THE FIRST VISION - THE LOCUST SWARM (AMOS 7:1). In this vision ‘the Lord YHWH' showed Amos the forming of a huge swarm of locusts which devoured the vegetation of the whole land. Amos, a farmer himself, is horrified at the sight and asks that Jacob (Israel) might be spared because they are so puny... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FOUR VISIONS (AMOS 7:1 TO AMOS 8:14). In a similar way to the seven judgments in Amos 1:2 to Amos 2:5, followed by the expanded judgment on Israel, which all initially followed a similar pattern, so here Amos now recounts three visions threatening judgment on Israel, followed by a fourth which a... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SECOND VISION - THE CONSUMING FIRE (AMOS 7:4). We must remember that this was a vision not something that actually happened. It commenced with a fire from YHWH which ‘devoured the great deep'. As we have seen fire was regularly a picture of YHWH's judgments in the initial judgments (Amos 1:4; Am... [ Continue Reading ]
THE THIRD VISION. THE VISION OF THE PLUMB-LINE AND THE RESULTING RESPONSE (AMOS 7:7). In this third vision YHWH carried some kind of measuring device as He stood beside a wall, presumably with the purpose of measuring it. He wanted to demonstrate to Amos that He was not acting without reason in what... [ Continue Reading ]