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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 5 of 5
Nahum 1:1-15
Nahum, like Jonah, appears to have originated from Galilee; Elkosh and Gath-Hepher (2 Kings 14:25) are both found there. Here is proof that the Jews were ill-informed about their own Scriptures, when they affirmed that no prophet arose out of Galilee (John 7:52). There is another point in common with Jonah: this prophecy concerns Nineveh. "That great city", once spared on account of its repentance, had returned to its wickedness. The work that God had done in the heart of the parents had not been renewed in that of the children. And now, after more than a century of patience (instead of 40 days), this God, slow to anger (v. 3; Jonah 4:2), confirms His irrevocable judgment. What a contrast between the way in which the LORD, the same God, reveals Himself to His adversaries (v. 2 . . .) and to those who trust in Him (v. 7)! Each of the latter is known personally to Him. Dear reader, are you one of these? (2 Timothy 2:19).
Romans 10:15, quoting v. 15 (see also Isaiah 52:7), applies it to the supremely good news, the gospel of grace. Have we, who today can move about so easily, this urge to spread the truth? To announce salvation and peace? Let us think about the Lord Jesus undertaking on foot a long, tiring journey, to meet the Samaritan woman at Sychar’s well (John 4:1-54).
