Thursday, March 09, 2006

Zephaniah

More judgement. God promises to destroy the world (Israel?), then says "If you humbly obey the Lord, then come and worship him. If you do right and are humble, perhaps you will be safe on that day when the Lord turns loose in his anger" (2:3).

Then, God states the punishment on the countries that were against Israel,a nd in some cases says "then my people who survive will take the land." He knows thta even after Israel is destroyed, some people will have turned back to him. They will be his people. 3:20 - "I will lead you home, and with your own eyes you will see me bless you with all you once owned."

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