PRESENTATION NAME

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ZEPHANIAH  The Royal Prophet
Zephaniah 17 Be silent in the presence of the
Lord God For the day of the Lord is at hand, For
the Lord has prepared a sacrifice He has invited
His guests.
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Introduction

• Zephaniah was the great-great-grandson of King
  Hezekiah. (Zephaniah 11)
• He was a prophet in the days of Josiah, king of
  Judah 640 609 BC
• Zephaniah used the phrase - The day of the
  Lord. (6 times in these 3 chapters.)

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Background

• The message of Zephaniah is 
• God's wrath will come on Judah
• God's wrath will come on surrounding nations
• Through judgment will come blessing

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To Judah 

• The Lord is bringing judgment
• The day of the Lord is at hand
• Therefore He issues a call for repentance

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To Judah  Repent
1 Gather yourselves together, yes, gather
together, O undesirable nation, 2 Before the
decree is issued, Or the day passes like chaff,
Before the Lord's fierce anger comes upon you,
Before the day of the Lord's anger comes upon
you! 3 Seek the Lord, all you meek of the earth,
Who have upheld His justice. Seek righteousness,
seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden
In the day of the Lord's anger. Zephaniah 21-3
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To Surrounding Nations

• God's judgment on nations east and west
• God's judgment on nations north and south
• Therefore Woe to Jerusalem

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Through Judgment to Belssing

• Today is Father's Day
• I will not preach at or scold fathers (or
  mothers)
• Parenting is tough. There are lots of trials,
  issues, problems, and challenges.
• There are also blessings.

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Through Judgment to Belssing

• Wait upon the Lord
• 38 "Therefore wait for Me," says the Lord,
  "Until the day I rise up for plunder My
  determination is to gather the nations To My
  assembly of kingdoms, To pour on them My
  indignation, All my fierce anger All the earth
  shall be devoured With the fire of My jealousy.

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Through Judgment to Belssing

• Wait upon the Lord
• Therefore I will look to the Lord I will wait
  for the God of my salvation My God will hear me.
• Micah 77

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Through Judgment to Belssing

• God will restore His people
• "For then I will restore to the peoples a pure
  language, That they all may call on the name of
  the Lord, To serve Him with one accord. Zephaniah
  39

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Through Judgment to Belssing

• God will restore His people
• 12 I will leave in your midst A meek and humble
  people, And they shall trust in the name of the
  Lord. 13 The remnant of Israel shall do no
  unrighteousness And speak no lies, Nor shall a
  deceitful tongue be found in their mouth For
  they shall feed their flocks and lie down, And no
  one shall make them afraid." Zephaniah 312-13

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Through Judgment to Belssing

• There will be joy in Jerusalem
• 14 Sing, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O Israel! Be
  glad and rejoice with all your heart, O daughter
  of Jerusalem! 15 The Lord has taken away your
  judgments, He has cast out your enemy. The King
  of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst You shall
  see disaster no more. Zephaniah 314-15

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Through Judgment to Belssing

• There will be joy in Jerusalem
• The Lord your God in your midst, The Mighty One,
  will save He will rejoice over you with
  gladness, He will quiet you with His love, He
  will rejoice over you with singing." Zephaniah
  317

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Through Judgment to Belssing

• There will be joy in Jerusalem
• 19 Behold, at that time I will deal with all who
  afflict you I will save the lame, And gather
  those who were driven out I will appoint them
  for praise and fame In every land where they were
  put to shame. 20 At that time I will bring you
  back, Even at the time I gather you For I will
  give you fame and praise Among all the peoples of
  the earth, When I return your captives before
  your eyes," Says the Lord. Zephaniah 319-20

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Conclusion

• 1. Judgment is coming
• On other nations that disobey God
• On God's people that disobey Him
• 2. Blessings will follow those who repent

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Conclusion
3. The day of the Lord is coming. But the day
of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in
which the heavens will pass away with a great
noise, and the elements will melt with fervent
heat both the earth and the works that are in it
will be burned up. 2 Peter 310
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Conclusion
3. The day of the Lord is coming. 11 Therefore,
since all these things will be dissolved, what
manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct
and godliness, 12 looking for and hastening the
coming of the day of God, because of which the
heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the
elements will melt with fervent heat? 2 Peter
311-12
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Final Challenge
4. Learn to look beyond the coming judgment. Look
for the blessings to follow .