Amos 9:5-15 ~ Behold

Amos 9:5-15

 

The Lord God of Hosts

He who touches the earth 

and it melts,

And 

all who dwell in it mourn,

and 

all of it rises like the Nile,

and sinks again, 

like the Nile of Egypt

Who builds His upper chambers 

in the Heavens

and 

founds His vault 

upon the earth

Who calls for the waters of the sea

and 

pours them out upon the surface of the earth—

The Lord is His Name!

7 “Are you not like the Cushites to me,

O people of Israel?”

Declares the Lord.

“Did I not bring up Israel from the land of Egypt,

and the Philistines from Caphtor and the Syrians from Kir?

8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord God 

are upon the sinful kingdom,

and 

I will destroy it from the surface of the ground,

except 

that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,”

Declares the Lord.

“For behold, 

I will command,

and shake the house of Israel among all the nations

as one shakes with a sieve,

but 

no pebble shall fall to the earth.

10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword,

who say, ‘Disaster shall not overtake or meet us.’

“In that day I will raise up

the booth of David that is fallen

and repair its breaches,

and raise up its ruins

and 

rebuild it as in the days of old,

That they may possess the remnant of Edom

and all the nations 

who are called by My Name,”

declares the Lord 

Who does this.

“Behold, the days are coming,” 

Declares the Lord,

“when the plowman shall overtake the reaper

and the treader of grapes 

him who sows the seed

The mountains shall drip sweet wine,

and all the hills shall flow with it.

I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel,

and 

they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them;

They shall plant vineyards and drink their wine,

and 

they shall make gardens 

and eat their fruit.

I will plant them on their land,

and 

they shall never again be uprooted

out of the land 

that I have given them,”

Says the Lord your God.

I love Matthew Henry! Any day of the week, he is beautiful and eloquent. Loving and Tender

as God. The English language has changed in the 250 + years he had his Bible Commentary:

Matthew Henry’s commentary on Amos:

GOD employed a shepherd, a herdsman! One who cares for others tenderly. 

And uses this tender person to reprove and warn the people. Those to whom God gives abilities for his services, ought not to be despised for their origin, or their employment. Like the advice of Gamaliel - what comes from God should not be tampered with. God places His Holy Spirit in all who believe. Good news.

Let us continue earnest in prayer for the fulfillment of these prophecies, in the peace, purity, and the beauty of the Church! God marvelously preserves His elect amidst the most fearful confusions and miseries. When all seems desperate, He wonderfully revives His Church, and blesses her with all spiritual blessings in Christ Jesus. And great shall be the glory of that period, in which not one good thing promised shall remain unfulfilled.

God does this! 

HE is a giver, 

a bringer,

a maker of blessings! 

Who can do it! The Great I Am has determined to do it! 

Isaiah 46:9-10: 

"Remember the former things which I did from ages past; 

For I am God, and there is no one else; I am God, 

and there is no one like Me, 

Declaring the end and the result from the beginning, 

And from ancient times the things which have not [yet] been done, 

Saying, 

'My purpose will be established,

 And I will do all that pleases Me 

and 

fulfills My purpose'" 

Abba, Father!

Merry Christmas!

WE PRAY 

BLESSINGS 

and

GIVE THANKS
FOR YOUR BLESSINGS

THANK YOU

The safety 

of Your people.

The safety 

of those

helping the earth 

to heal.

Let evil and practicing evil

depart 

far 

from us

and our children.

With Your Help

We will act justly

 and to love mercy

 and to walk humbly with You, our God.

Dwell in me,

Dwell in us,

Dwell in those we Love,

Help us to seek You first.

And we will finish well, 

in Jesus Christ. 

Help us seek and find 

and bring,

to become,

 more Heaven

to this earth.

And in Jesus - this Hope, 

Faith and Love - we will rise up believing Jesus. 

Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

Yes The Lord Fulfills His Purpose

Thank You Jesus