#368 Control vs Liberty: Private Property, Parents' Rights & National Security

Amos 7:7-15 TPT ”Lord Yahweh revealed this to me in another vision: I saw the Lord standing by a wall built true to plumb, holding a plumb line in his hand. “Amos, what do you see?” Yahweh asked me. “A plumb line,” I replied. Then the Lord said, “Behold, I am about to set a plumb line up against my people Israel to test them. Never again will I look the other way when they sin. I will destroy the high places where Isaac’s descendants worship, and I will ruin the holy places of Israel. With my sword in hand, I will attack the dynasty of Jeroboam.” Then Amaziah the chief priest of Bethel sent the following message to Jeroboam king of Israel: “Amos has conspired against you in the very heart of Israel. We cannot stand his speeches! For Amos says, ‘Jeroboam is going to die by the sword, and Israel will go into captivity far from its native land.’ ” Amaziah said to Amos, “Go away, you seer. Why don’t you escape to Judah while there is time? You can always prophesy there and make your living. But don’t stay around here and prophesy at Bethel anymore. This is the national temple, the place where the king worships.” Amos replied, “I am not a prophet, nor am I one of the sons of the prophets. I am merely a rancher, and I cultivate fig trees. But one day, Yahweh called me as I was managing my flocks and said to me, ‘Go and prophesy to my people Israel.’“