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Two Tales of One City

Explore the contrasting fates of Nineveh in the time of Jonah and Nahum, reflecting on repentance, righteousness, and the dual nature of God's goodness and severity. Discover how individual relationships with God and the consequences of pride and judgment shape nations and individuals.

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Two Tales of One City

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  1. Two Tales of One City The Nineveh of Jonah and the Nineveh of Nahum

  2. Two Tales of One City The Nineveh of Nahum ( 660 B.C. ) The Nineveh of Jonah ( 760 B.C. ) 100 Years Received Preaching Turned from Wickedness Refused Preaching Remained in Wickedness Spared by God’s Goodness Punished by God’s Wrath

  3. Lessons Learned • Preaching the truth convicts the repentant heart (Jonah 3:4-9; Mt. 12:41; Lk. 11:32) • Repentance shows itself in fruits (Jonah 3:10; Acts 26:20) • God is longsuffering, not wishing that any should perish (Jonah 3:10; 4:1-2,11; 2 Pet. 3:9; Rev. 2:21) • Righteousness exalts a nation; but sin is a reproach (Jonah 3:4,10; Prov. 14:34)

  4. Lessons Learned • God has two sides: goodness and severity … mercy for the repentant Nineveh of Jonah (3:10) and wrath for the unrepentant Nineveh of Nahum (1:2-8; Rom. 2:5; 11:22; 12:19-21; Heb. 10:30-31; 12:29) • Each generation must have an individual relationship with God; no one’s spiritual life can be handed off to another (compare the repentant Nineveh of Jonah 3:5-9 with the wicked Nineveh of Nahum 1:9-15; 3:19)

  5. Lessons Learned • Pride goes before a fall (Nahum 2:1-13; Isa. 10:5-14) • God controls and judges all nations, not just his own people (Nahum 3:1-13; Zeph. 2:13-15; Acts 17:31) • Where are you in your relationship with God? God will change to meet your change?

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