Power, as it's held by humans, is shifting, malleable, and subject to change based upon the climate in which it is created and resides.

It is crucial, though, to remember that God's power is constituted in the priesthood is quite different from earthly power.

It is operated upon powers of righteousness and is held by a perfect being who has our best interests at heart.

In today's episode of Abide, a Maxwell Institute podcast, we explore power in its earthly

manifestations and divine wielding, and much, much more.

My name is Joseph Stewart.

I'm the public communication specialist of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

at Brigham Young University.

Christian Hill is a research fellow of the Maxwell Institute.

In each week, we discuss the week's block of reading from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,

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We aren't here to present a lesson, but rather to hit on a few key themes from the scripture block,

so as to help fulfill the Maxwell Institute's mission to inspire and fortify Latter-day Saints in their testimonies of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ and engage the world of religious ideas.

Today, we are once again joined by Truman Cowens, one of our research assistants,

and an ancient Near Eastern Studies major at BYU from Seattle, Washington.

After he graduates, he plans to attend graduate school to study theology and ancient texts.

Welcome back Truman.

It's good to be here, thank you.

We, of course, are thrilled to have you here.

So, Truman, what is going on in the Book of Naham?

The Book of Naham, as the very first verse tells us, is a prophecy concerning Nineveh,

the capital of Assyria and the empirical power at

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