Zephaniah

29 May 2021 by admin

Chapter 1 The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see. O lord, how long shall I cry, and you will not hear! even cry out to you of violence, and you will not save! Why do you show me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there … Read moreZephaniah

You shall be the lord’s, regardless of where you come from or where you are sent
8 July 2022
After the doings of the land of Egypt, where you dwelled, you shall not do. And after the doings of the land of Canaan, where I bring you, you shall not do. Neither shall you walk in their ordinances.You shall do my judgments, and keep my ordinances, to walk in them. I am the lord your god. This is a very interesting commandment, if we take a closer look. It is obvious why the lord tells them to not act in the ways of the Egyptians or in the ways of the people of Canaan, for they are both wicked and far from the justice of the god. But more than that, it is phrased in an intriguing way, including both the land of their origin and the land of their destination. Egypt is the land they were ... [>>>]