MORNING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR
2/18/2026 9:28 AM
My
Worship Time
Focus: PT-2 “Inevitable Judgment”
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: “Naham
3:8-13”
Message of the verses: “8 ¶
Are you better than Thebes that sat by the Nile, with water around her,
her rampart a sea, and water her wall? 9
Cush was her strength; Egypt too, and that without limit; Put and the
Libyans were her helpers. 10 Yet she
became an exile; she went into captivity; her infants were dashed in pieces at
the head of every street; for her honored men lots were cast, and all her great
men were bound in chains. 11 You also
will be drunken; you will go into hiding; you will seek a refuge from the
enemy. 12 All your fortresses are like
fig trees with first-ripe figs— if shaken they fall into the mouth of the
eater. 13 Behold, your troops are women
in your midst. The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire has
devoured your bars.”
I continue to quote from John MacArthur’s commentary
on Nahum: “Though Thebes had these
formidable advantages, yet she became an exile and went into
captivity as her citizens were defeated and became prisoners of war (cf.
Exodus 12:29; Num. 31:26; Isaiah 20:4).
(cf. Exodus 12:29; Num. 31:26; Isaiah
20:4)
“29 ¶ At midnight the LORD struck down all the
firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his
throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the
firstborn of the livestock.”
“26 "Take the count of the plunder that was
taken, both of man and of beast, you and Eleazar the priest and the heads of
the fathers’ houses of the congregation,”
“4 so shall the king of Assyria lead away the
Egyptian captives and the Cushite exiles, both the young and the old, naked and
barefoot, with buttocks uncovered, the nakedness of Egypt.”
“If the
Ninevites thought their city was indestructible (cf. Nah. 2:7, 11); 3:5), they
would have done well to remember what happened to No-amon, a city much like
their own.
(cf. Nah. 2:7, 11); 3:5)
“7 its mistress is stripped; she is carried off,
her slave girls lamenting, moaning like doves and beating their breasts.”
“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?”
“5 Behold, I am against you, declares the LORD of
hosts, and will lift up your skirts over your face; and I will make nations
look at your nakedness and kingdoms at your shame.”
“Nahum then recounted the details of Thebes’
destruction, beginning with the Assyrian attack on the most vulnerable. The prophet explained that her infants
were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. This brutal act of violence against infants was
horrifying form of cruelty.” Now
let me just stop quoting here and talk about something that now goes on around
the world and especially in the United States and that is abortion. Abortion is murder and abortion is very
painful to those babies who are killed in the womb. I once read a story about a doctor who was used
in the abortion industry and while doing an abortion he actually heard the
scream of the baby while he was doing what he did to abort it. It was at this time in his life that he
stopped aborting babies. Yes it is
painful on the baby inside the womb to be murdered, and that is exactly what
abortion is. Notice the last highlighted verse I quoted and think of that as
murder, and then think about the murders that are being done in the womb.
“That such
atrocities occurred at the head of every street, the main public
junctures of the city, reveals the savage extent of Assyria’s war crimes. Nahum continued by describing the cruelty
against the most honorable. The
Assyrians cast lots for the honorable men and all the great
men were bound with fetters. The
most respected and honorable men of the city were shamefully mistreated
as the Assyrians cast lots for them, treating them like property or
cattle. The great men, or members
of the ruling class, also were bound with fetters to be led away as prisoners
of war and slaves.
“With the words you too, Nahum
moved from discussing Thebes to confronting Nineveh directly. Just as No-amon was toppled, God promised
that Nineveh too will become drunk and incapacitated, unable to defend
itself from its assailants (cf. Isaiah 29:9; Zech 12:2).”
(cf. Isaiah 29:9; Zech 12:2)
“9 ¶ Astonish yourselves and be astonished; blind
yourselves and be blind! Be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not with
strong drink!”
“12 The land shall mourn, each family by itself:
the family of the house of David by itself, and their wives by themselves; the
family of the house of Nathan by itself, and their wives by themselves;”
“Though
the Ninevites thought they could avoid God’s wrath, having previously
experienced His mercy (cf. Jonah 3:9-10), the Lord assured them they would
become like Thebes.”
(cf. Jonah 3:9-10)
9 Who knows? God may turn and relent and turn
from his fierce anger, so that we may not perish." 10 When God saw what they did, how they turned
from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do
to them, and he did not do it.”
“Nineveh
would be hidden as divine wrath would obliterate the city, causing the
people to search for a strong defense as they would flee from the
enemy. If the Ninevites thought such
judgment impossible, Yahweh assured them that what He did to Thebes, He would do
to them too. Indeed, the massacre
that took place at Thebes in 663 BC paralleled the slaughter thatoccurred at
Nineveh in 612 BC. These ancient cities
both serve as memorials to the certainty and severity of God’s judgment on the
wicked.”
Spiritual
Meaning for my Life today: One of the great troubles that
Nineveh had was pride, and pride is one of the great sins, and with the Lords
help pride will continue to go from my life and humility would be increasing in
my life.
My
Steps of Faith for Today: I am trusting for the will of the
Lord to be done for my wife as she continues to deal with the cancer that has
invaded her body. I am trusting the Lord to also continue to prepare
me for the Sunday school lesson I am to teach this Sunday.
From the pen
of Dr. David Jeremiah: “God’s promises
are like stars; the darker the night the brighter they shine.” (David Nicholas)
For all
the promises of God in Him are yes, and in Him Amen, to the Glory of God
through us.” (2 Corinthians 1:20).
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