Yesterday we read about the first council at Jerusalem, and read about James speaking up from Amos 9:11-12. Today, let’s read that passage in it’s context. Read the whole chapter of Amos 9.
Questions:
- What is this chapter about? What is being described?
- How does the chapter make a shift from judgment to hope towards the end?
- Why do you think James pointed to this prophecy in order to validate the decision to allow gentile believers to free free from Jewish laws? In other words, how does his use of this prophecy make sense?
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In the end they will replant their vineyards and rebuild their cities.
God is the God of all nations, all peoples regardless of race or religion. You don’t need to follow Jewish law if you are not Jewish. You just need to worship the one and only true God.