Nahum 1:7-8

In Him, with Him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit… we are preserved until the Lord returns. We are safe in His righteousness not ours.

Because we know that the Lord is good, we can endure the tribulations of life.

How does the mood of the Book of Nahum accord with the sentiment of the Sermon on the Mount? Although the Lord Jesus certainly spoke of loving one’s enemies, He strongly warned of the inevitability of judgment. He said that “all who take the sword will perish by the sword” (Matthew  26:52). If ever the words of Jesus concerning the sure destruction of those who live by violence had a direct application, it was to Nineveh. In the conquest of the ancient world, the Assyrians were merciless and cruel.. In many ways, the Book of Nahum is a theology of the maxim of the sword. Nineveh had an international reputation for bloodthirsty acts of repression, destruction, and wantonness. God could not be good if He failed to call such an evil nation to account. The theology of the Book of Nahum is a theology of the goodness of God in bringing about the final destruction of those who oppose His will and abuse His people.

Nahum 1:7-8

⁷    The Lord is good,

A stronghold in the day of trouble;

And He knows those who trust in Him.

⁸     But with an overflowing flood

He will make an utter end of its place,

And darkness will pursue His enemies.

⁸ Good and upright is the Lord; Therefore He teaches sinners in the way. 

Psalm 25:8

³⁹ But the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord; He is their strength in the time of trouble. 

Psalm 37:39

⁴⁰ And the Lord shall help them and deliver them; He shall deliver them from the wicked, And save them, Because they trust in Him. 

Psalm 37:40

⁵ For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting, And His truth endures to all generations. 

Psalm 100:5

²⁵ The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, To the soul who seeks Him. 

Lamentations 3:25

¹⁴ I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own. 

John 10:14

¹⁹ Nevertheless the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity.” 

2 Timothy 2:19