SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 12/14/2025 3:55
PM
My Worship
Time Focus: PT-3 “The God of Irrevocable
Condemnation”
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: Nahum
1:1
Message of the verses: “The oracle of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the
Elkoshite.”
I begin this SD to say that it is almost 4:00 in the
afternoon where I am living in Ohio, and this has already been a very long day
as I was up early to clean out my driveway which was full of snow, and it is
also pretty cold here. I usually do my
Spiritual Diaries early each morning but because it was Sunday and I did not
get them done I decided to do them after
I got home from church this morning. Now
what I am going to do with this SD is to quote the remaining section of this
from John MacArthur’s commentary, which is always something good to read. I hope you will enjoy this and better yet,
learn from it as I pray I will too.
“The prophet to whom God gave this
video was Nahum the Elkoshite, whose name means ‘comfort’ or ‘
comforter.’ That name was fitting to the
prophet’s message, in that his prophecy of judgment brought comfort to Israel
as they witnessed divine justice fulfilled.
So, while this book is filled with descriptions of God’s wrath against
Nineveh, it is ultimately a book that brings great hope to God’s people. Nahum introduced himself as an Elkoshite, and
though the location of Elkosh is unknown, associating a person with his
hometown was a common method of distinguishing one’s identity.” We went over this info in the beginning SD of
this book. “By presenting himself with such specificity, Nahum indicated that
he was willing to stand accountable for the prophecy he wrote (cf. Deut.
18:22).” “When a prophet speaks in
the name of the LORD, if the thing does not come about or come true, that is
the thing which the LORD has not spoken.
The prophet has spoken it presumptuously; you shall not be afraid of
him.”
“Despite Nineveh’s smug
self-confidence and sense of security, Nahum’s divine message revealed that God
was not blind to Nineveh’s presumption, pride, and aggression. He would judge the inhabitants of this city
for their evil. In this prophecy, the
Lord provided comfort to Israel both immediately and ultimately, assuring them
that all His promises were true. While
God had earlier commissioned Jonah with a message of merciful warning (Jonah
1:1), He then delivered an irrevocable decree of judgment against Nineveh
through His prophet Nahum.”
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