God is creating a new heart for His people. It is for a time of peace yet to come. A time when His children lie down in peace and sin no more. We know that THIS is a FUTHRE promise. Even though God has restored Israel, on more than one occasion, there has NEVER been […]
Judah’s judgment is fast approaching in the time of Zephaniah. This won’t be her only judgment but it will be significant. It will change her forever. I don’t know if Zephaniah saw the end of Judah or not. His time was after the most ungodly time in Judah’s history; that of Manasseh’s rule. We are […]
God is pronouncing judgment against all those who were Judah’s enemies; especially during her time of exile. These judgments also come in stages. God STILL loved Judah and Israel. Even in their WORST times, He never stopped loving them. He stopped working on their behalf and turned a ‘deaf ear’ to their prayers during that […]
On that day of the Lord when He judges ALL the earth, there will be disaster like never before. Those who are not with Him WILL be punished. Zephaniah’s words are for Judah’s current future and our not-too-distant future. The judgment spoken of in our last reading and today’s, speaks of a global judgment. It […]
God tells the people of Judah that He is going to ‘clean house’ of ALL; man and beasts. This will be done in stages but WILL be accomplished. Zephaniah is speaking to the people of Judah during the reign of one of the most godly kings to hold the throne. But even under Josiah’s rule, […]