Zeph 3-9 Peoples Of A Pure Language

These words of Zephaniah are prophesying to the church today ,   can we see a parallel here to the condition of the church and  Gods people than and now .   2Ti 3:15 ASV - And that from a babe thou hast known the sacred writings which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.     The old testament was a type and a shadow of better things to come .   These disciples had no bible other than the old testament and it was as you see called sacred writings inspired of God       .  
2Ti 3:16 ASV - Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness.
2Ti 3:17 ASV - That the man of God may be complete, furnished completely unto every good work.
I write about these verses in Zephaniah because it is prophetic in the sense of the condition of the world today .  Jesus said my sheep know my voice and they hear me .

Woe to her that is rebellious and polluted! to the oppressing city! - Zep 3:1 ASV
She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in Jehovah; she drew not near to her God. - Zep 3:2 ASV
Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing till the morrow. - Zep 3:3 ASV
Her prophets are light and treacherous persons; her priests have profaned the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. - Zep 3:4 ASV
Jehovah in the midst of her is righteous; he will not do iniquity; every morning doth he bring his justice to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame. - Zep 3:5 ASV
I have cut off nations; their battlements are desolate; I have made their streets waste, so that none passeth by; their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, so that there is no inhabitant. - Zep 3:6 ASV
I said, Only fear thou me; receive correction; so her dwelling shall not be cut off, according to all that I have appointed concerning her: but they rose early and corrupted all their doings. - Zep 3:7 ASV
Judgement is coming friends Jesus gave us Matt 24 ,   its not just words it is a foretelling of Gods wrath upon the evil of this earth .  Jesus said he would come as a thief in the night ,  the word thief and night is a telling truth if you are not watching at all times as the ten virgins five were foolish and sleeping and five were full of oil and their wicks were trimmed  .  Trimmed is to adorn themselves with the pure doctrine   .     Tit 2:10 KJV - Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.


 Luk 12:37 ASV - Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them sit down to meat, and shall come and serve them.          Luk 12:38 ASV - And if he shall come in the second watch, and if in the third, and find them so blessed are those servants.
Luk 12:39 ASV - But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not have left his house to be broken through.    The house here is your body your soul your very spirit .  Living that holy life walking in his holiness feeding upon his word daily and in constant prayer for all things in your life.   When he the Holy Spirit comes he will convict the world of Sin and of Righteousness and Judgement to come .  Friend this is that power to live a holy life through Christ Jesus .   Through his spirit he will expose sin in our life's and bring that holiness we need so desperately .  And by his spirit he will bring his truth to live in his righteousness .  And lastly he will make us aware of Gods wrath and to fear him with a clean fear. Godly sorrow works unto repentance and with out repentance no man shall see God.   Obedience to Gods word brings Godly sorrow and having a change of mind unto holy living.         Luk 12:40 ASV - Be ye also ready: for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.        
1Th 5:1 ASV - But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that aught be written unto you.
1Th 5:2 ASV - For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
  Greek: kleptes  Thief, Thieves:     metaphorically of "false teachers," Jhn 10:8 the apostate gospel is sneaking up on the unsuspecting sheep of God and this false doctrine is putting them to sleep .  The bible says that with out sanctification no man shall see God .        Night  Greek: nux    metaphorically,   of "the period of man's alienation from God," Rom 13:12; 1Th 5:5, lit., "not of night," where "of" means 'belonging to;' cp. "of the Way," Act 9:2; "of shrinking back" and "of faith," Hbr 10:39,
Heb 12:13 ASV - and make straight paths for your feet, that that which is lame be not turned out of the way, but rather be healed.
Heb 12:14 ASV - Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord:   Sanctification      Greek: hagiasmos      Holiness, Holy, Holily:   translated "holiness" in the AV of Rom 6:19, 22; 1Th 4:7; 1Ti 2:15; Hbr 12:14, is always rendered "sanctification"  Separation unto God                Heb 12:15 ASV - looking carefully lest there be any man that falleth short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby the many be defiled;  Forgiveness is an enemy of your life with out forgiveness we can not see God , we must forgive every one that hurts us from the past to present .
This scripture is most important to us all it will either condemn us or raise us up at the last trump unto glory.   It is a truth a commandment of Jesus to us all  , he said he is the only way unto the father no man can come unto the father but by me.  Please take heed to this word and let it work in your hearts for salvation's sake . Remember Jesus said why do you call me lord lord and do not what I say !         Luk 6:31 ASV - And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
Luk 6:35 ASV - But love your enemies, and do them good, and lend, never despairing; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Most High: for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.   He is kind to the unthankful and the evil !  so were we at one time in our life and God being longsuffering and kind to us full of mercy and grace he gave Jesus the passover Lamb for our salvation . Love your enemies do good to them and forgive them .We are all earthy people born into sin we have no power to judge or we will be judge by our own words.


Luk 6:36 ASV - Be ye merciful, even as your Father is merciful.
Luk 6:37 ASV - And judge not, and ye shall not be judged: and condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: release, and ye shall be released:    Not forgiving all people in you life that hurt you will condemn you and you will be judged by this very word , its to release so you may be released yourself .  Bitterness will bind you up and it will bind up your family and others around you hear this word looking carefully lest there be any man that falleth short of the grace of God; lest any Root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby the Many be defiled;  That is why God demands you to forgive your bitterness will defile not only yourself but many others.  Release today with your heart so you may be released the many in your life .                     Luk 4:18 ASV - The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor: He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised,    The word bruised is so sobering it means to be shattered into pieces , and Jesus suffered that bruising from his father for you .   Only the world rejects people Jesus came to give you life .  He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised, 
And the promise of your forgiving every one from your heart is the verse below
Luk 6:38 ASV - give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they give into your bosom. For with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again.  To receive Gods forgiveness we must forgive every one with an honest heart .

What is happening now in the earth as we see in the news today.

1Th 5:3 ASV - When they are saying, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall in no wise escape.
1Th 5:4 ASV - But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief:
1Th 5:5 ASV - for ye are all sons of light, and sons of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness;
1Th 5:6 ASV - so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober.

Rom 9:21 ASV - Or hath not the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?
Rom 9:22 ASV - What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering vessels of wrath fitted unto destruction:   Be not deceived God is not mocked he is longsuffering and praise God for his love and his mercy , but we have a more sure word 2Pe 1:19 ASV - And we have the word of prophecy made more sure; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts:
2Pe 1:20 ASV - knowing this first, that no prophecy of scripture is of private interpretation.
2Pe 1:21 ASV - For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but men spake from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.
Rom 9:23 ASV - and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he afore prepared unto glory,

Therefore wait ye for me, saith Jehovah, until the day that I rise up to the prey; for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger; for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy. - Zep 3:8 ASV
For then will I turn to the peoples of a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of Jehovah, to serve him with one consent.               Speaking the same as our confession our agreement  with Gods word his Gospel .     Amo 3:3 ASV - Shall two walk together, except they have agreed?
The only way we can walk with God is to agree with his word , confess his word over our life and our family.   We speak the same as his word confess , if we confess Jesus is our Lord  than he must be our King.           

 Zep 3:9 ASV   These people of a pure Language will be Jew and gentile alike a part of the last day church . The language will be the true gospel of God the gospel Jesus preached , he came with the gospel of his father .   Luk 4:18 ASV - The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor: He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised,   This is the good news the gospel
Mat 4:23 ASV - And Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of disease and all manner of sickness among the people.      Looking closely we see it says the gospel of the kingdom not the gospel of Man !
Mat 24:14 ASV - And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a testimony unto all the nations; and then shall the end come.
Mar 16:15 ASV - And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the Whole creation.
Luk 9:6 ASV - And they departed, and went throughout the villages, preaching the gospel, and healing everywhere.
Mar 16:15 ASV - And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the Whole creation.
Mar 16:16 ASV - He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned.
Mar 16:17 ASV - And these signs shall accompany them that believe: in my name shall they cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues;
Mar 16:18 ASV - they shall take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall in no wise hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.


 Jesus said he was the sower of seed ,   sowing the seed of his father . And Jesus said he came in his fathers name the character , nature and all the authority of his father .  The fullness of the Godhead dwells in Jesus in bodily form for God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself .         2Co 5:19 ASV - to wit, that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself, not reckoning unto them their trespasses, and having committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
Seeing the spiritual from the physical ,      Mar 4:23 ASV - If any man hath ears to hear, let him hear.         Luk 10:23 ASV - And turning to the disciples, he said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see:
The old  testament is ,   Heb 8:5 ASV - who serve that which is a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses is warned of God when he is about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern that was showed thee in the mount.     Jhn 5:45 ASV - Think not that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, on whom ye have set your hope.
Jhn 5:46 ASV - For if ye believed Moses, ye would believe me; for he wrote of me.         Luk 16:31 ASV - And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, if one rise from the dead.
Luk 24:44 ASV - And he said unto them, These are my words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must needs be fulfilled, which are written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me.
 Col 2:17 ASV - which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ's. 
 Greek: skia       Shadow (Noun):
is used  of "a shadow," caused by the interception of light, Mar 4:32, Act 5:15; metaphorically of the darkness and spiritual death of ignorance, Mat 4:16; Luk 1:79;
Heb 8:5 ASV - who serve that which is a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses is warned of God when he is about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou Amo 9:11 KJV - In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:ake all things according to the pattern that was showed thee in the mount.
Jer 33:17 ASV - For thus saith Jehovah: David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;
Luk 1:32 ASV - He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
 7 But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the [a]Helper (Comforter, Advocate, Intercessor—Counselor, Strengthener, Standby) will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him (the Holy Spirit) to you [to be in close fellowship with you]. 8 And He, when He comes, will convict the world about [the guilt of] sin [and the need for a Savior], and about righteousness, and about judgment: 9 about sin [and the true nature of it], because they do not believe in Me [and My message]; 10 about righteousness [personal integrity and godly character], because I am going to My Father and you will no longer see Me; 11 about judgment [the certainty of it], because the ruler of this world (Satan) has been judged and condemned.

The word pure in Zeph 3:9   For then will I turn to the peoples of a Pure language, that they may all call upon the name of Jehovah, to serve him with one consent.   Pure  Heb    barar  to purify, select, polish, choose, purge, cleanse or make bright, test or prove . It is also to purify to cleanse . This is speaking of our souls to the saving of our souls.     Rom 10:9 ASV - because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved:    Confess in the Greek   Greek: homologeo Confess, Confession:
lit., "to speak the same thing" (homos, "same," lego, "to speak"), "to assent, accord, agree with," denotes,
(a) "to confess, declare, admit," Jhn 1:20; e.g., Act 24:14; Hbr 11:13;          Jesus said it not what goes into the mouth that defiles a man , it what comes out of the mouth.

 Jas 1:21 ASV - Wherefore putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.    
  Greek: emphutos Implanted:
"implanted," or "rooted" (from emphuo, "to implant"), is used in Jam 1:21, RV, "implanted," for AV, "engrafted," of the Word of God, as the "rooted word," i.e., a word whose property it is to root itself like a seed in the heart. "The AV seems to identify it with emphuteuton, which however would be out of place here, since the word is sown, not grafted, in the heart
Mtt 4:4        But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God .    It is not just feeding our flesh to live but it is to feed our spirit the word of God to live spiritually . That is why Jesus said unless you eat my flesh and drink my blood  .      Jhn 6:53 ASV - Jesus therefore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye have not life in yourselves.    The gospel of God is our very life every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God has Gods life in it .   Heb 4:12 ASV - For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Jhn 6:54 ASV - He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath eternal life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
Jhn 6:55 ASV - For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
Jhn 6:56 ASV - He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood abideth in me, and I in him.
Jhn 6:57 ASV - As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he that eateth me, he also shall live because of me.
Jhn 6:51 ASV - I am the living bread which came down out of heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: yea and the bread which I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world.   And the word became flesh and dwell among us  , 
Jhn 1:12 ASV - But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children  of God, even to them that believe on his name: And his name is the power of his word and that power became flesh and walked among men . Jesus said everything you see me do and hear me do that is what you must do also and greater than these shall you do. . He was and is the pattern we conform our life to , Rom 12:1-2     be not conform unto this world but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind .  And the way we renew our mind is by his word it will transform us into that son God has called .  Jesus said in  Luk 6:46 ASV - And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?  He is giving the truth here in regards to becoming sons he said if you do not consume my word and live it to the fullest which is your cross . The words Jesus spoke was about die to our flesh putting to death the deeds of our flesh .     He said if a man does not pick up his cross and follow me he is not worthy of me .  The so called church today tells the people just except him as your personal savoir and thats it you are saved , what about repentance according to the book of Act 2:37 ASV - Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and the rest of the apostles, Brethren, what shall we do?           Act 2:38 ASV - And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the GIFT of the Holy Spirit.               Rom 6:3 ASV - Or are ye ignorant that all we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?   Jesus told the two men that asked to set with him in his throne ,  so here he says can you drink the cup which I am about to drink and they said yes.
And Jesus said      Mat 26:39 KJV - And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.  This is the cup we will all drink to enter into the kingdom of our father
Rom 6:4 ASV - We were buried therefore with him through baptism unto death: that like as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.
Rom 6:5 ASV - For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection;
Rom 6:6 ASV - knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin;
 Jhn 1:13 ASV - who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.  Being born of God a new creature created in the likeness of Christ
Jhn 1:14 ASV - And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.
 Mat 15:18 ASV - But the things which proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart; and they defile the man.
Mat 15:19 ASV - For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, railings:

Phl 3:10 ASV - that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed unto his death;