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AFTER THE CALAMITY,
PURE SPEECH WILL FOLLOW.
Jehovah is about to pour out His
indignation upon nations gathered against Him. Those who survive shall speak
with a "pure speech" just as it is written: "...they shall
do no wrong and utter no lies, nor shall there be found in their mouth a
deceitful tongue." The implication is that previously there were some
among them that had a deceitful tongue and spoke lies. (From Zeph 3:8-13
RSV).
"NATIONS WILL WORSHIP HIM,
EVERY
MAN IN HIS OWN HOME." (Zeph 2:11 NEB).
While it is unlikely
that the promised "pure speech" among the survivors will follow
immediately after the outpouring of the righteous indignation of God,
accurate knowledge of the Will of God will be made known at the "festival
of the booths" within each nation. (Zech 14:16-19). With this
Spirit knowledge, families will learn how to worship Jehovah with "pure
speech", "every man in his own home." Jehovah says, "I
shall certainly let remain in the midst of you a people humble and lowly".
"Proud and arrogant" ones will be removed by God. (Zeph 3:11,12 NWT & NEB).
NATIONS THAT JEHOVAH WILL STAND UP
TO ACCUSE.
"Because of the oil",
the burden of the tyrannical "yoke" upon people of God shall be
removed, upsetting the demonic activities of the political "wild beast"
ruling the nations in opposition to the expressed Will of God. (Isaiah 10:27. Rev 19:19,20). "Wait for Me, therefore, says the
LORD,
wait for the day when I stand up to accuse you; for mine it is to gather nations
and assemble kingdoms, to pour out on them My indignation, all the heat of My
anger; the whole earth shall be consumed by the fire of My jealousy."
(Zeph 3:8 NEB).
Moab and Ammon (Jordan), Cushites (Ethiopians), Assyria (Iraq), Nineveh
(northern Iraq), and Ashkelon and Gaza (coastlands of southern Israel) shall all
be desolated. (2:4-13 NEB).
Among the nations being gathered for the Day of The Lord's anger are those
described in 2 Esdras: "Alas for you, Babylon and Asia! Alas for you,
Egypt and Syria! Put on sackcloth and hair-shirt, and raise a howl of
lamentation for your sons; your doom is close at hand." (16:1,2
NEB). In
chapters 15 and 16 of the prophecy of Ezra are described the events of the Day of The Lord's anger.
JEHOVAH IS ABOUT TO "BRANDISH HIS
WHIP" AGAINST THE "ASSYRIAN".
Tyrant leaders of Iraq
have recently made public the prime targets of their attack forces:
Israel and enemy oil fields. Tyrants of the "Assyrian" are a
weighty part of Israel's "yoke". But to His people Jehovah has
prophesied: "My people who live in Zion, you must not be afraid of the
Assyrians, though they beat you with their rod and lift their staff against you
as the Egyptians did; for soon, very soon, My anger will come to an end, and My
wrath will all be spent. Then the LORD
of Hosts will brandish His whip over them as He did when He struck Midian at the
Rock of Oreb, and will lift His staff against the River as He did against Egypt." (Isaiah 10:24-26 NEB).
To facilitate the ransoming of
beloved people of God being rescued from among nations of the "Assyrian",
Jehovah will "bring a scorching wind" to "dry up the tongue
of Egypt's sea" (the Nile) and will "wave His hand over the River"
(the Euphrates) to the extent that people will be able to cross
dry-shod. (Isaiah 11:15 Moffatt & NEB).
29/9/90.
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