We know God is holy and loving and merciful, but is God also a God of Justice and Vengeance against wickedness? Yesterday we began looking at the words God was speaking to the people of Jerusalem and Jews everywhere in about the year 660bc, perhaps 30 years or so after old Isaiah the prophet had been executed by the Jewish King Manasseh. As we saw in 2 Chronicles 33:10,11 God had removed His hand of protection for wicked King Manasseh and an Assyrian attack force had entered Jerusalem and captured the Jewish king. These words describe the remarkable scene: “They took Manasseh prisoner, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon!”

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Today’s Scripture: Nahum 1:7-15. Choose below to read or listen.

Pastor Doug Anderson “Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, with our eyes fixed on Jesus…” (Heb. 12:1,2)

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24.11.14 “HOPE in the darkness?” (Nahum 1:7-15)