00:00 Introduction and Greetings

01:09 Upcoming Events and Announcements

03:24 Daily Bible Reading: Zephaniah Overview

04:42 Zephaniah's Prophecies: Near-Term and Far-Term Judgments

11:59 Judgment on the Enemies of God

14:20 Jerusalem's Rebellion and Future Hope

17:18 Conclusion and Prayer

Hey there.

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Welcome back to another edition

of the daily Bible podcast.

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It is Tuesday, August 6th, 2024.

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Uh, hopefully you're

having a great week so far.

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It's only the second day, I

guess, the third day of the week

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if our week begins on Sunday.

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But, uh, yeah.

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It's early in the week.

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Let's just put it that way.

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Hopefully your week is going swimmingly.

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Uh, that's a phrase that

we don't use very often.

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I wonder where that came, came from.

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I have no idea where that came from.

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I didn't have no idea where

that came from in my own mind.

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I don't know why I said I hope

your week is going swimmingly.

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I could've said anything.

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I hope you're having a great week.

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I hope your week is going well.

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I hope you're having a super day.

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I hope it's just awesome.

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I hope this is the best

week you've ever had.

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But I said, I hope your

week is going swimmingly.

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So there you go.

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Uh, I hope your week is going

swimmingly, whatever that means.

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Maybe you're going to go

to the pool at some point.

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Uh, and, uh, I guess if it's

going sincerely, then that's,

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that's maybe the opposite of going

swimmingly and that would be bad.

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And I get that.

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I just don't know why we would say, Hey,

I hope your week is going swimmingly.

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I don't say that other people

say that I don't typically say

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that, but apparently I do now.

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So there have a swimming week

and a, whatever that means.

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Make sure you don't sink.

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This Sunday, we are back

in the gospel of John.

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We've taken a break and it's

been a break for some summer.

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Uh, vacation as well as, uh, we had a

guest speaker in and then we did a summer

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series on God building his church that

we just finished up last weekend, as we

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celebrated one year of God's faithfulness.

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But now we're back in the

gospel of John and we're jumping

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back into such a key point.

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This is the triumphal entry.

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This is what begins the

passion week of Jesus' life.

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The passion we being the last seven days.

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The last week, rather of Jesus'

earthly ministry before the cross.

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And so we have that coming up.

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We have, uh, uh, summer

sues are ending last week.

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We are moving into the fall

school, starting back up we're

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back in the gospel of John.

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We've got a lot of exciting

things happening here.

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So looking forward to that also on Sunday,

Matt, you heard about our new men's

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breakfast that we're going to be doing on

Friday morning, starting on August 16th.

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So, not this coming weekend, but

next week we're going to be starting

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this August 16th, Friday mornings.

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We're going to be gathering together.

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We're going to be gathering.

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And I hop off Dallas Parkway in Frisco,

which I just found out yesterday.

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They have all you key

pancakes for five bucks.

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How good is that now I don't know how

much we want to take advantage of that

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because we might be a, uh, a larger

church if, if I can put it that way,

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but not, but not in the right way.

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Not, not larger numerically, but larger.

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Like we might have to

buy some bigger chairs.

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Um, so maybe we don't all want

to go with the all you can eat

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pancakes, but they're doing that.

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Like, that's, that's a cool thing.

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Five bucks.

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That's that's a good deal.

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Uh, but anyways, man,

we want you to be there.

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This is going to be about,

uh, how to be a godly man.

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What does it look like?

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And we're going to be covering subjects

like prayer and, uh, marriage and

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fatherhood and purity and leadership and

work being an employer, being an employee.

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We're going to talk about all these

things kind of more of an, a round

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table format, more than it is kind of a

lecture or a message sermon style format.

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So should be a great time.

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Oh, man, that's going to be Friday

mornings, starting August 16th at 6:30 AM.

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So bright and early over there,

the iHub, but they're ready for us.

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They have the pancakes.

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They are going to be

ready for us to be there.

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And have a great time together.

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So hopefully you plan on joining

us@thatmeantyoucanregisterforthatonlineatourwebsitecompassntx.org.

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All right.

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Well, let's jump into our daily

Bible reading for today, which is

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the book of Zephaniah Zephaniah.

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I mentioned the other day.

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I knew a Naomi, I don't know is

deaf and I am, I don't think.

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Maybe I do.

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I don't know anyways, if I do, I'm sure

he's having a swimming day somewhere.

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Zephaniah is Zeff.

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I feel like I know his F.

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Uh, anyways.

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Zephaniah.

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All right.

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Zephaniah was, uh, another prophet

whom we don't know much about.

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He's the only prophet with

a Royal bloodline though.

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We do know that.

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And that's unique.

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Look as F and I one.

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The word of the Lord

came to Zephaniah son.

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Cushy set of Gedaliah set of MRI.

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Notice this next phrase, son of Hezekiah.

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He's the son of the king.

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He's a Royal prophet.

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And so he's, we've, we've

seen prophets who are priests.

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And, and, uh, and yet we don't see any

profits who are our Kings, but this

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one is at least a prophet with a Royal

bloodline, which should remind us of

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the ultimate Royal bloodline prophet.

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Who's going to be both prophet

priest and king, all three of those.

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And that's the coming Messiah.

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That's Jesus.

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Who's going to come

and serve in that role.

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But Zephaniah is a descendant, a son

of, uh, or, or great grandson of, uh,

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he's in the Royal line of, of Hezekiah.

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I'm trying to do math in my

head and that doesn't work well.

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It's not swimmingly in my head

to, for me to do the math.

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So I'm going to give up on that anyways.

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He's part of the Royal bloodline at

ascendant of Hezekiah prophesized during

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the reigns of Josiah, but most likely

prior to the reforms, 6 35 to 6 25 BC.

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And the reason why we say that is because.

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Uh, contextually there's a lot in this.

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Uh, this prophecy that talks

about the dangers of idolatry.

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So it seems like this is early

on in your size range, but,

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but let me push back on that.

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If I can't, even though I'm the

one that just suggested that.

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There are a lot of parallels between the

language that we find in Zephaniah and

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that in Deuteronomy, which is the law.

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So it may suggest a date after the

discovery of the book of the law,

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which would put it during the reforms.

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And even after some of the reforms

in, in, in this view is F and I really

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becomes a support to Josiah because as

you're Saya, Institutes the sweeping

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reforms and moves to purge the land of

bale worship in all the other idolatry.

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There, we read about it in Kings

and Chronicles is like he did

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this and it went swimmingly.

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He purged the land, he got it all out.

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He, he, he.

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It was awesome.

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It was good.

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But you have to imagine.

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There was probably some opposition

that he encountered there.

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And so it's possible in the view that

maybe this is later in your size, right?

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And that's, that's not, we're not

going to pound the pulpit on this

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one way or the other, because it

could be either one and that's fine.

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If this later on it's possible

that Zephaniah was a support.

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He was the one that was there to

provide further confirmation that, yes,

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this is the right thing to do that.

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This is what God wants done.

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Uh, he is a contemporary of Jeremiah.

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We're going to be in the book of

Jeremiah and then not too distant

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future it's coming and it's coming fast.

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And so you buckle up, get ready.

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Cause we've went from Isaiah and

then we're getting ready to jump into

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another major prophet in Jeremiah.

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And the not too distant future,

but Zephaniah is a parallel.

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He's a.

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Or a contemporary rather of, of Jeremiah.

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Key theme in the book of Steph

and I is this the day of the

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Lord, the day of the Lord.

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And we've talked about that before.

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We've seen it before in other books.

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And as we've mentioned before, about

the day of the Lord and other books,

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so too, we'll mention here again.

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This day of the Lord is something that

was going to be imminent in the judgment

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of Judah at the hands of the Babylonians.

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And it's also future, and it's still

future from where you and I sit today.

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The day of the Lord is, is the

day of final judgment of God.

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And so both of those themes

show up here in the book.

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Sometimes the prophet is talking about

the imminent judgment that's coming upon

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the people of God at the hands of Babylon.

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Other times he's going to be talking

about that future day of judgment.

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That's even yet future too.

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You and I sitting here today.

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You and me sitting here today.

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Let's jump in.

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It's definitely a one Zephaniah.

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And I 1, 2, 3, 3, the opening

anticipates the future fulfillment

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of the day of the Lord when he's

going to judge the entire earth.

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So here, this is the future

one, because what he's talking

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about in these opening verses.

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Is that the.

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The total destruction, the total judgment,

I will cut off mankind, verse three from

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the face of the earth declares the Lord.

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So opening to versus there's a future

day that he's going to do with everybody.

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And the words and the language in these

verses called the mind, the Noetic flood.

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The complete annihilation,

the complete destruction.

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Peter talks about this world

being burned up as with fire.

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Uh, and he compares it to the

flood and being stored up for that.

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And so it's kind of that idea.

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It's looking to that.

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That catastrophic judgment from God upon.

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All of his enemies in the end.

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And so the day of the Lord that's coming.

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In the yet future there.

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Uh, verses four through six near-term

is, is in view here because he turns

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and specifically is talking to Judah.

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And the Lord makes it clear that Judah

would not be spirit and would have to

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give an account for their idolatrous ways.

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So again, in.

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Under Josiah's reign.

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This is unique because

things were good with Josiah.

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They were doing good things.

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They were issuing these reforms and in.

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Again, if this is before the reforms,

maybe this is what's going on here.

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This is part of the

wake-up call to the people.

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Hey, a judgment is coming.

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And so this is maybe one of the

reasons why the people were ready

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and willing to pursue these reforms.

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But at minimum here, Uh, the Lord is

telling Judah in verses four through six.

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Hey judgment is coming

against you for your idolatry.

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Verses seven through 13 than the near-term

day of the Lord was coming for Judah.

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And for those who had grown

complacent, believing that the

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Lord would not do anything.

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They're luxuries would pass to another,

who would enjoy them in their status.

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They endure the wrath of God's judgment.

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Uh, and so th the, the mindset

had come upon the people thinking,

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you know what, God's not going to

do anything, either good or bad.

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He's, he's just there.

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And he's, he's not gonna, he doesn't

care is kind of the mentality.

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That had had taken over the people.

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And so the prophet is writing to say,

that's a, that's not exactly true.

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He is going to come and

he is going to punish.

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In fact, if you'll notice in verses

seven through 13, All of the different

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places you've read on that day.

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Uh, or the reference to the day

verse seven for the day of the

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Lord is near verse eight on the

day of the Lord's sacrifice.

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It's another way of describing the day

of the Lord, verse nine on that day.

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Uh, verse 10 on that day.

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Uh, it just, he saying, it's

coming, it's going to happen.

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Don't be fooled into thinking it

won't it is coming and it will happen.

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And then everything that you've once

had, you're going to lose it in, in all

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the things that you're boasting and all

the comforts that you think you have.

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Now, you're going to lose it.

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Verse 13, your goods are

going to be plundered.

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Your houses are going

to be laid waste though.

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They build houses.

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You're not going to live into them though.

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They plant vineyards.

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You're not going to drink from them.

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Somebody else's, Babylon's

going to come in.

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They're going to be the ones that do that.

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So near term fulfillment

is what's in view here.

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Uh, you may be wondering if you

look back up at verse nine, everyone

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who leaps over the threshold.

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What is that about?

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There's a lot of confusion about that.

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And rightly so, it's, it's

confusing even in the original

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language there, but the best.

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Postulation on, on that, that I

found is that this is perhaps a

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reference to, uh, the, the Philistine

practice of stepping over the

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threshold because you'll remember.

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When the arc was captured and

taken into the temple of Dagon

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a dig on there, God fell.

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Uh, and then the next time it fell

in the hands and a head fell off

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and they were laid on the threshold.

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And so the priests in the

Philistine false temples would.

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Step over the threshold.

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So as not to.

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Uh, not to defile the threshold

because the threshold in their minds

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was consecrated because that's where

their Dodd's head had had come to rest.

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And so with, with this, it may be that

the Lord is saying you've, you've adopted.

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Idolatrous processes and, and, and

beliefs and systems and brought

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them into the temple worship.

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And we know that to be true, they set

up altars in the temple of the Lord.

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And so this may be a reference to

that saying, Hey, Uh, those that that

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are, are hopping over the threshold.

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Uh, I'm coming after you because of,

of the defilement there of the temple.

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That in chapter one, verses 14 through

18, we shift back to the far term day of

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the Lord and that's going to be a day.

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That's going to be great and

terrifying for all mankind.

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Who've rejected the Lord and

chosen sin instead of him.

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So the message is for Judah,

but then God also wants everyone

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to know you and me included.

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Hey.

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The great day of the Lord

is near and hastening fast.

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This is forward-looking.

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A day of wrath that divot distress and

anguish ruined devastation, darkness

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and gloom clouds and thick darkness.

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Uh, jump down to verse 18 in

the fire of his jealousy, all

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the earth shall be consumed.

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This is how we know.

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Are we talking near?

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Are we talking far?

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Uh, when it's taught language

of, of, of total destruction.

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All the earth is going to be consumed

verse 18 for a full and sudden end.

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He will make all the

inhabitants of the earth.

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That's when we know whether or not the

prophet's talking near term or far term.

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So this is shifting far terms.

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So this is saying, Hey, don't think

that this is only about Judah.

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There's Judah.

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Yeah.

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Judah short term.

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They're going to suffer the day of the

Lord and when Babylon comes against

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them, but there's another day of the Lord

that everybody needs to be made aware

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of and everybody needs to be ready for.

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And that's the implication here for

you and me as we read this book today.

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Chapter two, then this is the

judgment on the enemies of God.

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So here, he's going to talk

about the other nations.

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And, and so in verse three, we find this

call to the people of Judah seek the Lord.

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All you humble of the land,

who do his commands, seek

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righteousness, seek humility.

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Perhaps you may be hidden

from the, the, the.

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Day on that day from

the anger of the Lord.

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So there's still time for the

people of Judah to repent before the

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near-term fulfillment of the day of

the Lord, that remnant people that,

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that God wanted to see grow in.

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In number as those would

repent and return to him.

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Verses four through seven, that

the day of the Lord would mean

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judgment, not just on Judah, but

also on the enemies of Judah as well.

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The Philistines are being addressed

in this first section, there there

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be a swift and total destruction of

these ones, populated cities that

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were going to turn into pasture

lands as the language talks about.

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And.

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Eventually, you know what Israel is

going to take over those cities when she

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returns from her future, from her exile

that got a separating out his people.

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From the nations is basically

what he's doing in chapter two.

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He's saying the day of wrath is

going to come, but I don't want

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people looking at the day of wrath.

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And assuming that Jude is just like

everybody else, because you know

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what the Philistines are going to

go down verses four through seven.

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Uh, verses eight through 11,

the Moabites the Ammonites.

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They're going to go down.

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And they're going to be just

like Sodom and Gomorrah.

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Verse 12, the Kush Heights are going

to fall, perhaps the Ethiopians or

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some of the region they're in Africa.

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Verses 13 through 15, the Assyrians

even they're going to fall.

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And so in chapter two, God's

saying it's not just about Judah.

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Everybody's going to be

punished for their sinfulness.

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Everybody's going to be

punished for their wickedness.

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But Judah is going to be different because

they're going to return and they're going

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to, they're going to populate the land.

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And here in, we see

that's going to happen.

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Yes.

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When Israel returns from exile.

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In Babylon when, when Cyrus,

the meta Persian king, which is

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the next nation after Babylon.

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Uh, allows the.

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The XL to return.

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There's a partial fulfillment there, but I

think this is ultimately forward-looking.

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This is saying, look, all the

nations are going to be judged.

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And then eventually Israel

is going to possess the land.

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Israel is going to have the full land, and

this is looking forward to that millennial

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kingdom time when Christ is there and

Israel owns the land that was once

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inhabited by all of these enemies of God.

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It, and it's theirs now.

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And they're dwelling there and.

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Uh, they're the ones that

are going to repopulate it.

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So chapter two judgment is not just coming

against Judah, but all the enemies of

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God, but there's going to be a difference

in Judah and that Judah has a future.

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Whereas the others.

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I mean, they don't, their end is total.

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Their end is complete destruction

under the wrath of God.

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Chapter three, then this, uh, opens up

with, with the address to Jerusalem.

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And she's called the

rebellious and defiled city.

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Uh, this verse one verse two, that

the people have thrown off any

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instruction and rebuffed the correction

that God had had sent to them.

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The profits verse four, and the priest

to become evil and perverted the law.

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And so God is talking

specifically to Jerusalem saying,

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this is, this is your sin.

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This is that for which

I'm coming against you.

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Verse five in spite of the Lord

making himself and the justice of his

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ways, knowing that people continued

in their guilt and shame, they had

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every opportunity to turn to the Lord.

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Every opportunity to pursue and seek

justice instead of their own simple ways.

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And yet.

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They chose.

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Shame.

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They chose their own sinful

ways there in verse five.

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Verse seven.

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Uh, the Lord had made every accommodation

on top of that to induce repentance,

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but instead they multiplied their evil.

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Uh, he said, I, I said,

surely verse seven.

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You will fear me.

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Surely you will accept correction,

then your dwelling would not be

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cut off according to all that

I've appointed against you.

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But all the more, they were eager to make

all their deeds corrupt, just that desire

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to multiply sin and, and you can't help.

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But think about perhaps Manasseh in this

regard, in his sinfulness, in his evil and

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his wickedness, just multiplying his sin.

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During his reign.

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Verse eight then.

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Therefore, wait for me,

declares the Lord for the day.

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When I raise up to seize, the pray

for my decision is to gather the

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nations, to assemble the assemble,

the kingdoms, to pour out upon them.

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My indignation, all my burning

anger for the fire of my jealousy.

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All of your shall be consumed.

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Uh, this is during that, that time

of tribulation, when God is going to

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pour out his wrath on the nations.

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Uh, the day of judgment upon

them is going to take place.

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And that's what we see

there in verse eight.

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Again, that the totality.

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All the earth shall be consumed.

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This is how we know it's talking about

the future and not the short term there.

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Verses nine through 13 though.

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There's hope still there's a future

there's conversion, not just for

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the Israelites, but also for the

nations, because he's going to take

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them and he's going to make them.

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The, the ambassadors for him, verse nine.

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For at that time, I will change the speech

of the peoples and do a pure speech.

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That all of them may call upon the name

of the Lord and serve him with one accord.

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In that millennial kingdom

timeframe in the future.

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Uh, the nations are going to by and

large, not entirely, but by and large,

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they're going to pursue the Lord.

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And Israel is going to have

that special place, but.

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Even the others are still going to

desire the Lord during that season.

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And that's verses nine through 13.

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And then finally verses 14 through

20, the Lord's future love for his

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people and his joy and his people.

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He's singing over his people.

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He's exalting in them.

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He's celebrating.

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And this is that time of

great joy with God and Israel.

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That is yet future.

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That is yet coming, but

it's still going to happen.

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And so we are going to be there to

reigning with him, helping to administrate

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his kingdom of peace during that time,

what an amazing time that's going to be.

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What is that exactly going to look like?

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I don't know, but I know that the

Bible says that we will be there

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ruling and reigning together with

him during the millennial kingdom.

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Can't wait for that.

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In the meantime, we're here and

we look forward to that season.

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Uh, but let's pray together.

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As we wrap up another episode

of the daily Bible podcast.

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God, we thank you for this day and

we thank you for your kindness to us.

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And we just pray that we would be quick

to repent from sin, keep short accounts

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with you that we would be mindful of

that day of judgment that's coming.

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And even though we don't have to

fear that because Christ stepped

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in and took on your wrath on an

intermediate day of judgment that day

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when he went to the cross for us and.

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Absorbed your full wrath against our sin.

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And so now we don't have

to fear that future day.

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When your wrath will be poured out upon

the nations, but we want to be sobered by

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it and we want to think wisely about it.

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And we want to live godly in

response to that impending judgment.

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So help us to do just that.

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I pray.

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We thank you for this.

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We pray this in Jesus name.

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Amen.

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