Posted on 04/05/2009 6:23:00 AM PDT by Ping-Pong
Amos 8:1 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit. The fruit, God's children, are ripe and it is time for harvest...and/or threshing. So, this sets the time frame for this prophecy....the end of days!
8:2 And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more. This is not speaking of the tiny little country Israel but is instead speaking of His children.....all tribes, Jews and Christians.
8:3 And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.
In "that day," the end of days, the time of Satan's "great tribulation." The howlings come from the temple, the churches, when they will realize that their traditions, their holy "man made" traditions will not be acceptable to God.
Who are the "dead bodies?" The spiritually dead that listen to man instead of their Father. They place man before the Word of God. To God they are considered the dead. The "silence" is because they don't realize they are the dead and in their blindness they are causing others to die spiritually.
8:4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, Inflation, usury...what our country is now experiencing.
8:5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
The ungodly can't wait for the sabbath to be over so they can continue stealing from God's children. This speaks of much more than physical things. Satan and his followers want to buy and sell our souls.....we are their prize.
8:6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat? This is a picture of the "buying and selling" that those that have and will take the mark of the beast do in His name. Revelation 13:17 isn't speaking about selling goods but instead is about our souls. We are the wheat!
8:7 The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
8:9 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
In that day is speaking of the time of Satan...his hour of temptation, his great tribulation.
Joel 2:30-31 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire and pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come.
8:10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
It will be bitter for those that will then realize they have taken the mark...they have worshipped the wrong Christ. And....many will because they are listening to man, not the Words of our Father. They are not being warned by our leaders, preachers, teachers. Again....man placed before the Word of God.
8:11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD: Have we arrived at that time? Even in our churches there are not many Words of the Lord ringing in our ears....instead, it is the words of man with one or two lines of Scripture thrown in.
8:12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.
Daniel 12:4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall RUN TO AND FRO, and knowledge shall be increased.' To run to and fro is a Hebraism and means....in apostasy! Many will run in apostasy seeking His Word but...they shall not find it as they are too wrapped up in the traditions of man..... They place man before the Word of the Lord.
8:13 In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst. They thirst for the knowledge of God and instead are given milk.
8:14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.
This was when the twelve tribes split apart and the king of the northern ten tribes, the house of Israel, fashioned a calf for them to worship instead of God....they put man before the Word of the Lord. In the future this will again happen. Many will worship the false Christ and it will feel so religious to them...until they see the true Saviour.
One of the lessons God teaches through Amos is we individually must look for the golden calf in our life and if there is one...get rid of it! Test what we are taught against His Word for...
Matthew 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Anyway, some more ideas...
I think that one's a winner! :)
ping-pong,
These guys aren’t mods.
You can write whatever the hell you want as long as it isn’t too offensive.
If they don’t like the way you post or what you have to say, tough.
They don’t have to click on the thread or read it.
The religion forum is where people go to discuss religion and share viewpoints.
The material does not have to come from an article.
To Joe Smoe
To be perfectly frank; Your comment about this being a vanity post is WAY off base. If you want to understand the definition of vanity: read Ecclesiastes!!
I will have to disagree with you on that, but I won't get into a discussion or argument with you on that, other then to say I've been lurking and posting on the Religious forum for a long time and have seen a lot of people get kick off of it for that type of attitude.
This is an open forum.
A forum to discuss individual thoughts and perspectives regarding religion.
Religion can be a very contentious subject due to opposing beliefs and offense is often given and taken.
I been viewing this forum for a long time too.
I was here when the need was realized to take religious bickering out and away from the main forum.
He has all the right he needs to state and relate his personal viewpoints.
You can complain about his method of posting and I can complain about your prissiness.
You said — I didn’t know it but it looks like you don’t have to list a source.
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Well, you’re right in that you don’t have to list a source link (technically) on the posting form, in order to get the posting form to work. But, when no source link is included — it’s usually means one of two things... (1) someone accidently forgot/skipped it and usually posts it a bit later, or (2) it’s a “vanity” which never does have a source link.
And then, if it’s a “vanity” one usually posts “VANITY” in the title line (usually at the end in brackets).
I just recently tried to get the “source link” from a poster of an “article” — and it took about a half-a-day to *finally* figure out and get the information from the poster that it was *not* an article but was a “vanity” instead. Some posters are simply and absolutely *clueless*...
In regards to this particular item (quoting Scriptures), we’re talking about different versions (i.e., different translations and copyrights) and the wording can be *off* on some versions — so *even quoting the Bible* (for an “article posting” that is...) — I would want to have a “source link” back to the version that was being used (and it’s easily available on the web for a whole range of translations).
For example here’s a particular passage, the right number of verses and the translation that it’s from...
Or, if one doesn’t want a “long link” just use http://tinyurl.com/ and you can make it, the following, instead...
All of this is done to make it easy for people to reference these things and look up what they want to see, quickly and without going through a lot of trouble. The readers don’t know what the poster did and where the info came from, so the poster should provide it all, easily, for the reader...
I’m gonna to have to agree with you on the posting of scripture that the translation be mentioned. But won’t get to upset if they didn’t.
After all......much of your posts are just that.....scripture!
I thought that when they first commented but once I got past the having to quote from someone's article before posting...after all God's Book is God's Book, I had to agree. I think listing the scriptures as being from the King James will help if others wish to discuss it. And, I don't mind adding "vanity." :) I just hope others will consider what is written and add their thoughts.
BTW...I read your final installment on the Sabbath issue. The only thing you forgot was to end it with....and that's all folks! It pretty much summed it up.
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