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NEW HEAVEN - NINEVEH

NEW HEAVEN. The Bible says there will be a new NINEVE. Same as Nineveh (Lk. 11:32). [See
heaven and a new earth following the final judgment of Nineveh.]
the unsaved (Re. 21:1). [See Heaven, Prophecy.] NINEVEH. Nineveh, the capital of Assyria, was
NEW JERUSALEM. The eternal city of the redeemed situated on the eastern bank of the river Tigris, opposite
(Re. 21-22). [See Heaven.] the present Mosul, about 280 miles north of Babylon,
NEW MAN. (1) The sinless spiritual nature God gives and 400 N.E. of Damascus. It was very ancient, having
the Christian (Ep. 4:24; Col. 3:10). (2) The body of been founded by Asshur, an associate of Nimrod, in the
Christ, the church (Ep. 2:15). days of the Tower of Babel (Ge. 10:11). In the latter
NEW TESTAMENT. The second of the two major time of Israel’s kingdom, Nineveh was a great city.
sections of the Bible. The N.T. begins with the book of “Strabo says that it was much larger than Babylon, the
Matthew and contains 27 books. It describes the birth of circuit of which he estimates at 385 furlongs; and,
Jesus Christ, His life, death, resurrection, and ascension according to Diodorus Siculus, it extended about 20
to heaven. It also contains the teachings Christ has given miles long, 12 broad, and 60 in compass. This agrees
His Apostles for the churches, as well as prophecies of with the account given in Jonah of its being “an
the end of this age. Testament means covenant or exceeding great city of three days’ journey.” It was
agreement. The N.T. tells of God’s covenant of eternal surrounded by large walls 100 feet high, so broad that
salvation through Jesus Christ with those who believe three chariots could drive abreast on them, and
(He. 9:15; Mt. 26:26-28). [See Bible, Covenant, defended by 1500 towers 200 feet in height (Treasury)
Gospel.] (Ge. 10:11, 12; 2 Ki. 19:36; Is. 37:37; Jon. 1:2; 3:2-7;
NEZIAH (victory, strong). Ezr. 2:54. Nahum; Zep. 2-3; Mt. 12:41).
The following is from Christian Evidences: Fulfilled
NEZIB (military station). Jos. 15:43. Bible Prophecy by Alexander Keith, originally published
NEBHAZ (high). 2 Ki. 17:31. by A. Balfour and Co. Edinburgh, 1831:
NIBHAZ (2 Ki. 17:31). [See Idolatry.] “To a brief record of creation, of the antediluvian
NIBSHAN (equal, to change). Jos. 15:62. world, and of the dispersion and the different
NICANOR (conqueror of men, victorious). Ac. 6:5. settlements of mankind after the deluge, the Scriptures
NICODEMUS (conqueror of the people, victorious). of the Old Testament add a full and particular history of
A leading Pharisee who came to Jesus by night (Jn. 3) the Hebrews for the space of fifteen hundred years,
and later believed on Christ (Jn. 7:25-44). He helped in from the days of Abraham to the era of the last of the
the burial of Jesus (Jn. 19:38-42). Though Nicodemus prophets. While the historical part of Scripture thus
was a pious and sincere religious leader, Jesus told him, traces, from its origin, the history of the world, the
“Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born prophecies give a prospective view which reaches to its
again, he cannot see the kingdom of God” (Jn. 3:3). [See end. And it is remarkable that profane history, emerging
Born Again.] from fable, becomes clear and authentic about the
NICOLAITAN. “Nicolaitan” is derived from nikao, to period when sacred history terminates, and when the
conquer; and laos, people. The meaning, rulers of the fulfillment of these prophecies commences, which refer
laity, refers to the priestly system that arose in the to other nations besides the Jews.
centuries after the apostles during the formation of the “Nineveh, the capital of Assyria, was for a long time
Roman Catholic Church. Leaders with exalted titles an extensive and populous city. Its walls are said, by
(e.g., archbishop, pope) began to exalt themselves over heathen historians, to have been a hundred feet in
many churches. [See Diotrephes, Korah, Priest, Roman height, sixty feet to compass, and to have been
Catholic Church, Tares.] defended by fifteen hundred towers, each two hundred
NICOLAS (conqueror of the people). Ac. 6:5. feet high. Although it formed the subject of some of the
earliest of the prophecies, and was the very first which
NICOPOLIS (city of victory). Tit. 3:12. met its predicted fate: yet a heathen historian, in
NIGER (black). Ac. 13:1. describing its capture and destruction, repeatedly refers
NIGHT SEASON. Night (Ps. 16:7; 22:2). to an ancient prediction respecting it. Diodorus Siculus
NIMRAH (water abounding). Nu. 32:3. relates, that the king of Assyria, after the complete
NIMRIM (a leopard, valiant one). Is. 15:6. discomfort of his army, confided in an old prophecy, that
NIMROD (increase, rebellious, valiant one). Ge. Nineveh would not be taken unless the river should
become the enemy of the city; that, after an ineffectual
10:8. [See Babylon.] siege of two years, the river, swollen with long
NIMSHI (drawn out). 1 Ki. 19:16. continued and tempestuous torrents, inundated part of
the city, and threw down the wall for the space of

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