Eskatologie in die boek Sefanja

Eskatologie in die boek Sefanja

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Eschatology in Zephaniah That the hook Zephaniah is of an eschatological 6-0 igora vibrance nature, is posed as a hypothesis.This means that the judgement and salvation themes in the hook occur in such a relationship that it can he described as eschatology.Judgement in Zephaniah has the characteristics of a radical and final judgement with which the past is relativised.The judgement thus implies the end of a period.

The salvation promises create here the expectation of a new period brought about by Jahwe.The radical judgement words and promises of salvation are combined in such a manner that separately and combined they form part of the eschatological concepts of the Old Testament.