"in That Day," Declares the Lord

"in That Day," Declares the Lord

Date: Aug. 25, 2019

Passage

Amos 8:1-14 (ESV)

1 This is what the Lord GOD showed me: behold, a basket of summer fruit. 2 And he said, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then the LORD said to me,

  “The end has come upon my people Israel;
    I will never again pass by them.
3   The songs of the temple shall become wailings in that day,”
      declares the Lord GOD.
  “So many dead bodies!”
  “They are thrown everywhere!”
  “Silence!”
4   Hear this, you who trample on the needy
    and bring the poor of the land to an end,
5   saying, “When will the new moon be over,
    that we may sell grain?
  And the Sabbath,
    that we may offer wheat for sale,
  that we may make the ephah small and the shekel great
    and deal deceitfully with false balances,
6   that we may buy the poor for silver
    and the needy for a pair of sandals
    and sell the chaff of the wheat?”
7   The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob:
  “Surely I will never forget any of their deeds.
8   Shall not the land tremble on this account,
    and everyone mourn who dwells in it,
  and all of it rise like the Nile,
    and be tossed about and sink again, like the Nile of Egypt?”
9   “And on that day,” declares the Lord GOD,
    “I will make the sun go down at noon
    and darken the earth in broad daylight.
10   I will turn your feasts into mourning
    and all your songs into lamentation;
  I will bring sackcloth on every waist
    and baldness on every head;
  I will make it like the mourning for an only son
    and the end of it like a bitter day.
11   “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord GOD,
    “when I will send a famine on the land—
  not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water,
    but of hearing the words of the LORD.
12   They shall wander from sea to sea,
    and from north to east;
  they shall run to and fro, to seek the word of the LORD,
    but they shall not find it.
13   “In that day the lovely virgins and the young men
    shall faint for thirst.
14   Those who swear by the Guilt of Samaria,
    and say, ‘As your god lives, O Dan,’
  and, ‘As the Way of Beersheba lives,’
    they shall fall, and never rise again.”

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Daily Bread

Key Verse: 8:2c

And he said, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then the LORD said to me,

“The end has come upon my people Israel;
I will never again pass by them.

1. A basket of ripe fruit (1-8)

God showed Amos a basket of ripe fruit. The time had come to judge the quality of Israel's fruit. The fruit of their lives was bad. The needy and poor were cheated and mistreated by merchants. New moons and Sabbaths were superficially observed as people were only interested in dishonest gain. The Sovereign LORD would turn the songs of the temple into wailing. Bodies would be flung everywhere. God would not forget their evil.

2. A famine of God's word (9-13)

The day of judgment would be a day of darkness, mourning and bitterness as when one loses an only son. The people would search everywhere for a word of comfort from the LORD but none would be found. God would send a famine of his word. They had rejected Amos' message; God would reject them. The young would faint from this thirst. Those who had trusted in idols would never rise again.

Prayer: Prayer: Lord, a final day of judgment is coming. Help us to love you and to love our neighbors as ourselves.

One Word: That day is coming

Jacob and Rebekah Deceive Isaac

Genesis 27:1-29

Key Verse: 27:19

Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn. I have done as you told me; now sit up and eat of my game, that your soul may bless me.”

Today's Question

How is the word to be read and heard in order to become effective for salvation?

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