Tag: amos
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Truth for Gentiles who turn to God
How will the Jerusalem Council judge Gentiles according to the Jewish Law of Moses? Acts 15 6 The apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider this matter. Simon Peter has testified. “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear…
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Wailing in all the Public Squares (Social Media?)
Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: “There will be wailing in all the public squares and cries of ‘Alas! Alas!’ in all the streets. Amos 5:16a – Berean Study Bible and cries of ‘Alas! Alas!’ in all the streets. The Public Square and our Platforms of Wailing WE…
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God will raise up for you a prophet
I HAVE COME DOWN TO RESCUE THEM Stephen: ‘God will raise up a Prophet like Moses’ As he stares intently into the souls of those leaders of Jerusalem who have brought him to trial for preaching about Jesus Christ, Stephen continues to compare Jesus to Israel’s ancient fathers. He also compares these judges he faces…
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Apocalypse 6 – the Face of Justice
If I sharpen My flashing sword,And My hand takes hold on justice,I will render vengeance on My adversaries,And I will repay those who hate Me. Deuteronomy 32:41 NASB What is already begun And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the…
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Amos the Seer: “I told you so (5x) – GOD showed me
I told you so! Don’t we hate to hear it? While occupied in our own daily trespasses we stop up our ears to any who would warn of our sins: “Thus the Lord GOD showed me, and behold…” And to make things worse, in the day of our demise the seer such as Amos could…
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Amos – For those who turn justice into wormwood
Whatever is wormwood? Sometimes when we read the Bible, especially the Old Testament and specifically the true Prophets of Scripture, we fail in the imagery of the language of centuries and millennia long past. Amos uses a word “לַעֲנָה” we translate into English as wormwood and most of us naturally ask, “whatever is wormwood?” Truly,…
