Amos 9:13-15 (ESV Strong's)
“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.
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.
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.
Restoration by God’s Grace
God is a gracious God. Amos has just spent the entire book telling the nation of Israel that God knows their sins and is going to punish their sins. Here is one passage in this section:
Amos 5:3 (ESV Strong's)
For thus says the Lord God:
“The city that went out a thousand
shall have a hundred left,
and that which went out a hundred
shall have ten left
to the house of Israel.”
God is going to destroy them for their sin. Yet, there will be a remnant that seeks God and God will, in His Divine Grace, give them the land and restore their name for His name sake. This is the gracious God we worship. Through the death and resurrection of Christ, God will restore them. He will provide grace through faith in Christ’s work. God is a gracious God. He is a just God and will punish sin. But, He is gracious and provides a way for us to receive forgiveness of sins.
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