The LORD Cares for His People

The purpose of God’s judgment is to reveal Himself to all, so that they might turn to Him and be saved and restored.

God Has a Plan for the Oppression of His People (Zeph. 2:4-7, c.f. 2 Chron. 34:24-28)

God uses your oppression to restore you to Him

God Has a Plan for the Oppressors of His People (Zeph. 2:8-11)

God’s uses other’s judgment for sin to restore your loss

God Has a Plan for the Arrogance of All People (Zeph. 2:12-15)

God uses judgment to reveal Himself to all

2 Corinthians 4:4 NASB95

4 in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

2 Samuel 7:22 NASB95

22 “For this reason You are great, O Lord God; for there is none like You, and there is no God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

Isaiah 45:5 NASB95

5 “I am the Lord, and there is no other; Besides Me there is no God. I will gird you, though you have not known Me;

Isaiah 45:6 NASB95

6 That men may know from the rising to the setting of the sun That there is no one besides Me. I am the Lord, and there is no other,

Isaiah 43:11 NASB95

11 “I, even I, am the Lord, And there is no savior besides Me.

Isaiah 45:21–22 NASB95

21 “Declare and set forth your case; Indeed, let them consult together. Who has announced this from of old? Who has long since declared it? Is it not I, the Lord? And there is no other God besides Me, A righteous God and a Savior; There is none except Me. 22 “Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; For I am God, and there is no other.

John 17:3 NASB95

3 “This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.

Romans 14:11 NASB95

11 For it is written, “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, And every tongue shall give praise to God.”

Isaiah 53:4–5 NASB95

4 Surely our griefs He Himself bore, And our sorrows He carried; Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken, Smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, And by His scourging we are healed.

John 20:28 NASB95

28 Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!”

The purpose of God’s judgment is to reveal Himself to all, so that they might turn to Him and be saved and restored.