Amos - a man with a message
Amos, was just a man from Tekoa
A herdsman and a dresser of trees
He came to Bethel from Judah
With a message that did not please
He warned of an end to their life of ease
The impending judgement of a holy God.
He never claimed to be a seer
A prophet or even a prophets son
But his message began "thus says the Lord"
And he spoke the words of the holy one
A warning of troubles that could not be averted
For they had tried God's patience and broken his Law
They had ill treated the weak and exploited the poor
Thus their fate was determined by the deeds they had done
For this they would suffer; the Lord's will must be done
His words would come true in the fulness of time
The Assyrians came and the northern kingdom fell
A salutary warning to the 21st century as well.
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