Amos 8:11-12
“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord God,
“when 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.
They shall wander from sea to sea,
and from north to east;
they shall run to and fro, to seek the word of the Lord,
but they shall not find it.
Truth: Minus God's Word man is nothing
Deuteronomy 8:3
And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.
Amos has stated a condition of Israel's punishment that is more devastating than any previous prophecy. Amos has already said the land of Israel will be destroyed by pestilence and war. He has already told them that their children will be taken captive and their rich will have no where to hide. He has told them that certain devastation is coming. Yet, when he says the above words he takes away from them any hope. Man lives by the Word that comes out of God's mouth. The Deuteronomy passages is stated by Moses in regard to how God sustained the nation in their wilderness wanderings. He spoke and they had mana. He spoke and they had water. He spoke and they had birds fly in for dinner. He spoke and Egypt was destroyed. We are sustained by the power of His Word. Notice what the Gospel writer, John, and the writer of Hebrews say about Christ and the Word:
Hebrews 1:3
He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
John 1:14
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
I can't imagine getting up in the morning and not having the Word of God to turn to. Israel's sin put them in a place NO ONE wants to be in ... NO Word of God. We are sustained by the Word of His Power. He upholds the universe by His voice. Christ was the Word made manifested. Christ is the sustainer of the universe. Minus the word the universe is undone.
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