Both Johan and Ham prophesied to the capital city of Assyria in Nineveh. "In the time of Jonah, the people repented but not so in Nahum's time. By Nahum's time, however, Nineveh had become extremely wicked. Therefore, Nahum pronounced the Lord's burden upon the city. Nineveh had repented once and was saved but then forgot the lessons and slid back into wickedness. Oahu's message is still true, decadence ends in destruction. Although the Lord is 'slow to anger', He is also 'great in power', and His mercy shall not rob justice, but neither will HIs justice rob His mercy. The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knoweth them that trust in Him." (Nahum, a Poet Prophet, Rasmussen)
President Dallin H. Oaks taught: "We should never set ourselves up as judges of who is ready to hear the gospel and who is not. The Lord knows the hearts of all His children, and if we pray for inspiration, He will help us find persons He knows to be 'in preparation to hear the word.' (Alma 32:6)
The arbiter of truth is God not your favorite social media news feeds, not Google and certainly not those who have disaffected from the church. Many claim that truth is relative and that there's no such thing as divine law or a divine plan. Such a claim is simply not true. There is a difference between right and wrong. Truth is based upon laws God has established for the dependability, protection and nurturing of His children. Eternal laws operate in and affect each of our lives whether we believe in them or not. Sometimes we as leaders of the church are criticized for holding firm to the laws of God, defending the Savior's doctrine and resisting the pressures of our day. But our mission as ordained apostles is to go into all the world and to preach the Gospel unto every creature. That means we are to teach the truth. In doing so we are sometimes accused of being uncaring as we teach the requirements exaltation in the Celestial Kingdom. But wouldn't it be far more uncaring not to tell the truth, not to teach what God has revealed? It is precisely because we do deeply care about all of God's children that we proclaim His truth. We may not always tell people what they want to hear. Prophet are rarely popular, but we will always teach the truth. -President Russell M. Nelson
