MORNING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 2/9/2026
9:48 AM
My
Worship Time Focus: PT-2 Intro
to “Nahum 3:1-7”
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: Nahum
3:1-7
Message of the verses: “1 ¶
Woe to the bloody city, all full of lies and plunder— no end to the
prey! 2 The crack of the whip, and
rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot! 3 Horsemen charging, flashing sword and
glittering spear, hosts of slain, heaps of corpses, dead bodies without end—
they stumble over the bodies! 4 And all
for the countless whorings of the prostitute, graceful and of deadly charms,
who betrays nations with her whorings, and peoples with her charms. 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. 6 I will throw filth at you and treat you with
contempt and make you a spectacle. 7 And
all who look at you will shrink from you and say, "Wasted is Nineveh; who
will grieve for her?" Where shall I seek comforters for you?” (ESV)
I will continue looking at John
MacArthur’s introduction of this section in the book of Nahum.
“But Scripture is also clear that
until His earthly kingdom when he cried out, ‘How long, O Yahweh? Will You
forget me forever? How long will You
hide Your face from me? How long shall
I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow
in my heart all the day? How long will
my enemy be exalted over me?’ (Ps.
13:1-2; 10:1; Jer. 12:1).”
(10:1; Jer. 12:1)
“1 ¶ Why, O LORD, do you stand far away? Why do you
hide yourself in times of trouble?”
“1 ¶ Righteous are you, O LORD, when I complain to
you; yet I would plead my case before you. Why does the way of the wicked
prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive?”
“When
justice is delayed, distress abounds in the hearts of the righteous (cf. Prov.
28:12).”
(cf. Prov. 28:12)
“12 ¶ When the righteous triumph, there is great
glory, but when the wicked rise, people hide themselves.”
“Job
expressed a similar concern, observing that the wicked are not always punished
in this life. He lamented: ‘How often is the lamp of the wicked put
out, or does their disaster fall on them?’ (Job 21:17; cf. 20:28-29; 21: 1-16).
(cf. 20:28-29; 21: 1-16)
28 The possessions of his house will be carried
away, dragged off in the day of God’s wrath. 29 This is the wicked man’s portion from God, the
heritage decreed for him by God.’”
“1 ¶ Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said: 2
"Can a man be profitable to God?
Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself. 3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are
in the right, or is it gain to him if you make your ways blameless? 4 Is it for your fear of him that he reproves
you and enters into judgment with you? 5 ¶ Is not your evil abundant? There is no end to
your iniquities. 6 For you have exacted
pledges of your brothers for nothing and stripped the naked of their clothing. 7
You have given no water to the weary to
drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry. 8 The man with power possessed the land, and the
favored man lived in it. 9 You have sent
widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless were crushed. 10 Therefore snares are all around you, and
sudden terror overwhelms you, 11 or
darkness, so that you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you. 12 "Is not God high in the heavens? See the
highest stars, how lofty they are! 13 But you say, ‘What does God know? Can he judge
through the deep darkness? 14 Thick
clouds veil him, so that he does not see, and he walks on the vault of heaven.’
15 ¶ Will you keep to the old way that
wicked men have trod? 16 They were
snatched away before their time; their foundation was washed away.”
“In
Revelation, when the martyred saints in heaven observe the injustice against
the righteous on earth they cry out to God, ‘How long, O Master, holy and
true? Will You not judge and avenge our
blood on those who dwell on the earth?’ (Rev. 6:10). In response to this plea, ‘it was told
to them that they should rest for a little while longer, until the number of
their fellow slaves and their brothers who were to be killed even as they
had been, would be completed also’ (6:11).
While justice in the hands of sinners is not guaranteed in this
life, God has promised to render righteous and impartial judgment to every
person in the life to come (cf. Heb. 9:27).”
(cf. Heb. 9:27)
“27 And just as it is appointed for man to die
once, and after that comes judgment,”
“Though the wicked seem to prosper for a little while,
the Lord will not let their injustice go unpunished (cf. Exodus 34:7).”
(cf. Exodus 34:7)
“7 keeping steadfast love for thousands,
forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear
the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the
children’s children, to the third and the fourth generation.’”
“Nahum’s
prophecy concerned a nation that had long prospered while exacting violence, immorality,
and idolatry. But at the appointed time,
according to God’s sovereign plan, the Lord would unleash His wrath on Assyria
for its gross unrighteousness. In
describing the coming fall of Nineveh, Nahum explained that this vile city and
the empire it represented would be punished in proportion to its
wickedness. But as discussed previously,
Nahum delivered a near prophecy that, being perfectly fulfilled, proved the reliability
of every divine promise, including those regarding the end of the age. By judging Nineveh, God gave His people a
glimpse of what He will one day do to all who oppose Him.
“In this passage (Nah. 3:1-7), Nahum declared that God would
bring Nineveh to justice on account of the city’s savage brutality (vv. 1-3)
and spiritual harlotry (vv. 4-7).
Nineveh would be an object lesson for every other nation throughout
subsequent history. While justice may
see to be delayed from a human standpoint, God has not forgotten. In His perfect time, He will ensure that pure
justice is meted out, resulting in the condemnation of the wicked and the
comfort of the righteous.”
My Steps
of Faith for Today: I am trusting the Lord to take care
of some things that have been a problem for me for a long time. I will not get into them, but the Lord knows
what I am writing about as it came to fruition a while ago. The Lord spoke to me through a message last
evening at church, and because of the
health of my wife I have not been going to evening church for a while, but I
believe that the Lord made sure that I was their last evening.
My
Steps of Faith for Today: Two things, first I trust the Lord to work in
my heart over things I was convicted of last evening, and then two, I trust the Lord to give me grace and
instruction to teach our Sunday school class as I get the lesson in order.
From the
pen of Dr. David Jeremiah: “One reason
sin flourishes is that it is treated like a cream puff instead of a
rattlesnake.” (Billy Sunday).
“Create
in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.” (Psalm
51:10).
Wow! I
needed to hear this!
2/9/2026
10:27 AM
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