The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Zephaniah 2:1-7, “Gather yourselves together, yes, gather, O nation without shame,
2 Before the decree takes effect– the day passes like the chaff– before the burning anger of the LORD comes upon you, before the day of the LORD’S anger comes upon you.
3 Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth who have carried out His ordinances; seek righteousness, seek humility. Perhaps you will be hidden in the day of the LORD’S anger.

4 For Gaza will be abandoned and Ashkelon a desolation; Ashdod will be driven out at noon and Ekron will be uprooted.
5 Woe to the inhabitants of the seacoast, the nation of the Cherethites! The word of the LORD is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines; and I will destroy you so that there will be no inhabitant.

6 So the seacoast will be pastures, with caves for shepherds and folds for flocks.
7 And the coast will be for the remnant of the house of Judah, they will pasture on it. In the houses of Ashkelon they will lie down at evening; for the LORD their God will care for them and restore their fortune.”

Godly parents will always protect their children. Zephaniah was a descendant of King Hezekiah and commenced his ministry in the early days of the reign of Josiah (B.C. 641-610). He had foretold the doom of Nineveh (2:13) and it came to pass in B.C. 625. Yet, notwithstanding his adversity toward common jealousy, Zephaniah possessed and proclaimed a godly jealously of the LORD’s people!

Seven times in this book there is mention of “The Day of the LORD,” the emphasis of which always relates to the LORD’s jealousy over His people. If human parents possess the right to be jealous of their own children (and they do!) certainly, the LORD possesses the right to be jealous of His children!

Local people, who worked against God’s beloved people, found themselves at odds with the LORD Himself. So it is today; however, God is love and the restoration of a fallen, straying people is always within His tender reach.

Wherever you are –whatever your situation, you are always within His vision
and grasp. Just call upon His Name! He’s ready and anxious to heed your call.

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