Nahum’s Remarkable Prophecies

By Richie Cooley

Scattered throughout the small prophecy of Nahum are wonderful passages that speak of the first and second advents of Jesus Christ. This booklet provides a brief survey, and is written from a fundamental, futurist viewpoint.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Richie Cooley
• Release date: Sep 8, 2020
• ISBN: 9781005624132

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Nahum’s Remarkable Prophecies

by Richie Cooley

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Richie Cooley (2020; edited: May, 2022)

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Table of Contents

I. The Carnival Tent

II. Preliminaries

III. The Character of God

IV. The Fearful Day of Hashem

V. The Gospel

VI. Metal More Attractive

VII. Citations

VIII. Works by Me

Before getting started, let’s review a few notes that are common to my writings…

Bible Versions…

*(Apart from Nahum, which is my own translation) Old Testament Scripture is normally taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE® (NASB), copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.

*New Testament Scripture is normally taken from the Analytical-Literal Translation of the New Testament: Third Edition (ALT3). Copyright © 2007 by Gary F. Zeolla of Darkness to Light ministry. Previously copyrighted © 1999, 2001, 2005 by Gary Zeolla.

*For the sake of harmonizing the format, slight changes are sometimes made to the NASB and ALT3 verses.

*The ALT3 distinguishes between singular and plural second-person pronouns by means of an asterisk (*).

Writing Style…

*British spelling is often used, except for the quoted material, which normally employs U.S. spelling.

*The terms LORD, GOD, and Hashem are all ways to describe the personal name of God, also rendered as Yahweh or Jehovah.

*Divine pronouns are normally not capitalized, unless they appear that way in Bible versions or other quotes.

*As a general rule, words that appear in brackets within quotes are not found in the original texts, and were added by the translators or are my personal comments, etc.

I. The Carnival Tent

Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury is an incredibly underrated book. Part of the reason may be that Bradbury’s prose is a bit coloratura. He was very effusive with his adjectives and adverbs. That has a tendency to run contrary to modern literary tastes.

It is a great read though.

It is half fantasy, half morality-tale. The fantasy aspect is facilitated by a motley, sinister circus crew; they have been doomed, and are seeking to bring similar sordid souls into their company. Their proffered temptation consists of a merry-go-round which has the supernatural ability to multiply or diminish the years of one’s life. Being a middle-aged person struggling with that great, tireless, ancient grizzly bear—the novel certainly glows with near heavenly brilliance to me.

The most meaningful moral point which is made has to do with the desires of the townsfolk. Chiefly, there is a young, rascally fellow who is in a rush to grow up, as well as a handful of older people in mourning over their lost, winsome vigour. Caught in the middle of these misguided desires are the two protagonists: young Will and his wise—albeit doleful—father…

‘Then, Dad,’ asked Will, ‘why aren’t you happy?’

‘The front lawn at…let’s see…one-thirty in the morning…is no place to start a philosophical…’

‘I just wanted to know is all.’

There was a long moment of silence. Dad sighed.

Dad took his arm, walked him over and sat him down on the porch steps, relit his pipe. Puffing, he said, ‘All right. Your mother’s asleep. She doesn’t know we’re out here with our tomcat talk. We can go on. Now, look, since when did you think being good meant being happy?’

‘Since always.’

‘Since now learn otherwise. Sometimes the man who looks happiest in town, with the biggest smile, is the one carrying the biggest load of sin. There are smiles and smiles; learn to tell the dark variety from the light. The seal-barker, the laugh-shouter, half the time he’s covering up. He’s had his fun and he’s guilty. And men do love sin,