Amos 8 & 9
For nine chapters God has been roaring out judgment on Israel. In these final two visions, Amos sees the Lord holding a fruit basket, indicating that Israel is ready to be picked and eaten. There is no place to hide, because God is coming with a sword to kill and no one will escape. These chapters reveal God’s seriousness in how he deals with sin. It is hard to process the God who so loved the world that he gave his Son with the God who kills with the sword. What we see is a God who is unfolding his story throughout time and we have the opportunity to contribute to his story through the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus or find ourselves on the other side of his sword.

“The powerful play goes on, and you will contribute a verse.” –Walt Whitman, “O Me! O Life!”

 

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