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16 - AMOS 7-9 - FIVE VISIONS</b></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>1.
7:2-3 (7:1-3, ESV) VISION: JUDGMENT BY GRASSHOPPERS. <font size="3">“When
they had finished eating the grass of the land, I said, ‘O Lord
GOD, please forgive! How can Israel stand? He is so small!’ </font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">3
</font><font size="3">The LORD relented concerning this: ‘It shall
not be,’ said the LORD.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">We
see the power of intercession, Father! Make us like Abraham and Amos
in intercession. </span><b><i>Hallowed be your :name!</i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>2.
7:4 (7:4-6) VISION: JUDGMENT BY FIRE. “<font size="3">This is what
the Lord GOD showed me: behold, the Lor</font><font size="3">d</font><font size="3">
GOD was calling for a judgment by fire, and it devoured the great
deep and eating up the land.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Your
judgments Father, can be held back only so long. Not even Noah,
Daniel and Job can hold back Your judgment, when Your people have
reached the point of no return. </span><b><i>Your :kingdom come!</i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>3.
7:8 (7:7-9) VISION: SIGN OF THE PLUMB LINE. <font size="3">“And
the LORD said to me, ‘Amos, what do you see?’ And I said, ‘A
plumb line.’ Then the Lord said, ‘Behold, I am setting a plumb
line in the midst of my people Israel; I will never again pass by
them.’” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">At last You
send Your full judgment, Father! And this is done in mercy, and for
the honor of Your Name. We vindicate Your righteousness in this!
</span><b><i>Your :will be done, As in heaven, so on earth.</i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>4.
7:14-15 (7:10-17) AMAZIAH: PRE-JUDGED BY AMOS. <font size="3">“</font><font size="3">Then
Amos answered and said to Amaziah, ‘I was no prophet, nor a
prophet’s son, but I was a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore figs.
</font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">16 </font><font size="3">But
the LORD took me from following the flock, and the LORD said to me,
‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
hold us back from rebelling at Your Word through Your true prophets.
We see Your judgment upon Amaziah for His rebellion. O bring us to
contrition and repentance when we rebel! </span><b><i>Our :daily
:bread Give us this day.</i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>5.
8:11 (8) VISION: BASKET OF SUMMER FRUIT AND MEANING. <font size="3">“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.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
we have gone through a famine of Your word these last decades, but
now You speak clearly through Your prophets once again! </span><b><i>And
forgive us our :debts, As we also have forgiven our :debtors.</i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>6.
9:8 (9:1-10) VISION: JEHOVAH THE SIFTER. <font size="3">“Behold,
the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will
destroy it from the surface of the ground, except that I will not
utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” declares the LORD. </font></b><u><span style="font-weight:normal">Righteous</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
are Your judgments, O Father, and done in truth and mercy. For </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">many</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
turn to righteousness, whe</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">n</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
Your judgments are upon the earth. </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">And
bring us not into temptation.</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">7.
9:11 (9:11-15) THE TABERNACLE OF DAVID. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“In
that day I will raise up the booth of David that is fallen and repair
its breaches, and raise up its ruins and rebuild it as in the days of
old.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Through
Jesus You have restored the tabernacle of David Father, for </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">He</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
is the Son of David! His Kingdom invisible commenced with His first
coming. His Kingdom </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">visible</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
manifests at His Second Coming! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">But
deliver us from the evil </span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">one!</span></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><u><b>NOTE</b></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>:
9:13 (9:11-15) VISION: GOD’S SPEED-UP OF TIME! </b></span><b><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Behold,
the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman shall
overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes him who sows the see</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">d</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">;
the mountains shall drip sweet wine, and all the hills shall flow
with it.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
we believe it and receive it!</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">C.H.
Spurgeon Quotes: “Ques</span><span style="text-decoration:none">t</span><span style="text-decoration:none">ions
Are Out Of the Question.” </span></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">If
the Lord has done it, questions are out of the question; and truly
the Lord has done it. There may be a secondary agent, there probably
is; the devil himself may be that secondary agent, yet the Lord has
done it.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">Our
Psalm for the Day: 76:10 (76) GOD WILL JUDGE WITH EQUITY. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">Surely
the wrath of man shall praise you; the remnant of wrath you will put
on like a belt.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
You are Jehovah, and Sovereign Lord indeed! What is man in Your
sight? but a vapor, a cloud that soon passes. Help us to see
ourselves as You see us! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Hallowed
be your :name!</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt">Here
faith sings of triumphs achieved. The present Psalm is a most
jubilant war song, a paean to the King of kings, the hymn of a
theocratic nation to its Divine Ruler. We have no need to mark
divisions in a song where the unity is so well preserved.</font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">76:1.
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>In Judah is God
known: His name is great in Israel. </b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">Dark
is the outer world, but within the favored circle of Jehovah is
revealed and is the adoration of all who behold Him. The world knows
Him not, and therefore blasphemes Him, but </span><span style="text-decoration:none">H</span><span style="text-decoration:none">is
church is full of ardor to proclaim His fame unto the ends of the
earth.</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">76:4.
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>You are more
glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey. </b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">What
are the honors of war but brags of murder? What the fame of
conquerors but the reek of manslaughter? But the Lord is glorious in
holiness, and His terrible deeds are done in justice for the defense
of the weak and the deliverance of the enslaved. Mere power may be
glorious, but it is not excellent: when we behold the mighty acts of
the Lord, we see a perfect blending of the two qualities.</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">76:7.
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>You, even You, are
to be feared. </b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">Not
Sennacherib, nor Nisroch his god, but Jehovah alone, Who with a
silent rebuke had withered all the monarch’s host. </span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>Fear
Him, you saints, and then you shall Have nothing else to fear. </b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">The
fear of man is a snare, but the fear of God is a great virtue and has
great power for good over the human mind. God is to be feared
profoundly, continually, and alone.</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">76:8.
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>You did cause
judgment to be heard from heaven. </b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">So
complete an overthrow was evidently a judgment from heaven; those who
saw it not, yet heard the report of it, and said, “This is the
finger of God.” Man will not hear God’s voice if he can help it,
but God takes care to cause it to be heard. The echoes of that
judgment executed on the haughty Assyrian are heard still, and will
ring on down all the ages, to the praise of divine justice.</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">76:10.
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>Surely the wrath of
man shall praise You. </b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">It
shall not only be overcome, but rendered subservient to Your glory.
Man, with his breath of threatening, is but blowing the trumpet of
the Lord’s eternal fame. Furious winds often drive vessels the more
swiftly into port. The devil blows the fire and melts the iron, and
then the Lord fashions it for His own purposes. Let men and devils
rage as they may; they cannot do otherwise that sub-serve the divine
purposes. </span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>The
remainder of wrath shall You restrain. </b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">Malice
is tethered and cannot break its bounds. The fire which cannot be
utilized shall be dampened. Some read it “You shall gird,” as if
the Lord girded on the wrath of man as a sword to be used in the hand
of God to scourge others. The verse clearly teaches that even the
most rampant evil is under the control of the Lord, and will in the
end be overruled for His praise.</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">76:12.
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>He shall cut off
the spirit of princes. </b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">Their
courage, skill, and life are in His hands, and He can remove them as
a gardener cuts off a slip from a plant. None are great in His hand.
Caesars and Napoleons fall under His power as the boughs of the tree
beneath the woodman’s axe. </span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>He
is terrible to the kings of the earth. </b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">While
they are terrible to others, He is terrible to them. If they oppose
themselves to His people, He will make short work of them; they shall
perish before the terror of His arm, “for the Lord is a man of war,
the Lord is His name.” Rejoice before Him, all you who adore the
God of Jacob. </span><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>(From
“The Treasury of David” by C.H. Spurgeon, abridged by D.O.
Fuller)</b></span></font></font></p>
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