Nahum 1 through 3 is the scheduled reading for today. The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. 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. The LORD is slow …
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What Are You Doing Here?
In today's excerpt from our reading of 1 Kings 18 through 20, we find the prophet, after running for his life from Jezebel, asked the question by GOD, "What are you doing here?" Why did Elijah flee when the wicked woman threatened his life; and after a great victory over her prophets of Baal, and …
Two Commandments Summed Up Into Ten
And God spake all these words, saying, "I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. "Thou shalt have no other gods before Me. "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in …
Put Away the Strange…
Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve Him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD. And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will …
The Vengeance of the LORD
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, "Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people." And Moses spake unto the people, saying, "Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian. Of every tribe a thousand, …
A Jealous God
"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. The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked..." Nahum 1:2-3a (KJV) Some people get angry over the …
Slow to Anger
"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. The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath His way in the whirlwind and …