![]() This was about forty years before Assyria invaded and completely devastated the nation. It chronicles the social, political, economic, military, and religious conditions and attitudes prevalent in ancient Israel in about 760 BC. The book of Amos records an almost exact parallel account to what is happening in our day. If God is against us, who can be for us? As history repeats itself, the same stench that arose from ancient Israel is now wafting up from modern America. Her wealth and her armies could not save her, just as America's power will not save America if God's will is to the contrary. Ancient Israel, too, was at the height of her power when God saw fit to allow her to be conquered. Economically and militarily, we are essentially unchallenged. There is little doubt that America is on top of the world right now. How much longer will God be on our side? How long until our sins-national and individual-demand a reckoning? But from these examples it is evident that neither size nor skill of armies is relevant. This fact may be impossible for secular Americans to grasp, and even difficult for religious Americans to comprehend if they do not take God at His Word. Even Satan was powerless to harm Job until God lessened His protective hedge. The Empire of Egypt was all but eliminated without Israel so much as raising a sword. Physical stature mattered not when David brought down Goliath. ![]() The size of the armies was irrelevant when Gideon's 300 men conquered 120,000. God protects whom He chooses to protect, and He destroys whom He wills to destroy. Those who believe in a sovereign God know that military might is of relatively small value. Though the ultimate end will be happy, the Day of the Lord signifies a great deal of calamity and destruction. The "Day of the Lord" is when Jesus Christ returns, overthrows the governments of the earth and anyone else opposing Him, and establishes His Kingdom on earth.
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