MORNING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 2/15/2026
7:10 AM
My
Worship
Time Focus: PT-4 “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)
I continue with this rather long
section from the book of Nahum by continuing to quote from John MacArthur’s
commentary picking up with the second point:
“Second, Nineveh would serve as an object lesson on the futility of
idolatry. God declared to the nation, ‘I
will throw detestable filth on you.’
While detestable filth certainly relates to the
physical ruin of the defeated city, the word primarily conveys the despicable
nature of idolatry (Deut. 29:17; 1 Kings 11:5, 7; 2 Kings 23:13, 24; Isa. 66:3;
Jer. 4:1).”
(Deut. 29:17; 1 Kings 11:5, 7; 2 Kings
23:13, 24; Isa. 66:3; Jer. 4:1)
“17 And you have seen their detestable things,
their idols of wood and stone, of silver and gold, which were among them.”
“5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess
of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.”
“7 Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh
the abomination of Moab, and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites, on
the mountain east of Jerusalem.”
13 And the king defiled the high places that were
east of Jerusalem, to the south of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the
king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and
for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the
Ammonites.”
“24 Moreover, Josiah put away the mediums and the
necromancers and the household gods and the idols and all the abominations that
were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, that he might establish the
words of the law that were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in
the house of the LORD.”
“3 "He who slaughters an ox is like one who
kills a man; he who sacrifices a lamb, like one who breaks a dog’s neck; he who
presents a grain offering, like one who offers pig’s blood; he who makes a
memorial offering of frankincense, like one who blesses an idol. These have
chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations;”
“1 ¶ "If you return, O Israel, declares the
LORD, to me you should return. If you remove your detestable things from my
presence, and do not waver,”
“In using
this particular expression, God indicated He was condemning the spiritual filth
of the city’s false religion. Formerly,
the nations may have found Nineveh’s gods, pagan rituals, and religious squalor
would demonstrate that its deities were impotent and its idolatry as repugnant
as excrement (cf. Phil. 3:8).”
(cf. Phil. 3:8)
8 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of
the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have
suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may
gain Christ.”
Nineveh’s
demise would punctuate the point that destruction, not delight, is the true end
of false religion (cf. Prov. 16:25; Ezek. 32:16-32; Rom. 6:23; Rev. 18:1-24).”
(cf. Prov. 16:25; Ezek. 32:16-32; Rom.
6:23; Rev. 18:1-24)
“25 ¶ There is a way that seems right to a man, but
its end is the way to death.”
“16 This is a lamentation that shall be chanted;
the daughters of the nations shall chant it; over Egypt, and over all her
multitude, shall they chant it, declares the Lord GOD." 17 ¶ In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on
the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me: 18 "Son of man, wail over the multitude of
Egypt, and send them down, her and the daughters of majestic nations, to the
world below, to those who have gone down to the pit: 19 ’Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and be
laid to rest with the uncircumcised.’ 20 They shall fall amid those who are slain by
the sword. Egypt is delivered to the sword; drag her away, and all her
multitudes. 21 The mighty chiefs shall
speak of them, with their helpers, out of the midst of Sheol: ‘They have come
down, they lie still, the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.’ 22 "Assyria is there, and all her company,
its graves all around it, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, 23 whose graves are set in the uttermost parts of
the pit; and her company is all around her grave, all of them slain, fallen by
the sword, who spread terror in the land of the living. 24 "Elam is there, and all her multitude
around her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who went down
uncircumcised into the world below, who spread their terror in the land of the
living; and they bear their shame with those who go down to the pit. 25 They have made her a bed among the slain with
all her multitude, her graves all around it, all of them uncircumcised, slain
by the sword; for terror of them was spread in the land of the living, and they
bear their shame with those who go down to the pit; they are placed among the
slain. 26 "Meshech-Tubal is there,
and all her multitude, her graves all around it, all of them uncircumcised,
slain by the sword; for they spread their terror in the land of the living. 27 And they do not lie with the mighty, the
fallen from among the uncircumcised, who went down to Sheol with their weapons
of war, whose swords were laid under their heads, and whose iniquities are upon
their bones; for the terror of the mighty men was in the land of the living. 28
But as for you, you shall be broken and
lie among the uncircumcised, with those who are slain by the sword. 29 "Edom is there, her kings and all her
princes, who for all their might are laid with those who are killed by the
sword; they lie with the uncircumcised, with those who go down to the pit. 30 "The princes of the north are there, all
of them, and all the Sidonians, who have gone down in shame with the slain, for
all the terror that they caused by their might; they lie uncircumcised with
those who are slain by the sword, and bear their shame with those who go down
to the pit. 31 "When Pharaoh sees
them, he will be comforted for all his multitude, Pharaoh and all his army,
slain by the sword, declares the Lord GOD. 32 For I spread terror in the land of the living;
and he shall be laid to rest among the uncircumcised, with those who are slain
by the sword, Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares the Lord GOD.’”
23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free
gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Revelation 18:1-24 is the whole chapter and so I will
not quote that here but let you read it on your own. This section from MacArthur’s commentary has
many more verses to look up, and so I will stop here and Lord willing, pick it
up in the morning.
Spiritual
meaning for my life today: As I look at the wrath that God is
pouring out on the city of Nineveh and the entire country of Assyria, I
certainly makes me very thankful for what the Lord Jesus Christ did on the
cross for me.
My
Steps of Faith for Today: I trust the Lord to get me through the Sunday
school lesson that He has given me to teach this morning, that it will be
convicting, and informative and that the Spirit of God will use it for the
glory of my Savior and Lord.
From David
Jeremiah: “If you pray for bread and
bring no basket to carry it, you prove the doubting spirit which may be the
only hindrance to the gift you ask.” (D. L. Moody)
“With
men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible” (Matthew 26:19)
2/15/2026
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