סומע - The Book of Amos

A little background information on the Prophet Amos ──

Amos (Hebrew סומע – ʿĀmōs) was one of the Twelve Minor Prophets … Amos was the older contemporary of Hosea and Isaiah and was active c. 760 755 BC during the rule of kings Jeroboam II of Israel and Uzziah of the Kingdom of Judah. 1

Before becoming a prophet, Amos was a shepherd and a sycamore fig farmer from Teqoaʿ. … Amos' prior professions and his claim … [“I was no prophet, Nor was I a son of a prophet, But I was a sheepbreeder And a tender of sycamore fruit.” (7:14, NKJV)] 2

i.e., he was not a member of a professional prophetic guild. His only credential to prophesy to Israel was a summons by Yahweh. The book is a collection of individual sayings and reports of visions. … Amos’ message is primarily one of doom. … are directed primarily against Israel, which, he contends, has defected from the worship of Yahweh to the worship of Canaanite gods. … He also pronounces judgment on the rich for self-indulgence and oppression of the poor, on those who pervert justice, … 3

The above is underlined because the Prophet Amos would speak concerning Sodom & Gomorrah, a wealthy, self-indulgent society that oppressed the weak and the poor.

The Prophet Amos is saying that he is no prophet by the traditional means ── from the school of prophets, rather, he is a prophet because of the authority of the LORD God. The Apostle Paul also defended his apostleship in the same manner ── 

“Have I in any way come short of those superlative apostles? I think not. 6) I may be no speaker, but knowledge I have; at all times we have made known to you the full truth.” – 2 Corinthians 11:5-6, NEB. See also 2 Corinthians 11:22-31.

One very important warning from a two-fold prophecy by our beloved Prophet Amos was that towards the end of this present evil age, one finding the living Word of God, the Truth of God, and the Plan of God would be impossible ── 

“Then the LORD said to me: … ‘Behold, the days are coming,’ says the Lord GOD, ‘That I will send a famine on the land, Not a famine of bread, Nor a thirst for water, But of hearing the words of the LORD.

12) They shall wander from sea to sea, And from north to east; They shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the LORD, BUT SHALL NOT FIND IT.’” – Amos 8:1, 11 12. 

We do indeed believe that the above warning from the LORD is a reference to a soon-coming full Internet censorship. The Church of Jesus Christ Online Ministries has already experienced some of this from Big Tech toward Conservative Christianity. (See: “Personal From… Persecution Continues” 3/6/24).

Minister Fred R. Coulter has some notations: “1 Samuel 3:1; Ezekiel 7:26; and Psalm 74:9.” 4 

This “famine of hearing the word of God” will certainly be under the guise of “against community standards.” Or, maybe “USA PATRIOT Act,” by calling parts of our teachings “hate speech” or even a “national security threat”! 

In a parallel manner in regards with “famine,” the Prophet Amos also gave dire warnings concerning the weather towards the end of this present evil age ──

“’ I also withheld rain from you, When there were still three months to the harvest. I made it rain on one city, I withheld rain from another city. One part was rained upon, And where it did not rain the part withered. 8) So two or three cities wandered to another city to drink water, But they were not satisfied; Yet you have not returned to Me,’ Says the LORD.” – Amos 4:7-8. 

The majority of people ── especially in this “enlightened” 21st century ── do not PAY ATTENTION to being struck with drought, flooding, blight, and mildew – or,  for that matter, a devouring of crops by locusts. They will all say, “O, that’s just ‘Mother Nature,’ that’s just a natural phenomenon.” Or, the more popular belief, “global warming!” Yet, the LORD God does still judge the nations using weather at times! 

 A Prophet of Doom 

Getting back to what I briefly said earlier, our peoples of the United States of America and her Anglo-Saxon allies ── and, including the nation of Judah (modern day Israel) who are “well-off” and yet, look down upon the downtrodden, the poor, the childless, the orphans and the widows ── as did the people of Sodom & Gomorrah with their roaming homosexual rape gangs, may want to pay attention to our beloved Prophet Amos when he has warned us ──

“’ I overthrew some of you, As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, And you were like a firebrand plucked from the burning; YET YOU HAVE NOT RETURNED TO ME,’ Says the LORD. 

12) ‘Therefore thus will I do to you, O Israel; Because I will do this to you, Prepare to meet your God, O Israel!’” – Amos 4:11-12.

“’ They hate the one who rebukes in the gate, And they abhor the one who speaks uprightly. 11) Therefore, because you tread down the poor And take grain taxes from him, Though you have built houses of hewn stone, Yet you shall not dwell in them; You have planted pleasant vineyards, But you shall not drink wine from them. 12) For I know your manifold transgressions And your mighty sins: AFFLICTING THE JUST AND TAKING BRIBES; DIVERTING THE POOR FROM JUSTICE AT THE GATE.’” – Amos 5:10-12. 

Truly, the LORD God allowed a massive asteroid * to annihilate the five cities of the plain because those cities had reached a point at which social and sexual values were not bound by any stable spiritual or social rule. And if the Anglo-Saxon nations DO NOT REPENT of this vile Gay agenda and their terrible Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) direction, which was certainly prevalent in Sodom and Gomorrah, they will be overthrown and they will lose their sovereignty! 

There are other dire warnings for the nations of Israel in this end-time that are especially applicable in the days we are living ── because the LORD God would never do to one group of people and not punish another nation for the exact type of sins.   

“Amos described himself as a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore-trees … While following these peaceful occupations, he received a call from God to warn the Northern Kingdom of Israel that their cup of wickedness was full, and unless they returned to Him without delay, dire punishment would overtake them. … 

His message of eternal import is that society, if it is to exist, must rest on justice between man and man, as well as between nations. … the charge against the people who look upon their prosperity as evidence of their righteousness and proof of Divine favour. … The last three chapters describe the visions that God had shown him, foretelling pestilence, earthquake, famine,  and locusts, which served as stern reminders to the people of the URGENCY in which they should return to God before the greatest calamity of all, captivity, overtakes them.” 5

“ … ‘Assemble on the mountains of Samaria; See great tumults in her midst, And the oppressed within her. 10) For they do not know to do right,’ Says the LORD, ‘Who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.’ 

11) Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: ‘An adversary shall be all around the land; He shall sap your strength from you, And your palaces shall be plundered.’ 12) Thus says the LORD: ‘As a shepherd takes from the mouth of a lion Two legs or a piece of an ear, So shall the children of Israel be taken out Who dwell in Samaria ── In the corner of a bed and on the edge of a couch! 13) Hear and testify against the house of Jacob,’ Says the LORD, the God of hosts, 14) ‘That in the day I punish Israel for their transgressions, I will also visit destruction on the altars of Bethel; And the horns of the altar shall be cut off And fall to the ground.’” – Amos 3:9-14.

The Prophet Amos was at that moment in time speaking to the Northern Kingdom of Israel in this two-fold prophecy ── called by Jacob’s name, which does include the descendants of Ephraim and Manasseh (Genesis 48:16). This includes the Anglo Saxon nations of Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States of America!

And, I am overwhelmingly proud of President Donald Trump giving what was far overdue ── the US Army's 250th anniversary parade! Showing the world some of our outstanding military might, strength, and power. But, sadly, few people in our nation ── and the nations of our Anglo-Saxon brethren ── will believe that our powerful nations will someday fall to calamity and will lose their sovereignty. Most would not listen to our beloved Prophet Amos then, and they will not listen to him now. 

Our LORD God tells us, as was told to the Prophet Ezekiel ── 

“’ You shall speak My words to them, whether they hear or whether they refuse, for they are rebellious.’” – Ezekiel 2:7. □