The
Book of Amos

The Book of Amos is a prophetic book of the Hebrew Bible, one
of the twelve minor prophets. Amos corresponds to Hosea, the link being Jeroboam
II (II Kings 14:27). Being a native of Judah, he prophesied in Israel, and
against Israel. As Jeroboam II died in the fourteenth year of Uzziah king of
Judah, Amos was among the earliest of all the prophets. Amos made it a point
that before his calling he was a simple husbandman and that he was not a
"professional" prophet of the prophetic guild. Some scholars believe that Amos
gave his message around 689 BC or 687 BC. But most scholars believe that Amos
gave his message around 750 BC or 749 BC. Leading up to this time, Assyrian
armies battled against Damascus for a number of years, which greatly diminished
Syria's threat to Israel. As a result of the fighting amongst its neighbors,
Israel had the benefit of increasing its borders almost to those of the time of
David and Solomon. It should be noted that Amos preached about two years before
a very large earthquake (geologist believe it to be around 760 BC or 749 BC),
and made reference to it twice in the book. Zechariah remembers this earthquake
over 200 years later.
Amos 1
Amo 1:1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. This message was given to Amos, who was a shepherd from the town of Tekoa (a place in Palestine five miles from Bethlehem and ten miles form Jerusalem). Amos received this message in a vision from the Lord two years before the earthquake (Zechariah 14:5), when Uzziah was the king of Judah and Jeroboam II, the son of Jehoash was king of Israel. (II Kings 14:23-29), Israel being the subject of the book.
Amo 1:2 And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither. This was his vision. The Lord's voice will roar (rumbling thunder), from Zion (a mountain of Jerusalem), and thunder from Jerusalem! "The lush pastors of the shepherds will dry up, and the grass on Mount Carmel (a hill and town of Palestine), will wither and die."
Amo 1:3 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron. The Lord says; "The people of Damascus have sinned again and again, and I will not let them go unpunished." (Isaiah 17:1), They beat My people in Gilead down just like grain is threshed with iron sledges. (Gilead is a region east of the Jordan).
Amo 1:4 But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad. I will send fire of King Hazael's (fortresses), and King Benhadad's (official title of the Syrian kings, son of Hadad, i.e. the sun-god), will be destroyed. (Jeremiah 17:27, 49:27, 50:32, Hosea 8:14).
Amo 1:5 I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the LORD. I will break down the gates (for defense of the city) of Damascus, and will slaughter the people in the valley of Aven. (The same as Beth-aven, east of Betl-el, belonging to Benjamin). (Hosea 4:15), (Beth-aven means House of naught), (Hosea 10:5). I will destroy Eden (Beth-eden), and the people of Syria (Aram), will go as captives to Kir (II Kings 16:9), says the Lord.
Amo 1:6 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom. This is what the Lord says: The people of Gaza have sinned again and again, and they will be punished! They sent whole villages into exile, selling them as slaves to Edom. (Jeremiah 13:19).
Amo 1:7 But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof. I will send fire down on the whole city of Gaza. (Hebrews 12:29), God is a consuming fire that will warm the hearts of those who love Him, but will take vengeance on those who do not know Him and follow Satan. (II Thessalonians 1:8).
Amo 1:8 And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord GOD. I will slaughter the people of Ashdod (later know by the Greeks as Azotus, now Esdud, in the plain of Philistia, 35 miles north of Gaza) and destroy the king of Ashkelon. (now Askalan, on the coast of Philistia). Ekron (Accron), six miles west of Gezer. (Isaiah 20:1, Jeremiah 47:5, Zephaniah 2:4-7).
Amo 1:9 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant. The Lord says: The people of Tyrus (Tyre, now e.g. Sur), have sinned again and again also, and will not go unpunished! (Isaiah 23:1-18, Jeremiah 47:4, Ezekiel 26:28, Joel 3:4-5). They broke their treaty of brotherhood (a covenant of brethren) with Israel, selling the whole villages as slaves to Edom. (II Samuel 5:11, I Kings 5:1-11, 9:11-14).
Amo 1:10 But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof. A consuming fire sent down to destroy Tyre and all its fortresses. (Amos 1:4, Zechariah 9:4).
Amo 1:11 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever. The Lord says: The people of Edom have sinned again and again, and will not go unpunished! They chase their brother the Israelites with swords, showing them no mercy. They slashed them continually in their anger. (Ezekiel 25:12-14, Malachi 1:4).
Amo 1:12 But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. I will send down fire on Teman. (Jeremiah 49:7, 20, Obadiah 1:9-10). I will destroy the fortresses of Bozrah. (Jeremiah 49:13).
Amo 1:13 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border. The Lord says: "The people of Ammon have sinned again and again, and will not go unpunished! (I Samuel 11:1-2), They attacked Gilead to extend their borders, and ripped open pregnant women with their swords. (Hosea 13:16).
Amo 1:14 But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind. I will send fire down on the walls of Rabbah and it will be destroyed. (Jeremiah 49:2).
Amo 1:15 And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, saith the LORD. Their king and his princes (his priests), will go into exile together. (Jeremiah 49:3).
Amos 2
Amo 2:1 Thus saith the
LORD; For three
transgressions of Moab, and
for four, I will not turn
away the punishment
thereof; because he burned
the bones of the king of
Edom into lime.
The Lord says: The people of
Moab have sinned again and
again, and will not go
unpunished. They desecrated
the bones of Edom's king,
burning them to ashes.
(Isaiah 11:14, 25:10,
Jeremiah 48, Ezekiel
25:8-11, Zephaniah 2:8-9).
Amo 2:2 But I will send a
fire upon Moab, and it shall
devour the palaces of
Kerioth: and Moab shall die
with tumult, with shouting,
and with the sound of
the trumpet.
I will send fire down on the
land of Moab and the
fortresses in Kerioth (two
places in Palestine), will
be destroyed. The people
will fall in battle to the
sound of the warriors
shouting and the ram's
horn.
Amo 2:3 And I will cut
off the judge from the midst
thereof, and will slay all
the princes thereof with
him, saith the LORD.
I will destroy their king
and slaughter their princes.
(Numbers 24:17, Jeremiah
48:7, 48:25).
Amo 2:4 Thus saith the
LORD; For three
transgressions of Judah, and
for four, I will not turn
away the punishment
thereof; because they have
despised the law of the
LORD, and have not kept his
commandments, and their lies
caused them to err, after
the which their fathers have
walked.
The Lord says: The people of
Judah have sinned again and
again, and I will not let
them go unpunished! They
rejected the instructions
from the Lord and refused to
obey His commandments. Led
astray by the same lies that
deceived their ancestors.
(II Kings 17:15-20, Isaiah
9:15-16, 28:15, Jeremiah
16:17-20).
Amo 2:5 But I will send a
fire upon Judah, and it
shall devour the palaces of
Jerusalem.
I will send fire down on
Judah, and all the
fortresses of Jerusalem will
be destroyed. (Jeremiah
17:27, 39:8, 52:13, Hosea
8:14), Israel has forgotten
their Maker and built great
places, and Judah has
fortified its cities. But,
God would send fire upon
their cities and burn them
up. Remember that God is a
consuming fire. (Hebrews
12:29), A fire that can
destroy evil, or warm the
hearts of the good people
who believe in Him.
Amo 2:6 Thus saith the
LORD; For three
transgressions of Israel,
and for four, I will not
turn away the punishment
thereof; because they sold
the righteous for silver,
and the poor for a pair of
shoes.
The Lord
says: The people of Israel
have sinned again and again,
and I will not let them go
unpunished! They sell
honorable people for silver.
In reference too: (Leviticus
25:39, Deuteronomy 15:12,
Nehemiah 5:5). They sell the
poor people for a pair of
sandals. (Ruth 4:7),
The shoe
passed then. This is how it
applies now, “The new law.”
Christ being our nearest
kinsman. It is not done the
old way now. (Galatians
4:1-19).
Amo 2:7 That pant after
the dust of the earth on the
head of the poor, and turn
aside the way of the meek:
and a man and his father
will go in unto the same
maid, to profane my holy
name.
They are angry towards the
helpless people and shove
aside the poor. (Isaiah
10:2). Both father and son
sleep with the same woman,
corrupting God's Holy name.
(Ezekiel 22:11, I
Corinthians 5:1),
Referring to
insist. (Allowing this to
happen their).
Amo 2:8 And they lay themselves down upon
clothes laid to pledge by
every altar, and they drink
the wine of the condemned in the house of their
god.
At their religious
festivals, they lounge
around in clothing that
debtors put up as security.
They drink wine bought with
unjust fines. A bunch of
rip-off artists! We can see
it today in churches and in
your own neighborhoods. Take
a good look at how we have
become as a people in this
country. We take God out of
our schools, perversion has
become rampant, rip-off
artists around every corner,
crime as never seen before.
"God is not happy." We see the
examples of what He has done
and how He feels in the
previous scriptures, but we
still don't get it.
Amo 2:9 Yet destroyed I
the Amorite before them,
whose height was like
the height of the cedars,
and he was strong as
the oaks; yet I destroyed
his fruit from above, and
his roots from beneath.
As My people watched, I
destroyed the Amorites,
though they were as tall as
cedars and strong as oaks. I
destroyed the fruit on their
branches and dug out their
roots. (Numbers 21:24,
Joshua 24:8), The Amorites
being the descendants of the
Nephilim were all to
have been destroyed, with
the other Canaanite nations,
by the sword of Israel.
(Read our newsletter titled
"The Fallen Angels" for a
better understanding of the
Nephilim).
Amo 2:10 Also I brought
you up from the land of
Egypt, and led you forty
years through the
wilderness, to possess the
land of the Amorite.
It was I who rescued you
from Egypt and led you
through the desert for forty
years, so you could possess
the land of the Amorites.
(Exodus 12:51, Deuteronomy
2:7, 4:27).
Amo 2:11 And I raised up
of your sons for prophets,
and of your young men for
Nazarites. Is it not
even thus, O ye children of
Israel? saith the LORD.
I chose some of your sons to
be prophets and others to be
Nazirites, My people of
Israel. You can't deny this,
says the LORD.
Amo 2:12 But ye gave the
Nazarites wine to drink; and
commanded the prophets,
saying, Prophesy not.
But, you caused the
Nazirites to sin by giving
them wine to drink, and you
commanded the prophets to
"shut up!"
Amo 2:13 Behold, I am
pressed under you, as a cart
is pressed that is
full of sheaves.
You weigh Me down as an
overloaded cart filled with
sheaves of grain.
Amo 2:14 Therefore the
flight shall perish from the
swift, and the strong shall
not strengthen his force,
neither shall the mighty
deliver himself.
Because of this, your
fastest runners will not get
away. The strong among you
will become weak. Even your
mighty warriors will be
unable to save themselves.
Amo 2:15 Neither shall he
stand that handleth the bow;
and he that is swift
of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall
he that rideth the horse
deliver himself.
Even the archers will not
stand their ground. Even
those who ride horses won't
be able to save themselves.
Amo 2:16 And he that
is
courageous among the mighty
shall flee away naked in
that day, saith the LORD.
On that day, even your most
courageous fighting men will
drop their weapons and run
for their lives. (This is
what happened to the
northern kingdom when the
Assyrians invaded in 722
BC). It will happen again in
the near end times.
Amos 3
Amo 3:1 Hear this word
that the LORD hath spoken
against you, O children of
Israel, against the whole
family which I brought up
from the land of Egypt,
saying. Listen
to what the Lord has spoken
against the whole family of
Judah and Israel. All of
Israel, the whole twelve
tribe nation. (Jeremiah 8:3,
31:1, 33:24-26, Ezekiel
37:16-17).
Amo 3:2 You only have I
known of all the families of
the earth: therefore I will
punish you for all your
iniquities.
The Lord is saying: That
among all the families of
the world, I have know you
and warned you the most.
That is why I must punish
you for all your sins.
(Deuteronomy 7:6, Psalm 147,
I Peter 4:17), Judgment is
near, and it begins with
God's household. (We are all
equal in God's eyes when
doing His word). But, just
think what lies for those
who ignore the Word of God.
Amo 3:3 Can two walk
together, except they be
agreed?
Two people can't walk
together unless they agree
on the direction. The deeper
meaning here is: If your a
believer, watch who you hang
with. (II Corinthians
6:14-15),
Don’t team up
with or yoke yourself to
unbelievers, they will bring
you down. However, you can
be around them to plant a
truth. (That is your
purpose, when it is
possible). In other words:
There is no harmony between
Christ and the devil.
Amo 3:4 Will a lion roar
in the forest, when he hath
no prey? will a young lion
cry out of his den, if he
have taken nothing?
Will a lion roar in the
bushes without first finding
a victim? Back to the vision
of Amos 1:2, (The Lord's
voice will roar "rumbling
thunder," from Zion and
thunder from Jerusalem).
Does a young lion growl in
its den without first
catching its prey? (Psalm
104:21), Even the lions roar
in the field for food, but
they are dependent on the
Lord. (Just as the lion, we
are also dependent on the
Lord).
Amo 3:5 Can a bird fall
in a snare upon the earth,
where no gin is for
him? shall one take
up a snare from the earth,
and have taken nothing at
all?
Does a bird get caught in a
trap that has no bait, or
does a trap spring shut when
there's nothing to catch?
(Ecclesiastes 9:12), In
other words: A man never
knows when he is going to
run into bad luck.
Amo 3:6 Shall a trumpet
be blown in the city, and
the people not be afraid?
shall there be evil in a
city, and the LORD hath not
done it?
When the warning alarm
sounds, shouldn't the people
be aware? Does disaster come
to a city unless the Lord
has planed it?
Amo 3:7 Surely the Lord
GOD will do nothing, but he
revealeth his secret unto
his servants the prophets.
The Lord never does anything
without revealing it to His
servants first! (Revelation
1:1, 1:19, 4:1), God always
warns His people. Do you
remember what they told the
prophets in Amos 2:12? They
told them to "shut up," and
not to prophecy. When it
come to God's judgment,
there are always plenty of
warnings. (Pay attention to
the warnings).
Amo 3:8 The lion hath
roared, who will not fear?
the Lord GOD hath spoken,
who can but prophesy?
The Lord has spoken and
warned us. Don't refuse to
proclaim His message. The
coming judgment is right in
from of us too understand.
Amos couldn't keep quiet.
(Acts 4:20), The apostles
could not stop telling about
the wonderful things they
saw Jesus do and heard Him
say. We should follow their
footsteps, plant a seed, and
talk about the Lord when it
is possible. But don't
become a fanatic when
planting seed (the Word), it
drives people away. Learn
how to fish when planting
seeds of truth, then leave
it up to God if they will
take the bait or not.
Amo 3:9 Publish in the
palaces at Ashdod, and in
the palaces in the land of
Egypt, and say, Assemble
yourselves upon the
mountains of Samaria, and
behold the great tumults in
the midst thereof, and the
oppressed in the midst
thereof.
Announce this to the leaders
of Philistia and to Egypt.
Take your seats around the
hills of Samaria, and
witness the chaos and
oppression in Israel.
(Ecclesiastes 4:1). (The
heathen "Ashdod of the
Philistines, and Egypt are
called to witness the
judgment on the northern
kingdom, Samaria).
Amo 3:10 For they know
not to do right, saith the
LORD, who store up violence
and robbery in their
palaces.
My people have forgotten how
to do what is right.
(Jeremiah 4:22), They are
kind of stubborn and stupid!
Their wealth was taken by
theft and violence.
(Zephaniah 1:9, James
5:3-4), The value of your
assets is dropping fast and
will stand evidence against
you come judgment day. Hear
the cries of the hard
workers that you have
cheated of their pay because
of your greed. Their cries
have reached the ears of the
Lord of Host.
Amo 3:11 Therefore thus
saith the Lord GOD; An
adversary there shall be
even round about the land;
and he shall bring down thy
strength from thee, and thy
palaces shall be spoiled.
Listen to the Lord... "The
enemy is coming." "He will
surround them and shatter
their defenses and He will
plunder all their
fortresses." (Isaiah 10:5-6).
Amo 3:12 Thus saith the
LORD; As the shepherd taketh
out of the mouth of the lion
two legs, or a piece of an
ear; so shall the children
of Israel be taken out that
dwell in Samaria in the
corner of a bed, and in
Damascus in a couch.
What the Lord is saying here
is: If a shepherd try's to
rescue a sheep from the
lion's mouth, he will only
recover a piece of it. The
same will be for the
Israelites in Samaria and
the people of Damascus, as
they lie around in luxury.
Amo 3:13 Hear ye, and
testify in the house of
Jacob, saith the Lord GOD,
the God of hosts.
Listen to the Lord and
announce it throughout all
Israel. (The whole house of
Jacob).
Amo 3:14 That in the day
that I shall visit the
transgressions of Israel
upon him I will also visit
the altars of Bethel: and
the horns of the altar shall
be cut off, and fall to the
ground.
On the very
day I punish Israel for its
sins. (Exodus 32:34). I will
destroy the pagan alters at
Bethel (the center of idol
worship for the northern
kingdom). The horns of the
alter (a place where the
people would run when they
were seeking mercy from
God), shall be cut off, and
fall to the ground.
Amo 3:15
And I will smite the winter
house with the summer house;
and the houses of ivory
shall perish, and the great
houses shall have an end,
saith the LORD.
I
will destroy the beautiful
homes of the wealthy and
their winter mansions and
summer homes. "Says the
Lord." All the luxury will
be taken away. It is coming
soon my friend in the end
times. Be ready, judgment
day is near.
Amos 4
Amo 4:1 Hear this word,
ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of
Samaria, which oppress the
poor, which crush the needy,
which say to their masters,
Bring, and let us drink.
Amos is going to get down
where the rubber meets the
road here. This word "kine"
here is "parah" Strong's
H6510 meaning "a heifer or
cow." Amos says: Listen to
me, you fat cows living in
Samaria, you who oppress the
poor and crush the needy,
always calling to your
masters for another drink.
Amo 4:2 The Lord GOD hath
sworn by his holiness, that,
lo, the days shall come upon
you, that he will take you
away with hooks, and your
posterity with fishhooks.
The Lord has sworn, the time
is coming when you will be
dragged away like a fish on
a hook.
Amo 4:3 And ye shall go
out at the breaches, every
cow at that which is
before her; and ye shall
cast them into the
palace, saith the LORD.
You will be led through the
ruins of the wall and thrown
from your fortresses.
Amo 4:4 Come to Bethel,
and transgress; at Gilgal
multiply transgression; and
bring your sacrifices every
morning, and your
tithes after three years.
Keep on sacrificing to the
idols at Bethel and
transgress. (Bethel is
suppose to be a house of
God, but instead they
worship idols). Gilgal was
the place where Israel first
camped when they came into
the promised land. A place
where pilgrims came to
worship, but by this time it
was worshipping other gods.
Playing church! They dressed
and looked so holy like
believers, but their lives
and hearts were like that of
unbelievers.
Amo 4:5 And offer a
sacrifice of thanksgiving
with leaven, and proclaim and publish the free
offerings: for this liketh
you, O ye children of
Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
In other words: You make
your regular offering of
thanksgiving, then you give
a little extra voluntary
offering so you can brag
about it everywhere. "This
is the kind of thing you
Israelites love to do."
Amo 4:6 And I also have
given you cleanness of teeth
in all your cities, and want
of bread in all your places:
yet have ye not returned
unto me, saith the LORD.
This cleanness of teeth has
nothing to do with hygiene
by going to the dentist, but
because of want of food,
from the famine brought on
by the Lord to every town.
"They still would not return
to the Lord."
Amo 4:7 And also I have
withholden the rain from
you, when there were
yet three months to the
harvest: and I caused it to
rain upon one city, and
caused it not to rain upon
another city: one piece was
rained upon, and the piece
whereupon it rained not
withered.
I held the rain from your
crops when they needed it
the most. Rain fell on one
town, but I the Lord
withheld it from another.
Rain fell on one field,
while the other one withered
away.
Amo 4:8 So two or
three cities wandered unto
one city, to drink water;
but they were not satisfied:
yet have ye not returned
unto me, saith the LORD.
People went from town to
town because they were
looking for water, but there
was never enough. "They
still would not return to
the Lord." (Hosea 7:10).
Amo 4:9 I have smitten
you with blasting and
mildew: when your gardens
and your vineyards and your
fig trees and your olive
trees increased, the
palmerworm devoured them:
yet have ye not returned
unto me, saith the LORD.
I struck your farms with
blight and mildew. Locust
devoured all your vineyards,
fig and olive trees. But,
"still you would not return
to Me, says the Lord."
Amo 4:10 I have sent
among you the pestilence
after the manner of Egypt:
your young men have I slain
with the sword, and have
taken away your horses; and
I have made the stink of
your camps to come up unto
your nostrils: yet have ye
not returned unto me, saith
the LORD.
I sent plagues just as the
ones I sent on Egypt long
ago. I killed your young men
in war and led your horses
away. Death filled the air.
Amo 4:11 I have
overthrown some of
you, as God overthrew Sodom
and Gomorrah, and ye were as
a firebrand plucked out of
the burning: yet have ye not
returned unto me, saith the
LORD.
I destroyed some of your
cities, as I destroyed Sodom
and Gomorrah. (Judges 1:7).
Those who survived were like
charred sticks pulled from a
fire. But, "still you would
not return to Me, says the
Lord."
Amo 4:12 Therefore thus
will I do unto thee, O
Israel: and because I
will do this unto thee,
prepare to meet thy God, O
Israel.
Because you have rejected
Me, I will bring upon you
all the disasters I have
announced. Prepare to meet
your God of Judgment, you
people of Israel.
(Revelation 3:3), He is
warning them to repent and
turn back to Him again.
Talking about being ready
for God in their coming
judgment, but the principle
applies just as much to us
today. Are you ready?
Judgment day to many may be
scary, but to the true
believer we can't wait. It
is our reward day for
serving the Lord.
Amo 4:13 For, lo, he that
formeth the mountains, and
createth the wind, and
declareth unto man what is his thought, that
maketh the morning darkness,
and treadeth upon the high
places of the earth, The
LORD, The God of hosts, is his name.
The Lord is the One who
shaped the mountains and
stirs up the winds. He
reveals His thoughts to
mankind. He turns the light
of dawn into darkness and
treads on the heights of the
earth. The LORD God of
"Heaven's Armies is His name."
Amos 5
Amo 5:1 Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a
lamentation, O house of Israel. This word
"lamentation" here is "qiynah" Strong's H7015 meaning "dirge" or grief. We
got a song of grief coming up here by Amos.
Amo 5:2 The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is
forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.
The virgin Israel has fallen, never to rise again. Lies abandoned with no
one to help her. (Isaiah 37:22, Jeremiah 14:17).
Amo 5:3 For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a
thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an
hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel. The
Lord says: When a city sends out a thousand to battle, only a hundred will
return. When a town sends out a hundred, only ten will return. Referring to
the remnant of Israel that will return in the later days. (Isaiah 10:22,
Romans 9:27),
Concerning Israel, Isaiah the prophet spoke: "Though the people of Israel
are as numerous as the sands of the sea, a remnant shall be saved." (Isaiah
10:20-22, 11:11), Not that only the remnant will be saved, but rather
return. Many will be saved in the end times.
Amo 5:4 For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and
ye shall live. The Lord says to Israel: Come back to
Me and live.
Amo 5:5 But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to
Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come
to nought. Don't worship the pagan altars at Bethel,
or go to the shrines at Gilgal or Beersheba. Gilgal will be dragged off into
exile, and the people of Bethel will be reduced to nothing. Why? Because
these were the seats of Israel's idolatrous worship. (Hosea 4:15, 10:8), They
will be ashamed for worshipping the wrong God. "Just like in the end times
when many fall for the anti-Christ." (Luke 23:30, Revelation 6:16, 9:6).
Amo 5:6 Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in
the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to
quench it in Bethel. Again, come back to the
Lord and live! If you don't, God will roar through Israel (the whole
northern kingdom), like a fire, devouring you completely. Your false gods in
bethel won't be able to quench the flames. (Isaiah 1:31, Jeremiah 7:20)
Amo 5:7 Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in
the earth. They twist justice for the oppressed and
treat the righteous like dirt.
Amo 5:8 Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and
turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with
night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the
face of the earth: The LORD is his name.
It is
God who created the stars and the planets. He turns darkness into morning
and day to night. He draws water from the oceans and causes it to rain on
the earth. This "shadow of death into morning" refers to: (Luke 1:79), To
give light to those who sit in darkness and death's shadow.
Amo 5:9 That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the
spoiled shall come against the fortress.
With His
power, He destroys the strong, crushing their defenses.
Amo 5:10 They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that
speaketh uprightly. You hate honest judges and despise
people who tell the truth! (Isaiah 29:21).
Amo 5:11 Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor,
and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone,
but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye
shall not drink wine of them. You trample on the poor
charging them unfair taxes and unfair rent. You build your beautiful stone
houses, but you will never live in them. You plant lush vineyards, but you
will never drink wine from them. Sound familiar? We see it today around the
world! "Take a look at the taxes you pay and the rise in prices of
everything you buy." Only the wealthy can survive in today's world. But not
for long. (Proverbs 6:11-19), there time is coming. You know, you always
hear wealthy preachers say that there is no sin in being wealthy. Well,
maybe not. But, in today's world, it is hard to be wealthy without gains
through some type of corruption. Take the stock market for example: When
they invest their money, it is pooled together with corrupt money. It is
like a MLM or pyramid scam. Only the ones on top make the money, and the
people on the bottom always get hurt. "God gives people what they need, not
what they want."
Amo 5:12 For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins:
they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in
the gate from their right. God knows all
their sins and rebellions. They oppress good people by taking bribes and
deprive the poor of justice in the courts. "If you don't think judges lean
towards the wealthy or take bribes once in a while, you are blind to the
truth." I have seen it happen several times in my lifetime.
Amo 5:13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time. In that time, the smart keep
their mouths shut, because it is a time of calamity. (Ephesians 5:15-16, II
Timothy 3:1), It will be very difficult in the end times. Entering
into the great apostasy. We are living in the pre-tribulation now.
Amo 5:14 Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the
God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
Hate the calamity and try your best to do good. God will always try to help
you then. (Psalm 34:12-16, Proverbs 11:27).
Amo 5:15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the
gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant
of Joseph. Make sure that your courts are true halls
of justice and not corrupt.
Amo 5:16 Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus;
Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the
highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and
such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing. There
will be crying in all the public squares and morning in every street. Even
the farmers and professionals will wail. (Revelation 18:10, 15-16, 18:19),
Sister Babylon in the end times. She made us (those who were
deceived), all rich with her great wealth and false teachings and in one
hour, it will all be gone.
Amo 5:17 And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass
through thee, saith the LORD. Wailing in every
vineyard because the Lord says: I will destroy them all.
Amo 5:18 Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is
it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.
Those who are quick to say: Only if the day of the Lord were
here! They have no idea what they are wishing for. That day will bring
darkness to the non-believers and the deceived. If you are a true Christian
and believer, you don't need to worry.
(Malachi 4:1, II Peter 3:10),
Be on guard and know the season for His return, when
all evil (all the wicked & rudiments) will be burned up. Judgment Day!
Amo 5:19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went
into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
In other words, there will be no escape for the wicked.
Amo 5:20 Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not
light? even very dark, and no brightness in it? The
day of the Lord will be dark and hopeless, with no joy for the wicked.
Amo 5:21 I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your
solemn assemblies. God does not like those who play
church. Christ warned them. (Matthew 23:14), Those who hold long
public prayers in the streets looking so holy while they evict widows from
their homes. Just plain hypocrites who will receive the greater damnation.
Amo 5:22 Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I
will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of
your fat beasts. God will not accept their burnt
offerings and won't even notice their peace offerings. "Many churches still
doing it today with their burning of incense and long ceremonial rituals."
(Just a bunch of hypocrites playing church).
Amo 5:23 Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not
hear the melody of thy viols. Take away your fancy
hymns of praise! I will not listen to the music of your harps.
Amo 5:24 But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a
mighty stream. Instead, I want to see a mighty flood
of justice, and a constant flowing river of righteous living. (Matthew
12:7), Christ explains it in the new testament. "I want you to be
merciful more than I want your offerings" quoting from (Hosea 6:6). God does
not want your burnt offerings. He wants your love.
Amo 5:25 Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the
wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
Did you
bring Me offerings when you were in the wilderness for forty years Israel?
Amo 5:26 But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your
images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.
No, you served your pagan gods that you made yourself.
Amo 5:27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus,
saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.
Now I will send you into exile, to the land of the east of Damascus, "says
the Lord." (Acts 7:43), Their real interest was in heathen gods and
gods of the stars. They worshipped things God had made instead of God
Himself. "Because of this, God would send them into captivity far away
beyond Babylon."
Amos 6
Amo 6:1 Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came! What sorrow awaits you (nobles of Judah), who lounge in luxury and feel secure in Samaria. You are popular in Israel (the northern kingdom), and people go to you for help.
Amo 6:2 Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border? You are no better than the cities of Calneh, Hamath, and Gath and they were destroyed.
Amo 6:3 Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near. You just scoff at the coming disaster (day of calamity), but your actions only bring the day of judgment closer. (II Peter 3:4), Where is the promise of His return, all things are the same since the beginning. They are just willingly ignorant.
Amo 6:4 That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall. Those who lounge around eating and partying living high on the hog. (Isaiah 5:11-12).
Amo 6:5 That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David. You sing trivial songs, playing the harp, and think you are great musicians like David. (Isaiah 5:12).
Amo 6:6 That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. You drink your wine out of sacred bowls, and anoint themselves with fragrant lotions. You care nothing about the ruin of your nation. "The breach of the two kingdoms." (I Kings 12, Jeremiah 6:14).
Amo 6:7 Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed. The party is over. Soon you will be the first to be led away as captives. (Luke 21:24).
Amo 6:8 The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein. The Lord says: I despise the arrogance of Israel, and I hate their fortresses. I will give this city away into the hands of their enemies. (Ezekiel 24:21).
Amo 6:9 And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die. If ten men are left, they will all die.
Amo 6:10 And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD. When they burn and dispose of the bodies (mentioned in I Samuel 31:12), they will ask survivors; "Is there anyone else with you?" "They will say, don't even mention the name of the Lord."
Amo 6:11 For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts. At the Lords command, both great homes and small homes will be destroyed.
Amo 6:12 Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock. Can horses gallop over boulders? Can oxen be used to plow them? You are a bunch of fools, who turn justice into poison and righteousness into bitterness. (Hosea 10:4, 10:13, Acts 7:51-52), Guilty of persecuting and killing the prophets who predicted the coming of Messiah, and you also betrayed and killed Him. Speaking of the kenites; the generation of vipers, offspring of the serpent. (Matthew 23:29-39).
Amo 6:13 Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength? Always boasting on what they did with their own strength.
Amo 6:14 But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness. The Lord says: I will raise up a enemy nation against you. They will oppress you throughout your land from Hemath in the north to the Arabah Valley in the south. (Ezekiel 47:15-17).
Amos 7
Amo 7:1 Thus
hath the Lord
GOD shewed unto
me; and, behold,
he formed
grasshoppers in
the beginning of
the shooting up
of the latter
growth; and, lo,
it was
the latter
growth after the
king's mowings.
Amos was shown a
vision from the
Lord. He seen a
vast swarm of
locust over the
land. This was
after the king's
share had been
harvested from
the fields and
the main crop
was coming up.
(This is
supposed to have
been a symbol of
the first
invasion of the
Assyrians).
However, In the
end times they
swarm again.
A
great army of
locust.
(Joel 2:25).
Yes my friend
the fifth trump
has sounded and
the sixth trump
is right at our
feet. The locust
army of the end
times are
swarming and the
terrorist are
rising at an
alarming rate
around the
world. Islam is
on the rise and
they will have a
new king to lead
them.
And they had a
king over them,
which is the
angel of the
bottomless pit,
whos name in the
Hebrew tongue is
Abaddon, but in
the Greek tongue
hath his name
Apollyon.
(Revelation
9:11).
Satan
himself will
lead the locust
army of the end
time, his spirit
being at work as
we speak; And he
will appear in
the sixth trump
as an imposter
pretending to be
Christ, to
deceive as many
as possible. God
is not happy
with the
countries of
this world
today.
I have spread
out my hands all
the day unto a
rebellious
people, which
walketh in a way
that was not
good, after
their own
thoughts.
(Isaiah 65:2).
People of the
world have
become a
rebellious
people,
following their
own ways and
traditions
instead of the
ways of God.
Amo 7:2 And
it came to pass,
that when
they had made an
end of eating
the grass of the
land, then I
said, O Lord
GOD, forgive, I
beseech thee: by
whom shall Jacob
arise? for he is small.
In his vision,
the locusts ate
every green
plant in sight.
Then he said,
forgive us Lord,
please forgive
us or we will
not survive, for
Israel is so
small.
Amo 7:3 The
LORD repented
for this: It
shall not be,
saith the LORD.
So the Lord
relented from
this plan.
(Jonah 3:10).
Amo 7:4 Thus
hath the Lord
GOD shewed unto
me: and, behold,
the Lord GOD
called to
contend by fire,
and it devoured
the great deep,
and did eat up a
part.
Then the Lord
showed Amos
another vision.
He saw Him
preparing to
punish His
people with
great fire. The
fire burned the
sea and devoured
the entire land.
(This is
supposed to
denote the
invasion of
Tiglathpileser,
which threatened
entire
destruction.
(Micah 1:4).
Also another
warning for the
end times.
(Isaiah
66:15-16).
Amo 7:5 Then
said I, O Lord
GOD, cease, I
beseech thee: by
whom shall Jacob
arise? for he is small.
Again, pleading
for mercy from
the Lord. (Will
we be pleading
in the end
times)?
Amo 7:6 The
LORD repented
for this: This
also shall not
be, saith the
Lord GOD.
In the vision,
the Lord
relented from
this too.
Amo 7:7 Thus
he shewed me:
and, behold, the
Lord stood upon
a wall made
by a plumbline,
with a plumbline
in his hand.
In another
vision, Amos saw
the Lord
standing beside
a wall that had
been built using
a plumb line. (A
plumb line is
used to see if
something is
straight).
Amo 7:8 And
the LORD said
unto me, Amos,
what seest thou?
And I said, A
plumbline. Then
said the Lord,
Behold, I will
set a plumbline
in the midst of
my people
Israel: I will
not again pass
by them any
more.
The Lord asked
Amos "what do
you see?" "He
answered, a
plumb line." The
Lord replied, "I
will test My
people with this
plumb line." I
will no longer
ignore all their
sins. Again,
what is a plumb
line used for?
To see if
something is
straight. (This
was an emblem of
strict justice;
and intimated
that God would
now visit them
according to
their
iniquities).
"Simply put;
Israel was
crooked and did
not match God's
standards."
Amo 7:9 And
the high places
of Isaac shall
be desolate, and
the sanctuaries
of Israel shall
be laid waste;
and I will rise
against the
house of
Jeroboam with
the sword.
The pagan
shrines of your
ancestors will
be ruined, and
the temples of
Israel will be
destroyed.
Fulfilled in (II
Kings 15:8-10),
Jeroboam, like
the other kings
of the northern
kingdom was
evil. However,
he was a great
military
strategist and
brought the
nation great
military and
economic
success.
Amo 7:10 Then
Amaziah the
priest of Bethel
sent to Jeroboam
king of Israel,
saying, Amos
hath conspired
against thee in
the midst of the
house of Israel:
the land is not
able to bear all
his words.
Here comes
trouble.
Amaziah, the
priest of
Bethel, sent a
message to
Jeroboam, king
of Israel: Amos
is plotting
against you, and
what he is
saying is
intolerable.
(Amaziah was
lying and there
was not one word
of truth in his
message to
Jeroboam).
Amo 7:11 For
thus Amos saith,
Jeroboam shall
die by the
sword, and
Israel shall
surely be led
away captive out
of their own
land.
He is saying
that Jeroboam
will soon be
killed, and the
people of Israel
will be sent
away into exile.
(This sounded
like treason to
the people of
the northern
kingdom).
Amo 7:12 Also
Amaziah said
unto Amos, O
thou seer, go,
flee thee away
into the land of
Judah, and there
eat bread, and
prophesy there.
Amaziah sent
orders to Amos
and told him to
get out of here.
Go back to Judah
and prophesy
there.
Amo 7:13 But
prophesy not
again any more
at Bethel: for
it is the
king's chapel,
and it is
the king's
court.
Amaziah told
Amos not to
bother them with
his prophesies
in Bethel. (This
was there
national place
of worship).
Amo 7:14 Then
answered Amos,
and said to
Amaziah, I was no
prophet, neither
was I a
prophet's son;
but I was
an herdman, and
a gatherer of
sycomore fruit.
But Amos told
Amaziah, "I am
not a
professional
prophet, and was
never trained to
be one. I am
just a shepherd,
and take care of
the sycamore
trees. (Sycamore
fruit are wild
figs). He was
tending to the
wild figs. This
should bring our
attention to the
"parable of the
fig tree" in
(Matthew
24:32-35). The
last generation
before the
return of
Christ.
Amo 7:15 And
the LORD took me
as I followed
the flock, and
the LORD said
unto me, Go,
prophesy unto my
people Israel.
Amos told
Amaziah that it
was the Lord who
called him from
the flock and
told him to
prophecy to
Israel.
Amo 7:16 Now
therefore hear
thou the word of
the LORD: Thou
sayest, Prophesy
not against
Israel, and drop
not thy word
against the
house of Isaac.
Now listen to
this message
from the Lord:
You say, don't
prophesy against
Israel and stop
preaching
against my
people.
Amo 7:17
Therefore thus
saith the LORD;
Thy wife shall
be an harlot in
the city, and
thy sons and thy
daughters shall
fall by the
sword, and thy
land shall be
divided by line;
and thou shalt
die in a
polluted land:
and Israel shall
surely go into
captivity forth
of his land.
However, this is
what the Lord
says: Your wife
will become a
prostitute in
this city, and
your sons and
daughters will
be killed. Your
land will be
divided up, and
you will die in
a foreign land.
The people of
Israel will
become captives
in exile, far
from their
homeland. Could
this be another
end time
prophecy?
(Zechariah 14:2,
Hosea 4:13-14),
Your daughters
turn to
prostitution.
"Look around
today." They are
also sacrificing
and burning
their incense,
turning to
idolatry.
(Romans
1:23-28). Why
should I punish
your daughters
for prostitution
and adultery?
Your men are
doing the same
thing, sinning
with whores and
sacrifice with
prostitutes. (I
Corinthians
6:16), "You
refuse to
understand, so
you will be
punished." Why?
Because they are
alienated from
God through
ignorance that
is in them.
(Ephesians 4:18)
Amos 8
Amo 8:1 Thus hath the
Lord GOD shewed unto me: and
behold a basket of summer
fruit.
Now the Lord showed Amos
another vision in which he
was shown a basket filled
with ripe figs. This should
also bring our attention to
the parable of the fig tree
taught by Christ in Matthew
24.
Now learn a parable of the
fig tree; When his branch is
yet tender, and putteth
forth leaves, ye know that
summer is nigh: (Matthew
24:32).
The summer is the
harvest of the fig tree.
Another clue in the
season of the harvest of the
earth and Christ's return.
The chute was set in the
year 1948 when Judah became
a nation. This is the
generation of the fig tree.
The harvest of the good and
bad figs are spoken of in
the book of Jeremiah 24.
Speaking of Judah and the
Kenites. The Kenites being
the bad figs. The time is
nearing the end of this
generation of 1948.
Amo 8:2 And he said,
Amos, what seest thou? And I
said, A basket of summer
fruit. Then said the LORD
unto me, The end is come
upon my people of Israel; I
will not again pass by them
any more.
The Lord
asked. What do you see Amos?
"A basket of ripe fruit."
Then the Lord said: Just
like this fruit, Israel is
ripe for punishment. Amos
was starting to realize that
the end was near for Israel.
Amo 8:3 And the songs of
the temple shall be howlings
in that day, saith the Lord
GOD: there shall be
many dead bodies in every
place; they shall cast them forth with silence.
In that day... What day? "The
day of the Lord." The singing
in the temple will turn to
wailing and dead bodies will
be scattered everywhere.
Amo 8:4 Hear this, O ye
that swallow up the needy,
even to make the poor of the
land to fail.
Listen all you rip offs and
scammers who take advantage
of the needy. (Proverbs
30:14, Isaiah 32:6-7,
Matthew 23:14).
Amo 8:5 Saying, When will
the new moon be gone, that
we may sell corn? and the
sabbath, that we may set
forth wheat, making the
ephah small, and the shekel
great, and falsifying the
balances by deceit?
You can't
wait for the Sabbath day to
be over and your religious
festivals to end, so you can
get back to ripping off the
people again. "The people
looked and acted so holy by
going to church and going
through the motions, but
couldn't wait to get back to
their worldly lives." Sound
familiar? "Bunch of
hypocrites."
Amo 8:6 That we may buy
the poor for silver, and the
needy for a pair of shoes;
yea, and sell the
refuse of the wheat?
You cut the goods that you
sell and cheat the people.
Then you enslave the poor
people for a small price.
(Joel 3:3). Do we see this
going on in the world today?
Of course we do... Lets take
heroin or cocaine pushers.
They rip off people with
garbage product, then they
enslave them to the drug
without any regard for that
person. They turn young
girls into prostitutes and
young men into thieves and
small time dealers. These
cartel king-pins and drug
pushers are nothing but
monsters and scumbags. "There
payback time is coming!"
Amo 8:7 The LORD hath
sworn by the excellency of
Jacob, Surely I will never
forget any of their works.
The Lord has sworn, He will
never forget the wicked
things they have done.
Amo 8:8 Shall not the
land tremble for this, and
every one mourn that
dwelleth therein? and it
shall rise up wholly as a
flood; and it shall be cast
out and drowned, as by
the flood of Egypt.
The earth will tremble and
everyone will mourn. The
ground will rise like the
Nile river at flood time; it
will heave up, then sink
again. (Perhaps looking
towards an earthquake in the
end times with the rising
and falling of the ground,
with a wave-like motion).
Amo 8:9 And it shall come
to pass in that day, saith
the Lord GOD, that I will
cause the sun to go down at
noon, and I will darken the
earth in the clear day.
In that day! What day? The
Lord's day. I will make the
sun go down at noon and
darken the earth while it is
still day. (Isaiah 13:10,
Joel 2:2, Micah 3:6), An
eclipse had occurred in 784
BC, another in 763 BC. It
would be a picture of God’s
coming judgment. The sky
also darkened during the
crucifixion of Christ, which
is another picture of God's
judgment coming. "The day of
the Lord is coming soon, so
you better be ready."
Amo 8:10 And I will turn
your feasts into mourning,
and all your songs into
lamentation; and I will
bring up sackcloth upon all
loins, and baldness upon
every head; and I will make
it as the mourning of an
only son, and the end
thereof as a bitter day.
On
that day, I will turn your
celebrations into mourning
and your singing into
weeping. You will cry as if
your only son has just died.
A very bitter day that will
be.
Amo 8:11 Behold, the days
come, saith the Lord GOD,
that I will send a famine in
the land, not a famine of
bread, nor a thirst for
water, but of hearing the
words of the LORD.
That famine for hearing the
Word of the Lord is upon us
now. People are starving for
the truth in the Word, not a
bunch of fairy tales, false
teachings and traditions of
men that are taught in most
churches today.
Amo 8:12 And they shall
wander from sea to sea, and
from the north even to the
east, they shall run to and
fro to seek the word of the
LORD, and shall not find it.
People will stagger from sea
to sea and border to border,
even church to church,
searching for the Word of
the Lord, but will not find
it. (Romans 9:31-33,
11:7-10, II Timothy 3:6-7),
Lets take Romans 11:7-10,
for example:
What then? Israel hath not
obtained that which he
seeketh for; but the
election hath obtained it,
and the rest were blinded.
(Romans 11:7),
In other
words, most people have not
found the favor of God that
they are looking for. A few
of His chosen have, but the
majority of peoples hearts
are hardened. (II
Corinthians 4:4, II
Thessalonians 2:9-12),
We are
speaking of one of Satan's
roles as anti-Christ.
He
will trick everyone with
strange demonstrations,
great miracles, and lies,
because he is the father of
lies. (John 8:44). He will
completely fool those who
refused the truth of the
Word that they might be
saved. Those who follow
Satan will perish. Once
saved always saved? I don't
think so. If you want to be
ignorant of God's Word and
follow lies, deception, and
traditions of men; God will
send you strong delusion to
believe those lies. He will
close your eyes to the
truth. (Isaiah 29:10). Look
at how people are so
comfortable with their
teachings. If you want to be
like that, get comfortable
with the spirit of slumber.
According as it is written,
God hath given them the
spirit of slumber, eyes that
they should not see, and
ears that they should not
hear; unto this day. (Romans
11:8),
Here it is,
the spirit of slumber
written here and in the old
testament. (Isaiah 29:10),
"To this day He has shut
their eyes so they do not
see, and closed their ears
so they do not hear."
And
David saith, Let their table
be made a snare, and a trap,
and a stumblingblock, and a
recompence unto them.
(Romans 11:9). Spoken
by David, "Let their
bountiful table become a
snare, a trap that makes
them think all is well. Let
their blessings cause them
to stumble, and get what
they deserve." (Psalm
69:22-23). In other words,
your material and monetary
possessions can become a
trap and make you think all
is well. (People who cherish
their physical money over
spiritual wealth). It's all
about the money!
Your spiritual blessings can
also cause you to stumble,
thinking you are on the
right track when your not.
This is what happened to
Israel: their spiritual
blessings should have led
them to Christ, but became a
snare to them and kept them
from Christ. Why? Their
religious practices became
substitutes for the real
experience of salvation.
This goes on today when
people depend on certain
churches religious rituals
and practices instead of
trusting in Christ, without
all the fluff. Playing
church! It looks so holy,
but it is far from the
truth.
Let
their eyes be darkened, that
they may not see, and bow
down their back alway.
(Romans 11:10). Let
their eyes be blind to the
truth so they cannot see and
let their backs be bent
forever. (Psalm 69:23).
Amo 8:13 In that day
shall the fair virgins and
young men faint for thirst.
Beautiful girls and young
men will grow faint in that
day, thirsting for the Word
of the Lord.
Amo 8:14 They that swear
by the sin of Samaria, and
say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth;
and, The manner of Beersheba
liveth; even they shall
fall, and never rise up
again.
In other words: Pertaining
to us in the last days,
those who follow their idol
worship, false teachings,
and traditions of men will
fall. (Psalm 36:12, 140:10,
Jeremiah 25:27, 51:64).
Amos 9
Amo 9:1 I saw the Lord
standing upon the altar: and
he said, Smite the lintel of
the door, that the posts may
shake: and cut them in the
head, all of them; and I
will slay the last of them
with the sword: he that
fleeth of them shall not
flee away, and he that
escapeth of them shall not
be delivered.
Amos in his
vision saw the Lord standing
beside the altar. The Lord
said: "Strike the tops of
the temple columns, so the
foundation will shake."
Bring down the roof on the
heads of the people below.
Kill the last of them with
the sword, so no one will
escape. (Probably the same
altar at Beth-el where
Jeroboam had once stood), (I
Kings 13:1).
Amo 9:2 Though they dig
into hell, thence shall mine
hand take them; though they
climb up to heaven, thence
will I bring them down.
If they dig down to hide, I
will reach down and pull
them up. If they climb up to
the heavens, I will bring
them down. "This is to show
there will be no escape."
Amo 9:3 And though they
hide themselves in the top
of Carmel, I will search and
take them out thence; and
though they be hid from my
sight in the bottom of the
sea, thence will I command
the serpent, and he shall
bite them.
Even if they try to hide on
the mountain tops, I will
capture them. If they try to
hide at the bottom of the
ocean, I will send the sea
serpent after them.
(Jeremiah 16:16, Isaiah
27:1).
Amo 9:4 And though they
go into captivity before
their enemies, thence will I
command the sword, and it
shall slay them: and I will
set mine eyes upon them for
evil, and not for good.
Even if their enemies drive
them into exile, I will
command the sword to kill
them there. Disaster will
come upon them and I will
not help them. (Deuteronomy
28:64-65, Ezekiel 5:12,
Jeremiah 44:11), "They will
not be able to escape God's
judgment." You can't run
from God.
Amo 9:5 And the Lord GOD
of hosts is he that
toucheth the land, and it
shall melt, and all that
dwell therein shall mourn:
and it shall rise up wholly
like a flood; and shall be
drowned, as by the
flood of Egypt.
The Lord of Heaven's Armies,
touches the land and it
melts, and all the people
mourn. (Remember that God is
a consuming fire). (Psalm
46:6). The ground rises like
the Nile river when it
floods. The ground will rise
and sink again. "Sounds like
the making of great
earthquakes."
Amo 9:6 It is he
that buildeth his stories in
the heaven, and hath founded
his troop in the earth; he
that calleth for the waters
of the sea, and poureth them
out upon the face of the
earth: The LORD is
his name.
The Lord's home reaches to
the heavens, while the
foundation is upon the
earth. He draws the waters
from the oceans and lets it
pour down as rain on the
land. (Psalm 104:3,
104:13).
Amo 9:7 Are ye not
as children of the
Ethiopians unto me, O
children of Israel? saith
the LORD. Have not I brought
up Israel out of the land of
Egypt? and the Philistines
from Caphtor, and the
Syrians from Kir?
Are you Israelites more
important to Me than the
Ethiopians? I brought Israel
out of Egypt, but I also
brought the Philistines from
Crete and led the Arameans
out of Kir. (Showing that
the Israelites are nothing
special, and are just like
every other nation to God).
"You need to watch out when
you are puffed-up and think
you are something special in
the eyes of the Lord.
Amo 9:8 Behold, the eyes
of the Lord GOD are
upon the sinful kingdom, and
I will destroy it from off
the face of the earth;
saving that I will not
utterly destroy the house of
Jacob, saith the LORD.
The Lord is watching this
sinful nation of Israel. He
will destroy it from the
face of the earth, but He
will not completely destroy
the family of Israel. We are
talking of the sinful
kingdom that will be
destroyed.
Amo 9:9 For, lo, I will
command, and I will sift the
house of Israel among all
nations, like as corn
is sifted in a sieve, yet
shall not the least grain
fall upon the earth.
The Lord will shake Israel
along with the other nations
as grain is shaken in a
sieve. (The righteous will
be caught in the sieve and
won't fall to the ground).
Amo 9:10 All the sinners
of my people shall die by
the sword, which say, The
evil shall not overtake nor
prevent us.
However, the sinners will
die by the sword. Those who
always say, "nothing bad
will ever happen to us."
(Isaiah 33:14, Malachi
3:2-5, 3:15, Matthew
13:49-50), Separation of the
wicked from the Godly.
Because people have been
deceived, they never new the
working plan of salvation
from God. (The minute they
hear a little truth, or need
to study God's Word, they
are turned off).
Amo 9:11 In that day will
I raise up the tabernacle of
David that is fallen, and
close up the breaches
thereof; and I will raise up
his ruins, and I will build
it as in the days of old.
In that day (the Lord's
day), I will restore the
fallen house of David. "I
will rebuild and restore it
to its former glory."
(Isaiah 9:6-7, 11:1-10,
Jeremiah 23:5-6, 33:14-16,
Hosea 3:5, Luke 1:31-33,
1:69-70, Acts 15:15-17), the
tabernacle of David (the
throne), the kingship that
comes from David. The kings
of the southern kingdom were
all descendants of David.
"Christ will be given the
throne of His Father David."
(Luke 1:32).
Amo 9:12 That they may
possess the remnant of Edom,
and of all the heathen,
which are called by my name,
saith the LORD that doeth
this.
Israel will possess what is
left of Edom and all the
nations that the Lord has
called to be His.
Amo 9:13 Behold, the days
come, saith the LORD, that
the plowman shall overtake
the reaper, and the treader
of grapes him that soweth
seed; and the mountains
shall drop sweet wine, and
all the hills shall melt.
The time will come when the
grain and grapes will grow
faster than they can be
harvested. (Joel 3:18), a
time of prosperity.
Amo 9:14 And I will bring
again the captivity of my
people of Israel, and they
shall build the waste
cities, and inhabit them;
and they shall plant
vineyards, and drink the
wine thereof; they shall
also make gardens, and eat
the fruit of them.
I will bring back the exiled
people of Israel from
distant lands. They will
rebuild their ruined cities.
They will plant vineyards
and gardens and eat from
their crops. (Jeremiah 30:3,
Joel 3:1-2).
Amo 9:15
And I will plant them upon
their land, and they shall
no more be pulled up out of
their land which I have
given them, saith the LORD
thy God.
I will give
them back their own land and
they will not be pulled out
of the land again. Says the
Lord thy God! (Jeremiah
24:26, 32:41, Joel 3:20,
Micah 4:4), We are speaking
of the complete restoration
of the "kingdom of God" here
on earth under Jesus Christ,
"the Messiah."
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