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Amos chapter 9 verses 13 through 15.

behold the days are coming declares the Lord when the plowmen 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.

And thus, the Book of Amos ends.

With this promise, the days are coming,

declares the Lord, when I will restore you to your land I will

bless you in your land I will plant you in this land and you will never again be uprooted out of the land that I have given you.

What a promise. In this book where we see from the very beginning stark sober serious pictures

of God's judgment upon His people for their sin.

And yet in the end, we have a promise of a restoration, of redemption,

the redemption, of blessing, oh the goodness of God

towards sinners who deserve his judgment and he leaves them with the promise of blessing.

And isn't this good news for all of God's people.

Step back, see the overarching storyline of the Bible,

a world full of sinners, including you and me. When we trust in God specifically and replace our

faith and trust in Jesus as Savior and Lord of our lives.

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