There are many verses in God’s word that lead to people being shaken and confused. We are going to see a lot of troubling times in this generation but have no fear! The beauty of serving God and knowing His word is having that security to know He isn’t angry with us, just the unbelievers.
Amos 9:1-15
9:1 lintel H capital. “smite the ..them”, this should be translated: “smite the capitol, shake the foundation, cut them off (the pillars) by the head, all of them”. Learn to discern the word to see who verses like these are addressed to. God is talking to the unbelievers.
9:2-3 hell H 7585; grave. Many think they can build their own salvation (tower of babel, etc.), but are greatly mistaken. God here is showing the impossibility of escaping HIS judgment.
9:4 evil H 7451; calamity. (compare Lev 26:33,Deut 28:25,ezek 5:12,Lev 17:10/20:5,jer 44:11). Don’t get afraid or worried about these things for God said they would come to be. Just remember God will sustain His children that are working to accomplish His plan.
9:5 remember to rightly divide the word of God. He is speaking to those that are the enemy, not His servants.
9:6 stories H 4609; chamber above. YHVH is His name. God is in control and this leaves us with nothing to worry about! His anger is building and will be poured out on His enemies.
9:7 (compare Ex 13:3/9/14/16,Deut 5:15/6:21/2:23). God delivered His children out of Egypt with mighty miracles, and yet they still acted as Baal worshippers.
9:8 Here it says only the sinful kingdom and those in it will be destroyed. Have no fear! Don’t be shaken!
9:9-10 The chafe will be separated from the wheat. If you love God, you are under His protection. Not one who loves and serves God will fall!
9:11 (quoted in Acts 15). This references the second advent when Christ shall return to make all things right. This will be a time of reward for those that overcome.
9:12 heathen H 1471; nations. There is a condition here, “those called by His name”. the Christians will be here to possess the remnant. This is God’s plan of salvation, to save His own.
9:13 melt H 4127; dissolve (into wine, oil). (compare Lev 26:5,Joel 3:18). This is speaking of the promise land, a land flowing with milk and honey. The rewards far outnumber the problems we face here.
9:14 (compare Deut 30:5). What we produce will be ours. No more will things diminish our labor.
9:15 Stand upon that ROCK in which cannot be shaken. God is returning to make things right.
Nahum 1:1-13
1:1 burden H 4853; prophetic oracle.
1:2 God is angry with His adversaries/enemies, not His children. Don’t let satan deceive you!
1:3-4 (compare Ex 14, Psalm 106:9). Slow to anger means long suffering. He does mighty things for His followers. He is in control; don’t be fooled by men and their traditions.
1:5-6 (compare Mic 1:3-4). Remember God is a consuming fire (Heb 12:29). That fire warms those that believe, but burns those that don’t.
1:7 (compare Psalm 1:6, 2 Tim 2:12). God is a place of refuge for His own! Run to it when trouble comes. God knows His own and won’t let anything overcome them.
1:8 There is a shaking coming, but fear not it has no effect on us.
1:9-10 imagine H 2803; fabricate, cunningly devise. (compare Isa 10:17/27:4, psalm 2:1). Affliction by the wicked will not rise up again, because after the great white throne judgment all evil is done away with.
1:11 be aware of those that seek to deceive you.
1:12-13 satan thinks because many will follow him, he can defeat God. What a wonderful day when all evil influences will be done away with.
Hebrews 12:25-29
12:25 Don’t refuse God.
12:26 There is a great shaking that will come, in which all things will be corrected.
12:27 Those that remain are the ones on the ROCK! We cannot be shaken when this is our faoundation.
12:28-29 serve God and we have no reason to fear. We belong to a nation that cannot be moved or shaken!
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