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3. God’s judgment is not without mercy. Amos 3:12-15 - Thus says the Lord: “As a shepherd takes from the mouth of a lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so shall the children of Israel be taken out who dwell in Samaria— in the corner of a bed and on the edge of a couch! 13 Hear and testify against the house of Jacob,” says the Lord God ...
Amos 3:7 – Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets. Amos contains a wonderful reminder about the God we serve. And that is the simple truth that He reveals Himself to us. God is transcendent. This is a theological word which means that He is far above us and very different from us.
Amos details the reason for God's judgement on both the northern and southern kingdoms of Israel which amounted to religious, legal, social, moral, and political apostasy, where the intolerable oppression of poor people and a violation of their covenant with God, had to be addressed.
This was also a period marked by social injustice, idolatry, and the neglect of God’s laws. In this context, Amos is called to preach against the complacency and moral decay of Israel and to forewarn about the impending divine judgment. Theological Insights. From a theological perspective, Amos 3:7 reveals several key insights:
Objection 1: It would seem that by the Divine revelation a prophet knows all that can be known prophetically. For it is written (Amos 3:7): "The Lord God doth nothing without revealing His secret to His servants the prophets." Now whatever is revealed prophetically is something done by God.
Amos 3:7-8. The Lord will do nothing, but he revealeth, &c. — As if he had said, You cannot complain of your not being forewarned of these calamities coming upon you, for God hath not done, nor will do any thing, without revealing it to his prophets, and by them to you; so that you have now warning of all that he intends to do, unless you prevent it by an alteration in your behaviour.
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ii. We must remember the context of the book of Amos and understand that this does not mean that God does nothing without revealing it to a prophet first. In Ephesians 3:5 Paul described how God deliberately hid the nature of the church (being a new body, not Israel and not Gentile) from Old Testament prophets.
