Assyria was a very powerful nation,their capital was Nineveh , most Christians know the story of the reluctant prophet Jonah whom God sent to Nineveh to warn them, that judgement was coming because of their great wickedness. The result was they believed the prophet,and turned from their sinful ways and sought God's forgiveness,and God forgave ,and did not judge them.But sad to say that didn't last for long instead of things getting better things got worse.God raised up another prophet,who proclaimed ,that judgement was coming,his name was Nahum.As one writer declares,' For perhaps a hundred or more years God had continued to be patient,to no avail,again the historians tells us ,' Nineveh has been called 'the concentrated centre of evil in the ancient world'.It is Gordon Bridger who writes ,'If we persist in rejecting God and His Word,He gives us over to sin and judgement.' He further says,God is very patient. Justice will be done,and reminds us
'Tho' the mills of God grind slowly
Yet they grind exceeding small'
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