{"id":1341,"date":"2021-09-06T07:47:21","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T12:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/?p=1341"},"modified":"2023-02-20T10:28:03","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T16:28:03","slug":"lesson-11-nahum-ninevehs-destruction-foretold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/06\/lesson-11-nahum-ninevehs-destruction-foretold\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 11: Nahum: Nineveh\u2019s Destruction Foretold"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Key Verse<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves \u2026 Vengeance <\/strong>is<\/strong><\/em> mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014Romans 12:19<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key Verse Thought: <\/strong>After reading the key verse, understand that vengeance<\/em> means \u201cto execute justice;\npenal retribution; execution of right.\u201d Think about a time that you have known\nsomeone who may have wanted to get back at someone for something that was done\nto them. We often call this revenge \u2014 or getting even. After learning of Israel\u2019s\ncaptivity by Assyria last week, do you think the\nIsraelites wanted to take revenge? They had been taken from the land God had\npromised them \u2014 by their enemy! As we read our memory verse today, we must\nremember that it is not our place to get back at anyone. God has reserved that\nright for Himself. He will repay \u2014 He said so!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emphasis:<\/strong> We are to know that God is a stronghold for those who\ntrust in Him \u2014 and to live with that in mind!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lesson Summary: <\/strong>We have been studying and learning about the\nhistory of Israel,\nGod\u2019s chosen people. Remember that this was only ten of the twelve tribes, the Northern\n Kingdom. We read how after many warnings, God\u2019s people were\ncarried captive out of the land God had promised to them. They were carried\ninto an enemy land and scattered (see 2 Kings 17:6). After reading of the\nprophets\u2019 many cries for Israel\nto repent and turn back to God, we learned of God\u2019s discipline that fell upon Israel\nfor disregarding that call to repentance. As we enter into our study of Nahum\ntoday, we should remember back for a minute to Jonah. God sent Jonah to warn Nineveh\nof destruction for their wickedness. \u201cArise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness\nis come up before me\u201d (Jonah 1:2). In addition, he told them, \u201c\u2026 Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown\u201d (Jonah 3:4b). We also learned\nof the repentance that city showed. \u201cSo the people of\nNineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth,\nfrom the greatest of them even to the least of them\u201d (Jonah 3:5).\nBecause of that repentance, God spared the city. \u201cAnd\nGod saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of\nthe evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it<\/em> not\u201d\n(Jonah 3:10).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The book of Nahum takes\nplace over 100 years after Jonah. Nineveh\nwas the world\u2019s greatest city at this time in history. Although the nation\nrepented in Jonah\u2019s time, they had reverted back to their sin, falling even\ndeeper. See what we will learn. \u201cThe LORD is<\/em>\nslow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked<\/em>\n\u2026\u201d (Nahum 1:3a). (Another verse to consider is Psalm 9:17: \u201cThe wicked shall be turned into hell, and<\/em> all the\nnations that forget God.\u201d)  Today\nwe will read the words Nahum preached against the nation of Assyria\n\u2014 the same nation that carried God\u2019s people, Israel,\naway from their homeland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The book of Nahum takes place about the time of 2 Kings 21. Nineveh, the capital city of Assyria, was utterly destroyed around 612 B.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Y2Q1 – Lesson 11 Questions<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Y2Q1 – Lesson 11 Children’s Worksheets<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you teach this lesson to children, see the following for a craft idea:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We decorated a frame with the verse Nahum 1:7 inside of it. <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Key Verse Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves \u2026 Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. \u2014Romans 12:19 Key Verse Thought: After reading the key verse, understand that vengeance means \u201cto execute justice; penal retribution; execution of right.\u201d Think about a time that you have known someone who may have wanted to get back […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,729],"tags":[774,70,746,753],"class_list":["post-1341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-year-two-quarter-one","tag-lesson-11","tag-nahum","tag-quarter-one","tag-year-two"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1341"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2186,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1341\/revisions\/2186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}