SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 12/27/2025 9:50
AM
My
Worship Time Focus:
PT-2 “The
God of Impeccable Justice”
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: Nahum
1:7-8
Message of the verses: 7 ט The LORD is good, A stronghold in a day of
trouble; י And he knows those
who trust in him. 8 But with an overflowing flood כ He will make an utter end of
its place, And darkness will pursue his
enemies.”
This morning I begin to look at the
second section on the verses above.
“For those who love the Lord, He
will unequivocally stand in their defense as a strong fortress. But such is not God’s disposition toward
unrepentant sinners. Nahum continued by
noting Yahweh’s attitude toward wicked Nineveh:
With an overflowing flood, He was made a complete destruction of its
place. The term flood metaphorically
denotes an unstoppable force that covers everything (Ps. 32:6; Prov. 27:4), with the word overflowing
describing the magnitude of this torrent.”
I will now quote the verses highlighted above.
“6 For this reason everyone who is
godly Will pray to you In a time when you may be
found; Surely in the flood of
great waters They will not come near
him.”
“4 Wrath is cruel and anger is like a
flood, But who can stand before
jealousy?”
“This was
precisely how the Assyrian army moved through Israel as it attacked the nation
(cf. Isa. 8:6-8),
creating a river of destruction.”
“6 “Inasmuch as these people refused The waters of Shiloah that flow
softly, And rejoice in Rezin and in
Remaliah’s son; 7 Now therefore, behold,
the Lord brings up over them The
waters of the Euphrates River, strong and mighty, The king of Assyria and all his
glory; And he will come up over all his
channels And go over all his banks. 8 And he will pass through Judah, He will overflow and pass over, He will reach up to the neck, And the stretching out of his wings
will Fill the breadth of your
land, oh Immanuel.”
“Because
Assyria treated Israel this way, Nahum prophesied that God would do the same to
the Ninevites, raising up a relentless foe to sweep through their capital
city. However, the imagery of the flood
was not merely a metaphor. The Lord
would literally level the city with an actual flood (cf. Nah. 2:6).”
“6 (2:7) The gates of the rivers are
opened, And the palace is dissolved.”
“In this
way, God will make a complete destruction of its place, bringing the
city to its end (cf. Jer.
30:11).”
“11 For I am with you,’ says the LORD, ‘To save you;
Though I shall make a full end of all the nations Where I have scattered you, Yet I shall not make a full end of
you. But I shall correct you in
justice, And I shall not let you go
altogether unpunished.’”
“The Lord would further execute His wrath by pursuing His
enemies into darkness. In Hebrew,
the phrase His enemies stands at the beginning of the sentence,
accentuating God’s total focus on His foes.
With such fixation, the Lord would pursue and hunt down His
adversaries until the enemy was eliminated entirely (cf. Exod. 15:9; Lev. 26:7-8).”
“9 The enemy said, ‘I shall pursue, I shall overtake, I shall divide the plunder; My desire will be satisfied with
them. I shall draw out my sword, My hand shall destroy them.’”
“7 And you will chase your enemies, and they will
fall before you by the sword. 8 And five
of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten
thousand, and your enemies will fall before you by the sword.”
“As a
result of their destruction, the wicked Ninevites would be plunged into darkness. God would send them into divine wrath, a
darkness felt (Exod.
10:21-23) in eternal judgment (cf. Matt. 25:30).”
“21 ¶ And the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch
out your hand towards heaven, that there will be darkness over the land
of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.” 22 And Moses stretched out his hand towards
heaven, and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for
three days. 23 They did not see each
other; nor did anyone rise from his place for three days. But all the
children of Israel had light in their dwellings.”
“30 And cast out the unprofitable servant into
outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’”
“Thus,
Nahum proclaimed that God would exact justice and achieve vengeance for His
people as He propelled His enemies into eternal darkness.”
Spiritual
meaning for my Life Today: Now one of the main purposes that I
have in writing and sharing my Spiritual Diaries is to get the gospel out to
those around the world, the ones that the Holy Spirit of God leads to reading
these Spiritual Diaries. There is
nothing more important in any one’s life than to realize that they are a
sinner, born a sinner, and in need of salvation. God sent His Son into the world, born a baby,
who grew up to be the Savior of the world.
So if you are not a believer first of all realize that you are a sinner,
born a sinner, then confess this to the Lord, then trust the word that Jesus
did for you on the cross as He died in your place. Ask the Lord into your heart to save you from
your sins, and then you will become a born-again believer in the Lord Jesus
Christ. This is the greatest gift that you
will ever receive. Tell someone about
this so you can be a blessing to someone else.
My
Steps of Faith for Today: I trust that the Holy Spirit of God will use
these Spiritual Diaries to bring about the salvation of someone who is reading
them. To God be the Glory!!
12/27/2025
10:25 AM
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