About 40 years after Jonah prophesied to the Ninevites (or Assyrians) telling them to repent and they did (atleast for that day) but it was short lived repentance. They are at it again. Their power and wickedness has overthrown much land which included the Northern Kingdom of the Israelites. The Israelites in the Northern Kingdom were taken into captivity and dispersed all over in various places where the Assyrians ruled.
It was a hard time for God's people. Yet before it happened to them they were not without warnings! God warned them over and over. They had His word and priests even prophets but they did not listen. They chose to persist in sin. They again, broke God's heart. He had to discipline them. God loves us so much He will not allow us to remain in our sin. Even so before the foundation of the world was laid God knew that Jesus would need to make the once and for all sacrifice for our sin. This plan was in place at the proper time which we get to look back on.
Let us learn from our past. May we heed God's warning and instruction. May we walk like people who are loved. Those that know they are delighted in run toward the things that please God. Let us be that kind of people.
For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope. (Romans 15:4 NIV)
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