MORNING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 2/14/2026
8:50 AM
My
Worship
Time Focus: PT-3 “Vengeance For Spiritual
Harlotry”
Bible
Reading &
Meditation Reference: Nahum 3:4-7
Message
of the verses: All because of the many harlotries of the
harlot, The charming one, the mistress of sorceries, Who sells nations by her
harlotries And families by her sorceries. “Behold, I am against
you,” declares Yahweh of hosts; “And I will uncover your skirts over your face
And show to the nations your nakedness And to the kingdoms your
disgrace. I will throw detestable filth on you And
display you as a wicked fool And set you up as a spectacle. And it
will be that all who see you Will flee from you and say, ‘Nineveh s devastated!
Who will console her?’ Where will I seek comforters for you?” (NASB)
“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)
The first thing that I want to write
is to say that this will be a very short SD as I have been working on my Sunday
school lesson for tomorrow and since I am not teaching on a regular basis it has
taken me a while to figure out what the Lord wants me to teach on. I think that I finally got it after about
four tries.
John MacArthur writes: “In response to Assyria’s iniquity, Nahum pronounced
God’s words: ‘Behold, I am against
you,’ declares Yahweh of hosts.’” Let me just stop and say that this is
something that no one ever wants to hear, for if the Lord is against you, then
you are in great trouble. MacArthur goes
on “The Lord declared those same harrowing words earlier in Nahum 2:13, claiming
divine responsibility for Nineveh’s destruction.” (Nahum 2:13) “13 Behold, I am against you, declares the LORD of
hosts, and I will burn your chariots in smoke, and the sword shall devour your
young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your
messengers shall no longer be heard.” “In
this instance, God emphasized that He would judge the Ninevites particularly
for their vile spiritual abominations.
The Lord expressed His personal opposition to Nineveh (Behold, I am
against you), His fixed decree (declares), and His power to execute
judgment (Yahweh of hosts). This
divine declaration against Nineveh displayed the Lord’s fervent disdain for
idolatry and His fixed determination to punish those who engaged in it.
“God promised to judge Nineveh in
three ways. First, He would humiliate
the pride of Assyria. Yahweh declared, ‘I
will uncover your skirts over your face and show to the nations your nakedness
and to the kingdoms your disgrace.’ Such
a graphic act of shameful degradation and public humiliation illustrated the
way God would expose Nineveh as a whore before they watching world. The Lord’s judgment would uncover the
city’s corruption and weakness, thereby showing to the nations your
nakedness and bringing perpetual shame on it. (cf. Gen 3:7-10, 21; 9:20-25).”
(cf. Gen 3:7-10, 21; 9:20-25)
“7 Then the eyes of both were opened, and they
knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made
themselves loincloths. 8 And they heard
the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the
man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the
trees of the garden. 9 ¶ But the LORD God called to the man and said to
him, "Where are you?" 10 And
he said, "I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid,
because I was naked, and I hid myself.’”
21 ¶ And the LORD God made for Adam and for his
wife garments of skins and clothed them.”
“20 Noah began to be a man of the soil, and he
planted a vineyard. 21 He drank of the
wine and became drunk and lay uncovered in his tent. 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the
nakedness of his father and told his two brothers outside. 23 Then Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it
on both their shoulders, and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their
father. Their faces were turned backward, and they did not see their father’s
nakedness. 24 ¶ When Noah awoke from his wine and knew what
his youngest son had done to him, 25 he
said, "Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be to his
brothers.’”
“With dead
bodies (cf. Nah. 3:3) and burning chariots (cf. 2:13( strewn about, the formerly
formidable capital, and the empire its represented, would be seen as pitiful
and pathetic. As God would bring Nineveh
low, He would display to the kingdoms your disgrace. The root of the word digress literally
means to be made small and often refers to being cursed and reviled (cf. Deut.
21:22-23; Hos. 4:7; Hab. 2:16). The
surrounding kingdoms would be shocked and revolted to see Nineveh’s shame. With comprehensive divine judgment, the city
that had been great in Jonah’s day (cf. Jonah 1:2; 3:2) would become greatly
disgraced.”
(cf. Deut. 21:22-23; Hos. 4:7; Hab.
2:16)
“22 "And if a man has committed a crime
punishable by death and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree, 23 his body shall not remain all night on the
tree, but you shall bury him the same day, for a hanged man is cursed by God.
You shall not defile your land that the LORD your God is giving you for an
inheritance.”
“7 The more they increased, the more they sinned
against me; I will change their glory into shame.”
“16 You will have your fill of shame instead of
glory. Drink, yourself, and show your uncircumcision! The cup in the LORD’s
right hand will come around to you, and utter shame will come upon your glory!”
(cf. Jonah 1:2; 3:2)
2 "Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city,
and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.’”
“2 "Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city,
and call out against it the message that I tell you.’”
Spiritual
Meaning for my Life Today: I am thankful that the Lord is not
against me, for after all He saved me a little over 52 years ago.
My
Steps of Faith for Today: I trust that the Sunday school lesson
that I have finally prepared will be helpful to those who hear it and most of
all bring glory to the Lord.
From the
pen of David Jeremiah: “Never compromise
with those who water down the Word of God to human experience.” (Oswald Chambers)
“The
Law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul; the testimony of the Lord is
sure, making wise the simple; the statues of the Lord are right, rejoicing the
heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.” (Psalm
19:7-8)
2/14/2026
1:04 PM
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