Amos 3



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Amos 3:1 Hear this word that the Lord hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,
  • O children of Israel = The 12 tribes
2 You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
  • What are the woes?
  • Revelation 8:13 And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhibiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!
  • The word angel here is eagle =  the voice of "an eagle flying in mid-heaven"
  • Eagles are often connected with judgments.
  • 1st woe, to the people here on earth, warning the people, Satan fallen to earth, the key to the pit and the opening, the result of the opening, the locusts coming upon the earth..
  • The first three trumpets told of the deception upon the earth.
  • The last three trumpets are the woes trumpets to the earth, not heaven, as Satan will be on the earth during these soundings.
  • 2nd woe and most terrible of the three woes given in Revelation 8:13 to the inhabitants of the earth.
  • 6th trump = The reason for this is Satan has come to abide with man.
  • The pit of the abyss appears to be the abode of demons.
  • Revelation 11 = 7th trumpet - 3rd woe Christ has return and the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come
  • 3rd woe = 7th vial is poured out = God's wrath on all that followed Satan (Revelation 16:17)
3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
  • Two = If two walk together =  they have to know what's happen and agreed
  • You can't just joint together and think you're both know what the other person knows
  • 1 King 18:21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
  • 4th trump 1/3 of the Christian are spiritual dead to GOD'S WORD.
  • 4th trump It's to make a choice,  choose to follow God or Satan
  • 2 Peter 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
  • Darkness means opposite of the truth = deception and confusing
  • Do you want to be deceived as Eve?
  • 2 Corinthians 11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
    4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.
  • Revelation 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
  • The 5th trump = Satan is cast out with his angels
  • You have to have the seal of God in your forehead before the 4th vial is poured out.
4 Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
  • If a lion is walking in the forest, the lion is looking for food
  • But if the lion goes out crying, the lion is not going to catch anything
  • Why?
  • The other animals knows he's coming
  • You have to know God's Plan = The seal of God in your forehead
  • You need to know the seals, trumpets and the vials
  • Don't go out and follow man, study and shew yourself approved to God
  • If you wait until the 5th trump sounds = it's too late = you will be deceived
5 Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all?

6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?
  • You have to know God's Plan
  • Joel 2:1 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in My Holy Mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
  • What is the sound of a trumpet?
  • It's a warning, the enemy is coming.
  • Sound the Alarm, teach God's word
  • What day? The day of the Lord.
  • One day with the Lord = 1000 years, which is the millennium
  • Holy mountain = Mountain of My Sanctuary
  • Bring the meat = The word = teach the word
  • Where is the nation Zion today?
  • It's where His people have migrated all over the world and gathered together.
  • It's true that this day is nigh even now.
  • Joel 2:2 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
  • This never has happen and this will never happen again
  • 4th trump = 1/3 of the Christians are spiritual dead to GOD'S WORD.
  • 4th trump = It's to make a choice,  choose to follow God or Satan
7 Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
  • The very elect are expected to seek out God's word, His knowledge, Wisdom and Understanding.
  • 2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
  • 1 Corinthians 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
    10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
    11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
  • 2 Timothy 2:10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
  • James 1:12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
  • In the last days the very elect are going to help God directly in His work. What a glorious time is ahead. His goodness will let the elect (seven thousand (from all races) that stood against Satan without wavering), being the first fruits, that would suffer for Him in the near future and bring this age into "the millennium" which is the Lord's day. (Roman 11) (Ephesians 1)
  • They will prove their right of being God's elect by standing against Satan again, being delivered up and being a witness for Christ's sake.
8 The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy?
  • He is saying, just as a lion roars, you should be studying God's word and know God's Plan
  • If you have read God's Word = You know what happens when the books are open
  • God judges YOU for what you have DONE, it does not say, God judges you on what your pastors or family says.
  • Revelation 20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
  • Who are the dead?
  • These are spiritually dead to God's Word (Ezekiel 37)
9 Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof.

10 For they know not to do right, saith the Lord, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
  • Read again, they know not to do right, saith the Lord. Who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
  • Your leaders & Pastors mislead the people.
  • They are working for Satan.The ways of the world. Satan's ways.
11 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; An adversary there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled.
  • An adversary = Satan
  • Satan will come and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled.
12 Thus saith the Lord; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch.

13 Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord God, the God of hosts,
  • The house of Jacob are the 13 tribes of Israel
14 That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.
  • Bethel, the House of God
  • God talking to the false pastors
  • God's not happy with the pastors that mislead His people
15 And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the Lord.
  • Your going to have hard times
  • The great = many
  • Jeremiah 36:32 Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like words.
  • Judges 3:20 And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat.
  • 1 Kings 22:39 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
  • Psalm 45:8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
 
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  The first tribe to be conquered by the Assyrians was Manasseh, in 745 B.C. Exactly 2520 years later America became a nation on July 4, 1776.
 
• Study the book: Abrahamic Covenant, (A study outline of the identity of God's people) By E. Raymond Capt - page 25

 
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