The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Zephaniah 1:18; 3:8, “Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the day of the LORD’S wrath; and all the earth will be devoured In the fire of His jealousy, for He will make a complete end, indeed a terrifying one, of all the inhabitants of the earth….”
8 “Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “for the day when I rise up as a witness. Indeed, My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out on them My indignation, all My burning anger; for all the earth will be devoured by the fire of My zeal.”

Were you ever jealous? Is God ever jealous? Yes, He is! And He has every right to be. Why? Because He is the Creator-Sustainer God. All things are His because He made them. But you and I don’t have rights like He has. In fact, the theme of this book of Zephaniah is The LORD’s Jealousy.

Thus, in the second verse above, the LORD reveals His hatred of pride in man and the vile things in which mankind engages. He actually details what He is going to do in response to man’s sin. Oh, lookout when God gets angry! The most gigantic storms of His wrath lie well beyond our human imagination. Lamentations 2:22 reads as follows:

“You called as in the day of an appointed feast My terrors on every side;
and there was no one who escaped or survived In the day of the LORD’S
anger…”

Get it straight, my friend. God is a God of love, mercy and forgiveness; yet, He is a God of frightful anger when we, His people, live outside the spiritual boundaries He has set for us in His Word. Historically, godly men have died to preserve the Word of God. We had best learn about God before that dreadful Day of the LORD falls upon us! We’re in big enough trouble as it is!

Heartily in Christ Jesus,

(Dado III)

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.
Springdale, Arkansas 72764
United States of America

“We never know that Christ is all we need until He becomes all that we have.” – Corrie ten Boom