Nahum 2:8 (KJV) Stand!

Nahum 2:8 (KJV)
But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.

It is amazing to think that, at one time, God sent the prophet Jonah to preach and save Nineveh. Here we find a prophecy dedicated to the judgment of the very same city.

This verse is picturesque in a number of ways. I see this city filled with souls fleeing from the enemy. The prophet cries out to stand and defend but none listens. Barnes describes it, Stand, stand,” the prophet speaks in the name of the widowed city; “shut the gates, go up on the walls, resist the enemy, gather yourselves together, form a band to withstand,” “but none shalt look back” to the mother-city which calls them; all is forgotten, except their fear; parents, wives, children, the wealth which is plundered, home, worldly repute. So will men leave all things, for the life of this world.”

If we take this to be the wicked fleeing from the judgment of God, the lesson is that there is no defense against Him. 

If we take this to be a rebuke for fleeing when they ought to stand then the lesson is more relevant in our day. People of God, don’t flee the trials that come to you. Stand up for Jesus. Be a testimony and a light in a difficult and dark time. 

• Do it for your wives (or husbands)
• Do it for your children
• Do it for those who stood before you
• Do it for those who will need to stand after you
• Do it for the glory of God

Stand! Stand!

Let nothing of this world cause you to flee away from your faith. 

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Nahum 2:8 (KJV) Stand!

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