GOD'S WRATH COMING UPON THE NATIONS Zephaniah Two Zephaniah called upon his people to repent before the Day of the Lord came upon them. The people had become callused to evil and they had lost all sense of shame. Continuation in sin brings you to the point where you do not even blush at sin. Jeremi... [ Continue Reading ]
_REPENT BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE -- ZEPHANIAH 2:1-3:_ God's people had become a disgraceful nation. God called upon them to gather around and focus their attention on correcting those things wherein they had failed in their relationship with Him. The gathering together was to be a time of mourning and... [ Continue Reading ]
_GOD'S JUDGMENT AGAINST THE PHILISTINES -- ZEPHANIAH 2:4-7:_ If Judah failed to repent she would face God's judgment. The heathen nations would also face the Judgment of the Almighty. Scripture pictures God's Judgment on Philistia. Gaza, Ashkelon, Ashdod and Ekron are Philistine cities that were nea... [ Continue Reading ]
_GOD'S JUDGMENT AGAINST THE MOABITES AND AMMONITES -- ZEPHANIAH 2:8-11:_ God next dealt with the children of Moab and the children of Ammon, Judah's neighbors to the east. These heathen nations had insulted and threaten God's chosen nation. These nations were also idolatrous. God promised that capti... [ Continue Reading ]
_JUDGMENT AGAINST ETHIOPIA AND ASSYRIA -- ZEPHANIAH 2:12-15:_ The Ethiopians had also made light of God's people. They likewise would feel the vengeance of divine wrath. God completed His circle of Judgment by looking north to Assyria. He would make this once prosper nation desolate. It would be a f... [ Continue Reading ]