{"id":724,"date":"2008-12-29T22:01:33","date_gmt":"2008-12-30T03:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.danielgoepfrich.com\/amos-4-5\/"},"modified":"2022-07-12T13:35:28","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T17:35:28","slug":"amos-4-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theologyisforeveryone.com\/amos-4-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Amos 4-5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The main concepts in Amos are like two sides of the same coin: they seem like they are facing the opposite direction, but both are necessary to make it work.<\/p>\n<p>In Amos the main theme seems to be judgment. But God&#8217;s judgment on his people is always for the purpose of repentance, and both are needed. <a href=\"http:\/\/net.bible.org\/passage.php?passage=amos%204-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapters 4-5<\/a> are a great example of this.<\/p>\n<p>Look at the judgments God sent and the response he was hoping to see:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;I gave you no food&#8230;Still you did not come back to me.&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/net.bible.org\/passage.php?passage=amos%204:6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4:6<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I withheld rain&#8230;Still you did not come back to me.&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/net.bible.org\/passage.php?passage=amos%204:7-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4:7-8<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I destroyed your crops&#8230;Still you did not come back to me.&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/net.bible.org\/passage.php?passage=amos%204:9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4:9<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I sent against you a plague&#8230;Still you did not come back to me.&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/net.bible.org\/passage.php?passage=amos%204:10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4:10<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I overthrew some of you&#8230;Still you did not come back to me.&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/net.bible.org\/passage.php?passage=amos%204:11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4:11<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But they didn&#8217;t repent and return. So God said, <a href=\"http:\/\/net.bible.org\/passage.php?passage=amos%204:12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Prepare to meet your God, Israel!&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The declaration of judgment continues into chapter 5, but mixed in with it are the steps of repentance and return:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Seek me so you can live!&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/net.bible.org\/passage.php?passage=amos%205:4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5:4<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Seek the LORD so you can live!&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/net.bible.org\/passage.php?passage=amos%205:6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5:6<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Seek good and not evil so you can live!&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/net.bible.org\/passage.php?passage=amos%205:13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5:13<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Hate what is wrong, love what is right!&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/net.bible.org\/passage.php?passage=amos%205:15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5:15<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Promote justice at the city gate!&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/net.bible.org\/passage.php?passage=amos%205:15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5:15<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One last thing: I love the illustration Amos uses to describe how awful God&#8217;s day of judgment will be. Check this out (I bolded the specific section):<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Woe to those who wish for the day of the LORD! Why do you want the LORD&#8217;s day of judgment to come? It will bring darkness, not light. <a href='https:\/\/yojibiomehanika.net\/wordpress\/bweufjx0p7x\/'>najlepsze strony zak\u0142ady online<\/a>  Disaster will be inescapable, <strong>as if a man ran from a lion only to meet a bear, then escaped into a house, leaned his hand against the wall, and was bitten by a poisonous snake.<\/strong>&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/net.bible.org\/passage.php?passage=amos%205:18-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amos 5:18-19<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>For some reason the mental picture is funny to me. <strong>Unfortunately, it won&#8217;t be funny for those who refuse to accept Christ. <a href='https:\/\/bijlsmareparaties.nl\/1do40ceky\/'>gry kasyno za darmo<\/a>  He is coming back, and his judgment will be final.<\/strong> Will you be &#8220;bitten by a poisonous snake&#8221;, or will you escape God&#8217;s judgment through the salvation offered only by Jesus Christ?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The main concepts in Amos are like two sides of the same coin: they seem like they are facing the opposite direction, but both are necessary to make it work. In Amos the main theme seems to be judgment. But God&#8217;s judgment on his people is always for the purpose of repentance, and both are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[121],"class_list":["post-724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","tag-amos"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"gutentor_comment":0,"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"widget-thumbnail":false,"rpwe-thumbnail":false,"woocommerce_thumbnail":false,"woocommerce_single":false,"woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Daniel Goepfrich","author_link":"https:\/\/www.theologyisforeveryone.com\/author\/dgoepfrich\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The main concepts in Amos are like two sides of the same coin: they seem like they are facing the opposite direction, but both are necessary to make it work. 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