The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Nahum 1:7-13, “The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble, and He knows those who take refuge in Him.
8 But with an overflowing flood, He will make a complete end of its site, and will pursue His enemies into darkness.
9 Whatever you devise against the LORD, He will make a complete end of it. Distress will not rise up twice.
10 Like tangled thorns, and like those who are drunken with their drink, they are consumed as stubble completely withered.
11 From you has gone forth One who plotted evil against the LORD, A wicked counselor.
12 Thus says the LORD, “Though they are at full strength and likewise many, even so, they will be cut off and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no longer.”
13 “So now, I will break his yoke bar from upon you, And I will tear off your shackles.”

The prophet Nahum was a native of Galilee. Hezekiah and Isaiah were his contemporaries.
The theme of Nahum’s book is the destruction of Nineveh! Remember Nineveh, the huge city where Jonah preached –and they repented? Well, 150 years later, Nahum is announcing the city’s total destruction! The Ninevites were apostates, now deliberately rejecting and challenging the God before Whom they had previously repented. Now, after turning back to her old war-faring ways, the LORD God determined it was time for the destruction of this apostate people.

There is a solemn message here for all people: As Leon Morris clearly said, “A nation (or a person) can reach a point in opposition to God where return is impossible.” Yes, God does eventually give up on people who steadfastly refuse to believe and behave as He has ordered. Please, don’t be one of those! If you’ve never been born again, never trusted Him as your personal Savior, do it today! How?
Just pray a simple prayer, confessing your sins. Ask Him to forgive you and take control of your life; and believe in Him. He has responded to others, He will respond faithfully to you.

Heartily in Christ Jesus,

(Dado III)

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.
Springdale, Arkansas 72764
United States of America

“We never know that Christ is all we need until He becomes all that we have.” – Corrie ten Boom