Trinity Yahweh one God never contradicts his own word, the Bible Gods Word.
However those that lives daily Biblically in daily repentive state can also pray to be covered in Jesus Christ name and Blood daily for protection in all we do daily and see daily and listens to daily and then no worldy evils can affect any of us, as he who is in us is stronger then he who is in World 1 John 4:4.
As believers yes its good to seperate us from Worldy stuff but we also do not need to flee the world.
And to state the ovious truth in most or many so called "gospel music" it exist unbiblically elements aswell.
Those who are walking in daily Biblically manners in daily repentive state is protected in Jesus Christ name and blood and nothing can pluck them out of Yahweh, Gods hands, illuminate evils and mind control etc do not work on these few elected 8 Noa belivers.
Most christian music have evils in it same with Worldy.
Also very important to adress Yahweh, God do not like so called "Christian" music that has Wordly attachment in it as rap music or Wordly styles of music, Yahweh, God love the Biblically music to be as in old times as decsribed in Bible Gods Word so on.
What is more important is Biblically living as Yahweh, God is not pleased, with any of our music nor instrument when he will be returning why its because most people sadly ignore live a Biblically life in daily repentive state.
"Away with your noisy hymns of praise! I will not listen to the music of your harps"
Amos 5:23
Amos 5:21-23 New King James Version (NKJV)
21 “I hate, I despise your feast days, (Biblically explaination Click here.)
And I do not savor your sacred assemblies. (Biblically explaination Click here and Click here.)
22 Though you offer Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings,
I will not accept them,
Nor will I regard your fattened peace offerings.
23 Take away from Me the noise of your songs,
For I will not hear the melody of your stringed instruments." (What this means see the Youtube videos listed on this Blogg pager about "Christian" Music And "Christian" Worshipp Music..):
The truth about Christian Music and how dangerous it can be to take that in as better "Christian" music why? because then people are not on their gaurd and pray counter prayers and to be protected in Jesus name and blood etc why they think they are safe as it is "Christian" Music...:
Youtube:
watch?v=EzoepbW3S2w
watch?v=w6rF9OcWR0I
watch?v=fTxriMPBm2o
watch?v=Ys54ABsOifY
(Person beliver in video might have tatooes but is most likely repented of tatoos, so forgiven, never take tatoos. He is exposing the evils in todays music).
watch?v=zLtIHLK3L8M
watch?v=j4k34CosS2k
watch?v=RxBGuBwzF3A
Most "Christianity" and their "Christian" music is fallen sadly.
Amos 5:21-23 (NLT)
21 “I hate all your show and pretense—
the hypocrisy of your religious festivals and solemn assemblies.
22 I will not accept your burnt offerings and grain offerings.
I won’t even notice all your choice peace offerings.
23 Away with your noisy hymns of praise!
I will not listen to the music of your harps."
The Biblically true Rapture happends before the Great and Terrible Day of the Lord Click here and Click here.
Read whole Amos 5 its talking about the Lords return visual at second comming Terrible day of the Lord.
Not saying all music is bad but it exist more important stuff for Yahweh, God then music.
To worship Yahweh, God in spirit and truth and Biblically daily living in daily repentive state is much more important then music.
True Biblically music in Biblically manners does not exist today to be fair, only Heaven have such music. In old Biblically times in days of Mose or Abraham maybe they had true Biblically music as in those days they feared and loved Biblically Yahweh God true of Bible Gods Word.
Some music like less then 1 percent of todays so called "christian" music might be pleasing to the Lord, but really unsure of even this.
Yes it is important we gaurd our hearts aswell. But the few true belivers the elect lives Biblically daily in daily repentive state in love for Christ Gods Son true of Bible Gods Word, we are protected in Jesus name and blood aswell, and also good we pray to be protected in Jesus Christ Gods Sons name and blood in all we do daily and see and watch and listens to daily etc and no worries, as he who is in us is stronger then he who is in the World 1 John 4:4.
In other words no Wordly evils or evils in "Christian Music "or fallen "Christianity" can touch us, not saying all Christianity is fallen but most is.
God bless all.
Freedom from human rules:
Colossians 2:
"20 Since you died with Christ to the elemental spiritual forces of this world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its rules: 21 “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!”? 22 These rules, which have to do with things that are all destined to perish with use, are based on merely human commands and teachings. 23 Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their false humility and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence."
Again vital info:
To know what Gods will is we look to the Word Bible Gods Word, and test all things against Bible Gods Word if not line up with the Bible Gods Word its not of God. Exist many voices out there.
Trinity Yahweh one God never contradicts his own word, the Bible Gods Word.
Same said before in previous comments applies to Movies and Tv and Radio also etc.
Read whole Amos 5 its talking about the Lords return visual at second comming Terrible day of the Lord, this is talking about our modern day and time and how Yahweh, God sees it right now and very very soon this will come to pass, as the Lord is very close to return :
It is written:
(The coming judgement Another translation of NLT, below NKJV):
"The Day of the Lord
16 Therefore the Lord God of hosts, the Lord, says this:
“There shall be wailing in all streets,
And they shall say in all the highways,
‘Alas! Alas!’
They shall call the farmer to mourning,
And skillful lamenters to wailing.
17 In all vineyards there shall be wailing,
For I will pass through you,”
Says the Lord.
18 Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord!
For what good is the day of the Lord to you?
It will be darkness, and not light.
19 It will be as though a man fled from a lion,
And a bear met him!
Or as though he went into the house,
Leaned his hand on the wall,
And a serpent bit him!
20 Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light?
Is it not very dark, with no brightness in it?
21 “I hate, I despise your feast days, (Biblically explaination Click here.)
And I do not savor your sacred assemblies. (Biblically explaination Click here and Click here.)
22 Though you offer Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings,
I will not accept them,
Nor will I regard your fattened peace offerings.
23 Take away from Me the noise of your songs, (What this means see the Youtube videos listed on this Blogg pager about "Christian" Music And "Christian" Worshipp Music..):
For I will not hear the melody of your stringed instruments.
24 But let justice run down like water,
And righteousness like a mighty stream. (What this means Biblically Click here.)
25 “Did you offer Me sacrifices and offerings
In the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
26 You also carried Sikkuth[a] your king[b]
And Chiun,[c] your idols,
The star of your gods,
Which you made for yourselves.
27 Therefore I will send you into captivity beyond Damascus,”
Says the Lord, whose name is the God of hosts."
Amos 5:16-27 NKJV
The Lord is very close on returning, as all Biblically signs of the time shows it Matthew 16:3 and Matthew 24:48 and 2 Peter 3:9, but World now is not near to end, but the life we are used to is. However none knows exactly the day or hour, but biblically we can know the season,
and it is very close 1 Thessalonians 5:3-6 and Matthew 24:36-39.
Not saying all music is bad but it exist more important stuff for Yahweh, God then music.
To worship Yahweh, God in spirit and truth and Biblically daily living in daily repentive state is much more important then music.
Most christian music have evils in it same with Worldy.
Most "Christianity" and their "Christian" music is fallen sadly.
What is more important is Biblically living as Yahweh, God is not pleased, with any of our music nor instrument when he will be returning why its because most people sadly ignore live a Biblically life in dialy repentive state.
Yes it is important we gaurd our hearts aswell. But the few true belivers the elect lives Biblically daily in daily repentive state in love for Christ Gods Son true of Bible Gods Word, we are protected in Jesus name and blood aswell, and also good we pray to be protected in Jesus Christ Gods Sons name and blood in all we do daily and see and watch and listens to daily etc and no worries, as he who is in us is stronger then he who is in the World 1 John 4:4.
In other words no Wordly evils or evils in "Christian Music "or fallen "Christianity" can touch us, not saying all Christianity is fallen but most is.
God bless all.
Refered to what Bible Gods Word says about our time and not even once
used your words or twisted them.
Today Satan has much evils in the music and illuminate and so on and that exist even in "Christianity" and "Christian" worship music aswell, its much worse then financial thing of the music industry and their makers etc...
Please Wake up...
We never decieve just refered too what Bible Gods Word actually says.
Biblically true pure Christian music is like none existing of today.
However Biblically true Christian music of old times We are not against,
or of the few true pure Christian music that exist even of today. You
should read my comments better.
However there exist things that are more important then music for Yahweh
God as biblically living in daily repentive state etc.
Most "Christianity" with the "Christian" Music is sadly fallen, not all
but most. The Bible, Gods Word, is very clear about what Yahweh, God
thinks about our modern music of today and our Christian Assemblies
period.
The Holy Spirit he guides us number 1 into his word the Bible not to
things of this World, or things contrary the Bible Gods Word etc.
What is written in Bible Gods Word, is written. However we are not
against the true few Biblically congregations or the few true Christlike
music that are pure Biblically true, but that today are like none
existant or very rare to find. It is a bit dangerous to seek out
Christian music and think its safe today because its called "Christian"
music....
The truth about Christian Music and how dangerous it can be to take that
in as better "Christian" music why? Because then people are not on
their gaurd and pray counter prayers and to be protected in Jesus name
etc why they think they are safe as it is "Christian" music... That many
times have unbiblically elements to it, not always, but in most of the
times etc:
Youtube:
watch?v=EzoepbW3S2w
watch?v=w6rF9OcWR0I
watch?v=fTxriMPBm2o
watch?v=Ys54ABsOifY
(Person beliver in video might have tatooes but is most likely repented of tatoos, so forgiven, never take tatoos. He is exposing the evils in todays music).
watch?v=zLtIHLK3L8M
watch?v=j4k34CosS2k
watch?v=RxBGuBwzF3A
True Biblically music in Biblically manners does not exist today to be
fair, only Heaven have such music. In old Biblically times in days of
Mose or Abraham maybe they had true Biblically music as in those days
they feared and loved Biblically Yahweh God true of Bible Gods Word.
Some music like less then 1 percent of todays so called "christian"
music might be pleasing to the Lord, but really unsure of even this.
Yes it is important we gaurd our hearts aswell. But the few true
belivers the elect lives Biblically daily in daily repentive state in
love for Christ Gods Son true of Bible Gods Word, we are protected in
Jesus name and blood aswell, and also good we pray to be protected in
Jesus Christ Gods Sons name and blood in all we do daily and see and
watch and listens to daily etc and no worries, as he who is in us is
stronger then he who is in the World 1 John 4:4. In other words no
Wordly evils or evils in "Christian Music "or fallen "Christianity" can
touch us, not saying all Christianity is fallen but most is. God bless
all.
Those who are walking in daily Biblically manners in dialy repentive state is protected in Jesus Christ name and blood and nothing can pluck them out of Yahweh, Gods hands, illuminate evils and mind control etc do not work on these few elected 8 Noa belivers.
People are free to live as they want but what the Bible, Gods Word, for
our time speaks of is very clear.
However against the few true Biblically true pure Christ like music if
there is any of that today we are not against.
The warnings put forward about this is no typical behaviour anything but
strictly Biblically warnings from Bible Gods Word period.
Amos 5:16-27 is talking about the terrible day of the Lord comming judgement, aswell as the old times in part, its refered to both times:
Amos 5 again does not refer to Amos 3 or Amos 4 but the particular part in Amos 5 stand for the terrible day of the Lord now explained by Bible schoolars experts:
Even says in NKJV Day Of the Lord and in other translations as NLT it says the Coming judgement regarding Terrible day of the Lord that will come in our day and time very very soon as all Biblically signs point at it, it is what it is refered to.
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Verses 18-20: Even the wicked wanted the Day of the Lord to come, mistakenly thinking that it would bring victory instead of judgment (Zeph. 1:14-18).
The word “woe” (or “alas”; 1 Kings 13:30; Jer. 22:18-19) was used at funerals to lament the loss of the deceased. Amos uses this language and two hypothetical scenes to depict the inescapability of God’s judgment if his audience does not repent (5:4-5; 9:1-4).The Day of the Lord
Amos 5:18 "Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end [is] it for you? the day of the LORD [is] darkness, and not light."
Scoffing, not believing any such day will come: for this seems to be spoken of some among them, who, in mockery, expressed a desire of seeing those things which the prophet predicted brought to pass. Or, it may respect those who, notwithstanding all the prophet had said, still expected God would appear in their favor, not to their destruction: see Isaiah 5:19.
"To what end is it for you?" why do you desire it? What benefit do you expect to get by it?
"The day of the Lord is darkness, and not light": It will bring on affliction, calamities, miseries, and distress, which are often in Scripture expressed by "darkness", and not prosperity and happiness, which are sometimes signified by "light"; see Isaiah 5:30.
And even the day of the coming of Christ were to the unbelieving Jews darkness, and not light. They were blinded in it, and given up to judicial blindness and darkness; they hating and rejecting the light of Christ, and his Gospel, and which issued in great calamities, in the utter ruin and destruction of that people (John 3:19).
They thought "the day of the LORD" would be a restoration to them. They thought the punishment would be against their enemies. They had never imagined the punishment would have been on them for their sins. Amos explains to them here, this judgment is against them. It is not a day of the Light coming to them, but a day when God withdraws from them and darkness prevails. This darkness is a spiritual darkness where the Light of the world is gone from them.
Amos 5:19 "As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him."
“As if a man did flee from a lion”: The Day of the Lord is a day of terror on every side. Before and behind, without and within, abroad under the roof of heaven, or under the shelter of his own, everywhere is terror and death.
The Syrian bear is said to have been more fierce and savage than the lion. For its fierceness and voracity Daniel 7:5, God made it in Daniel's vision, a symbol of the empire of the Medes. From both lion and bear there might be escape by flight.
When the man had "leaned his hand" trustfully "on the wall" of his own house, "and the serpent bit him," there was no escape. He had fled from death to death, from peril to destruction.
They felt secure in the fact that they were God's chosen. They felt sure they had been freed from all danger, when in fact; the danger to them had increased. They were like the man thinking he was safe from the lion, and was destroyed by the bear. He was also, like the man that went into the safety of his house and then was bitten by a serpent. There was no safe place to hide from the judgment of God.
Amos 5:20 "[Shall] not the day of the LORD [be] darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?"
The design of such a question is strongly to affirm that, in this day of the Lord spoken of; there should be nothing but misery and distress and no prosperity and happiness, at least to the wicked Israelites or the unbelieving Jews.
"Even very dark, and no brightness in it": Signifying that there should be no deliverance, nor the least glimmering view or hope of it. That the calamity should be so very great and the destruction so entire, that there should be no mixture of mercy, nor the least appearance of relief.
Matthew 24:29 "Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:"
Any time a person or a nation has gone completely away from God, is a day of darkness.
Verses 21-24: When performed with a corrupt heart, even the savored festivals and offerings were despised by the Lord (Lev. 26:27, 31; Psalms 51:16-17, 19).
Amos 5:21 "I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies."
(Biblically explaination Click here and Click here and Click here.)
“I hate, I despise your feast days”: Religious activity without heart reality is repugnant to God. God-ordained forms of worship and religious expression without heart reality become only nauseating, empty formalism; and they anger rather than appease God.
God was very aware, that their worship of Him had fallen to just a formality. They were not in love with God at all, the desire of their hearts was to follow after false gods. God hated their form of religion.
1 Samuel 15:22 "And Samuel said, Hath the LORD [as great] delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey [is] better than sacrifice, [and] to hearken than the fat of rams."
God did not want their sacrifices; He wanted their loyalty and love. The fact that he would not smell, meant that He would not accept their sweet smelling savor. The following Scripture is what He really wants.
Mark 12:33 "And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love [his] neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices."
Amos 5:22 "Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept [them]: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts."
The daily burnt offerings, morning and night, and others which were wholly the Lord's; and the "minchah", or bread offering, which went along with them; in which they thought to do God service, and to merit his favor. But instead of that they were unacceptable to him, being neither offered up in a proper place, or in a right manner according to the Law of Moses; however, not in the faith of the great sacrifice, Christ; nor attended with repentance towards God.
“Neither will I regard the peace-offerings”: Your thank-offerings too (Lev. 6:12; 7:15). Praises for your prosperity are no better pleasing either.
“Of your fat beasts”: In these peace-offerings, though you bring the best and the fattest, yet you bring nothing but a beast; for you leave your hearts with your sins. You have no warrant from God to do this, nay; you are prohibited, for you are to offer only at Jerusalem and at the temple.
They had mixed their idolatry with the worship with sacrifices and burnt offerings. This was an abomination to God.
Luke 16:15 "And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God."
Amos 5:23 "Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols." (What this means see the Youtube videos listed on this Blogg pager about "Christian" Music And "Christian" Worshipp Music..):
“Take thou away from me”: Literally, "from upon me," that is, from being a burden to me or a weight on Me. So God says by Isaiah, "your new moons and your appointed feasts My soul hateth; they are a burden upon Me; I am weary to bear them" (Isaiah 1:14). Their "songs" and hymns were but a confused, tumultuous, "noise," since they had not the harmony of love.
"For I will not hear the melody of thy viols": Which may be put for all instruments of music used by them, as violins, harps, psalteries, etc. The sound which no matter how melodious; the Lord would turn a deaf ear unto and not regard.
Songs which were sung to God were a sweet, sweet sound in His ear. They were another way of praising God. Songs that did not come from the heart were noise to the Lord. A "viol" was like a lyre.
Amos 5:24 "But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream." (What this means Biblically Click here.)
The Hebrew verb form indicates that “Let judgment run” is a call to establish justice as recorded in verse 15: “in the city gate”, meaning as an ongoing, daily part of life (Micah 6:8).
Judgment will come as rain falls from heaven. God's judgment will be under His control alone. God's judgment is also righteous.
Verses 25-26: In addition to worshiping the Lord in the wilderness, Israel also worshiped other gods, carrying along “Sikkuth (or “tabernacle”) your king (or “Molech”) and Kiyyun, your images.” Molech worship included the astrological worship of Saturn and the host of heaven and the actual sacrificing of children (2 Kings 17:16-17).
Warned against Molech worship (Deut. 18:9-13), Israel nevertheless pursued all facets of it, continuing with Solomon (1 Kings 11:7) and his descendants (1 Kings 12:28; 2 Kings 17:16-17; Jer. 32:35) until Josiah (2 Kings 23:10). Stephen recited Amos 5:25-27 when he recounted the sins of Israel in Acts 7:42-43.
Amos 5:25 "Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?"
“Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings”: No; they were not offered to God, but to devils, to the golden calf, and to the host of heaven: so their fathers did.
“In the wilderness forty years”: Where sacrifices were omitted during that time, a round number for a broken one, it being about thirty eight years; and these their children were imitators of them, and offered sacrifice to idols too, and therefore deserved punishment as they.
“O house of Israel?” These are the ten tribes (northern tribes), who are here particularly charged and threatened (see Acts 7:42).
God is showing them, that even from the very beginning; they did not worship God in sincerity. Their worship even then was out of obligation, instead of because of their pure love for God. They have never changed.
Amos 5:26 "But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves."
Your ancestors manifested their want of true devotion toward me, in that they were so prone to practice those idolatries which they learned in Egypt, or which they saw practiced in the countries through which they passed (see Num. 25:2; Jos. 24:14; Ezek. 20:7; 20:16; 23:3; 23:8).
The worship was certainly some form of star-worship, since there follows, "the star of your god." It took place after the worship of the calf. For Stephen, after having spoken of that idolatry says, "Then God turned and gave them up to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets" Acts 7:42.
Upon their rebellions, God at last gave them up to themselves. Stephen calls the god whom they worshiped "Rephan," quoting the then existing Greek translation, "having regard".
They had worshipped false gods all along. They physically carried these idols with them wherever they went. God was carried in their hearts but they would not accept God as their only Lord. The star is possibly Saturn. There was much worship of false gods associated with stars.
Moloch was also a false god, as were these images (Chiun). We have said it over many times, that things you can create with your own hands are not gods. God is Spirit, if you can see Him with physical eyes, it is not God. The True God is Spirit and is taken on faith.
Amos 5:27 "Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name [is] The God of hosts."
Assyria conquered Damascus in 732 B.C., and then overtook Israel in 722 B.C.
Now we see the punishment for their unfaithfulness to God for worshipping false gods. They were taken to Damascus as captives. This happens because God has judged them, and found them guilty of worshipping false gods. God brings the captivity."
http://www.bible-studys.org/Bible%20Books/Amos/Amos%20Chapter%205.html
Be blessed and wake up stop misslead yourself. Be blessed.
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Over the years I have been asked if I had any other books of the bible that are explained like the one for the book of Revelation which took a year to complete. (www.discoverrevelation.com) Then the answer was no, but I felt the Holy Spirit leading me to continue helping people to have a better understanding of the meaning of scripture. So I began doing a scripture by scripture explanation on additional books which has been added to this site. As of June of 2016, all sixty six books have been finished."
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Part 5 Barnes Explain what Amos 5:18-27 means commentaries and Bible Schoolars more:
Commentary and Bible Schoolars tell also what Amos 5 means from 18 to 27 verse:
Either the day of Christ's coming in the flesh, as Cocceius interprets it; and which was desired by the people of Israel, not on account of spiritual and eternal salvation, but that they might be delivered by him from outward troubles and enemies, and enjoy temporal felicity; they had a notion of him as a temporal Saviour and Redeemer, in whose days they should possess much outward happiness, and therefore desired his coming; see ( Malachi 3:1 Malachi 3:2 ) ; or else the day of the Lord's judgments upon them, spoken of by the prophet, and which they were threatened with, but did not believe it would ever come; and therefore in a scoffing jeering manner, expressed their desire of it, to show their disbelief of it, and that they were in no pain or fear about it, like those in ( Isaiah 5:19 ) ; to what end [is] it for you?
why do you desire it? what benefit do you expect to get by it? the day of the Lord [is] darkness, and not light;
it will bring on affliction, calamities, miseries, and distress, which are often in Scripture expressed by "darkness", and not prosperity and happiness, which are sometimes signified by "light"; see ( Isaiah 5:30 ) ( 8:22 ) ( Esther 8:16 ) ; and even the day of the coming of Christ were to the unbelieving Jews darkness, and not light; they were blinded in it, and given up to judicial blindness and darkness; they hating and rejecting the light of Christ, and his Gospel, and which issued in great calamities, in the utter ruin and destruction of that people, ( John 3:19 John 3:20 ) ( 9:39 ) .
http://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/gills-exposition-of-the-bible/amos-5-18.html
"Barnes' Notes on the Bible
As if a man, did flee from a lion - The Day of the Lord is a day of terror on every side. Before and behind, without and within, abroad under the roof of heaven, or under the shelter of his own, everywhere is terror and death. The Syrian bear is said to have been more fierce and savage than the lion. For its fierceness and voracity Daniel 7:5, God made it, in Daniel's vision, a symbol of the empire of the Medes. From both lion and bear there might be escape by flight. When the man had "leaned his hand" trustfully "on the wall" of his own house, "and the serpent bit him," there was no escape. He had fled from death to death, from peril to destruction."
http: // biblehub . com / commentaries / amos / 5-19.htm
Amos 5:18-20
"Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord! For what good is the day of the Lord to you?" (Amos 5:18). It is always a prophet's responsibility to remind the people that the future is inextricably bound to the present. What one does today affects the course of events as time marches on.
Malachi asks, "But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears?" (Malachi 3:2). No such doubts assailed these people at all. They were confident that things would be all right. They felt they would march right through the day of their judgment because they were His chosen people.
But when Amos looked at his times, he became frightened. "It will be darkness, and not light. It will be as though a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; or as though he went into the house, leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him" (Amos 5:18-19).
There is no escape! People, living in their complacency, think that everything is fine. But the day of judgment will come upon them unexpectedly, and in utter hopelessness they will start running for their lives. They will escape one terror only to confront another! And just when they think they are finally safe, they will receive a mortal wound!
But, the prophet is not yet finished! "Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light? Is it not very dark, with no brightness in it?" (Amos 5:20). Wailing and inescapable judgment are followed by darkness. In their complacency, the people think it logical to conclude that, since everything is presently all right, they must have overcome those things which plagued them. With that behind them, they think their future is full of gladness and good times. Amos disagrees! He accuses them of feeding themselves false hopes. When God comes, he says, He will be their enemy!"
http://www.bibletools.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/bible.show/sVerseID/22442/eVerseID/22442
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