DOES THE CREATOR REPENT? (Part 2)
2 – Here the Creator didn’t wish to destroy Israel through a terrible starvation or by fire. So, He aroused Amos showing how grievous was what the Israelites was doing against Him and what was necessary to be done so that His justice could be satisfied. As Amos was touched by the compassion of the Creator for Israel, He could relish in providing forgiveness for the Israelites through Amos’ life.
First the Creator shew what the sin of the Israelites was inciting Him to do:
• Amo 7:1 -> “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.
Amos was taken by the sufferings of the Creator for Israel and manifested it entreating for them:
• Amo 7:2 -> “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!”.
The Creator could be comforted for finding, in Amos, opportunity to elate Himself while manifesting His mercy in favor of Israel (Jeremiah 31:20).
• Amo 7:3 -> “The LORD relented concerning this: “It shall not be,” said the LORD.
The cycle is repeated two times, so was the urgency of doing something in favor of Israel:
• Amos 7:4 -> “This is what the Lord GOD showed me: behold, the Lord GOD was calling for a judgment by fire, and it devoured the great deep and was eating up the land.
• Amo 7:5 -> “Then I said, “O Lord GOD, please cease! How can Jacob stand? He is so small!”
• Amo 7:6 -> “The LORD relented concerning this: “This also shall not be,” said the Lord GOD.
2 – Here the Creator didn’t wish to destroy Israel through a terrible starvation or by fire. So, He aroused Amos showing how grievous was what the Israelites was doing against Him and what was necessary to be done so that His justice could be satisfied. As Amos was touched by the compassion of the Creator for Israel, He could relish in providing forgiveness for the Israelites through Amos’ life.
First the Creator shew what the sin of the Israelites was inciting Him to do:
• Amo 7:1 -> “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.
Amos was taken by the sufferings of the Creator for Israel and manifested it entreating for them:
• Amo 7:2 -> “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!”.
The Creator could be comforted for finding, in Amos, opportunity to elate Himself while manifesting His mercy in favor of Israel (Jeremiah 31:20).
• Amo 7:3 -> “The LORD relented concerning this: “It shall not be,” said the LORD.
The cycle is repeated two times, so was the urgency of doing something in favor of Israel:
• Amos 7:4 -> “This is what the Lord GOD showed me: behold, the Lord GOD was calling for a judgment by fire, and it devoured the great deep and was eating up the land.
• Amo 7:5 -> “Then I said, “O Lord GOD, please cease! How can Jacob stand? He is so small!”
• Amo 7:6 -> “The LORD relented concerning this: “This also shall not be,” said the Lord GOD.