Christian unity kneels before the awesomeness of the sovereignty of God.

Sin, more often than we admit, pushes us in directions that exceed anything resembling a belief in human freedom of the will. It is only by his grace we begin to understand, in the Book of Revelation, "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty." (1:8) I have been brought to my knees by the God of all, who insisted he was before the beginning and after the ending, as we understand time. After all, didn’t God create time?

Zephaniah, with scalpel in hand, cuts away all pretenses, echoing some of what Amos prophesied and underlining, in unmistakable language, God never abdicates his throne. The message is so distinct and true to human behavior and the nature o…