This is Daniel Whyte III president of Gospel Light Society International with The Scripture & the Sense Podcast #446, 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 4:12.
12 Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
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That was Amos 4:12. Now here is the sense of it.
The Bible Knowledge Commentary reads:
Therefore, because Israel had resisted these chastenings and had continued her sinful rebellion, God would pronounce her sentence of doom. This is what I will do to you refers to God’s devastating sweep through the land as predicted in 3:11–15. The nation was commanded to get ready for this terrifying moment—prepare to meet your God, O Israel. Some understand the word “prepare” as an invitation to repent before this final catastrophe. Since the word, however, was often used of war preparations, “prepare to meet your God” is most likely a military summons to an awful confrontation. Israel was to face God’s final judgment.
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