“Seek the Lord, all you meek of the earth, which have wrought His judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: It may be that you will be hidden in the day of the Lord’s anger.” (v.3)
Here, Zephaniah is pleading with the nation of Israel to; seek the Lord, seek righteousness and seek humility, that she may be hidden in the day of Tribulation and escape those things which are to come. and interestingly enough, the name of this prophet means, “Whom God hides or protects.” The hidden man invites others to his hiding-place; and shows how they (we) may be hidden in the day of God’s anger.
According to Revelation 12, many of the nation of Israel will do just that in the middle of the Tribulation, when the antichrist revels his true colors. Scripture also tells us in Isaiah 16 the name of the place where the Lord shall hide His people: Petra, located in present-day southern Jordan and carved out of a rock, is a huge city located in the mountain cliffs that can hold a million or more people.
Later all those who did not seek the LORD, Jew and Gentile alike, will realize they have been “left behind,” unprotected in the day of great tribulation and unable to escape those things which are about to come upon them.
The Truth: “Therefore when you see the ‘abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (whoever reads, let him understand),“then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.” (Matthew 24:15-16)
