Analysis of Go for the marrow in the Book of Amos.
Amos was a farmer, a shepherd and a tender of sycamore fruit in the Southern Kingdom of Judah. His very name meant "Burden" or "Burden-bearer".
He was destined by the will of God to deliver a message of warning and rebuke to the idolatrous Northern Kingdom. There was no prophet or priest in his family line; no formal training.
But his words were articulate and his message as sharp as a surgeon's scalpel.
Many of the warnings ring true in our age:
1. You have assimilated the idolatry and false hopes of your neighbours.
2. You see no coming rod of correction.
3. You delight in the excess of ill-gotten gain snatched from the poor and the vulnerable.
4. You see nothing but clear skies ahead.
5. You can hardly tolerate the pause of the sabbath.
6. Your sacrifices are insincere. I will not smell them.
7. Your praise is irreverent. I will not listen.
8. Your idea of the Day of the Lord is simply more pandering of yourselves.
9. If you were to serve me in truth, there would be much more charity and social justice.
10. You are experiencing a famine for the Word of God in progressive measure.
11. I have laid a plumb-line to that which you have built; found it grievously wanting; intend serious judgment.
12. Many a difficulty, many a disaster have I set before you to cause you to return to me.
13. A remnant shall be saved and brought again to blessing and security.
If one looks at the last recorded messages of Jesus in the Letters to the Seven Churches in Revelation one sees much of the same "burden". (See Robert Murray M'Cheyne's excellent book on this. Banner of Truth Trust)
Today's churches miss this. They emphasize that Jesus is love; Jesus is inclusive; Jesus' mercy rejoices against judgment.
Pastors will not issue the necessary rebukes. Sometimes even when they try, the message falls upon deaf ears. (Ezekiel 33: 30-33) Is it too late?
Be warned! The "famine" is coming; has already come.
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Metre | 10101001000101101001010110110111011010 11101011110100101100011001001010111101101100111010 1110010011011101010 101010110101 11010000100011111 1111011010 101001111011101001000 111011101 111010011010 110010111111 111010011110 10101011011101100101 110111011111110001010 110100001010111001010 11101111111111100100110010 100100010001011101111110111 010111010111000100 111101010100110001010101000101111011011010110011110111 01101111011011101010101010110 101110010001011011101010111101111 1101011010101 |
Characters | 1,927 |
Words | 371 |
Sentences | 43 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 2, 14, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 71 |
Words per line (avg) | 16 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 214 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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Written on March 26, 2018
Submitted by dougb.19255 on March 26, 2023
Modified on April 02, 2023
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