Plundered Palaces

Therefore thus says the Lord GOD:
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​​“An adversary shall be all around the land;
​​He shall sap your strength from you,
​​And your palaces shall be plundered.”
  -- Amos 3:11

No one likes to hear that their nation is going down, and indeed will soon suffer a plundering of the palaces. A prophet might use different terms for us in this age because palace is not how most of us would describe our homes. However, the children of Israel living in Samaria received the word of the Lord through Amos the prophet, and it was not a warm fuzzy. If this were a weak nation, the Lord likely would not have needed to send His prophet. This then speaks to a nation confident in its military strength to defend those precious palaces. Sounds to us like many nations of some wealth and stability, including this nation in which we live. Anytime a nation gives glory to God for its raising up, then becomes secure in its own strength and turns its back to the Lord God, there will come a reckoning. Not everyone here in this land has turned though, so pray for the neighbors and praise our Lord God. The prayers of Christ's faithful ones may be all that stand between our nation and the plundering suffered by Israel, Samaria, and Judea in times past.

It is a privilege to pray to the Lord our God!

Bucky