The prophet Nahum writes about the Lord’s judgment against the Assyrian city of Nineveh (Nahum 1:1-2). In the context of Nahum’s inspired writing he penned the following statement: “The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet” (Nahum 1:3). The Lord is most certainly a God of patience and He is very longsuffering not willing that any should perish, but that all would come to repentance (II Peter 3:9). However,...
