What is the encouraging element in the Book of Nahum? Because you can see that God's justice will come, and all these enemies will pass away, and most decidedly God takes careful note of all of the enemies of Zion, we lift up our heads. This is for us in our age. All the great ideological, theological and other enemies will be dealt with by God in due time.
Chapter 3 is a description of the worthlessness of this society which must be destroyed. It is a picture first of the frantic preparations of the Ninevites to take a pitch against God, and that's what society is doing today. Nineveh was one big assault on the notion of God. Her buildings were meant to celebrate human power and achievement. ‘We can be secure; we can be fulfilled without God.’ In every sector of society today, there is this tremendous promotion of man and the human spirit, elevation of ourselves. It is all meant to eclipse the idea that there is a God, to squeeze out any room for God and his worship. Instead, it is the worship of man, the celebration of man, the exalting of man. That is Nineveh, and it is the society that we live in today. The time will come, says chapter 3, when it will be too late to repent, when God will say, ‘Enough’, and the final judgment will come. It is a book of mercy for those who flee. But you have to flee. You can't make a small adjustment and find some other refuge in a different city. You must flee from the world entirely and come to the Lord. A person who flees leaves everything behind.