Zephaniah speaks of Gaza and the Lord’s wrath comes against the enemy of Israel which is His enemy.

Zephaniah 2:4-5.

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“For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon desolate; They shall drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron shall be uprooted. 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: “I will destroy you; So there shall be no inhabitant.” Zephaniah 2:4-5

The territory mentioned in the verse above is the territory of today’s Gaza Strip. On October 07, 2023, Israel was attacked from the Gaza Strip and as of today, November 17, 2023, the war continues. Israel will not benefit from the war, but the United Nations and the Palestinians (who populate the Gaza Strip) will be the big winners in the psychopathy of worldly terms. It enables the global government of the beast to rally the nations of the world against a common enemy, terrorism (Hamas), while encouraging aid to the Palestinians. Meanwhile, hostile global protests continue against the State of Israel. In essence, the progress of establishing the one world government continues forward like a freight train as the State of Israel continues to be pressured to conform to the global goals of peace and security in the Middle East. In other words, the State of Israel continues to be pressured to give up their independence in the region to conform to the goals of the global government of the beast.

On the Day of the Lord, Gaza will be forsaken and made to face the wrath of God’s judgment. Presently, the Lord is using the global government of the beast to fulfill His wrath against Israel, and the enemy of Israel is the same enemy of God. The Gaza Strip is on the Mediterranean seacoast, and on the Day of the Lord they will be totally uprooted and destroyed. No inhabitants will remain. That is the same wrath of God which will come against all nations of the world who govern and live for the global culture of the beast. The word of the Lord is against Israel for rejecting His Son and their Savior, Jesus Christ. The word of the Lord is against this present world’s system for rejecting Jesus Christ and choosing to live by the anti-Chrisitan thing giving the global culture what to feel, think, do, say and believe.

This promise is made to the whole world, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 God extends to us mercy, grace, Salvation, and life as He fosters the Spirit of Holiness within us while defeating the actions of psychopathy and lawlessness.

The thing giving people what to think, feel, do, and say replaces the human conscience leaving the global culture with traits of psychopathy. “Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members? You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures.” James 4:1-3 The masses of every nation around the world are allowing the image of the beast to speak and live through them by the thing giving them what to think, feel, and do. They are conformed to the anti-Christian global culture as they are conformed to the mark of the beast.

“The seacoast shall be pastures, with shelters for shepherds and folds for flocks. The coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; They shall feed their flocks there; In the houses of Ashkelon they shall lie down at evening. For the Lord their God will visit them, and return their captives.” Zephaniah 2:6-7

The Day of the Lord not only refers to the destruction of this planet, but also to the return of Jesus Christ. There will be a new heaven and earth created after this present heaven and earth are destroyed. In the new heaven and earth will be the New Jerusalem where we will live eternally. For example, where the seacoast and all the Gaza Strip is destroyed, those who hold to the testimony of Jesus Christ will have pastures with shelters for shepherds and flocks. Those pastures are in the New Jerusalem and are for the flock of Jesus Christ and all those who shepherd others by His Gospel. The remnant of the house of Judah will be there, and the followers of Jesus Christ are that remnant. Our Lord Jesus is from the Tribe of Judah so all who live for Him are of the house of Judah.

Jesus Christ visited this earth over 2000 years ago to atone for sin when He died on the Cross. God raised Him from the dead after three days and afterwards He ascended into Heaven, where He lives eternally with His Father. We are the captives He has set free by His victory over sin and death and because He lives, we who believe in Him will live eternally also. Through Jesus Christ, God offers mercy, grace, life, and Salvation as He came to save life not to destroy. Jesus Christ is coming back to revisit this earth and all of us freed captives will be taken with Him into eternal life. As followers of Jesus Christ, may we extend His grace, mercy, life and Salvation to others as we separate ourselves from the psychopathy within the world.

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,“
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:1