Sunday, June 14, 2015

The majesty of Jacob is great

Nahum 2:1-13
The destruction of Nineveh. The scatterer has come up against you.
For the Lord is restoring the majesty of Jacob for plunderers have plundered them and ruined their branches.
Desolate and ruin! Hearts melt and knees tremble; anguish is in all loins; all faces grow pale!
The prophet's description uses every resources of sound and vision: we can see and hear, almost smell, the onslaught.
Once, God had used the armies of Assyria to punish his people.
Now the forces attacking Nineveh are his instruments. Blood and thunder; plunder and desolation; the den of the Assyrian lion is no more.
Nahum's scenes are vivid to the eye and to the imagination - even to the wailing slave-girls.
Why?
Vision and imagination of Nineveh was so clear described by Nahum.The
Restoring the majesty of Jacob for God is the Lord over all nations. Nineveh have plundered Jacob so they will be plundered and be ruined either.
How?
The majesty of Jacob is great and powerful than any others. He is the Lord!



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