Minor #26

Truth:
1. Whereas Jonah brought, or extended, God's salvation to Nineveh, Nahum brought God's judgment upon that sinful city.
2. In Nahum, we see both the fact and the cause of God's judgment on Nineveh.
3. Nahum means "comfort" and "avenge," signifying that Jehovah God comforts His elect, Israel, and avenges Israel of her enemy, Nineveh.
4. The cities of Babel and Nineveh were built by Nimrod and became the capitals of the nations of Babylon and Assyria.
5. The destruction of Nineveh is for the restoration of the excellency of Israel.
6. Gods wonderful preserving act was carried out by the locusts.  God used one kind of locusts to deal with another kind of locust in order to preserve Israel.

Minor #25

Truth:
1. Ch. 7 is about observation and expectation.  His observation involved a close study and examination of the condition and situation of God's people.  His expectation was related to his attempt to find something with which he could encourage himself.

2. Micah's praise here is centered not on the virtues of God's elect people but on God's attributes.  Such a praise is very comforting.

Life experience/Application:
1. Because contending is a matter of fighting by speaking, it is not pleasant for anyone involved.

2. From Micah's experience we should learn not to look at ourselves.  I will look for Jehovah; / I will wait for the God of my salvation.

Minor #24

Truth:
1. When Micah and the other prophets spoke concerning Christ, they were touching great things.  However, when they turned from Christ to their own observations regarding the condition and situation of God's people, they became small.

2. Both Micah and Amos observed that the people used one measure for buying and a different measure for selling and that their weights and balances were deceitful.

3. Christ is all-inclusive because He will be the Ruler, the Shepherd, and the peace of Israel, and He will also bring forth the seven shepherds and the eight princes.

Life experience/Application:
1. If we have an opinion or concept, that opinion or concept must be Christ.  We should have no heart to express our opinion.  

Minor #23

Truth:

1. The eating and drinking will be a kind of worship to God.
2. To work during those yearly feasts would have been an insult to God.  The people were only to rest, eat, drink, and enjoy their life before God.  Their eating and drinking were their worship to God.  According to the New Testament, at the Lord's table on the first day of the week, we put aside our work, we rest in the Lord, and we eat and drink Christ to enjoy Him and to let Him enjoy our satisfaction.
3. Christ's coming forth will be consummated when He throws Antichrist and the false prophet into the lake of fire, when Satan is cast into the abyss, and when Christ sets up His throne to reign as King.

Life experience/Application:

1. As our Ruler, He keeps us; as our Shepherd, He nourishes and cherishes us; and as our peace, He controls our environment so that we may enjoy Him.

Minor #22

Truth:
1. Micah means "Who is like Jah?"

2. The term Israel is used for two matters: the whole race of Israel and the northern kingdom of Israel.

3. In restoration, the sun's shining seven times brighter indicates that the produce of the earth will be 7 times richer than it is today.

4. In the age of restoration, "the mountains will drop down fresh win, / And the hills will flow with milk."

5. In the restoration there will be no merchants, no money, no buying and selling, no police stations, and no law courts.  Christ will be there as the source of the rich supply, as the inner law of life, and as everything for us to enjoy.

Minor #21

Truth:
1. Jonah in Hebrew means "dove".
2. Jonah was a prophet who turned from Israel to the Gentiles.  In this he was a type of Christ, who turned from Israel to the Gentiles.
3. Christ is revealed also in the type of Jonah's staying in the great fish three days and three nights.  This typifies Christ's staying in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

Life experience/Application:

1. God is not only the God of the Jews but also the God of all the nations.  Because the Jews responded to God wrongly, the Gentiles, not the Jews, became the first to enjoy God in His salvation.

Minor #20

Truth:
1. Obadiah means "the servant of Jehovah."

2. The victory of the Maccabees was a type of the victory Israel will gain immediately before the age of restoration.

Minor #19

Truth:
1. The "high places" were the places where Israel worshipped the idols on the mountains.
2. This prophecy in Amos indicates that one day Christ will come back to be the real David.  When Christ comes back, in His last appearing He will be the real David to restore His kingdom and His royal family.  That will be the millennial kingdom, in which all the nations will be called by the name of Jehovah, that is, all the nations will belong to God.

Life experience/Application:

1. Our lacking of the word of Jehovah is a kind of punishment from Jehovah.

2. In ancient times it was hard to separate the royal family from the kingdom.