The world and the church can’t escape the Day of the Lord.

In today’s world the thought that we will be judged by God is missing. Part of the problem is the church, which doesn’t like to speak about it. The prophet Zephaniah does however. He was an Old Testament prophet who was from a royal line and lived under the reign of King Josiah in Judah. Josiah brought reforms to the nation when the book of the law, which had been lost, was found.

Despite these reforms, however, the message of Zephaniah is a frightening one … because of sin God is going to sweep everything away … not just a nation, but the whole world. The reason in relation to his people is, among other things, because of the worship of the false god Baal. God is a ‘jealous’ God and he insists that his people worship him alone.

We also find in this passage a mention of someone called the ‘Divine Warrior’ which is a reference to the Lord Jesus Christ. God is coming in judgement on ‘the Day of the Lord’. God has prepared a sacrifice of judgement which will be devastating for the whole world.  The exception will be those who trust in another sacrifice which God has prepared … what Jesus has accomplished at the cross to take away their sin.