MORNING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 2/3/2026
8:42 AM
My
Worship Time Focus: PT-2
“Destruction of Power”
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: Nahum
2:10
Message of the verse: “She is emptied! Yes, she is emptied out and eviscerated! Hearts are melting and knees knocking! Also anguish is in all their loins, And all
their faces turn pale! (2:10)
“10 Desolate! Desolation and ruin! Hearts melt
and knees tremble; anguish is in all loins; all faces grow pale!” (ESV)
I will continue looking at John MacArthur’s commentary
in order to finish up with this section this morning.
“Nahum further described that all
faces would turn pale, evidencing no hope of survival. Pale, conveys
the idea of glowing, indicating that their faces would radiate dismay and despair.
Though Nineveh boasted in its military power and might, its soldiers
would be reduced to dread as a result of God’s judgment. The same depiction of pale-faced fear appears
elsewhere only in Joel 2:6, in response to divine judgment in the Day of the
Lord.”
Joel 2:6
“6 Before them peoples are in anguish; all faces
grow pale.”
“In
Nineveh’s destruction, Israel saw a foreshadowing of what will take place at
the end of the age when Yahweh destroys all His enemies. Nahum’s prophecy assured God’s people of the
future judgment of the wicked and served as a warning that sinners must repent
or likewise perish (cf. Luke 13:3).”
(cf. Luke 13:3)
“3 No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you
will all likewise perish.”
“With language similar to Nahum,
Isaiah declared: ‘Behold, Yahweh
empties the earth to destruction [and] eviscerates it’ (Isa. 24:1). While Nahum’s prophecy pertained to God’s
final judgment of the world. Because all
creation is filled with idolatry (cf. 2:7-8), the Lord will empty the world of
all vestiges of wickedness so that His glory will fill the earth As God’s people beheld the emptying of Nineveh,
they saw a glimpse of what God would one day do on a global scale.”
(cf. 2:7-8)
7 its mistress is stripped; she is carried off,
her slave girls lamenting, moaning like doves and beating their breasts. 8 Nineveh is like a pool whose waters run away.
"Halt! Halt!" they cry, but none turns back.”
3 And one called to another and said:
"Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of his
glory!" (Isaiah 6:3)
I want to go back to a statement that MacArthur made: “As
God’s people beheld the emptying of Nineveh, they saw a glimpse of what God would one day do on a global
scale.”
“11 ¶ Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white
horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness
he judges and makes war. 12 His eyes are
like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name
written that no one knows but himself. 13 He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and
the name by which he is called is The Word of God. 14 And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine
linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses. 15 From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which
to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will
tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. 16 On his robe and on his thigh he has a name
written, King of kings and Lord of lords. 17 Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and
with a loud voice he called to all the birds that fly directly overhead, "Come,
gather for the great supper of God, 18 to eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of
captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and their riders, 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
with their armies gathered to make war against him who was sitting on the horse
and against his army. 20 And the beast
was captured, and with it the false prophet who in its presence had done the
signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and
those who worshiped its image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of
fire that burns with sulfur. 21 And the
rest were slain by the sword that came from the mouth of him who was sitting on
the horse, and all the birds were gorged with their flesh.” (Rev. 19:11-21)
This section from the book of Revelation shows how the
Lord Jesus Christ will return to planet earth with His glorified Church in
order to stop the war of Armegedon and if He had not come at this time then the
world would have been destroyed through the firepower that the people of this
world possessed. I think that this is a
fulfillment of what John MacArthur wrote above.
I know that because of what the Bible teaches that it is the Church age
people who returned with the Lord, those who had been raptured at the end of
the Church age and have been with the Lord in heaven for the past seven years
receiving their rewards for what they did while alive on planet earth.
Spiritual
Meaning for my Life today: As the world gets darker and as the things in
my life becomes more difficult to bear I am certainly thankful for the hope that
I have from the Word of God, knowing that the God of the Word is in control of
our life.
My
Steps of Faith for Today: I am trusting the Lord to see me through my dentist
appointment where I have to have two teeth removed.
From Dr.
David Jeremiah: “I do not know how much
you ought to give. I am afraid the only
safe rules is to give more than we can spare.” (C. S. Lewis)
“So let
each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for
God loves a cheerful giver.” (II
Corinthians 9:7)
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