GO PROPHECY UNTO MY PEOPLE ISRAEL AMOS SEVEN The book of Amos has two natural divisions. Amos chapter one through six contains God's condemnation of sin and a picture of His judgment against eight disobedient nations. God used Amos to preach sermons against false religion, violence, selfishness and... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE VISION OF LOCUST -- AMOS 7:1-3:_ The Lord showed Amos that he was going to send locusts to attack the crops of Israel. This would happen after the king has already been given his share of the grain. Amos was certain that the nation was so weak that it could not stand such a plague. So he made a... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE VISION OF FIRE -- AMOS 7:4-6:_ In a second vision the Lord showed Amos that He was going to send a ball of fire to burn up everything on earth, including the ocean. It was a judgment by fire, and it would devour the great deep and eat up the land. Imagine the horrors if the entire water supply... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE VISION OF THE PLUMB LINE -- AMOS 7:7-9:_ The third vision was that of the Lord Himself standing on a wall with a plumb line in His hand. The plumb line had been used to measure the straightness of the wall. The Lord is longsuffering but now His patience has been exhausted. God had extended merc... [ Continue Reading ]
_AMAZIAH REBUKES AMOS -- AMOS 7:10-17:_ Amaziah the priest at Bethel sent a message to King Jeroboam of Israel saying, "Amos is plotting against you in the very heart of Israel. Our nation cannot put up with his message for very long." This is not the Jeroboam that first led Israel into idolatry but... [ Continue Reading ]