Read: Naum 1:1-3:19; Revelation 8:1-13; Psalm 136:1-26; Proverbs 30:7-9
Nahum means “comforted”. He was an Elkoshite which means “of the gathered” of God. He was called to comfort the remnant of God. He was also sent to curse the strongman over the city of Nineveh. Nineveh means “offspring of ease”. Nineveh was the capital of the Assyrians and it was known for its wealth and sin. Jonah had been sent to this city and it repented for a while but had fallen back into its same sins. Now they would be destroyed and God would not relent this time. The Assyrians were known for their savagery and torture on their captives. The whole world had feared their name and been harshly affected by them so this should have been good news to Judah and Israel.
In Revelation, the Lamb opened the seventh seal and all heaven went silent for thirty minutes. Then, the angel took the censer off the altar of incense and hurled it to the earth and the first angel sounded its trumpet. With each of the trumpets, a new curse was released on the earth. The trumpets are sounded before major wars. They tell what happened during that time. The first trumpet describes WW1 where 8 million people were killed. The second describes WW11 where one third of the ships were sunk. The third describes Chernobyl which contaminated 33% of Europe and West Asia’s water supply. The fourth describes the falling of the Berlin wall and the Red Scare.
The all-knowing God knows the end from the beginning and was able to show the future events to John for our benefit. We just have to have eyes to see. Our comfort is in the fact that God will protect the oil and the wine. Death is not our enemy, Satan is and he is poweless against the army of God and the saints of God. We have nothing to fear.
Lord, thank you for your great love and peace that you give to your children. Though we walk through the valley of the shadow of death, we will fear no evil for you are there with us and your comfort us.
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