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with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the
land, saith the Lord" (Zephaniah 1:3 x.rv).
Judgments coming on the earth should only encour-
age the Christian to pray and believe all the more for a
cleansing and purging of perversion and violence. God
is not running some kind of house of correction. He
gave us freedom of choice. America has chosen its
course, and there is no safe sanctuary outside Him.
God will purge out of the land all the idol worship-
pers and lovers of violence. This is exactly why God
judged Israel. The prophet Zephaniah preached that:
"I will crush Judah and Jerusalem with my fist
[says the Lord], and destroy every remnant of
those who worship Baal; I will put an end to their
idolatrous priests, so that even the memory of
them will disappear. They go up on their roofs and
bow to the sun, moon and stars. They 'follow the
Lord,' but worship Molech, too! I will destroy
them. And I will destroy those who formerly wor-
shiped the Lord, but now no longer do, and those
who never loved him and never wanted to." Stand
in silence in the presence of the Lord. For the awe-
some Day of his Judgment has come; he has pre-
pared a great slaughter of his people and has cho-
sen their executioners. "On that Day of Judgment
I will punish the leaders and princes of Judah, and
all others wearing heathen clothing. Yes, I will
punish those who follow heathen customs and who
rob and kill to fill their masters' homes with evil
gain of violence and fraud."
(Zephaniah 1:4-9 LB)
those who are wise will not try to interfere
with the Lord in the dread day of your punish-
ment.
(Amos 5:13 LB)
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land, saith the Lord" (Zephaniah 1:3 x.rv).
Judgments coming on the earth should only encour-
age the Christian to pray and believe all the more for a
cleansing and purging of perversion and violence. God
is not running some kind of house of correction. He
gave us freedom of choice. America has chosen its
course, and there is no safe sanctuary outside Him.
God will purge out of the land all the idol worship-
pers and lovers of violence. This is exactly why God
judged Israel. The prophet Zephaniah preached that:
"I will crush Judah and Jerusalem with my fist
[says the Lord], and destroy every remnant of
those who worship Baal; I will put an end to their
idolatrous priests, so that even the memory of
them will disappear. They go up on their roofs and
bow to the sun, moon and stars. They 'follow the
Lord,' but worship Molech, too! I will destroy
them. And I will destroy those who formerly wor-
shiped the Lord, but now no longer do, and those
who never loved him and never wanted to." Stand
in silence in the presence of the Lord. For the awe-
some Day of his Judgment has come; he has pre-
pared a great slaughter of his people and has cho-
sen their executioners. "On that Day of Judgment
I will punish the leaders and princes of Judah, and
all others wearing heathen clothing. Yes, I will
punish those who follow heathen customs and who
rob and kill to fill their masters' homes with evil
gain of violence and fraud."
(Zephaniah 1:4-9 LB)
those who are wise will not try to interfere
with the Lord in the dread day of your punish-
ment.
(Amos 5:13 LB)
93
