Seek good and not evil, that you may live (Amos 5) Part 4

Economic Prosperity

Military Power

Religious Growth
Luke 12

48 From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and to whom they entrusted much, of him they will ask all the more.
Grace - Volunteer

surprised
familiar
expected
assumed 
demanded
Economic Prosperity

Military Power

Religious Growth
Desintegration

1-2 Prophecy against the Nations

2:16 - 6 Israel is condemned
Amos 5

1 Hear this word which I take up for you as a dirge, O house of Israel:
Economic Prosperity

Military Power

Religious Growth
Amos 5

2 She has fallen, she will not rise again—The virgin Israel.
She lies neglected on her land;
There is none to raise her up.
Amos 5

3 For thus says the Lord God, “The city which goes forth a thousand strong
Will have a hundred left, And the one which goes forth a hundred strong
Will have ten left to the house of Israel.”
Abuse of a Young Lady

Religious Growth

Military Defeat
Amos 5

4 For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel,
“Seek Me that you may live.
Amos 5

5 “But do not resort to Bethel And do not come to Gilgal, Nor cross over to Beersheba; For Gilgal will certainly go into captivity And Bethel will come to trouble.
Amos 5

6 “Seek the Lord that you may live,
Or He will break forth like a fire, O house of Joseph, And it will consume with none to quench it for Bethel,
Amos 5

7 For those who turn justice into wormwood And cast righteousness down to the earth.”
Grace

Injustice
Amos 5

8 He who made the Pleiades and Orion
And changes deep darkness into morning, Who also darkens day into night, Who calls for the waters of the sea And pours them out on the surface of the earth,
The Lord is His name.
Assyria 

The Purposes of God
Amos 5

9 It is He who flashes forth with destruction upon the strong,
So that destruction comes upon the fortress.
Amos 5

10 They hate him who reproves in the gate,
And they abhor him who speaks with integrity.
Amos 5

11 Therefore because you impose heavy rent on the poor And exact a tribute of grain from them, Though you have built houses of well-hewn stone, Yet you will not live in them; You have planted pleasant vineyards, yet you will not drink their wine.
Deuteronomy 28

Justice
Amos 5

12 For I know your transgressions are many and your sins are great,
You who distress the righteous and accept bribes And turn aside the poor in the gate.
Amos 5

13 Therefore at such a time the prudent person keeps silent, for it is an evil time.
Amos 5

14 Seek good and not evil, that you may live; And thus may the Lord God of hosts be with you,
Just as you have said!