Day 213

2 Kings 23:1-28; 2 Chronicles 34:29-35:19; Nahum 1-3.  “His Wrath”

         “When God saw that the Ninevites from Assyria had put a stop to their evil ways, he had mercy on them and didn’t carry out the destruction he had planned.”  That is a quote from the book of Jonah 100 years before Nahum, and 150 before the fall of Nineveh and Assyria.  Jonah had preached the gospel to the 120,000 who lived in the city and they repented.
         The Assyrians were a great but evil empire, but things changed for a time, long enough for God to temporarily put off his judgment.  Yet after the passing of a generation or two they returned to their evil ways, and were in fact the tool God used to conquer Israel in 722 BC.  Assyria was a proud and wicked empire and Nahum prophesied that God’s wrath was about to bring about their destruction, but listen to how Nahum describes God’s justice; “The LORD is slow to get angry, but his power is great, and he never lets the guilty go unpunished” (1:3).  It’s slow but sure, great but direct, severe but fair.

General Questions for each day:
Summarize the day’s Bible passage in your own words.
What thoughts, actions, attitudes or beliefs are addressed in the passage?
How is the Holy Spirit leading you to apply this passage to your life today?