Amos 9: No Longer Shall They be Pulled Up

“I will bring back the captives of my people Israel;

They shall build the waste cities and inhabit them;

They shall plant vineyards and drink wine from them;

they shall also make gardens and eat fruit from them.

I will plant them in their land,

And no longer shall they be pulled up

From the land I have given them,

Says the Lord your God”

(Amos 9:14-15)

One of the things I've noticed about prophecy in the Bible is that even in the midst of judgment and chastisement it seems like there is always a promise given. A promise of restoration. A promise that there will be a better day coming. A promise of redemption. A promise that one day, the judgments on sin will be over, when righteousness shall be established, and we will not have to endure any more of the effects of sin. Ever.

There is an inheritance for us from which we will never be removed. Not because of our own sins, nor because of the sins of others.  The cities of our lives, ruined by sin, will be rebuilt. Even creation itself will cease its groaning and be made a New Creation.  This is our Great Hope: that because the Righteousness of Jesus has been imputed to us, we are now co-heirs with Him, and just as His kingdom is established forever, so we too are established forever in His kingdom. Never to be pulled up. Ever.