SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 1/10/2026 9:39
AM
My
Worship Time Focus: PT-2
“Judgment Affirms God’s Prophecies”
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: Nahum
1:15
Message of the verse: “15 Behold, upon the mountains The feet of him who brings good
news, Who proclaims peace! Oh Judah, keep your feasts, Perform your vows. For no more
Will the wicked man pass through you; He is utterly cut off.”
“Behold,
on the mountains the feet of him who proclaims good news, Who announce peace!
Celebrate your feasts, O Judah; Pay your vows.
For never again will the vile one pass through you; He is cut off completely.”
I have good news, at least for myself,
and that is that I ordered the latest version of the Online Bible, and this
will include the NASB version of the Bible, the one that I like the best. It has other things too, which from time to
time I will use. Perhaps by the middle of next week it will be installed onto
my computer. Now back to Nahum 1:15.
“This prophetic scene was designed
to resemble the prophecy announced previously in Isaiah 52:7:
How lovely on the mountains are the
feet of him who proclaims good news
Who announces peace And proclaims
good news of good things,
Who announces salvation, And says
to Zion, “Your God Reigns!”
“Isaiah’s
prophecy was not about the fall of Assyria; it rather foresaw Israel’s future
victory and restoration after the battle of Armageddon (cf. Rev. 19:11-21).”
“11 ¶ And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a
white horse; and he who sat on him was called Faithful and True,
and in righteousness he judges and makes war. 12 His eyes are as a flame of fire,
and on his head are many crowns; and he had a name written
which no man knows except himself. 13 And he was clothed with a robe
dipped in blood, and his name is called the Word of God. 14 And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine
linen, white and clean, followed him on white horses. 15 And out of his mouth goes a sharp
sword, that with it he should strike the nations. And he will rule them
with a rod of iron. And he treads the winepress of the fierceness
and wrath of Almighty God. 16 And he has
on his robe and his thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD
OF LORDS. 17 And I saw one angel
standing in the sun, and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the
birds that fly in the midst of heaven, “Come and gather together for the
supper of the great God, 18 that you may
eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the
flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses and of those who
sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and slave, both
small and great.” 19 And I saw the
beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies gathered together to make
war against him who sat on the horse, and against his army. 20 And the beast was captured, and with him the
false prophet who had performed miracles before him, by which he
deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and
worshipped his image. These two were cast alive into the lake of fire burning
with brimstone. 21 And the rest were
killed with the sword that proceeded out of the mouth of him who sat on the
horse. And all the birds were filled with their flesh.”
“Nahum
intentionally paralleled Isaiah’s prophecy to make a simple point: the comfort Israel would experience over
Nineveh’s defeat prefigured Israel’s ultimate joy in response to Messiah’s
victory at the end of the age (cf. Ps. 110:1; 1 Cor. 15:25-26).”
“1 ¶ «A Psalm of David.» The LORD said to my Lord “Sit at my right hand Until I make your enemies Your footstool.’”
“25 For he must reign until he puts all his
enemies under his feet. 26 The last
enemy to be destroyed is death.”
“Even the
meaning of Nahum’s name (“comfort”) contributed to this prophetic message. This very name is the word Isaiah used to
introduce his prophecy to encourage Israel, saying, ‘Comfort, O comfort My
people’ (Isa. 40:1).” Now let me
stop here to talk about the book of Isaiah.
Isaiah has 66 chapters in it, and the Bible has 66 chapters, and I
realize that chapters and verses were not in the original Bible, but were put
there to make it easier to read and understand the Bible. If you
break down the book of Isaiah the first 39 chapters are more like reading
things in the Old Testament, while the last 27 chapters are more like things in
the New Testament, and of the first thing that Isaiah writes in this 40th
chapter is ‘Comfort, O comfort My people’ (Isa. 40:1).” Israel, along with the whole world receives
comfort when the Jewish Messiah, Jesus Christ is born in Bethlehem and will at
the end of the Gospels die on the cross for the sins of the world. To know that and believe it will only help
you if you confess that you are a sinner, realize that Christ died for your
sins, and then ask the Lord Jesus Christ to come into your life and save
you. I have stated before that this is
the most important thing that can be done in a person’s life.
“Nahum,
the prophet of comfort, gave the near prophecy that provided assurance that the
comfort anticipated in Isaiah’s distant prophecy will be realized (cf. 1 Kings
13:2-3).”
“2 And he cried out against the altar by the
word of the LORD, and said, “Oh altar, altar, thus says the
LORD, ‘Behold, a son will be born to the house of David,
Josiah by name, and on you, he will sacrifice the priests of the
high places who burned incense on you, and they will burn men’s bones on you.’”
3 And he gave a sign the same
day, saying, “This is the sign which the LORD has spoken: Behold,
the altar will be split apart, and the ashes on it will be poured out.’”
“Such
comfort and good news are inextricably tied together with the gospel,
the greatest message of good news. As
Paul declared, ‘HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE THE FEET OF THOSE WHO PROCLAIM GOOD NEWS
OF GOOD THINGS!’’” (Rom. 10:15; cf. Eph. 2:17; 6:15).”
“17 And he came and preached peace to you
who were far off and to those who were near.”
“15 and having shod your feet with the
preparation of the gospel of peace;”
“The
prophet Nahum instructed God’s people that when they saw Nineveh’s demise, they
would know that God’s promise of good news and final victory was certain.”
Spiritual
Meaning for My Life Today: When I read about the “Good News” it takes me
back to the 26th of January, 1974, when the Holy Spirit of God
opened my heart to receive the good news in the person of Jesus Christ, for on
that day I accepted the forgiveness that Jesus Christ offered me and was
born-again.
My
Steps of Faith for Today: From the very beginning of my new life I had
a great desire to read and study the Bible, and I believe that God called me in
eternity past to share with the world what He is teaching me and so about twelve
years ago I began to put my studies onto my blogs for the Holy Spirit to use to
spread this Good News around the world, and He certainly is doing this each and
every day. PRAISE THE LORD!!
More from
Dr. David Jeremiah’s Turning Points Wisdom:
“Faith:
the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted, in spite of your
changing moods.” (C. S Lewis”
“But
without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must
believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.”
(Hebrews 1:6)
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