QT 10/11/2025 Mon. Amos 9 Unavoidable Judgment! Unstoppable Hope! 无法逃避的审判！势不可挡的盼望！
QT 10/11/2025 Mon. Amos 9 Unavoidable Judgment! Unstoppable Hope!
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🔥 Judgment Cannot Be Escaped — But Neither Can Grace
Text Focus: Amos 9:8–9, 11–12 (ESV)
“Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom,
and I will destroy it from the surface of the ground,
except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,”
declares the Lord.
“For behold, I will command,
and shake the house of Israel among all the nations
as one shakes with a sieve,
but no pebble shall fall to the earth.”
“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…”
💡 Main Idea: Amos 9 shows us two truths we often try to separate:
(1) God is holy and must judge sin.
(2) God is gracious and promises restoration.
The chapter begins with a vision of total inescapable judgment — there is nowhere to hide from God (vv.1–4). But it ends with a surprising promise: God will not wipe out His people entirely. Instead, He will sift them, purge evil, and one day restore what was broken — through the line of David.
⚖️ No Escaping God’s Justice
In verses 1–10, God declares that no one can outrun His judgment. Whether in the heavens, the depths, or across the sea, His hand reaches all. Israel had mistaken their special status for immunity. But God says in verse 7:
“Are you not like the Cushites to me…?”
God’s covenant people had become like the nations — and would be judged like them. Sin has consequences, even for those who carry God’s name.
💔 A Severe Mercy
Yet, God does not wipe Israel out completely:
“I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob…” (v.8)
He promises to sift His people (v.9) — separating what is evil from what can be redeemed. This is mercy through discipline — painful, but purposeful. It reminds us that God’s judgment is not reckless destruction, but refining fire.
🌱 A Future Hope Through David
Then comes a beautiful shift in verse 11:
“In that day I will raise up the booth of David that is fallen…”
This is more than political restoration — it's a Messianic promise. God would one day send a greater Son of David to rebuild, redeem, and restore. The New Testament (Acts 15:16–17) quotes this passage as fulfilled in Jesus Christ, whose kingdom welcomes the nations and rebuilds broken people.
What’s astonishing is that the same God who tears down sin, also builds up salvation.
🙌 What This Means for Us
(1) Don’t take sin lightly — God sees and responds with holy justice.
(2) Don’t despair when God disciplines — it may be His mercy at work, sifting and refining.
(3) Don’t forget His promises — the Saviour has come, and His restoring work continues.
✝️ Gospel Lens
Amos 9 reminds us that we all deserve judgment. Like Israel, we have rebelled. But through Christ — the One who bore the judgment we earned — we are given restoration, inclusion, and hope.
What was once a fallen booth is now a growing kingdom.
🙏 Prayer
Lord, Your holiness is fierce, and Your mercy is undeserved.
Help me not to treat sin casually, nor Your discipline as rejection.
Thank You for Jesus — the promised Son of David — who rebuilds what sin destroyed.
May I live not in fear of judgment, but in faith in Your restoring grace. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.
🔁 Reflect:
(a) Where might God be sifting something in your life today?
(b) Are you responding to His discipline with repentance — or resistance?
(c) How can you trust Him to rebuild what’s been broken?
QT 10/11/2025 星期一. 阿摩司书 9 无法逃避的审判！势不可挡的盼望！
阅读 http://m.bbintl.org/bible/ncv/amo/9/
🔥 审判无法逃避——恩典亦然
经文焦点：阿摩司书9:8-9, 11-12
8 “看哪！耶和华的眼目察看这有罪的国，我要把它从地上除灭；却必不把雅各家完全除灭。”这是耶和华的宣告。 9 耶和华说：“看哪！我必下令，我必在列国中筛以色列家，好像人用筛子筛谷，但谷粒不会落在地上。...
11 “到那日，我必竖立大卫倒塌的帐幕，修补它们的破口；我必重建它的废墟，使它像往日一样建立起来。12
好使他们获得以东所余剩的，以及所有称为我名下的国。”这是行这些事的耶和华的宣告。
💡 核心思想：阿摩司书9章向我们揭示两个常被割裂的真理：
(1) 神是圣洁的，必须审判罪恶。
(2) 神是恩典的，应许复兴。
本章以全然无法逃避的审判异象开篇——无人能躲避神的追索（1-4节）。但结尾却带来惊人应许：神不会彻底灭绝祂的子民。祂将筛选他们，清除恶者，终有一日借大卫的后裔重建破碎之国。
⚖️ 无法逃避神的公义
第1-10节宣告无人能逃脱审判。无论在天际、深渊或海疆，祂的手必遍及万物。以色列误将特殊地位视为豁免权，但神在第7节宣告：
“你们不是与古实人一样吗？……”
神的立约子民已沦为列国之流——也必如他们般受审判。罪必招致后果，纵使那些承载神名的人也不例外。
💔 严厉的怜悯
然而神并未彻底灭绝以色列：
“却必不把雅各家完全除灭...”（第8节）
祂应许要筛选子民（第9节）——将邪恶与可救赎者分开。这是借管教施予的怜悯——痛苦却有意义。它提醒我们：神的审判并非肆意毁灭，而是炼净的火。
🌱 大卫带来的未来盼望
第11节带来美丽的转折：
“到那日，我必竖立大卫倒塌的帐幕，修补它们的破口...”
这不仅是政治复兴——更是弥赛亚应许。上帝终将差遣更伟大的大卫之子来重建、救赎与复兴。新约《使徒行传》15:16-17引述此经文，宣告耶稣基督已成就应许：祂的国度接纳万民，重建破碎的生命。
令人惊叹的是，那位拆毁罪恶的上帝，正是建立救恩的上帝。
🙌 这对我们的启示
(1) 不可轻忽罪孽——神洞察一切，必以圣洁公义回应
(2) 神管教时莫绝望——这可能是祂怜悯的作为，正在筛选与炼净
(3) 切莫遗忘祂的应许——救主已降临，祂的复兴大工永不止息
✝️ 福音视角
阿摩司书第九章提醒我们，世人都当受审判。如同以色列，我们都曾悖逆。但借着基督——那位替我们承受应得审判的救主——我们得着了复兴、接纳与盼望。
昔日倾颓的帐幕，如今已成兴旺的国度。
🙏 祷告
主啊，祢的圣洁威严，祢的怜悯不配。
求祢助我勿轻忽罪孽，勿将管教视作弃绝。
感谢祢赐下应许的大卫之子耶稣，重建罪恶所毁坏的一切。
愿我不再惧怕审判，唯凭信心倚靠祢恢复的恩典。奉耶稣的名祷告，阿们。
🔁 反思：
(a) 今日神是否正在你生命中筛选某些事物？
(b) 你对祂的管教是以悔改回应——还是抗拒？
(c) 你如何信靠祂重建破碎之物？
