#soap # Nahum 02 ## Title: Evil Does Not Win ## Scripture: (Nahum 2:1-2) “(2:2) An enemy who will scatter you, Nineveh, has advanced against you! Guard the rampart! Watch the road! Prepare yourselves for battle! Muster your mighty strength! For the Lord is about to restore the majesty of Jacob, as well as the majesty of Israel, though their enemies have plundered them and have destroyed their fields.” (NET) ## Observation: One of the most difficult issues Christians deal with is called the “problem of evil.” This is the issue of why our good God does not stop all evil. I heard someone once answer this question by saying, “If God were to destroy all evil, where should He start? Should He start with me or you?” The problem of evil is complex because it is His patience in not yet destroying all evil that allows me and you to exist because no one (other than Jesus) has ever been without sin. One of the most comforting answers to this question is that, while God has His reasons for why evil is allowed to exist for a season, justice always comes. Evil is not allowed to win. Whether in this life or in eternity, justice always comes. In this passage, Nahum is prophesying that the evil of Assyria would not last forever. They may look invincible, but their day would come. God’s Word proved true. Within a few years of this prophecy, Assyria fell. ## Application: Trust God’s timing. ## Prayer: Thank You, Jesus, for being faithful.