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"The LORD will be awesome"

Text: Zephaniah 2:11

THE LAST WORD TO MOAB AND AMMON

The last words of the judgment against Moab and Ammon must be noted. The focus is on the Lord God Himself!

“The LORD will be awesome to them,
For He will reduce to nothing all the gods of the earth;
People shall worship Him,
Each one from his place,
Indeed all the shores of the nations.”
Zephaniah 2:11

1. “The LORD”

a) He had been passed over by Moab and Ammon.

b) Many nations had chosen to worship the idols of their heart, instead of the LORD.

2. “The LORD will be awesome to them”

a) Moab and Ammon would now stand in awe of the LORD.

b) He is truly awesome

i) In His Being.

ii) In His power.

iii) In His sovereignty.

iv) In His power and authority over all nations.

v) He can reduce mighty nations to “perpetual desolations!”

3. “He will reduce to nothing all the gods of the earth”

a) He will make a spectacle of the so-called “gods of the earth”.

b) These gods were supposed to have power to protect the nations that worshipped them.

c) However, these nations were defeated one by one, by the Babylonians.

d) These so-called gods were “reduced to nothing”.

4. The worship of the LORD

a) Those whose eyes were opened recognized the power of the LORD of hosts.

b) They offered worship after they saw the awesome power of God manifested.

c) Many people would one day come to worship the LORD God.

d) From the shores of many nations, worship would be given to the LORD God.

e) Many would individually acknowledge the LORD in humble worship.

f) This word was actually “prophetic”.