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Amos has Revealed the Tabernacle of David will be Raised
November 21, 2015

Last week we continued our study of the Book of Amos by seeing how God will bring his people to nothing more than a memory, like the memory of a basket of summer fruit. Today we conclude our study of the Book of Amos by seeing how God will restore the Tabernacle of David.

Amos 9:1-4
I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered. Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them: And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.

Amos sees the Lord standing in the altar as the Lord appears to pronounce a curse on those inside the temple. All inside will be slain and no person will escape the wrath of God. Wherever people of faith who act evil try to hide, the Lord will find and punish them as evil.

Amos 9:5-10
And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt. It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name. Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir? Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD. For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth. All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.

Amos reveals that the Lord God is more powerful than any nation or people, and even God's people will die by the sword who believe that they are immune from evil because they are people of faith.

Amos 9:11-15
In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old: That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this. Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt. And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them. And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God.

After this time, God will restore the tabernacle of David. The time of trouble faced by God's people will be replaced by a time of plenty. From Amos we can learn that faith is a source of inspiration, but not a source of oppression. Those who use faith to oppress, those who use faith to oppress any person, righteous or unrighteous are wrong. People of faith will from time to time and in varying degree disagree with the views of others, as our hope for the future is different than what others may hope for. While it might be this difference that gives us reason to think of ourselves as different than others; it by no means gives us reason to oppress. Judgment belongs to God. We cannot use our faith to justify oppression when we believe another person's action may result in judgment from God. The choice is ours. Will we use faith to strengthen and edify, or will we use strength to oppress?

All verses are from the King James Version.
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