Jesus in the Old Testament, Amos

Jesus in Amos 

Jesus said this;

“You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life, and it is they that bear witness about me,"

We have been going through the whole of the Old Testament, Book by Book, until today, when we come to the Book of Amos. Now Amos was a Shepard in Tekoa. A village located about five miles south of Bethlehem. This is where he was, and what he was doing when the Lord came to him and gave him a Prophecy to Prophecy.

First, of course, you see a Shepard that God called to Shepard His People. Jesus IS the Good Shepard. Jesus said this.

"So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep." John 10:7-11

God goes on to tell Amos to Prophecy of the Sins of God's People and the destruction to come unless they repent. God makes Amos a Shepard to His People like Jesus would be to come. God tells Amos, tell the People this. Amos 5:4

"Seek me and live;"

5:6

"Seek the Lord and live"

5:14-15

"Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you, as you have said. Hate evil, and love good, and establish justice in the gate; it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph."

Jesus tells us that we should have no fear. That we should be anxious for nothing.

"Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you."

As God told Amos to Preach Repentance and to not go after the things of the World but to seek first God and all things will be granted to them. Jesus came to fulfill this promise.

Jesus told us time and time again that He did not come on His own by was sent by God the Father. When Amos was accused of coming in and of himself, he made is clear.

"I was no prophet, nor a prophet's son, but I was a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore figs. But the Lord took me from following the flock, and the Lord said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’ Now therefore hear the word of the Lord." Amos 7:14-16

Like many of the Prophets before him, although he hated to be called a Prophet, he warned of "The Day of the Lord" or the coming of the Day of destruction.

"The end has come upon my people Israel; I will never again pass by them. The songs of the temple shall become wailings in that day,” declares the Lord God. “So many dead bodies!”“They are thrown everywhere!”“Silence!”" Amos 8:2-3

The Day of the Lord is coming. The only hope we have is in Jesus. Those who accept Jesus will be in the new times.

"Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when the plowman shall overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes him who sows the seed; the mountains shall drip sweet wine, and all the hills shall flow with it. I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel, and they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine, and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit. I will plant them on their land, and they shall never again be uprooted out of the land that I have given them,” says the Lord your God." Amos 9:31-15

We know that those who endure will see this time as also described in Isaiah.

"The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them." Isaiah 11:6

This time is also depicted in Revelations

“Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.” Revelations 21:3-4

Amos was simply being Amos and in the fields Shepherding Sheep when God called him to go into the world and Preach Repentance and Salvation through the seeking of God first, above all things. Jesus Himself was in Heaven being Himself, or God, when He came to Earth to be the Good Sheperd who came to preach Repentance and Salvation through the seeking of God first, above all things. There is no other way than through Jesus Himself.

Do you know Jesus as your Savior? Have you been adopted into the Family of God? If not, say this Prayer. Right now. Wherever you may be. Say it in your own words, and do not doubt in your heart. God will heal you. He will send the Spirit of Life to you. Let us Pray.

"Oh heavenly Father, Lord God. I am a Sinner. I know this. I know there is nothing I can do to change that. But I know you can. I accept Jesus and His Sacrifice for me. I believe that He raised from the Dead. I repent my Sins. Please send the Spirit of Adoption into my life. Help me to get to know the real you. Save me. Please. In the name of Jesus, Amen!"

That's it. It really is just that simple. Now go tell someone what you have just done. "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved." {Romans 10:9} You need to find a Church that God leads you to, and be Baptized the way Jesus said to be. You are now a Child of God. A New Creature. You "have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him." {Colossians 3:10}

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The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost be with you all. Amen.{2 Corinthians 13}

Until next time, be Blessed, be a Blessing, and Jesus is Lord!