by Audun | Last updated Mar 8, 2024 | Prophets
As we read through the OT, we may begin to question the way God does things, and indeed Habakkuk does too. His questions are also relevant to the so-called “problem of evil”, i.e., if God is good and all-powerful, why doesn’t he stop evil? Is it...
by Audun | Last updated Mar 8, 2024 | Prophets
Introduction Nahum is one of the least known books in the Bible, but it has a great message: God will judge Nineveh, the capital of Assyria, and the greatest empire of that time will fall. Jonah went to Nineveh, and then they repented, but now perhaps 150 years have...
by Audun | Last updated Apr 29, 2024 | Prophets
Micah lived approximately at the same time as Isaiah in the latter half of the 8th century and is somewhat in a special position because he has a message for both the northern kingdom and the southern kingdom. He focuses on evil among the people in general, but...
by Audun | Last updated Mar 8, 2024 | Prophets
INTRODUCTION Jonah is also mentioned in 2 Kings 14:25, which tells us that Jonah lived at the same time as Jeroboam II (793-753 BC). He was thus a historical person, and Jesus also refers to the inhabitants of Nineveh as historical persons (Matthew 12:41). In...
by Audun | Last updated Mar 8, 2024 | Prophets
Introduction Obadiah is the shortest book in the Old Testament, and it is about God’s judgment on Edom, one of Israel’s neighboring countries that was located in today’s Jordan. We saw a small hint of this in Lamentations 4:21-22, where it says that...
