Book of Zephaniah – A Thimble-full of Theology for Daily Living

Zephaniah 3:18-20, The Vindication of All Who Suffered

It would seem that Zephaniah could have ended his prophecy with his description of the joy and glory of the perfect kingdom of peace and safety. But he doesn’t. God has him speak at the last of those

Zephaniah 3:14-17, The Joy of the Kingdom

The appropriate response to the bringing in of God’s glorious kingdom of peace and safety, of proper worship and service, is joy and rejoicing. 14 Sing, Daughter Zion; shout aloud, Israel! Be glad

Zephaniah 3:9-13, God’s Glorious Future For All His People

There can be no doubt that J.R.R. Tolkien’s celebrated trilogy, The Lord of the Rings, with its epic battle against evil and its triumphant restoration of the true king to the throne, is meant as a depiction

Zephaniah 3:1-8, Judah Is Incorrigible

To be incorrigible is to be “not capable of being cured or reformed,” like a “criminal who should spend the rest of his life behind bars” (Merriam-Webster). Though Yahweh appealed

Zephaniah 2:4-15, Yahweh’s Judgment on the Nations

Zephaniah’s prophecy takes a strong right turn, from talking about the certain judgment coming on Judah and the appeal to her to repent, to a focus on God’s judgment of the nations around Judah and

Zephaniah 2:1-3, Take an Opportunity to Repent

I asked Bing, powered by AI (artificial intelligence), what someone would mean by, “Let’s gather ourselves.” It answered: When someone says, “Let’s gather ourselves,” they are suggesting that

Zephaniah 1:7-18, Judah Sacrificed in Judgment

It seems the phrase “getting off Scot free” comes from the Scandinavian term “skat,” meaning a tax or payment, and an English “redistributive taxation” or “skat”

Zephaniah 1:2-6, The Sweeping Away of Wicked Humanity

When has God put an end to all wicked humans? Only in the flood. But He promised He would never do that again, by a flood that is (Genesis 9:15). Yet here, in Zephaniah’s prophecy, He speaks in absolute

Zephaniah 1:1, The Setting for Zephaniah’s Prophecy

Yahweh gave this message to Zephaniah when Josiah son of Amon was king of Judah. Zephaniah was the son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah. (Zephaniah 1:1, New Living Translation

Sermon on Zephaniah 3:14-20, Joy to the World

We are in our second week of advent, the time in our Christian Church calendar year that we look forward to the coming of Messiah Jesus. Of course, Jesus has already come. Come, and gone ahead of us

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