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Nahum 1.3 (NIV)
The Lord is slow to anger and
great in power; the Lord will not leave the guilty unpunished.
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| Though God’s justice seems slow, nothing can ultimately escape it.* |
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Nahum
preached to Nineveh about 150 years after Jonah. Someone has observed that “Jonah’s was a message of Mercy;
Nahum’s a message of Doom.”* This verse contains a warning: while
God’s wrath was averted in Jonah’s day, Nineveh should expect punishment
now.
Although
this warning is directed at Nineveh, it can be applied to anyone who continues
to live in sin. We may be lulled into a
false sense of security by the reminder that God is slow to anger, but heed the
warning: he is great in power. No one knows when he will decide to unleash that
power on the guilty.
“The
holiness of the Lord demands that sin be punished.”* Someone has to pay the price –
whether it be the guilty person or the perfect sacrifice.
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| It is a tragic error to assume that because God has not smitten the wicked, He has changed from a God of justice to one of easy-going tolerance.* |
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