FROM THE TIME SIN ENTERED MANKIND UPTO
NOW, MAN BECAME CORRUPTED BY NATURE
AND EVERYTHING HE DOES IS AGAINST GOD AND AGAINST FELLOW
HUMAN BEINGS.
CHAIN REACTIONS
WHEN SIN STARTS TO ACCUMULATE LIKE A
CHAIN REACTION , IT CAN SPREAD FROM A PERSON
TO FAMILY TO A NATION, THEN TO
NATIONS
MERCY OF GOD
WHEN SIN CROSSES THE BOUNDARY OF LIFE, HE
WILL FACE THE WALL OF JUDGMENT TO BRING
HIM TO REPENTANCE
PERMANENT
IF MAN CONTINUES TO NEGLECT THE WALL OF JUDGMENT OF GOD AND
REACHES THE FINAL WALL OF JUDGMENT
HE IS JUDGED TO ETERNAL PUNISHMENT
7 And I will shake all nations,and the desire of all nationsshall come: and I will fill thishouse with glory, saith theLORD of hosts.
AMOS - THE MAN NAME - Amos means
“burden-bearer"HOME - The village of
TekoaOCCUPATION –
"a sheep breeder and a tender of sycamore fruit.”
THE DATE
• He prophesied approx. 755 B.C.
-Uzziah, King of Judah 787 – 735 BC
-Jeroboam II of Israel 790 – 749 BC
THE DATE
• Two years before an earthquake
• This prophecy seems tohave been delivered on avisit to Bethel , about 30years before the fall ofIsrael which is 722 B.C.
Jeroboam’s Calf Worship200 years
since the Ten Tribes had set
up the Northern
Kingdom , with Calf
Worship as its religion and Baal worship
FINAL WARNING
Israel hardened in its Idolatryand Wickedness was nowspeeding on to its ruin, whenGod sent Amos and Hosea ina final effort to keep thenation in its mad dash fordeath.
1 The words of Amos, who wasamong the shepherds of Tekoa,which he saw concerning Israelin the days of Uzziah king ofJudah and in the days ofJeroboam the son of Joash,king of Israel, two years beforethe earthquake.
2 And he said: "The LORDroars from Zion and utters hisvoice from Jerusalem; thepastures of the shepherdsmourn, and the top of Carmelwithers."
Jerusalem Is Where Zion Is Vs. Bethel Which Jeroboam Made A Center For Pagan
Worship.
Carmel A Garden Spot In The North That Will Wither
3 Thus says the LORD: "Forthree transgressions ofDamascus, and for four, I willnot revoke the punishment,because they have threshedGilead with threshing sledges ofiron.
“For Three...For Four..” Means God Had Enough
“Threshed Gilead” Gilead Located Near Damascus And
Was Taken By Extreme Cruelty
Hazael & Ben- Hadad were Kings of Syria
“ I Will Send Fire” – Houses In The Cities Were Usually Crowded On The Narrow
Streets And They Have Little Water To Put It Off
5 I will break the gate-bar ofDamascus, and cut off theinhabitants from the Valley ofAven, and him who holds thescepter from Beth-eden; and thepeople of Syria shall go intoexile to Kir," says the LORD.
“I Will Break The Gate-bar Of Damascus”
- gate bars are large timber that barred the city gate from
the insideHazael & Ben- Hadad will be
led captive to Kir(Assyria – present day Iran)
9 And the king of Assyrialistened to him. The king ofAssyria marched up againstDamascus and took it, carryingits people captive to Kir, and hekilled Rezin.
• God Is Going To Touch People Like Apostle Paul Who Came To Know The Lord On The Road To Damascus, He Was A Terrorist Of Christians Also
6 Thus says the LORD: "Forthree transgressions of Gaza,and for four, I will not revoke thepunishment, because theycarried into exile a whole peopleto deliver them up to Edom.
Philistines Would Sell Their Prisoners Of War As Slaves To Edom Which Is Of The
Descendants Of Esau.
8 I will cut off the inhabitantsfrom Ashdod, and him whoholds the scepter fromAshkelon; I will turn my handagainst Ekron, and the remnantof the Philistines shall perish,"says the Lord GOD.
SIN - Engaging In Slave Traffic
JUDGMENT – Total Devastation
FULFILLMENT - By The Assyrians
God Visited Gaza
26 Now an angel of the Lordsaid to Philip, "Rise and gotoward the south to the roadthat goes down from Jerusalemto Gaza." This is a desert place.
PROPHETIC - Speaks Of Slavery On People Who Are
Weak Like :
Child Slavery And Human Slavery, Prostitution,
Gaining Money & Taking Advantage On People To
Labor.
God Will Judge Business Men Who Takes Advantage On Their Laborer. God Will Judge Syndicated Groups,
Government Officials, Families And Persons Who
Will Afflict The Weak
9 Thus says the LORD: "Forthree transgressions of Tyre,and for four, I will not revoke thepunishment, because theydelivered up a whole people toEdom, and did not rememberthe covenant of brotherhood.
TYRE
“Did Not Remember The Covenant Of Brotherhood”
The Principal Phoenician City , Master Seafarers That Turns Its
Back On Israel From A Long Standing Alliance To Sell
Israelites As Slaves
1 Now Hiram king of Tyre senthis servants to Solomon whenhe heard that they had anointedhim king in place of his father,for Hiram always loved David.
12 And the LORD gaveSolomon wisdom, as hepromised him. And there waspeace between Hiram andSolomon, and the two of themmade a treaty.
12 "Son of man, raise alamentation over the king ofTyre, and say to him, Thus saysthe Lord GOD: "You were thesignet of perfection, full ofwisdom and perfect in beauty.
13 You were in Eden, the gardenof God; every precious stonewas your covering, sardius,topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx,and jasper, sapphire, emerald,and carbuncle;
and crafted in gold were yoursettings and your engravings.On the day that you werecreated they were prepared.
14 You were an anointedguardian cherub. I placed you;you were on the holy mountainof God; in the midst of thestones of fire you walked.
15 You were blameless in yourways from the day you werecreated, till unrighteousness wasfound in you.
16 In the abundance of yourtrade you were filled withviolence in your midst, and yousinned; so I cast you as aprofane thing from the mountainof God, and I destroyed you, Oguardian cherub, from the midstof the stones of fire.
Tyre
SIN - Slave Traffic; Did Not Remember The Covenant
Of "Brotherhood" (Between Solomon And
Hiram)
PROPHETIC:
God is going to judge people, groups, government officials, who will betray the covenant they made whether in the sight of God or in the
sight of men.
11 Thus says the LORD: "Forthree transgressions of Edom,and for four, I will not revoke thepunishment, because hepursued his brother with thesword and cast off all pity, andhis anger tore perpetually, andhe kept his wrath forever.
10 Because of the violence doneto your brother Jacob, shameshall cover you, and you shall becut off forever.
11 On the day that you stoodaloof, on the day that strangerscarried off his wealth andforeigners entered his gates andcast lots for Jerusalem, you werelike one of them.
1.) Edom Refused To Allow The Israelites To Pass
Through Their Territory En Route To The Promised
Land (Numbers 11:14-17).
4 If Edom says, "We areshattered but we will rebuild theruins," the LORD of hosts says,"They may build, but I will teardown, and they will be called 'thewicked country,' and 'the peoplewith whom the LORD is angryforever.'"
1. SIN - Cruelty To Brethren - A Root Of Bitterness From Esau’s Descendant/ All That
Was Forbidden They Did.
3. FULFILLMENT - by the Nabateans, 400 B.C. who took Petra and destroyed Edom. Mysteriously left
Petra around 4AD
PROPHETIC:
God Will Deal With Those With Root Of Bitterness And
Resolve To Cruelty, No Mercy And Revenge
15 See to it that no one fails toobtain the grace of God; that no"root of bitterness" springs upand causes trouble, and by itmany become defiled;
13 Thus says the LORD: "Forthree transgressions of theAmmonites, and for four, I willnot revoke the punishment,because they have ripped openpregnant women in Gilead, thatthey might enlarge their border.
14 So I will kindle a fire in thewall of Rabbah, and it shalldevour her strongholds, withshouting on the day of battle,with a tempest in the day of thewhirlwind;
Prophetic: God Will Deal With Those
People Who Kills HOPE , Those Who Discourage The
Weak Ones,God Will Judge The
Demonic Principalities That Seeks To Stop And Destroy
Visions That God Gives.
1 Thus says the LORD: "Forthree transgressions of Moab,and for four, I will not revoke thepunishment, because he burnedto lime the bones of the king ofEdom.
2 So I will send a fire uponMoab, and it shall devour thestrongholds of Kerioth, andMoab shall die amid uproar,amid shouting and the sound ofthe trumpet;
Example : Ruth The Moabite Became Part Of The Lineage Of The Messiah Because Of The
Kindness Of Boaz
4 Thus says the LORD: "Forthree transgressions of Judah,and for four, I will not revoke thepunishment, because they haverejected the law of the LORD,and have not kept his statutes,but their lies have led themastray, those after which theirfathers walked.
2. JUDGMENT - Jerusalem(the capital) to be destroyedincluding the temple. Thetemple became moreimportant than God.
6 And he will turn the hearts offathers to their children and thehearts of children to their fathers,lest I come and strike the landwith a decree of utterdestruction."
6 Thus says the LORD: "Forthree transgressions of Israel,and for four, I will not revoke thepunishment, because they sellthe righteous for silver, and theneedy for a pair of sandals—
7 those who trample the head ofthe poor into the dust of theearth and turn aside the way ofthe afflicted; a man and hisfather go in to the same girl, sothat my holy name is profaned;
8 they lay themselves downbeside every altar on garmentstaken in pledge, and in thehouse of their God they drink thewine of those who have beenfined.
9 "Yet it was I who destroyed theAmorite before them, whoseheight was like the height of thecedars and who was as strongas the oaks; I destroyed his fruitabove and his roots beneath.
10 Also it was I who brought youup out of the land of Egypt andled you forty years in thewilderness, to possess the landof the Amorite.
11 And I raised up some of yoursons for prophets, and some ofyour young men for Nazirites. Isit not indeed so, O people ofIsrael?" declares the LORD.
12 "But you made the Naziritesdrink wine, and commanded theprophets, saying, 'You shall notprophesy.'
14 Flight shall perish from theswift, and the strong shall notretain his strength, nor shall themighty save his life;
15 he who handles the bow shallnot stand, and he who is swift offoot shall not save himself, norshall he who rides the horsesave his life;
16 and he who is stout of heartamong the mighty shall fleeaway naked in that day,"declares the LORD.
ISRAEL
1. Sin-
-Social Injustice (Slave Trade And Abuse Of The Poor), -Immorality (Prostitution)-Idolatry (Worshipping Other Gods)- Rebellion Against God
2. JUDGMENT - Their Inability To Flee When
Destruction Comes Upon Them
3. FULFILLMENT - By The Assyrians In 722-721 B.C.
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