Just in case some people think the OT and NT differ greatly. Most people think the NT is where God shows His grace to all through Jesus, but upon close examination, He’s been doing that in the OT since the beginning. Here in Amos chapter 9, we get a glimpse of this grace. Grace to the Gentiles has been going on since the beginning of time. God just chose the Israelites to display it through the writing of His book, the Bible. And it took thousands of years for the Jews to see it and accept the fact that He loves all people, not just them.
7 “Are you Israelites more important to Me than the Ethiopians?” asks the Lord. “I brought Israel out of Egypt, but I also brought the Philistines from Crete and led the Arameans out of Kir.
Amos 9:7
An Ordinary Man's Pursuit of the Extraordinary God of the Bible. These are daily insights from reading the Bible from cover to cover yearly. It is intended to point others to the Truth, and inspire people to pursue the God of the Bible individually.
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