Minor #30

Truth:
1. The revelation in this Zephaniah is very simple and concerns two matters -- Jehovah's judgment and His salvation.
2. The name Zephaniah in Hebrew means "Jah hides" or "Jah treasures," probably signifying to be hidden by Jehovah as His treasure in the day of His anger.  In the day of God's anger, we need to be the treasure hidden in Him.
3. Jehovah's salvation to Israel is for Christ to be the King of Israel.

Life experience/Application:
1. God's judgment is first on Israel and then on the nations, but His salvation is first to the Gentile s and then to Israel.
2. To change a people's language is to change their culture because culture is wrapped up with language.  The original language of any people is dirty and impure.  When a person's language has become pure, this indicates that a person has been thoroughly saved.

Minor #29

Truth:
1. The earth would be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Jehovah.

2. Habakkuk expresses his natural concept, without much revelation of Christ.  Even Habakkuk's concept of trusting in Jehovah during a time of need was natural.

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Life experience/Application:
1. When Paul was short of food, he did not "trust" in the Lord in the way Habakkuk did; rather, he took the opportunity to fast.  Instead of trying to keep the law, he lived Christ.

2. We will see that the crucial matter is not trusting but realizing that we are in Christ and that Christ is in us.

3. Praise You, Lord.  You are one with me.  Regardless of how weak and poor I am, I am in You and You are in me.

Minor #28

Truth:
1. Christ is the linking factor in the books of Micah, Jonah, and Habakkuk, and the Bible is the divine revelation given by God's speaking through man.

2. Christ is the eternal One' His origin is in eternity.

3. Whereas the entire Bible is the divine revelation, it is the kernel, the intrinsic part, that is good for eating and drinking to nourish us.

Life experience/Application:
1. By faith we have received the salvation that was prepared, completed, and consummated by Christ's coming forth, and as a result we now are believers constituting the Body of Christ.

2. We have seen His origin, birth, death, and resurrection.  We have also seen that through His going forth after His resurrection, God's complete salvation has come to us and that we have received it by faith.

3. We need to see that Christ, the eternal One, has gone forth in His incarnation, crucifixion, and resurrection and that His going forth is continuing today as more believers are added to Him.

4. Before believing we were outside of Christ; we were in Adam.  But one day we were transferred out of Adam and into Christ, the embodiment of the Triune God.

5. The Spirit is the all-inclusive One indwelling us, moving in us, anointing us, and mingling with us.

6. In order to see Christ in reality 150 psalms, but to enjoy Christ, to feed on Christ, we need to come to the revelation of Christ in the Psalms.

Minor #27

Truth:
1. The name Habakkuk in Hebrew means "embracing" or "clinging to," signifying that we need to seek God by embracing Him or clinging to Him.  

2. The subject of Habakkuk's ministry is the righteous judgement of God first on Israel by the Chaldeans and then on the Chaldeans by the nations.

3. The central thought of Habakkuk is this: the righteous God will judge both the evil Israel and the violent Chaldeans, and only the righteous one shall live by his faith, that all the earth may know the glory of Jehovah and be silent before Jehovah, who is in His holy temple, and that His seeker may sing to Him in prayer, in lauding, and in trusting in Him.

4. The unique way for sinners to obtain God's eternal salvation is to believe in God's embodiment, Christ, that they may become righteous and be justified to have life and live.

Life experience/Application:
1. God saves us by coming to us.  In order to be saved by God, we must be embraced by God and we must cling to Him.