This evening, I spent time reflecting on the book of Nahum. Just three short chapters, but they hold a powerful and sobering message. As I read, I became curious about the timeframe between Nahum’s prophecy and Jonah’s. After some research, I discovered that Nahum wrote about 140 years after Jonah. Though the people of Nineveh had once repented at Jonah’s call, within just a few generations, they had reverted to the very sins that originally provoked God’s anger. It’s sobering to see how quickly humanity can forget the grace and mercy of a loving God.
This realization hit close to home when I thought about our own nation. We are just over 200 years old, and only 132 years ago, the Supreme Court declared America a “Christian nation.” Yet today, our society not only ignores the truth of God but actively suppresses it. We’ve embraced lies concerning the sanctity of life, gender, and sexuality, and we’re rapidly moving toward the kind of judgment Nahum describes. Since the Supreme Court’s 1973 decision to legalize abortion, over 60 million unborn children have lost their lives. Sexual immorality is rampant, and we are dangerously close to bringing God’s righteous judgment upon ourselves.
My prayer echoes that of Abraham: “Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city. Will you then sweep away the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous who are in it? Far be it from you to do such a thing, to put the righteous to death with the wicked. Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?” (Genesis 18:24-25). Oh, that we as Christians would become salt and light—agents of God’s grace—calling our world to repentance. May we see a biblical revival where men and women turn from sin and place their hope and trust in King Jesus. Let us be the voice that reminds the world of the mercy and justice of God.
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