The End is Come Amos 8:2

After showing Amos the “basket of summer fruit”, the LORD asked him to declare what he saw. In chapter eight and verse two of his prophesy, Amos heard the LORD use the “summer fruit basket” to show that “Israel's” “end is come” where we read:

And he said, Amos, what do you see? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.

The verse begins, “And he said, Amos, what do you see? And I said, A basket of summer fruit.” Amos began with the words, “And he said” which means “the LORD uttered, declared and proclaimed”, “Amos” which refers to “the prophet of the Lord who prophesied in the northern kingdom; native of Tekoa in Judah near Bethlehem and a shepherd by trade” “what do you see” or “what are you inspecting, perceiving and considering”? “And I said” which means “Amos uttered, proclaimed and declared” or responded. The LORD asked Amos to tell Him what he was seeing which was a “summer fruit basket”.

The verse goes on to say, “Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.” Amos continued, “The said” or “uttered, declared and proclaimed” “the LORD” which refers to “Yehovah or Jehovah who is the existing One and the proper name for the one true God” “unto me” which means “to Amos”, “the end” or “the extremity” “is come” which means “entered, been attained or fallen” “upon my people” or “on Amos' nation, persons, compatriots or country-men” “of Israel” which means “God prevails” and was “the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob”; “I will not again pass” or “The LORD would not add to, increase or do again” “by them” which means “the people of Israel” “any more” or “ever again”. The LORD announced that He would not “connive or acquiesce” with Israel any longer, and He judgment was certain to fall.

When we meditate upon these words of Amos, we see the ominous declaration of the LORD. Israel's time had run out, and now even as the “the summer fruit basket” indicated the end of the harvest season, so Israel's time of “acquiescence” from the LORD had come. God Almighty has given us an opportunity to receive Him as Savior and LORD now, and we should not delay. If we wait too long, we shall be even as Israel was and God's time of “grace” will be over. May all who read take heed.

Next time we see Amos share about “songs of howlings”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

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