July 22 / Every Day GOD: God's Wrath!!!
Nahum 1:2-6
King James Version (KJV)
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 The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: theLord 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.
3 The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: theLord 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.
Nahum 1:14
Amplified Bible (AMP)
14 And the Lord has given a commandment concerning you [evil Assyrian counselor], that no more of your name shall be born nor shall your name be perpetuated. Out of the house of your gods I will cut off the graven and molten images; I will make [their temple] your tomb, for you are vile and despised.
Nahum 3:1-7
Amplified Bible (AMP)
3 Woe to the bloody city! It is full of lies and booty and [there is] no end to the plunder!
2 The cracking of the whip, the noise of the rattling of wheels, and prancing horses and chariots rumbling and bounding,
3 Horsemen mounting and charging, the flashing sword, the gleaming spear, a multitude of slain and a great number of corpses, no end of corpses! [The horsemen] stumble over the corpses!
4 All because of the multitude of the harlotries [of Nineveh], the well-favored harlot, the mistress of deadly charms who betrays and sells nations through her whoredoms [idolatry] and peoples through her enchantments.
5 Behold, I am against you, says the Lord of hosts, and I will lift up your skirts over your face, and I will let the nations look on your nakedness [O Nineveh] and the kingdoms on your shame.
6 I will cast abominable things at you and make you filthy, treat you with contempt, and make you a gazingstock.
7 And all who look on you will shrink and flee from you and say, Nineveh is laid waste; who will pity and bemoan her? Where [then] shall I seek comforters for you?
125 years earlier Jonah had preachedto these people and they had repented! Now, once again, they have turned their backs on God!
The Lord God Almighty doesn't mess around. When he's tired of people thumbing their noses at Him, He strikes in vengeance.
Romans 12:19
King James Version (KJV)
19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
"Jesus please continue to draw the hearts of those who are laughing their way through their sinful lifestyles. Please continue to reach for them. I'm begging You, Jesus! I am thinking of a young man right now who has been playing around for many years. Not just a few years. Many years! He is bound by everything! He sits in church and sometimes weeps a little. But God! He needs You in his life! I have to pray harder than ever for him! Because when You say it's over, IT'S OVER!!! Please have mercy, Jesus. Please give him a little more time! In Your precious name I'm asking. I'm pleading. I'm begging. AMEN."
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