This is Daniel Whyte III president of Gospel Light Society International with The Scripture & the Sense Podcast #431, where I read the Word of God and give the sense of it based on an authoritative commentary source such as the Bible Knowledge Commentary or Matthew Henry Commentary. This podcast is based upon Nehemiah 8:8 where it says Ezra and the Levites “read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.” The aim of this podcast is that through the simple reading of the Word of God and the giving of the sense of it, the church would be revived and the world would be awakened.
Today we are reading Amos 3:6.
6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?
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That was Amos 3:6. Now here is the sense of it.
The Bible Knowledge Commentary reads:
Sixth, people do not tremble unless a war trumpet has been sounded in a city; but such an alarm always produces fear and apprehension. Nor does disaster finally come to a city unless the Lord has determined to cause it. But once His decision is made, the outcome is unavoidable. The “disaster” could be a plague, meager harvest, or hostile attack, designed by God to lead the people to repent, acknowledge His sovereignty in their lives, and trust Him for deliverance. The seven examples of related events began innocuously, but become increasingly foreboding. The first example had no element of force or disaster about it. The next two, however, concerned the overpowering of one animal by another, and the two after that pictured man as the vanquisher of animal prey. In the final two examples, people themselves were overwhelmed, first by other human instruments, then by God Himself. This ominous progression, to the point where God Himself is seen as the initiator of human calamity, brought Amos to a climactic statement.
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