ISRAEL

ARE YOU PRAYING FOR THEM?

God’s Plan for Israel and the World

Amos 9:11-15″ In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old: 12 That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this.
13 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.

14 And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
15 And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God.”

Today as I write this, we are living in the Laodicea Church Age, and Israel is still at odds with almost all the world. However, what ever some people and religions might say, God is not finished with Israel. They are still His chosen people. He did not choose them because they were something special. They are something special because He chose them.

If someone in my generation mentioned the name “Amos”, I imagine most people would bring to mind “Amos and Andy.” That was a very popular program years ago. As an unsaved, biblically ignorant person gong to hell, that is what I would have thought of.

Even today, when people talk about prophets they bring to mind Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and others around that time. Amos was contemporary with Isaiah. He was a herdsman from the Southern Kingdom, but prophesied to the Northern Kingdom.

In verse 11 Amos speaks of “that day” to let the Israelites and all of us know that he was prophesying about a time in the future, yet to happen, but surely will happen.

Verse 15 of the passage above, “And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God.” That is a promise of God to the Jews. It is absolute and final and cannot, and will not be changed.

When you read the Old Testament, you will see that every time Israel was obedient to God they had peace. Every time they were disobedient to God, they had trouble and wars.
Do you think that Israel or we would learn something from history? No! The only thing we learn from history is that we never learn anything from history!

When a person or a nation is disobedient to God, look out! God is a Righteous God and a Holy God, and we should look to Him for guidance in everything, in our life. Our nation has turned its back on God, and is removing His words everywhere you look. That is why we are in a mess today.

I will bring more of my thoughts, on Israel and the World in my next article about Israel.
Meanwhile pray for Israel. Also, please pray for our government leaders, that they might get saved, and get in to the Bible and see what God has to say about what the future has in store for all mankind.