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The sermon explores the prophet Nahum's message to both Nineveh and Judah around 630 BC, over a century after Jonah's ministry. While the people of Judah had watched Assyria grow into a terrifying world power that destroyed the northern kingdom and threatened their own survival, Nahum declared that God's patience was coming to an end. This passage teaches us that God's love includes fierce justice against evil, patient storage of wrath until an appointed day, and faithful protection of those who take refuge in Him. Most significantly, Nahum points forward to the coming of one singular herald who would bring the ultimate good news—Jesus Christ, the promised Seed through whom God's salvation would reach all nations.