REFUGE IN THE DAY OF TROUBLE
And yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, neither will I abhor [detest] them, to destroy them utterly, and to break My covenant with them; for I am the LORD their God.’ Leviticus 26:44 The destruction of the Assyrians is that final step of war which YHW Y will one day bring about, destroying the weapons of war, or bu rning them upon the battlefield, as Isaiah predicted ( Psalm 9:5 , Isaiah 2:4 , Micah 4:3 ; Zechariah 9:10 . ) This week I was shown The Book of Nahum is not a distant history of ancient Assyria but a high-definition blueprint of how —the Divine—deconstructs a world that has turned from its Creator. I have studied the wickedness of the Assyrians [ steps ] many times, but it wasn’t until I received a vision by The Lord that I began to associate T he Book of Nahum with the process. The Assyrian Empire was given a reprieve during Jonah’s generation (c. 760 BC). However, by Nahum’s generation (c. 630 BC),...
