SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 12/21/2025 8:01
AM
My
Worship Time Focus: Pt.-4 “The God of Irresistible
Power”
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference:
Nahum
1:3b-6
Message of the verses: “ב His way is in the
whirlwind and the storm, And the
clouds are the dust of his feet.4 ג
He rebukes the sea and makes it dry,
And dries up all the rivers. ד
Bashan and Carmel wither And the
flower of Lebanon wilts.5 ה The mountains quake before
him, And the hills melt, ו And the earth burns at his
presence, Yes, the world and all who
live in it.6 ז Who can stand before his
indignation? And who can endure the
fierceness of his anger? ח His
fury is poured out like fire, And the
rocks are thrown down by him.”
I continue looking at this rather
long section of Scripture as I quote from John MacArthur’s commentary and then
add the verses that he has in his commentary on these verses above.
“Since God’s might is overwhelmingly
sufficient to shake the mountains, for Him to cause the hills to melt
is not difficult.” Let me just add
something here and that as one looks at the creation in Genesis chapters one
and two we read of how God created the world and all of the universe, and the
way that He did this was to speak, and that is how powerful He is. One of my all time favorite verses in the
creation passages is something that seems to be an afterthought by the Lord,
but I know it is not. He wrote “And
He created the stars also.” Sometime
tonight if it is a clear night go out and look at the stars and then thing of
this statement “And He created the stars also.” Now back to MacArthur’s commentary: “In Scripture, the hills served as
longstanding landmarks for boundaries between regions and cities. Because of their familiarity and permanence,
these ridges were called the ‘everlasting’ hills (Gen. 4926; Deut.
33:15).”
“26 The blessings of your father have
prevailed Above the blessings of
my parents, Up to the utmost
bound of the everlasting hills.
They will be on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of
him who was separate from his brothers.”
“15 And with the best things of the
ancient mountains, And with the
precious things of the everlasting hills,”
“At Christ’s return, even these
features, which have always defined the landscape of Israel, will melt away
like wax (cf. Ps. 97:5; and Mic. 1:4; Ezek. 21:15).”
“5 The mountains melt like wax in the
presence of the LORD, In the
presence of the Lord of the whole earth.”
“4 And the mountains will melt under him, And the valleys will be split Like wax before the fire, And like waters poured down a
steep place.”
“15 (21:20) I have set against all their
gates The point of the
sword, That their heart may
melt And may multiply their
ruins. Ah, it is made
bright; It is sharpened for the
slaughter:”
“Peter
wrote that after Christ’s millennial reign, all the elements of the world will
melt away under the intense heat of God’s wrath (2 Peter 3:12).”
“12 looking for and hastening the coming of the
day of God, in which the heavens will be “dissolved, being on
fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?”
Now let me make a few comments on this verse from 2
Peter, something that I have written about before, and that is the word in the
Greek language that Peter uses for “elements” is stoicheia and that word
means “basic building blocks.” Now think
for a moment about what are the basic building blocks of the world and you
probably will come up with the word “Atom.”
Now think about what Atoms are and you will come up with something that humanly
speaking you cannot figure out how they hold together. If one has two magnets and you put them
together with the positive and negative they will stick together, however put two
of the same together like two negative or two positive and they will run away
and not stick. That is what is inside
the atoms which hold this world together, and when God destroys the world and
all of the universe that is how it will be done, and what you will have is the
greatest nuclear bomb ever as the entire universe will be destroyed this
way. But don’t worry God will have
created a new heaven, and a new earth and the New Jerusalem where all true
believers will dwell for eternity.
Spiritual
Meaning for My life Today: God is and always has and always
will be in control.
My
Steps of Faith for Today: Trust the Lord because He is in control.
12/21/2025
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