Nahum~ last prophet God sent to Nineveh to pronounce God's revenge upon them & to comfort Judah

The next picture we see in this great hall of faith, is that of Nahum. Nahum was an Elkoshite, who is believed to be from Judah. Nahum's name means full of compassion or comforter. This is interesting as his job was to preach against the city of Nineveh, which was the capital of Assyria.He did this before they were carried off into captivity. He was not sent to encourage them but to tell them of a couple of things that he had against them.

 1. Was that since they had not stayed with the real God that Jonah had preached to them of, but turned to other gods (Nahum 1).

 2. Was that they had attacked Judah ( Nahum 1; 2 Kings 18:13-19; Is. 36-37).

But Nineveh was not who Nahum was comforting. He was comforting those from Judah. He did this when he prophesied of how God would unleash His vengeance upon Nineveh (Nahum 2:11-12) destroying the city (Nahum 3). This was a great comfort to those in Judah since the city of Nineveh was considered an impregnable city. But this prophecy did come true as we see it destroyed in Zephaniah 2:13. Nahum also spoke of  how God would deliver Judah (Nahum 3:1; 1:13-15). This too would bring comfort to Judah and gave them something to hold on to when times where hard.

I believe that it takes great faith to walk into the enemy's city and proclaim such judgement upon them, and that is why I believe that Nahum's picture hangs in this great hall of faith.