We return to take another look at God, to take another shot at
answering the question: What is God like? We’re doing this because it’s so very
important to know God and to know Him well - to know His character, His
attitudes, His goals. The knowledge of God is the basis for living well. An
incomplete understanding of God results in problems. The person who doesn’t
understand God well will not understand reality well. And how can anyone live
well without understanding the reality within which he lives?
Listen to another description of God.
An oracle
concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh. The Lord is a jealous and avenging God; the Lord is avenging and wrathful; the Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries
and keeps wrath for his enemies. The Lord
is slow to anger and great in power, and the Lord
will by no means clear the guilty. His way is in whirlwind and storm, and the
clouds are the dust of his feet. He rebukes the sea and makes it dry; he dries
up all the rivers; Bashan and Carmel wither; the bloom of Lebanon withers. The
mountains quake before him; the hills melt; the earth heaves before him, the
world and all who dwell in it. Who can stand before his indignation? Who can
endure the heat of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks
are broken into pieces by him. The Lord
is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in
him. But with an overflowing flood he will make a complete end of the
adversaries, and will pursue his enemies into darkness. Nahum 1.1-8