SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 10/31/2015
9:05 PM
My Worship Time Focus: I will
Restore
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference:
Amos 9:11-15
Message of the verses: “11 "In
that day I will
raise up the fallen booth of David, And wall up its breaches; I will also raise
up its ruins And rebuild it as in the days of old; 12 That they may possess the
remnant of Edom And all the nations who are called by My name," Declares
the LORD who does this. 13 “Behold, days are coming," declares the LORD,
"When the plowman will overtake the reaper And the treader of grapes him
who sows seed; When the mountains will drip sweet wine And all the hills will
be dissolved. 14 “Also I will restore the captivity of My people Israel, And
they will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them; They will also plant
vineyards and drink their wine, And make gardens and eat their fruit. 15 “I
will also plant them on their land, And they will not again be rooted out from
their land Which I have given them," Says the LORD your God.”
In
today’s SD we will conclude our study on the book of Amos, a study that we
began on August 17, of this year, but I do have to admit that I have not done a
SD on Amos every day.
I
have mentioned in many SD’s that I have written on the OT prophets that many
times after God gives a series of judgments on the nation of Israel that He
will then give promises that have to do with Israel in the end times
especially, but also some of them had to do with Israel going back to their
land after being in Babylon for 70 years, and then in Ezekiel there were even
prophecies of when they would come back to Israel before the end time judgments
began. I believe what we are looking at
in this section of Amos has to do with the Millennial kingdom.
Dr.
Wiersbe writes at the beginning of his commentary on this section: “In contrast to God’s destroying the
Israelite house of false worship, God will raise up the ‘hut’ of David, thereby
assuring a bright future for the people of Israel and Judah. Like a rickety shack, David’s dynasty was
about to collapse. From the Babylonian
Captivity to this present hour, there has been no Davidic king ruling over the
Jews; and though a Jewish nation has been restored, they have no king, priest,
temple, or sacrifice.”
This
prophecy among many others in the OT show that one day the Lord will restore, repair,
and rebuild the dynasty of David and then establish the kingdom that He has
promised to give them. This will happen
when the Lord Jesus Christ comes back at the end of the period that is called
the Tribulation period when the battle of Armageddon will be going on, as God
will bring all the nations’ armies to the plain of Megiddo in Israel and there
they will be fighting among themselves until the Lord comes back to earth as He
descends out of the air with many angels and saints with Him, and then they
will begin to fight against Him, but this will not last long as the Lord will
defeat all these armies. Christ will
then set up His promised kingdom where he will rule on David’s throne from
Jerusalem for 1000 years. During this
time “God will bless the land and the people, and His people shall live in
peace and security” (Warren Wiersbe’s commentary).
Dr.
Wiersbe concludes his commentary on this section which ends his commentary for
Amos with the following paragraph: “Amos
ends his prophecy with the wonderful promise that Israel shall be planted,
protected, and never again pulled up from her hand ‘says the Lord your God.’ Your God!
What a great encouragement for the Jews to know that, in spite of their unbelief,
their God will be faithful to keep His covenant promises.”
Lord
willing we will begin looking at the one chapter book of Obadiah in our next SD
that are done in the evenings.
10/31/2015
9:28 PM
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