AMOS

Amos Chapter 9

Destroyed because of Continual Sin

• Amos 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. 
• 2  Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: 
• 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: 
• 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. 

All these prophecies were fulfilled. Those that sinned and turned to idolatry were cast aside and wiped out. Those that persecuted the prophets that warned them and tried to get them to repent they persecuted and killed. Those that refused the good way and rejected God's word after seeing the miracles in the wilderness, knowing about the parting of the Red Sea, having the law given through Moses preached to them, and those that did not teach these precepts to their children were now facing judgment. The prophetic warnings went unheeded after God would delay, send warnings and then delay again; but it finally had to come. Sin has to be stopped, not only for this nation but for all nations that forsake God and do evil.

• Amos 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. 
• 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. 
• 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? 

They couldn't rely on their heritage or the fact that they were descendants of Abraham because their sins separated them from Abraham and the covenant God made with him. Just like we today cannot be saved from sin just because we had parents that loved God and made Jesus their Lord. We have to make that decision ourselves. Their prayers may follow us and the Holy Spirit may try to call us to salvation through Jesus but we ourselves have to make our own mind up and say yes or no to God's calling. If we are lost we cannot blame our parents or anyone else.

The above scriptures show that God had to send judgment with a large flood that covered the whole earth because of continual sin that got to a point of no return. Only 8 people were delivered from that flood alive.

• Amos 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. 

As we see from other scriptures, God will have a remnant from all the tribes. We see in Revelation that 144,000 is sealed from all the tribes in the future. We cannot substitute those people and make them something else. When the bible says Israel, it means Israel not an substitute like the church or another nation that calls themselves the new Israel. We have no right to do that. God knows one from another, we don't need to change that around to our own thinking.

• Amos 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. 
• 10  All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us. 

God always has a people even among those that seemingly do evil continually.

• 1Kings 19:18  Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him. 

Let us be among those that do not compromise, that stay faithful, that love God with all that is within us.

The Restoration of Israel

• Amos 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: 

This is my favorite chapter in the book of Amos. I love it when I read of the Lord bringing restoration to Israel. In 1948 we had a visible restoration but that is not the final one. That one was physical but they still as of April of  2025, have not received their Messiah but abide in unbelief as a nation. God has prospered them but they are continually surrounded by enemies.

Their final everlasting victory will come when they recognize that the one their ancestors had rejected, the one called Jesus, Yeshua in Hebrew, is the very one that is the Messiah. He will return a 2nd time first to gather all those that previously believed in Jesus, both Jews and Gentiles. Those that have died previous to this coming and those that are alive on the earth at this coming will be taken out ahead of the final outpouring of the plagues that God sends upon those that persecuted His people. After that when more Jewish people finally recognize Jesus as their Lord, Jesus will return with all His saints to save the remnant of the Jewish people and rule on the earth.

These prophecies are scattered throughout the Old and New Testaments and are meant to be read and understood but they will be hidden from those that do not believe. The wise shall understand.

• Amos 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. 
• 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. 
• 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. 
• 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. 

This happens in full at the 2nd literal coming of Jesus the Christ to reign upon the earth. No matter who doesn't believe or who tries to hinder it, it will come. When God says to His Son Jesus, Go and return. Jesus will go and He will return. Nothing will stop this from happening. No armies are strong enough to stop the COMING OF THE LORD JESUS back to the earth. Even so Lord Jesus....COME. -DC

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