Nahum Review

As we look at the lessons learned from Nahum, the first is that just because one generation repents and turns to God doesn't mean that the coming generations are secure in their relationship to God.  The city of Nineveh had escaped destruction earlier because the people had honestly repented and turned to God, but the coming generations did not continue to follow God.  We may call ourselves a Christian nation today, but being a Christian nation cannot be based on how preceding generations believed and lived in relationship to God.  Unless the majority of the current generation are followers of Christ, then we cannot be a true Christian nation.  Next, though Nineveh was still a thriving city, their days of wealth and power were soon to end. We today may still be a rich and powerful nation, but unless we are living by God's standards, we can be certain that this will not last.  Even if we are still a rich and powerful nation when Christ returns, those things attained outside of God's will can never last.  Next, we see that those who are called God's people cannot find security outside of following His will, and those who do not claim to be God's people certainly cannot.  Nineveh felt secure in their alliances, but they found out that it was a false security.  We today may feel secure in our national strength and alliances, but if we are not following God's will, then we also have a false security.  We also see that allowing the worship of idols led to God destroying not only those who worshipped them, but also the idols themselves.  The things that people worship instead of God today will ultimately be totally destroyed.