WHY ARE WE READING NAHUM?

Newsletter 108 October 5, 2008

WHY ARE WE READING NAHUM?

I am certain that the question, thought if not spoken, must be, “Why on earth is he quoting from this obscure prophet in the Old Testament concerning the Ninevites?”

Normally, I probably would not even have been reading here, except that this book is part of the reading for today in the through the Bible in one year plan.

The Ninevites, representing all non-believers throughout the ages, even today, face the anger of a heavenly Father who, because of His love for mankind, gave his only Son to see him suffer rejection, abuse and finally death on the cross of Calvary. They spurned it all. This first portion reveals His anger.

Nahum 1:2-7 (King James Version)

2 God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.

3 LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.

5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.

6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.

This is the just God before whom non-believers will stand when Christ returns to judge the earth. God is not evil, neither is He unjust. Before Nahum came, Jonah had been sent to the ancestors of these same people. They believed for a time.

Christians have an entirely different view of the Lord God than do those who are not believers, and for a very good reason. They love Him as a Father who has provided the best habitation for his creation, who loved them so much that he gave His nearest and dearest Son to save them for eternity.

7 The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

These words certainly apply to us today. Remember that He is there to help in our “day of trouble.” He knows, and asks us to “trust in Him.” Our Lord Jesus has gone to prepare a place for us, and we can be sure that he will be with us always, even if, in the words of David, “I walk through the valley of the shadow of death.“ We too, need “fear no evil.“ He is there walking with us, as David closed his psalm, We too “will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.”

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I PLEDGE TO READ MY BIBLE THROUGH IN 2008

OCTOBER

5th. Sunday - Jeremiah 9,10, Philippians 3, Psalm 117
6th. Monday - Jeremiah 11,12,13, Philippians 4, Psalm 118:1-16
7th. Tuesday -Jeremiah 14,15,16, Colossians 1, Proverbs 24:13-22
8th. Wednesday - Jeremiah 17,18,19, Colossians 2, Psalm 118:17-29
9th. Thursday - Jeremiah 20,21,22 Colossians 3, Psalm 119:1-8
10th. Friday - Jeremiah 23,24, Colossians 4, Psalm 119:9-16
11th. Saturday - Jeremiah 25,26, I Thessalonians 1, Proverbs 24:23-34
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