveh was completely and utterly destroyed. Some even doubted that they ever truly existed until ruins were discovered in 1840. Mount Judah had been taken into captivity by these people by the Assyrians and suffered greatly under them. and now finally, God is going to exact vengeance on them. Romans 831 says, If God is for us, who can be against us, that is a comfort for those who have confessed Jesus as their Lord and Savior. But on the other side of that coin, for those who are not his, it is equally true that if God is against you, then who can be for you? God was against Nineveh, and no one could save them. Nineveh was once a great and mighty city, and no one could conceive of its destruction. and everyone thought that such a city would always be great. But they turned to their own way, and they were brought down. So is there a lesson here for us? Well, what do you think I believe there is, we as a nation must return to God if we’re ever going to see his blessing on us again, if we don’t, our fall is sure. God gave Nahum a vision of the destruction of Nineveh, and God has given us His word to show what happens to nations and kingdoms who forsake Him. The good news is that when nations and kingdoms repent, he blesses and I don’t think it’s too late for us. There are still many of us praying for America and the world. So let us not grow weary. You can join us as we pray, go to 714 club.com and sign up. If you have a comment or a question, contact information will be at the end of the show. If you’ve got a modern podcast app, just send a Boostagram. Tomorrow will be gospel Saturday, and we’ll read Acts seven and eight.

Steve Webb 12:11
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Steve Webb 13:06
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Steve Webb 14:04
The album art today was done by Brother Scott. Thank you, Brother scotch. and I want to thank Sister Denise Michael Haner, Jason Paschall and sister Brittaney for their donations of their time and talent. and thanks to today’s associate producer, Timothy LaFontaine for helping to bring this episode to you. God bless you, Timothy. and thank you for inviting me to be a part of your day, beloved, until tomorrow. May God bless you richly. My name is Steve Webb. Bye.

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