The Sermon: Amos 9:11-15

“In that day I will raise up the booth of David that is fallen and repair its breaches, and raise up its ruins and rebuild it as in the days of old, ¹² that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations who are called by my name,” declares the LORD who does this. ¹³ “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman shall overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes him who sows the seed; the mountains shall drip sweet wine, and all the hills shall flow with it. ¹⁴ I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel, and they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine, and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit. ¹⁵ I will plant them on their land, and they shall never again be uprooted out of the land that I have given them,” says the LORD your God.

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Summary: Amos prophesied to Israel ~780 years before Christ. It was a time of political stability and prosperity, but also corruption, extravagance, and idolatry. Amos foretold God’s destructive judgment upon the people for their wickedness and unbelief. Yet, here at the end of Amos, God also promises to restore a remnant of His people from their self-inflicted ruin. Ruined sinners are called to turn to God for restoration through the spiritual rebuilding of the House of David and look forward to the Final Day of eternal restoration.