MORING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 2/5/2026
10:32 AM
My
Worship Time
Focus: PT-2 “Destruction of Preeminence”
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference:
Nahum
2:11-12
Message of the verses: “Where is the den of the lions And the
feeding place of the young lions, Where the lion, lioness, and lion’s cub
prowled, with nothing to make them tremble?
The lion tore enough for it cubs and strangled enough for its lionesses
and filled its liars with torn up prey and its dens with torn up flesh.
“11
¶ Where is the lions’ den, the feeding
place of the young lions, where the lion and lioness went, where his cubs were,
with none to disturb? 12 The lion tore
enough for his cubs and strangled prey for his lionesses; he filled his caves
with prey and his dens with torn flesh.” (ESV)
This morning I will continue to quote from John
MacArthur’s commentary on the verses above, add my own comments, and quote the
verses that he brings up.
“Nahum further described Nineveh as
a place where the lion, lioness, and lion’s cub prowled. This phrase portrayed an entire family of
lions, from the father lion, to the mother lioness (cf. Gen. 49),
to the lion’s cub.”
(cf. Gen. 49:9)
“9 Judah is a lion’s cub; from the prey, my son,
you have gone up. He stooped down; he crouched as a lion and as a lioness; who
dares rouse him?”
“In
Nineveh, the royal families prowled and walked about freely. They did so without fear and without
nothing to make them tremble or feel dread (cf. 27:33).
(cf. 27:33)
“33 Then Isaac trembled very violently and said,
"Who was it then that hunted game and brought it to me, and I ate it all
before you came, and I have blessed him? Yes, and he shall be blessed.’”
“Prior to
Nineveh’s destruction, the rulers moved freely and confidently throughout the
city. But when Nineveh fell, those
leaders became powerless and were subjected to the conquering enemy.
“Nineveh’s humiliation would be particularly
shameful for the king of Assyria. Formerly, the king could have boasted, The
lion tore enough for its cubs And strangled enough for its lionesses And
filled its lairs with torn up prey And its dens with torn up flesh.” Appearing three times in this verse, tore or
torn up emphasizes Assyrian’s brutality against other nations to enrich
itself. Prior to Nineveh’s destruction,
the king was able to provide for his cubs—the royal princes and young
nobles of Assyria. He was able to please
the lionesses—the queen and other noble women—with strangled prey,
that is, the spoils and treasures of conquests.
“The king of Assyria had also filled
its lairs with torn up prey and its dens with torn up flesh, as the city of
Nineveh prospered from conquering and subjugating other nations. In other Old Testament passages, the term liars
is used only of an animal’s dwelling but also in reference to a chest or
hole where treasure was stored (cf. 2 Kings 12:10; Ezek. 8:7).
(cf. 2 Kings 12:10; Ezek. 8:7)
“10 And whenever they saw that there was much
money in the chest, the king’s secretary and the high priest came up and they
bagged and counted the money that was found in the house of the LORD.”
“7 ¶ And he brought me to the entrance of the
court, and when I looked, behold, there was a hole in the wall.”
“The king
had filled his storehouses with loot captured from those whom he had torn
up as prey. The Ninevites
celebrated such barbary as they filled their dens with torn up flesh. Torn up flesh is the third time the root ‘torn
up’ appears in this verse. This
reference is the most graphic use of the verb, describing an animal being
eviscerated by predators and scavengers (cf. Lev. 7:24; 17:15; 22:8; Ezekiel
4:14).”
(cf. Lev. 7:24; 17:15; 22:8; Ezekiel
4:14)
24 The fat of an animal that dies of itself and
the fat of one that is torn by beasts may be put to any other use, but on no
account shall you eat it.”
“15 And every person who eats what dies of itself
or what is torn by beasts, whether he is a native or a sojourner, shall wash
his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening; then
he shall be clean.”
“8 He shall not eat what dies of itself or is
torn by beasts, and so make himself unclean by it: I am the LORD.’”
“14 Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I
have never defiled myself. From my youth up till now I have never eaten what
died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has tainted meat come into my
mouth."
“Assyria
delighted in brutal violence, filling their dens, or palaces and homes,
with artwork that commemorated their barbarism.
But Nahum prophesied that the king who used such violence to provide for
his you, to please his women, and to prosper his city, would himself become the
object of such brutality and humiliation.
Just ad the Assyrians tore up their enemies, so their enemies would tear
them to pieces as God would judge the lion of Assyria for his savagery.
“The dominant imagery of the lion
throughout these verses establishes Nahum’s words as a near prophecy that
guarantees the fulfillment of more-distant biblical prophecies. Similar lion imagery is used by other
prophets to demonstrate all authority (cf. Jer. 50:7; Ezek. 32:2).”
(cf. Jer. 50:7; Ezek. 32:2)
7 All who found them have devoured them, and
their enemies have said, We are not
guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their habitation of
righteousness, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.”
“2 "Son of man, raise a lamentation over
Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: "You consider yourself a lion of the
nations, but you are like a dragon in the seas; you burst forth in your rivers,
trouble the waters with your feet, and foul their rivers.’
“Nahum’s
announcement of Nineveh’s destruction affirmed that every nation which resists
God will ultimately be destroyed. While
those powers imagined as lions will perish, the Messiah will one day reign as
the ultimate Lion (cf. Num. 24:9; Ezek. 19:1-6; Hos. 11:10).”
(cf. Num. 24:9; Ezek. 19:1-6; Hos.
11:10)
9 He crouched, he lay down like a lion and like
a lioness; who will rouse him up? Blessed are those who bless you, and cursed
are those who curse you.’”
“1 ¶ And you, take up a lamentation for the princes
of Israel, 2 and say: What was your
mother? A lioness! Among lions she crouched; in the midst of young lions she
reared her cubs. 3 And she brought up
one of her cubs; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch prey; he
devoured men. 4 The nations heard about
him; he was caught in their pit, and they brought him with hooks to the land of
Egypt. 5 When she saw that she waited in
vain, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made him a young
lion. 6 He prowled among the lions; he
became a young lion, and he learned to catch prey; he devoured men,”
“10 They shall go after the LORD; he will roar
like a lion; when he roars, his children shall come trembling from the west;”
“Only one Lion will stand in the end, the ‘Lion
that is from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David’ (Rev. 5:5; cf. Mic 5:8).
(cf. Mic 5:8)
“8 And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the
nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the
forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, which, when it goes
through, treads down and tears in pieces, and there is none to deliver.”
“Nineveh’s
demise illustrates that God will ultimately destroy all human competitors who
present themselves as lions, so that the Messiah, the Lion of Judah, will
triumph in glory and power.”
That is the end of this section, and
Lord willing, I will begin the next section “Divine Prosecution” which includes
Nahum 2:13, in tomorrow’s SD. I have to
say that I have read over the book of Nahum a number of times as I either read
or listen to the Word of God each day, but I am learning many things that I did
not know before, and am thankful to pass them on in my Spiritual Diaries.
Spiritual
Meaning for my Life today: I am reminded again that God is in
control of what goes on, on planet earth as He made it and controls it, and in
the end as Peter states in 2 Peter that one day after the Church age is over,
after the Tribulation of seven years is over, and after the Millenium is over
that God will destroy everything including the heaven where He resides, for
after all Satan has had access to it.
Eternity will begin after that with a New heaven, new earth, and new
Jerusalem. Looking forward to that very
much.
My
Steps of Faith for Today: Trust the Lord to work out all of
the details that are mentioned above, trust the Lord to continue to work out my
wife’s cancer treatment that will bring glory to His name.
From Dr.
David Jeremiah: “No one ever falls into
sin as the result of being too watchful. (Author Unknown)
“Watch,
stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong.” (1 Corinthians 16:13)
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