Scripture Union Daily Guide 13th April 2021, Tuesday Message
Topic: God’s Unstoppable Vengeance.
Opening Prayer: Dear Lord, may the entrance of your word bring light and life to all I will do today.
Scripture: Nahum 2:1 -13.
Question(s) for Reflection
• Is there any command for me to obey? • What is God revealing to me in this passage?
Part of the immediate punishment on the wicked city of Nineveh and the entire Assyrian empire was to be implemented through a foreign attacker. Vs.1 and 3-5 give out a call for the defence of the city, but their story is that of desolation and woe as their defence collapses (vs.6ff). Vs.11-12 are a mockery of the Assyrian imperial symbol of the lion, and their goddess, Ishtar, often depicted as a lioness.
While the Assyrian empire is called upon to defend itself (which it couldn’t!), notice what the Lord is going to do for Jacob (Israel) in v.2. Other men of God in the past have been encouraged by the knowledge that God is on their side. See 2 Chronicles 32:7-8 for Hezekiah’s example as he faced the same Assyrian army many years before Nahum. All who are in positions of power should learn a lesson from Nineveh’s fall. In the day that God comes to settle accounts with men, every man will receive his due as in vs.7 – 10.
• Any new insight or reinforcement of what you already know?
Closing Prayer
• Prayer: Help me, dear Lord, to place my full trust in you alone. • Pray for yourself, not to take the grace of God in vain
Offer a prayer of faith in line with
• Lev. 19-20; Heb. 13
Scripture Union Daily Guide 13th April 2021.Scripture Union is an international, inter-denominational, evangelical Christian organization. It was founded in 1867, and works in partnership with individuals and churches across the world. The organization’s stated aim is to use the Bible to inspire children, young people and adults to know God.