by Stuart | 4 Mar 2022 | Devotionals, The Minor Prophets
As we have made our way through the Minor Prophets, we have seen that, for the most part, they have taken the form of warnings of impending exile. The prophets ministering to the northern nation of Israel warned of Assyrian exile while those ministering to the...
by Stuart | 3 Mar 2022 | Devotionals, The Minor Prophets
Zephaniah’s prophecy has been a difficult one to swallow. Bruckner writes of this prophecy as a “radical message of destruction” and “a word of severe warning against God’s chosen.” He describes it as a prophecy of “clouds and blackness” and concludes that Zephaniah’s...
by Stuart | 2 Mar 2022 | Devotionals, The Minor Prophets
Yesterday, we considered the words of Zephaniah 1, which one commentator has suggested are the most vivid description of divine wrath in the Bible. His anger in the first chapter, we saw, was directed at his people for their sin. As we move into chapter 2, Yahweh’s...
by Stuart | 1 Mar 2022 | Devotionals, The Minor Prophets
Of all the lesser-known books toward the end of the Old Testament, Zephaniah may be the least known. We have more information about Zephaniah than most of the “minor” prophets—including his family connection to King Hezekiah and the time of his prophecy (during the...
by Stuart | 28 Feb 2022 | Devotionals, The Minor Prophets
In late August 2021, a terrorist attack at the Kabul airport claimed the lives of thirteen American soldiers and more than sixty Afghan civilians. Addressing the nation, President Biden spoke about the sacrifice made by American troops. Addressing the terrorists, he...
