Amos 5 opens with a lament and a summons: seek the Lord and live. The chapter corrects false hopes about the day of the Lord and insists that worship and justice belong together.
Bible Themes and Doctrines
Amos 5 opens with a lament and a summons: seek the Lord and live. The chapter corrects false hopes about the day of the Lord and insists that worship and justice belong together.
Amos 4 traces a sequence of wake-up calls—famine, drought, disease, and defeat—each meant to bring Israel back. The chapter exposes worship without justice and ends with a bracing summons: prepare to meet your God.
In 2 Kings 4 the Lord meets families and communities in ordinary rooms. Empty jars fill, a child is raised, poison is healed, and a hundred are fed with leftovers—tastes now of the future fullness God has promised.
Nahash’s cruel terms threaten to shame Israel, but the Spirit rushes on Saul and the nation rallies as one. The rescue of Jabesh and the renewal at Gilgal show how God saves, steadies, and keeps the crown under his word.
Samuel anoints Saul, the Spirit rushes upon him, and a public lot installs him under a written charter before the Lord. This chapter shows how word, Spirit, and obedience together define the throne God grants his people.
Joshua 5 readies Israel for Jericho by renewing covenant identity, keeping Passover, and bowing before the Commander of the Lord’s army. God’s provision shifts, but His presence and promises stand.
Joshua 4 turns miracle into memory. At Gilgal, twelve stones teach children, anchor faith, and witness to the nations that the Lord’s hand is powerful.