DCLM Daily Manna 4 March 2026: Nineveh Again?
Text: Nahum 1:1-6 (KJV)
The burden against Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
2 God is jealous, and the Lord avenges;
The Lord avenges and is furious.
The Lord will take vengeance on His adversaries,
And He reserves wrath for His enemies;
3 The Lord is slow to anger and great in power,
And will not at all acquit the wicked.
The Lord has His way
In the whirlwind and in the storm,
And the clouds are the dust of His feet.
4 He rebukes the sea and makes it dry,
And dries up all the rivers.
Bashan and Carmel wither,
And the flower of Lebanon wilts.
5 The mountains quake before Him,
The hills melt,
And the earth heaves at His presence,
Yes, the world and all who dwell in it.
6 Who can stand before His indignation?
And who can endure the fierceness of His anger?
His fury is poured out like fire,
And the rocks are thrown down by Him.
KEY VERSE:- (Nahum 1:6)
“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.”
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Sir Richard Baker (1568-1645), a renowned English historian and religious writer, was correct when he stated that “God’s anger, like the house that Samson pulled upon his own head, does not fall upon us unless we bring it upon ourselves through sin.”
The Ninevites of Prophet Nahum’s day demonstrated the truth in Sir Baker’s observation. They brought the wrath of God upon themselves by provoking Him again with their egregious sins, especially their affliction of God’s people.
About a hundred years earlier, Prophet Jonah was in this capital of the Assyrian empire to proclaim their imminent overthrow. They responded to Jonah’s preaching with sincere repentance, thereby averting divine wrath.
With time, the Ninevites relapsed into wickedness and pride. The new generation of Ninevites distanced themselves from the contrition of their forebears. Their cup of iniquity was filled, and Prophet Nahum was saddled with the burden of announcing God’s justice and wrath against them in the most terrifying terms.
In this startling prophecy, we have a glimpse of the terrific power of God to deliver judgment, “upon every soul of man that doeth evil” as well as “glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good” (Romans 2:9,10).
The Lord is jealous for His glory, “furious” and unsparing in the execution of His justice. Who can stand before the indignation or abide in the fierceness of the anger of God who has “his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet”? The sea, rivers, mountains, hills, indeed, the world and its contents, yield to His command!
Following these prophecies, Nineveh and the Assyrian Empire were conquered by the Medes and the Babylonians, vanishing away like vapour. The ruins of Nineveh stand as a monument of warning to every proud and rebellious person who nurses the vain notion that he can evade or resist the fierceness of God’s punishment.
God is slow to anger because He gives every sinner a chance to repent. The Lord is ever patient but not forever.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
Taking God’s grace for granted is the riskiest venture.
THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
2 Corinthians 11-13
DCLM Daily Manna 4 March 2026
