Zephaniah 1:2-3

Only faith in  Jesus  in our present times and permanently for all mankind in His return can overcome the evil that has been allowed power in the earthly realm….

Come Lord Jesus return in Your glory! 

The victory is already His and it is His right to rule at the right hand of the Father and in the power of the Holy Spirit.

 Zephaniah means “Hidden in the Lord,” a name that relates to the principal message the prophet presented. As believers we are hidden in Christ. 

In the end EVERYTHING will be consumed by the love of God and in His glory.

consume |kənˈso͞om|

verb [ with obj. ]

• (usu. be consumed) (of a feeling) absorb all of the attention and energy of (someone)

In the second coming all things corrupted by man and the evil that rules this earth will pass and a new earth will be established with Jesus as King and Lord. It will be a glorious day for those who have accepted Him but devastation to those who have not. Spread the good news of salvation so that all will have the chance to accept or reject His offer of peace and an eternity spent in the love of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

The message of Zephaniah begins with a pronouncement of universal judgment. These words not only introduce the particular judgment that would be pronounced upon Judah, but they also speak of the final judgment that will usher in the kingdom of God on earth. Stumbling blocks here refers to idolatry, or substitutes for God in the life and affections of a person. Because there is nothing in the universe that really may be compared to the Creator, God abhors all forms of idolatry.

Zephaniah 1:2-3

² “I will utterly consume everything

From the face of the land,”

Says the Lord;

³ “I will consume man and beast;

I will consume the birds of the heavens,

The fish of the sea,

And the stumbling blocks along with the wicked.

I will cut off man from the face of the land,”

Says the Lord.

¹³“I will surely consume them,” says the Lord. “No grapes shall be on the vine, Nor figs on the fig tree, And the leaf shall fade; And the things I have given them shall pass away from them.” ’ ” 

Jeremiah 8:13

³Therefore the land will mourn; And everyone who dwells there will waste away With the beasts of the field And the birds of the air; Even the fish of the sea will be taken away. 

Hosea 4:3