Zephaniah 1 - 3
Thank you for continuing this journey of The Gospel Project®
for Kids. Sunday’s Bible account takes place during the early years of
King Josiah’s reign, before he made his reforms. Zephaniah was a prophet
to Judah during that time. Zephaniah prophesied about the Day of the
Lord, when God will judge the world for its sin and Jesus Christ will
return and make everything new.
Zephaniah’s
prophecies were intended to get Judah’s attention. Read Zephaniah
1:14-18. Who could ignore those types of descriptions? The Day of the
Lord will be universal and intense. Zephaniah made a call to action:
turn back to God.
Zephaniah
also described God’s promise of future restoration. A new day is
coming—a day when God will bring us home. (Zephaniah 3:20) The new day
dawned with Christ’s first coming, but will one day come in fullness. On
the day that Jesus gathers His people and reigns victoriously, this
promise will ring true over us: “The Lord has removed your punishment;
He has turned back your enemy. The King of Israel, Yahweh, is among you;
you need no longer fear harm” (Zephaniah 3:15).
The
final Day of the Lord is coming. Do not ignore the warnings of
Zephaniah. Respond to Zephaniah’s admonition: “Seek the Lord … Seek
righteousness, seek humility; perhaps you will be concealed on the day
of the Lord’s anger” (Zephaniah 2:3). If you are in Christ, you will be
concealed from the Lord’s anger and experience the joy of a new day. We
can look forward to and prepare for that new day. (See 2 Peter 3:13-14.)
Jesus will be among us, a warrior who saves. “He will rejoice over you
with gladness. He will bring you quietness with His love. He will
delight in you with shouts of joy” (Zephaniah 3:17).
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