The prophecy of Zephaniah may fittingly be called a treatise on the wrath of God . The dominant characteristic of this Day is that it is a Day of overflowing wrath ( ym ebr ; cf . v . 18 ). From this verse apparently arose the inspiration for the thirteenth-century song written by Thomas of Celano , which may have been translated into more languages than any other hymn :
That day of wrath , that dreadful day
When heav ' n and earth shall pass away !
What pow ' r shall be the sinner ' s stay ?
How shall he meet that dreadful day ?
When , shrivelling like a parched scroll ,
The flaming heav ' ns together roll ;
When louder yet , and yet more dread ,
Swells the high trump that wakes the dead ;
O on that day , that wrathful day
When man to judgment wakes from clay ,
Be thou the trembling sinner ' s stay ,
Though heav ' n and earth shall pass away . (page 242 trinity hymnal)
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Saturday, June 13, 2009
Summary... Wrath
The prophecy of Zephaniah may fittingly be called a treatise on the wrath of God . The dominant characteristic of this Day is that it is a Day of overflowing wrath (1:18).
Summary: The prophecy of Zephaniah clearly presents itself as a treatise on the wrath of God . The great Day of Yahweh is coming soon . On that Day , the God who has pledged himself repeatedly and in various contexts by the oath of the covenant shall devastate all who have broken the covenant . This terrible judgment is inevitable and unavoidable . The Day is coming soon .
Zephaniah ' s Day of Yahweh , in which the wrath of God was to be poured out on Judah , found expression in the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians . But the " day of wrath " is yet to come ( Rom . 2 : 5 ). This " great Day of his wrath " ( Rev . 6 : 16-17 ) is as certain to come as was the devasta- tion of Jerusalem . With eschatological finality , all who are not found by faith to be united in him shall be consumed from the face of the earth ( cf . Matt . 3 : 7 ; 1 Thess . 1 : 10 ; Rev . 11 : 18 ; 14 : 10 ; 16 : 9 ; 19 : 15 ).
COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL
O. Palmer Robertson. The Books of Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah (New International Commentary on the Old Testament). (Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1990). Pages 283, 287, 288.
Summary: The prophecy of Zephaniah clearly presents itself as a treatise on the wrath of God . The great Day of Yahweh is coming soon . On that Day , the God who has pledged himself repeatedly and in various contexts by the oath of the covenant shall devastate all who have broken the covenant . This terrible judgment is inevitable and unavoidable . The Day is coming soon .
Zephaniah ' s Day of Yahweh , in which the wrath of God was to be poured out on Judah , found expression in the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians . But the " day of wrath " is yet to come ( Rom . 2 : 5 ). This " great Day of his wrath " ( Rev . 6 : 16-17 ) is as certain to come as was the devasta- tion of Jerusalem . With eschatological finality , all who are not found by faith to be united in him shall be consumed from the face of the earth ( cf . Matt . 3 : 7 ; 1 Thess . 1 : 10 ; Rev . 11 : 18 ; 14 : 10 ; 16 : 9 ; 19 : 15 ).
COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL
O. Palmer Robertson. The Books of Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah (New International Commentary on the Old Testament). (Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1990). Pages 283, 287, 288.
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