Amos 9 Amos 9 Theme of Amos 9

Amos 9

Amos 9 Theme of Amos 9 Judgment is inescapable, but God will keep His promises.

Amos 9 Five Visions of Amos (Ch. 7 -9) 1. Vision of Locusts (7: 1 -3) 2. Vision of Fire (7: 4 -6) 3. Vision of the Plumb Line (7: 7 -9) 4. Vision of the Summer Fruit (8: 1 -14) 5. Vision of the Lord (9: 1 -10)

Amos 9 Outline of Amos 9 1. God keeps His promises (9: 1) 2. God is inescapable (9: 2 -4) 3. God is mighty to judge (9: 5 -6) 4. God judges all equally (9: 7 -10) 5. God’s promise of Restoration (9: 11 -15)

Amos 9 What are the qualities of a good friend?

Amos 9 God keeps His promises (9: 1) v. 1: I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said, “Smite the capitals so that the thresholds will shake, and break them on the heads of them all! Then I will slay the rest of them with the sword; They will not have a fugitive who will flee, Or a refugee who will escape. ” 1.

Amos 9 1. God keeps His promises (9: 1) What is the significance of God standing at the altar?

Amos 9 1. God keeps His promises (9: 1) What is the significance of God standing at the altar? The altar was the center of of Israel’s life, where the sacrifices and worship took place. It was there that the covenant was honored by Israel with injustice, pride, and idolatry. It there from there that God will judge!

Amos 9 1. God keeps His promises (9: 1) God would shake the pillars and the temple would be demolished? What other Biblical character shook the pillars and caused great destruction?

Amos 9 2. God is inescapable (9: 2 -4) 2 “Though they dig into Sheol, From there will My hand take them; And though they ascend to heaven, From there will I bring them down. 3 “Though they hide on the summit of Carmel, I will search them out and take them from there; And though they conceal themselves from My sight on the floor of the sea, From there I will command the serpent and it will bite them. 4 “And though they go into captivity before their enemies, From there I will command the sword that it slay them, And I will set My eyes against them for evil and not for good. ”

Amos 9 2. God is inescapable (9: 2 -4) What passages does this bring to mind?

Amos 9 2. God is inescapable (9: 2 -4) What passages does this bring to mind? Ps. 139: 7 -10: 7 Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? 8 If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there. 9 If I take the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea, 10 Even there Your hand will lead me, And Your right hand will lay hold of me.

Amos 9 2. God is inescapable (9: 2 -4) What passages does this bring to mind? Jer. 23: 23 -24: 23 “Am I a God who is near, ” declares the Lord, “And not a God far off? 24 “Can a man hide himself in hiding places so I do not see him? ” declares the Lord. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth? ” declares the Lord.

Amos 9 2. God is inescapable (9: 2 -4) What other attributes of God are found in these verses?

Amos 9 2. God is inescapable (9: 2 -4) v. 2: They would rather be in Sheol than face God’s wrath!

Amos 9 2. God is inescapable (9: 2 -4) v. 3: Mt. Carmel was 1800 feet above sea level and full of caves to hide in, but they couldn’t hide from God.

Amos 9 2. God is inescapable (9: 2 -4) v. 3: God can find them on the floor of the sea and use His creatures to judge them!

Amos 9 2. God is inescapable (9: 2 -4) v. 4: Judgment is inescapable!

Amos 9 2. God is inescapable (9: 2 -4) Does God takes sin seriously?

Amos 9 3. God is mighty to judge (9: 5 -6) 5 The Lord God of hosts, The One who touches the land so that it melts, And all those who dwell in it mourn, And all of it rises up like the Nile And subsides like the Nile of Egypt; 6 The One who builds His upper chambers in the heavens And has founded His vaulted dome over the earth, He who calls for the waters of the sea And pours them out on the face of the earth, The Lord is His name.

Amos 9 3. God is mighty to judge (9: 5 -6) God was mighty in creation. God is still sovereign over His creation. He speaks and creation obeys. Ps. 119: 91: “All things are His servants”

Amos 9 4. God judges all equally (9: 7 -10) “Are you not as the sons of Ethiopia to Me, O sons of Israel? ” declares the Lord. “Have I not brought up Israel from the land of Egypt, And the Philistines from Caphtor and the Arameans from Kir? 8 “Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are on the sinful kingdom, And I will destroy it from the face of the earth; Nevertheless, I will not totally destroy the house of Jacob, ” Declares the Lord. 7

Amos 9 4. God judges all equally (9: 7 -10) “For behold, I am commanding, And I will shake the house of Israel among all nations As grain is shaken in a sieve, But not a kernel will fall to the ground. 10 “All the sinners of My people will die by the sword, Those who say, ‘The calamity will not overtake or confront us. ’ 9

Amos 9 4. God judges all equally (9: 7 -10) Israel’s special position as His people would not save them from punishment. God would act toward them as toward any other nation. They would be the same to Him as the Cushites, (people of Ethiopia). Israel had little regard for them. How shocking that God drew no distinctions between them!

Amos 9 4. God judges all equally (9: 7 -10) He brought up the Philistines from Caphtor. Probably a location on Crete or another name for the island of Crete.

Amos 9 4. God judges all equally (9: 7 -10) He brought up the Arameans (Syrians) from Kir, probably a location somewhere in Mesopotamia.

Amos 9 4. God judges all equally (9: 7 -10) God rescued Israel just like He rescued them. Why would God not judge Israel as He judged them?

Amos 9 4. God judges all equally (9: 7 -10) V. 8 is the first ray of hope. There will be a remnant even though judgment is certain.

Amos 9 4. God judges all equally (9: 7 -10) V. 9: ”As grain is shaken in a sieve. ” It’s a hard metaphor because in a grain sieve, the grain falls to the ground while the chaff remains. Some people think that word translated ‘grain’ should be translated ‘pebble’, like the sifting of dirt strains rocks from good dirt. That makes more sense here since those who are not judged are those who remain in the sieve. Either way, the picture is of God separating the righteous from the wicked for judgment.

Amos 9 4. God judges all equally (9: 7 -10) V. 10: Who will be judged?

Amos 9 4. God judges all equally (9: 7 -10) V. 10: Why will they be judged?

Amos 9 5. God’s promise of Restoration (9: 11 -15) After God’s judgment, the Lord will be merciful to Israel in fulfillment of the covenant promises. God will reverse the covenant curses and bring unprecedented prosperity to the land. Israel will be returned to her land live there securely free of its enemies. I don’t think this happened yet. I think this is coming in the Millennial kingdom when God fulfills His promise to David (2 Sam. 7)

Amos 9 5. God’s promise of Restoration (9: 11 -15) v. 11. The most likely interpretation of raising the fallen booth of David and walling up its breaches is reference to a reunited kingdom where the northern and southern kingdoms become one ”as in the days of old. ” (Jer. 30: 3 -10; Ez. 37: 15 -28; Hos. 3 -4).

Amos 9 5. God’s promise of Restoration (9: 11 -15) v. 12. Then Israel will be a source of blessing to all nations (Edom = all the nations) as God intended (Gen 12: 1 -3) (Cf. Obadiah for how Edom’s submission would be fulfilled) Jews and gentiles will be God’s people.

Amos 9 5. God’s promise of Restoration (9: 11 -15) v. 13. The plowman will overtake the reaper. The plowman starts his work in October, but there will be so much to reap that his work won’t be done before the plowman has to begin his work to plant again.

Amos 9 5. God’s promise of Restoration (9: 11 -15) v. 14. God will restore the captives to their land. This did happen with the return of the exiles from Judah to Babylon, but this is written to Israel. Those exiles never truly returned. They intermarried and became the Samaritans.

Amos 9 5. God’s promise of Restoration (9: 11 -15) v. 15. I will plant them in their land no longer to be uprooted. Israel now lives in constant threat of being uprooted. One day the remnant will have nothing to fear.

Amos 9 Applications: 1. God will not play second fiddle. We must be wholly committed to Him if we are going to be His disciples.

Amos 9 Applications: 2. There will be a time when God’s patience is at an end and judgment will come.

Amos 9 Applications: 3. God’s judgment is a basis for hope. He can be trusted to fulfill His promises both good and bad. He promises judgment for the wicked. He promises grace to those who seek salvation in Jesus Christ. We can trust Him!

Amos 9 Question: What similarities do you see in God’s demands of 8 th century Israel and Jesus’ demands in the Sermon on the Mount?

Amos 5 Questions Why are we so stubborn to repent of our sins?

Amos 5 Questions Why do we worry about what might happen to us on earth (e. g. , Israel’s fear of Assyria; our fear of what may be happening in our lives) when we have a Father in heaven who loves us so much?

Amos 5 Questions What parallels can you draw between the people of Amos’ day and the people to whom Jesus preached the Sermon on the Mount?

Amos 5 Questions Where is our hope found?

Amos 5 Until our last breath, God is gracious with His offer to repent and believe. Thank God for His grace!