ZEPHANIAH The Savior’s Summons to Satisfaction Jason S. DeRouchie, PhD Associate Professor of OT and Biblical Theology Bethlehem College & Seminary Bethlehem Baptist Church, Fall 2015

Stage 2 of the Savior’s Summons to Satisfaction OVERVIEW OF 3:8–20: o The Charge to Wait for the Lord (3:8a) o The Dual Basis of the Charge to the Wait (3:8b–10) o The Ultimate Motivation of the Charge to Wait (3:11–20) The promise that the Lord will not put Jerusalem to shame (3:11–13) A parenthetical call to rejoice in salvation (3:14–15) The promise that the Lord will bring consummate salvation (3:16–20)

The Promise of Salvation, Part 1 (3:16–20) The promise of a future call to not fear or lose hope (3:16–18) o The call to not fear or lose hope (v. 16) The timing: “on that day” (cf. v. 11) o The day God punishes sin (v. 8) o The day God creates a new people from every tribe and tongue (vv. 9–10) o The day the Yahweh as King of Israel overcomes evil (v. 15)

Overlap of the Ages

The Promise of Salvation, Part 1 (3:16–20) The promise of a future call to not fear or lose hope (3:16–18) o The call to not fear or lose hope (v. 16) The timing: “on that day” (cf. v. 11) = today The audience: inhabitants of a transformed “Jerusalem/Zion” o Gal 4:26. The Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.

The Promise of Salvation, Part 1 (3:16–20) The promise of a future call to not fear or lose hope (3:16–18) o The call to not fear or lose hope (v. 16) The timing: “on that day” (cf. v. 11) = today The audience: inhabitants of a transformed “Jerusalem/Zion” o Gal 4:26. o Heb 12:22. But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem.

The Promise of Salvation, Part 1 (3:16–20) The promise of a future call to not fear or lose hope (3:16–18) o The call to not fear or lose hope (v. 16) The timing: “on that day” (cf. v. 11) = today The audience: inhabitants of a transformed “Jerusalem/Zion” o Gal 4:26. o Heb 12:22. o Ps 87:6. The LORD records as he registers the peoples [in Zion], “This one was born there."

The Promise of Salvation, Part 1 (3:16–20) The promise of a future call to not fear or lose hope (3:16–18) o The call to not fear or lose hope (v. 16) The timing: “on that day” (cf. v. 11) = today The audience: inhabitants of a transformed “Jerusalem/Zion” = the church The call: Don’t fear or lose hope