The prophet Zephaniah was called to proclaim God's word not to the Gentiles,but to the people in Judah,it was a very powerful message of judgement.Those who were consider to be God's people had fallen away spiritually .Zephaniah was a contempory of Jeremiah and they both tell us how the people did unspeakable evil,the most serious was forsaking God , and turning to god's that were not gods. .( Jeremiah 2 v10 -13) The opening verses of Zephaniah declares that God's judgement was going to come upon them.The situation to say the least was grim,but they thought that the Lord will do nothing, either good or bad'. (1 v 12)How wrong they were as they would find out to their cost that judgement was coming in the form of the army of Babylon.This army would conquer Judah slaying most of the population,a remnant would survive,but would spend the next 70 yrs in exile.Many people think that God does not exsist,or if He does exsist,'' He does not matter''. But the fact is God is not an inactive God ,the day of the Lord is coming,it will be a day of judgement when the unsaved will call to the mountains and the rocks,fall on us, and hide us, from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb (Revelation 6 v16)
'Nothing in all creation is hidden
from God's sight.Everything is
uncovered and laid bare before
the eyes of Him to whom we
must give account.'
Hebrews 4 v 13
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