Have you read Zephaniah recently?
“ I will bring such distress on all people that they will grope about like those who are blind because they have sinned against the Lord . Their blood will be poured out like dust and their entrails like dung. Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to save them on the day of the Lord ’s wrath.” (Zephaniah 1: 17 & 18) When did you last hear a sermon based on the prophecy of minor prophet, Zephaniah? Was it as recently as never? The book has only three chapters; I reread it just now in about ten minutes. I also read online that it’s contemporaneous with Isaiah and was likely written down just before the exile, in 670 – 690 BC. To spare you reading it, I’ll summarize: The Day of the LORD is coming, and on that day, the Baal worshiping neighbours of Judah will be utterly destroyed as God’s wrath is poured down upon them as it was at the great deluge. Likewise, the people of Judah (the Jews) will see the sinful among them purged and a humbl...