It took three New Testament books to explain God’s response to Habakkuk. To Habakkuk’s passionate complaint, God responded with the famous words, “Those who are evil will not survive, but those who are righteous will live because they are faithful to God” (2:4). If we take in the setting of …
Nahum 3:19 – Your wounds cannot be healed
The worst thing that can be said of the Assyrians in this book is that God cannot heal them. The last verse of Nahum concludes: “There is no remedy for your injuries, and your wounds cannot be healed.” This is a terminal diagnosis — like a doctor telling a patient, …
Nahum & Habakkuk (2007)
Some very important subjects are raised in these two books. Does God wish merely to pardon and forgive, or rather is God’s greatest desire to heal us of our sin and selfishness? Could one be forgiven by God but yet lost? Can God really change us into a character that …