Posted: 18 June 2026

From a sermon given on 14 June 2026:

What do ye imagine against the Lord? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.
(Nahum 1:9)

Nahum delivered God's message to Nineveh, a nation marked by cruelty and oppression. The Lord declared that He would bring their evil to a complete end and that the suffering they caused would not rise again. Matthew Henry observed that when God works in judgment and deliverance, His work is so complete that it needs no repetition. What God settles, no enemy can successfully reopen.

The pages of the Scriptures are filled with examples of God bringing permanent deliverance to His people. He drowned Pharaoh's army in the Red Sea, and Israel saw them no more (Exodus 14:13). He brought down Goliath and ended the fear that had gripped the nation (1 Samuel 17:50). Charles Spurgeon noted that God not only removes the trouble but often destroys its root. The Lord is able to end what has tormented His people.

This promise calls believers to trust God's final authority. He can break cycles of fear, sin, failure, and oppression. What appears permanent to man is temporary before God. When the Lord declares an end, no power of darkness can reverse His decision. Therefore, walk in faith and confidence, knowing that what God ends, stays ended.

Further readings:

And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
(Exodus 14:13-1

Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.>
(Isaiah 43:18-19)

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
(Revelation 21:4)