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Amos 7-9 Warning Visions 7 This is what the Lord God showed me: behold, he was forming locusts when the latter growth was just beginning to sprout, and behold, it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings. 2 When they had finished eating the grass of the land, I said, “O Lord God, please forgive!    How can Jacob stand?    He is so small!”3 The Lord relented…

The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until tribute comes to him; and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples. Genesis 49:10 In Genesis 49, Joseph has reunited with his father and family. Joseph is the second-in-command ruler in Egypt. The famine has brought Jacob’s family to Egypt where…

Amos 4-6 Israel Has Not Returned to God 4 Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria,    you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy    and say to your husbands, “Bring us some drinks!”2 The Sovereign Lord has sworn by his holiness:    “The time will surely comewhen you will be taken away with hooks,    the last of you with fishhooks.[a]3 You will each go straight…

You shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel. Psalm 2 (verses 7-9 emphasized) One does not have to read very far into the book of Psalms before it becomes clear that king David is a special focus of the Psalms. In our verses today, the immediate look is to…

Amos 1-3 1 The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds[a] of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years[b] before the earthquake. Judgment on Israel’s Neighbors 2 And he said: “The Lord roars from Zion    and utters his voice from Jerusalem;the pastures of the shepherds…

One of the sons of your body I will set on your throne. Psalm 132 God’s covenant with David reveals that right worship and everlasting authority are inseparable. David’s predecessor, Saul, was removed from the throne of Israel when Saul acted rashly and did not worship God in the appointed manner and he did not kill…

Joel 1-3 1 The word of the Lord that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel: An Invasion of Locusts 2 Hear this, you elders;    give ear, all inhabitants of the land!Has such a thing happened in your days,    or in the days of your fathers?3 Tell your children of it,    and let your children tell their children,    and their children to another generation. 4 What the cutting…

But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days. Micah 5:2 God acted in space and in time to save His people, giving many specific predictions regarding where and…

Hosea 12-14 12 Ephraim feeds on the wind    and pursues the east wind all day long;they multiply falsehood and violence;    they make a covenant with Assyria,    and oil is carried to Egypt. The Lord’s Indictment of Israel and Judah 2 The Lord has an indictment against Judah    and will punish Jacob according to his ways;    he will repay him according to his deeds.3 In the womb he took his…

And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins and clothed them. Genesis 3:21 The covenant of creation God made with man was a covenant of works, if Adam worked the Garden of Eden, he would be blessed and, if Adam disobeyed God’s command to not eat of the fruit of the…