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PresentsPamphlet 1708 Zephaniah kc 3-3

How many people do you know who hunger and thirst after the Word of God?

Jesus Christ always spoke in parables to the multitudes but it was only His disciples
who came to Him afterwards and sought answers and explanations concerning the "hidden manna",
the deeper spiritual truth of His Word.

The next verse documents the timeframe being discussed by the prophet Zephaniah, "Hidden of Yah".

Zeph. 7 Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.
The Day of the Lord is not Sunday
but rather the day the Lord returns to this earth as the King of kings and Lord of lords.

The sacrifice are those talked about earlier in Zephaniah
who shall be "consumed" by the FIRE of His Fierce Wrath.

They shall be separated from His sanctified ones,
His children who love and serve Him, for He has not appointed then unto wrath,
"but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ (1 Thes. 5:9)".

[8] And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD'S sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel.
He is going to pour out His wrath, i.e. punish,
all those who are disobedient from the greatest to the least,
from the princes to the paupers,
and ALL those who wear those black priest robes who led His children astray. WOE!

Note: Clothing is used symbolically to denote one's spiritual condition. For instance, fine white linen is symbolic of purity and chastity and is therefore the dress of a virgin bride.

Rev. 19:7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

[8] And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.

If fine linen, clean and white, is the righteousness of saints,
what do you suppose those strange dirty black garments of the priests symbolize?
Zeph. 1:9 In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.
Those who are sent by their masters to steal and rob the people
(both spiritually and physically) through unrighteousness and deceit
through the teachings of the traditions of men,
shall surely experience the wrath of God.

In fact, judgment begins at the house of God, i.e. in the pulpit (1 Pet. 4:17).

Woe to those pastors and preachers in spiritual "black robes" who feed themselves!

WOE!

Ezekiel 34:2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?
Should not the shepherds teach God's Word
chapter by chapter and verse by verse to His children?

The answer is, "Yes they should!"

Matthew 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
 
 

To study the Bible is the noblest of all pursuits; to understand it, the highest of all goals.
We pray that with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, you accomplish both.


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