Minor Prophets, Part 2: Babylonian Crisis
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Lesson OneNahum23 Activities|3 Assessments
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: Nahum
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In | A Symbol for Nahum
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In | Workbook: Nahum
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In | Nahum's Name
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In | Vengeance
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In | Preparing for the Siege, Part 2
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In | YHWH and the Sea
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In | Nahum and the Exodus, Part 2
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Behind | Siege Tactics
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Behind | Cities and Their Gods
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Behind | Assyrian Empire
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Behind | The Brutality of the Assyrians
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Behind | Honor, Shame, War and Gender
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Behind | Honor, Shame, Nakedness and Weakness
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Behind | Nineveh and Thebes
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Behind | YHWH as the True King
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Behind | King of Kings
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In Front | The Fall of Nineveh
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In Front | Workbook: Honor, Shame, and YHWH
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In Front | Jonah and Nahum
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In Front | Workbook: Reflection
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Lesson TwoZephaniah22 Activities|3 Assessments
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: Zephaniah
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In | A Symbol for Zephaniah
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In | Workbook: Day of the LORD
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In | The Day of the LORD
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In | Zephaniah and Idolatry, Part 2
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In | A Day of Judgment
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In | The Sounds of Zephaniah, Part 2
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In | God as Judge and King
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In | The "Plot" of Prophetic Books
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In | Restoration of God's People and the Nations
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In | Shame Transformed, Part 2
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In | Workbook: Zephaniah and Human Sacrifice
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In | Zephaniah and Human Sacrifice
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Behind | The Decline of Assyria and Rise of Babylon
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Behind | Cats and Mice
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Behind | iMap: Cats and Mice
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In Front | Singing Martyrs
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In Front | Workbook: Singing Martyrs
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In Front | Zephaniah and the Suffering Church
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In Front | Workbook: Zephaniah and the Suffering Church
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Lesson ThreeHabakkuk19 Activities|4 Assessments
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: Habakkuk
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In | A Symbol for Habakkuk
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In | Workbook: Habakkuk
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In | Topic Study
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In | How Long?
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In | Why? Part 2
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In | The Just Shall Live by Faith
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In | Workbook: Waiting on the LORD
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In | Workbook: Habakkuk, the Second Exodus, and the Great Deeds of God
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In | A Steadfast Companion in Judgment, Part 2
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In | "You Are the Unrighteous" Part 2
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Behind | Locating Habakkuk, Zephaniah and Joel
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Behind | Theophany
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In Front | Workbook: Questioning God
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In Front | Habakkuk and the Abused
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In Front | Uncle Tom's Cabin
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In Front | Workbook: Waiting on the LORD, Today
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Lesson FourJoel and Josiah24 Activities|2 Assessments
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: Joel
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In | A Symbol for Joel
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In | Workbook: Joel
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In | Locusts and the Day of the LORD
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In | The Plight of the People, Part 2
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In | Security and Success
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In | The Holy Spirit
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In | The Valley of Jehoshaphat
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In | Joel and the Prophets
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In | Workbook: Joel and the Prophets, Part 1
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In | Workbook: Joel and the Prophets, Part 2
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In | Workbook: Joel and the Prophets, Part 3
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In | Plentiful Future, Part 2
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Behind | Dating Joel
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Behind | Workbook: Locusts and Armies, Part 1
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Behind | Workbook: Locusts and Armies, Part 2
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Behind | The Reign of Josiah
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Behind | Josiah's Reforms and Revolt
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Behind | Josiah and the Superpowers
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In Front | Workbook: Your Greatest Fear
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In Front | Workbook: The Role and Responsibility of Elders
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In Front | Workbook: Guiding Questions - Nahum, Zephaniah, Habakkuk and Joel
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Lesson FiveInterpreting Prophecy34 Activities|7 Assessments
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Getting Started
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In | Workbook: Prophecy, Part 1
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In | Workbook: Prophecy, Part 2
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In | Workbook: Prophecy, Part 3
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In | Predictions, Prophecies, Promises, and Foreshadow
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In | Workbook: Different Kinds of Prophecy, Part 1
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In | Workbook: Different Kinds of Prophecy, Part 2
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In Front | The Variability of Prophecy
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In Front | Prophecy as an Arrow
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In Front | A Voice Calling Out: Arrow
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In Front | Son of Man: Telescope
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In Front | Prophecy as a Telescope
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In Front | Workbook: Psalm 22
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In Front | Psalm 22: Plant
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In Front | Prophecy as a Plant
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In Front | Workbook: The Reversal of Zebulun and Naphtali
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In Front | The Reversal of Zebulun and Naphtali: Plant
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In Front | Beasts of the Sea: Code
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In Front | Prophecy as a Code
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In Front | Prophecy as a River
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In Front | Workbook: The Fate of Nineveh: River
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In Front | The Fate of Nineveh
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In Front | Prophecy as a Bird
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In Front | Prophecy as Music
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In Front | The Prophecy Metaphors
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In Front | Interpreting Prophecy
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In Front | The 4 P's of Prophecy, Part 1
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In Front | Prophecy is Relational and Predictive
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In Front | Near, Future ... and Still Future Fulfillment
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In Front | Literal, Figurative and Symbolic
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In Front | Prophecy and Apocalyptic
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In Front | Workbook: Prophecy or Apocalyptic?
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In Front | Workbook: Reflection on Prophetic Literature
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Course Wrap-upCourse Completion1 Activity|1 Assessment
Participants 14
In | Nahum and the Exodus, Part 2
Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD swept the sea back by a strong east wind all night and turned the sea into dry land . . . The sons of Israel went through the midst of the sea on the dry land . . . Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea so that the waters may come back over the Egyptians, over their chariots and their horsemen.” . . . So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its normal state at daybreak, while the Egyptians were fleeing right into it; then the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. The waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen, even Pharaoh’s entire army that had gone into the sea after them; not even one of them remained.
Exodus 14:21-28 NASB
This passage in Exodus brings to mind similar imagery in Nahum 1:3-4:
And the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished.
In whirlwind and storm is His way,
And clouds are the dust beneath His feet.
He rebukes the sea and makes it dry;
He dries up all the rivers.
Bashan and Carmel wither;
The blossoms of Lebanon wither.
This imagery in Nahum recalls the chaos of the Red Sea, where God delivered His people by drying up various bodies of water. In each case the “guilty are punished” and the enemies of God’s people are destroyed. By using this language, Nahum is doing more than referencing the military tactics of Assyria; he’s also connecting Nineveh’s judgment with the judgment of Egypt so many generations before. He’s reminding the people that their God is the God of Moses who has a track record of redemption and covenant loyalty.