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I. The Righteous Reminders (1/2)   - This comes right after men CALLED ON THE NAME OF THE LORD! II. The Scriptural Significances (3/32) It is a…   1.  Historic timeline    2.  Holy line - connecting to the Future Seed; Genesis 4 & 5; I Chronicles 1:1-27; Matthew 1:1-17; Luke 3:23-38.   3.  Harsh line (the reign of death) - “and he died”; Romans 3:23; 6:23; Genesis 2:15-17; Hebrews 9:22; John 11:25-26; I Cor 15:20-28, 50-58   4.  Hopeful line (the way of life; 18/24) - Enoch “walked” with God; Enoch “pleased” God (Hebrews 11) - physical death doesn’t mean there can’t be spiritual life!   5.  Help line (28/32) - Noah 120 years (Rescue) - references to Noah (52x in OT (36 in Genesis alone; 8x in NT); ISAIAH 54 (v. 10); EZEKIEL 14:12-23MATTHEW 24:37-38 (Luke 17:26-27); Luke 3:36; Hebrews 11:7; I Peter 3:20; II Peter 2:25

I. The Parallels of Nahum to Jonah  1. Just as Jonah declared that God is long suffering and gracious (4:2), so Nahum acknowledged divine grace while affirming the Lord is also jealous and avenging (1:3). 2. In Jonah, God appointed a storm and then calmed the sea (1:4, 15-16; 2:10-3:5), and in Nahum, God directed the rivers to flood Nineveh in order to destroy the city (1:8; 2:6). 3. In Jonah, God allowed the prophet to reach dry land (2:10), and in Nahum, God rebuked the sea and made it dry in judgment (1:4). 4. In Jonah, the common people were spared (3:5-10), but in Nahum, all the people were scattered (1:2; 3:18). 5. In Jonah, the message reached the king, and he repented (3:5-10), but in Nahum, God addresses the king and describes his demise (3:18-19). 6. In Jonah, both the sailors and the prophet offered vows to God (1:16; 2:9), so Nahum called Israel to pay their vows and give praise to the Lord for His judgment (1:15). 7. In Jonah, the book ends with a question (4:11), so the Book of Nahum ends with a question (3:19). The only two books in the Bible that do that. BTW - They are two very different questions!  8. Nahum’s description of the Ninevites mourning at the fall of their city intended to evoke the prophet Jonah and his hopeful mission. Nahum described the woman moaning like doves (2:7), that is what Jonah’s name means (“dove”). Nahum means “comfort,” and he was true to his name, for God comforts those decimated by the evil of others. I.  The RISE of Assyria (History) II. The RESCUE of Assyria(Jonah) III. The FALL of Assyria (Babylon) •  The Character of God  = Exodus 34 (again) - Jonah 4:2; Joel 2:13; Nahum 1:4 = Sin must be punished (“guilty”) = Wrath & Grace - “The Lord is good” - Psalm 1:5; 9:16; 19:9 (NASB); 36:6; 51:4; 105:5; 119:120  •  The Judgment of God  = against Assyria (by Babylon)  = against Babylon (by Persia) = against Persia (by Greece) = against Greece (by Rome) •  The Comfort of God  = for Judah  = until Babylon (587 BC) = Then Ezra, Nehemiah, Haggai, Zechariah, & Malachi  = Comfort in the Bible - II Thess. 1:5-12; Revelation 11:15-18

III. The Faith moving forward -    •  The First Statement of Faith -    •  The Kingdom of man vs.   •  The Kingdom of God (25/26)   1.  Adam & Eve had a third son    2.  Seth had a son (Enosh) -    3.  At this time people began to call on the name of of the Lord     •  The Name of the Lord - All we do we do for His Name / for His glory / for His honor       •  Highlight those who called on the name of the Lord:     •  Lowlight first - Gen. 11:4     •  Abram/Abraham - Gen. 12:8; 21:33     •  Moses - Deut. 4:7; 28:10     •  David - II Samuel 6:2     •  Elijah - I Kings 18:23-26     •  Solomon - II Chronicles 7:14     •  Daniel - 9:16-19      •  Joel 2:32 (Acts 2:21; Ro 10:13)   •  You must CALL ON HIS NAME to be saved: Luke 24:44-47; John 3:16-18; 20:31; Acts 2:16-21; 4:7-12; Romans 10:9-13; I Cor. 6:9-11; I John 5:13-14   •  You must CALL ON HIS NAME in baptism: Mt. 28:18-19; Acts 19:4-5   •  CALL ON HIS NAME in praise: Luke 19:36-40; Heb 13:15   •  CALL ON HIS NAME in prayer: Mt. 6:9; John 15:16   •  CALL ON HIS NAME to be a missionary: III John 7   •  CARE ABOUT HIS NAME to fight off division in His Church - I Cor. 1:10-13   •  CALL ON HIS NAME even when persecuted: Acts 5:41; 21:13; I Peter 4:14   •  CARE ABOUT HIS NAME in all that you do: Col. 3:17   •  You can’t CALL ON HIS NAME when living in sin: II Tim. 2:19   •  All will one day CALL ON HIS NAME - Phil. 2:9-11

Reading: James 1:19-27 IV. The Lord - Chapter 4 1. Jonah is angry at God 2. Jonah prays to God 3. Jonah’s prayer is a praise to God: Exodus 34:6-7; Psalm 103:8; Joel 2:13; *Nahum 1:3 • You are gracious • You are merciful • You are slow to anger • You are abounding in steadfast love • You relent from disaster = Jonah had the words of Moses, of David, of Joel but he didn’t have their hearts = We should be like God - Proverbs 14:29; 15:18; 16:32; 19:11; James 1:19-20 https://bibleproject.com/videos/character-of-god-compassion/

- Chapter 3 started the snowball rolling downhill / Started the dominoes knocking down God’s original design and purpose one after another. • Secular means “worldly”; “earthly” rather than sacred and spiritual  • In Worship - Cain then Babel then Nicodemus - Jesus converts the religious into the righteous (many need the clarity of the Scriptures)  • In Marriage - monogamy was the foundation of God’s plan - the opponents of God say monogamy is a late reality. It was the first and the foundational  • The Technological, Agricultural, & In Musical - advancing yes but it’s not progressing when you leave God out of the equation  • Psalm 73:1-17 (prospering) • General Douglas MacArthur wanted to send missionaries and Bibles to Japan asap - something would fill that void.   • Here we see 2 Kingdoms being established & developed  - The Righteous vs The Religious:  • Hypocrisy, Apostasy, Worship  • True, False, & Vain Worship I. The Faith of the firstborn  II. The Folly of vain worship  • Cain’s Offering - I Jn 3:10-12 • Balaam’s Bribe (Numbers 22) • Korah’s Rebellion (Numbers 16); Dathan & Abiram)  • Judas  I. The Kingdom of man - The Cainites 1. He started a family (17) -  2. He built a city (18) - Enoch 3. His family multiplied (19) 4. Lamech violated God’s marriage law (2:24)  5. Lamech’s wives (20-24) • Adah - Jabal (father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock - herding and breeding); Jubal (father of all those who play the lyre & pipe - string and wind instruments. • Zillah - Tubal-Cain (forger of all instruments of bronze and iron (metallurgy); His sister was Naamah  II. The Kingdom of God (25/26) 1. Adam & Eve had a third son (Seth) - God gave after Cain took! Luke 3:38 2. Seth had a son (Enosh) -  3. At this time people began to call on the name of the Lord. • God’s people built cities   • God’s people invented things • God’s people help advance civilizations  • God’s people did it for God - In Philippians 3:17-21 Paul says “our citizenship is in Heaven”; in 1 Peter 1:1 Peter calls God’s people exiles/aliens  4. The Name of the Lord - All we do we do for His Name / for His glory / for His honor  5. Not many people mentioned. Not much information given. It won’t be long before the number of those who truly call on the Lord is fewer than 10. Only 8 got in the Ark. Only Enoch & Noah called men of God till chapter 12! 6. Not long after the flood will be the massive project to build the Tower of Babel - “to get to heaven without the help of God”. We continually see 2 kingdoms clashing - 2 kingdoms in conflict. Today! • You must CALL ON HIS NAME to be saved: Luke 24:44-47; John 3:16-18; 20:31; Acts 2:21; 2:38; 4:7-12; 8:12; Romans 10:9-13; I Cor. 6:9-11; I John 5:13 • You must CALL ON HIS NAME in baptism: Matthew 28:18-19; Acts 19:4-5 • You must CALL ON HIS NAME in praise: Lk 19:38; Heb 13:15 • You must CALL ON HIS NAME in prayer: Mt. 6:9; John 15:16 • You must CALL ON HIS NAME to be a missionary: III John 7 • You must CARE ABOUT HIS NAME to fight off division in His Church - I Cor. 1:10 • You must CALL ON HIS NAME even when persecuted: Acts 5:41; 21:13; I Peter 4:14 • You must CARE ABOUT HIS NAME in all that you do: Col. 3:17 • You can’t CALL ON HIS NAME when living in sin: II Tim. 2:19 • All will CALL ON HIS NAME one day: Phil. 2:9-11 • The NAME OF GOD and the judgment of mankind: II Thess. 1:5-12

Reading: Matthew 5:38-48 (It rains on the just and the unjust - bc of God’s love) The Covenant w/ God - A light to the nations (Isaiah 49:5-7) The Outline of Jonah: • The Refusal • The Rescue • The Recommissioning • The Revival/Regret I. The Sailors - Chapter 1 1. Crisis on the sea (4) 2. Prayer to Yahweh (14) 3. Delivered from the storm (15) 4. Sacrifice & vows to God (16) II. The Prophet - Chapter 2 1. Crisis in the sea (3-6a) 2. Prayer to Yahweh (2, 7) 3. Delivered from drowning (6b) 4. Sacrifice & vows to God (9) III. The Assyrians - Chapter 3 1. The Word of the Lord (1-2) 2. The Walk of the prophet (3) 3. The Warning of the Lord (4) 4. The Repentance (5-8) 5. The Reasoning (9) 6. The Relenting (10)

The pockets are grace from Genesis 3 can’t hide the horrible effects of sin on humanity seen in Genesis 4. The (Wrong) Way of Cain / Genesis 4:1-16 / 09-5/6-2026 - The Righteous vs The Religious Hypocrisy is doing the Devil’s work in God’s uniform (MH) Apostasy is… True, False, & Vain worship I. Fleeting Joy of the firstborn   1.  Eve credited God (positive) -   2.  Cain worked the ground -   3.  Cain brought an offering to the Lord (act of worship)   4.  God accepted Abel’s offering but rejected Cain’s offering   5.  Cain is angry & his face fell (internal / external reaction)   6.  The Lord warns Cain - 2nd example of bib counseling (first was Gen 3:9-11)   7.  Cain kills Abel - v. 8   8.  Cain lies to God - v. 9   9.  God curses Cain - vv. 10-12   10.  Cain questions his consequences - vv. 13-14   11.  God protects Cain - example   12.  Cain leaves God’s presence II. Lineage of Hypocrisy/Apostasy   1.  Cain - Jude 1:8-13   ⁃  Cain’s Offering - I Jn 3:10-12   ⁃  Balaam’s Bribe (the donkey) - Numbers 22:7, 22-35   ⁃  Korah’s Rebellion (the ground) - Numbers 16:1-50 (Dathan & Abiram) vv. 1-5 (v. 3) -   ⁃  Judas (the box & the kiss) -   2.  Israel - Isaiah 29:13   3.  Pharisees - Mark 7:6-7 TFV   4.  Judas - The Hypocrisy (nard); The Kiss (betrayal) - “on the night He was betrayed took   5.  bread”); The Anguish “wept bitterly” as did Peter after three denials - II Cor 7:10); Mt   6.  26:47-50   7.  Peter exposes them - I Peter 2:4-8; II Peter 2:1-22;   8.  Paul exposes them - I Timothy 1:6-7; 4:1-5; 5:8; 6:3-5, 9-10; II Timothy 3:1-9; 4:1-5   9.  The Writer of Hebrews 11:3-4 (BY FAITH we believe God created the universe & BY FAITH   10.  Abel offered God a commendable & righteous sacrifice. His offering still speaks to the   11.  faithful today! + John 3:16-20

• The Reluctance of Jonah  • The Rescue of Jonah  • The Repentance at Sea  • The Repentance at Nineveh • The Revival in Nineveh  • The Reasoning of Jonah  • The Heart of God - Matthew 5:43-45; Matthew 12:38-41; Romans 5-1-11 • The Harshness of Jonah    = The Gospel Picture (3 days)   = The Judgment of Jerusalem  • God CAN make you do something you don’t want to do —  • From Joppa (Tel Aviv, Israel) to Nineveh (Mosul, Iraq) • The Major Prophets (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel)  • The Minor Prophets (Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, JONAH, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi (a third category?)  • The Messed Up Prophet - there’s no other prophet like Jonah (Thank goodness) I. The Focus of Jonah is: 1. God - judgment and mercy; The influence of Moses and Joel (Exodus 34:6-7; Joel 2:12-14); Jonah knew the words of Moses & Joel but lacked their heart  2. Jonah - selfish, heartless, & w/out humility  3. Sailors (pagans) - humility, repentance, & faith  4. Assyrians (enemies) - humility, repentance, & faith  II. The Foolishness of Jonah -  1. Running from God (Adam)  2. Acknowledging God (Creator) 3. Hoping for death  4. Being reassigned  5. Picture of a pathetic prophet - unlike God’s other prophets  III. The Frustration of Jonah -  1. Fleeing in chapter 1  2. Praying in chapter 2 3. Preaching in chapter 3 4. Picturing God as gracious 4:2 5. Venting in chapter 4

Read: Luke 24:13-27 (Don’t miss Jesus!) • Once you see Jesus in the NT, He becomes easy to find in the OT; II Corinthians 4:3-4: AND EVEN IF OUR GOSPEL IS VEILED, IT IS VEILED TO THOSE WHO ARE PERISHING. IN THEIR CASE, THE GOD OF THIS WORLD HAD BLINDED THE MINDS OF THE UNBELIEVERS TO KEEP THEM FROM SEEING THE LIGHT OF THE GOSPEL OF THE GLORY OF CHRIST, WHO IS THE IMAGE OF GOD = Genesis 3:15-24 (Reveals clues of the Savior; Exposes the consequences of the sinner) GENDER/NATURE/CONQUERER - Psalm 2:6-7, 12; Prov 30:4; Isaiah 7:14; Isaiah 9:6-7; Gal. 4:4; I John 3:5, 8 1. The Hurt of Mankind: God reveals Retaliatory Justice! • Adam & Eve sinned by eating and will now have to toil to eat • Adam & Eve rejected God’s role for them so the battle for control of the marriage begins • Satan sought to destroy the human race against God yet a special Human will destroy him - I Jn 3:8, …THE REASON THE SON OF GOD APPEARED WAS TO DESTROY THE WORKS OF THE DEVIL. 2. The Hope of Mankind: God reveals Gracious Provisions. A Redeemer is coming v. 15; Eve is the mother of the living, not the dying v. 20; Adam & Eve are covered by an acceptable sacrifice (remembrance vs removal from Heb. 10) v. 21; God keeps Adam & Eve out of the Garden v. 24; Death provides an escape to the sinful fallen world; Psalm 116:15; Romans 5:12-21; I Corinthians 15:45-49; embedded in the curse; someone will break the curse by becoming the curse; Isaiah 61:10 • Heb 9:22, • Heb 9:27-28, • Communion: We have always been saved by faith. We will always be saved by faith - • Hebrews 11:1-7 (29 of 40 verses deal with only characters in Genesis and Exodus)

1.) God’s greatness (v.1-6) 2.) God’s goodness (v.7-10) 3.) God’s glory (v.11-13) 4.) God’s government (v.14-17) 5.) God’s grace (v.18-21) Takeaways: 1.) We should praise God more than we actually do. 2.) It truly is overwhelming how much God has done for us. 3.) As the Redeemed say so, let praise be on our mind, hearts, and lips.

Reading: John 8:31-58 4 Questions from Genesis 3: (1) Who is this serpent? (2) Where did he come from? (3) Why is he in the garden? (4) What is he up to since then? Demonology & Deity of Christ: 1. Jesus REMOVED DEMONS  2. Jesus SILENCED DEMONS -  3. Jesus TORMENTS DEMONS -  4. Jesus SAW SATAN FALL - Luke 10:17-20 (not surprised by the disciples power over the enemy); Jer. 9:23-24 (humility in holy power) 5. Jesus DISMISSES SATAN - Matthew 4:9-10 (after third temptation); Luke 4:13 6. Jesus REVEALS SATANIC INFLUENCE (to Peter)  7. Jesus DISARMED Satan on the cross - Col. 2:13-15 8. Paul REVEALS demonic strategy - II Corinthians 2:10-11; 11:12-15; Ephesians 6:10-18 9. Peter REVEALS demonic strategy - I Peter 5:1-11 Context of shepherding - Psalm 23:1-6; Proverbs 27:23; Matthew 9:35-38 Context of suffering  Context of future glory -  Context of oversight  Context of setting example - Context of future rewards -    = Call to submitting   = Call to humility    = Call to trusting (worry)   = Call to sober-mindedness    = Call to watchfulness    = Call to awareness - devouring    = Call to resist - like James 4:7   = Call to firmness of faith  + The Promise of restoration  + The Promise of confirmation  + The Promise of strength  + The Promise of being est     > The Focus is on God - v. 11 10. James REVEALS demonic faith 2:19 and victory in spiral warfare - James 4:7

1.) What the Psalmist Learned (v.1-18) 2.) The Request - David prays after learning (v.19-24) Takeaways: 1.) The vastness and thoroughness of God should comfort us. 2.) All we have and all we are before God is open to Him. 3.) Knowing this, why would we ever want to escape from God?

Demonology & Deity of Christ (They actually go together - “I saw Satan fall”) There is unbridled arrogance and enormous egos when beings created by God are given incredible authority. Lucifer is the poster child of rebellion against God, but a few have followed his steps in their massive pride. Pride goes before the fall! Two kings and one common pattern: • Isaiah 14 - The king of Babylon • Ezekiel 28 - The king of Tyre (Isaiah 51:3; Ezekiel 31:8-9; 36:35) Demonology & The Deity of Christ: 1. Jesus REMOVED DEMONS - Mark 9:25-27 2. Jesus SILENCED DEMONS - Mark 1:21-28; Luke 4:38-41 3. Jesus TORMENTS DEMONS - Luke 8:26-39 4. Jesus SAW SATAN FALL - Luke 10:17-20 (not surprised by the disciples' power over the enemy) 5. Jesus DISMISSES SATAN - Matthew 4:9-10 (after third temptation); Luke 4:13 6. Jesus REVEALS SATANIC INFLUENCE (to Peter) - Matthew 16:21-23 7. Jesus DISARMED Satan on the cross - Colossians 2:13-15 8. Paul reveals demonic strategy - II Corinthians 2:10-11; 4:2-6; 11:1-15 9. Peter reveals demonic strategy - I Peter 5:8 10. James reveals victory in spiritual warfare - James 4:7 * Scripture reveals the application - What do we do knowing about the dangerous and deceptive enemy? - Ephesians 6:10-20

1.) The Worship of God (v.1-3) 2.) The Wonder of God (v.4-6) 3.) The Wisdom of God (v. 7-9) 4.) Our Response (v.10)