Today, I am reading and commenting on  Zephaniah and Haggai.

Zephaniah prophesies the day of the Lord when God will wipe out all life on earth.  I am unsure if he is prophesying the End Times, or if this prophecy is hyperbole about the fall of Jerusalem (or, perhaps it is both hyperbole about intermediate days of judgement AND a prophecy which will be fulfilled at the end of time).  In either case, Zephaniah speaks about how God will bring devastation and death to idolaters.  But not just to idolaters, He will also search out and punish those who are complacent, who, while they do not worship false gods, also do not do the will of God.  He will search out and punish those who complacently think that their wealth will protect them from the destruction they see coming rather than acting to forestall that destruction.  Zephaniah then tells us what we should do to avoid the devastation.  He tells us to humbly seek the Lord and do what He commands.  We are to seek righteousness with humility.  Then, perhaps, we will be sheltered on the day of God’s anger.  Which brings me to why I think the prophecy of total destruction of all life on earth may be intended to be viewed as hyperbole.  After expounding on the nations which will be destroyed and why, Zephaniah prophesies that after this destruction God will purify the lips of the peoples so that they may call on His name and serve Him in unity.  I want to circle back to what Zephaniah says that we should do.  Let us humbly seek God so that we may serve Him in unity with all who also humbly seek to serve Him.

I am not going to write about what we find in Haggai today, but please read it and think about what it means for you.

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