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The Message of Obadiah, Nahum and Zephaniah: The Kindness and Severity of God is unavailable, but you can change that!

Obadiah, Nahum, and Zephaniah are probably among the least-read books of the Bible, and rarely preached. They relate to the real world of their day in the seventh century BC: sleaze amongst political leaders, unfaithfulness of religious leaders, national and personal pride, crimes against humanity, and persecution of God’s people. These books tackle themes and issues, which are especially...

if my wife, Elizabeth, has not been with me. There’s no place like home! In this last section of Zephaniah (3:14–20) the prophet paints a wonderful picture of God gathering his scattered remnant and bringing them home. At that time I will gather you; at that time I will bring you home … when I restore your fortunes before your very eyes (20). It is possible that Zephaniah is anticipating the return from exile seventy years after the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC? Yet the way in which Zephaniah
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