< Amos 9 >

Amos 9v9Waiting for response for Amos 9:9 - For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.

"We see Jesus use these words in Luke regarding to Simon Peter and the trial he was about to go through"

Luke 22v31-32Waiting for response for Amos 9:31-32

And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:

But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.

"Converted here means to have returned to Jesus. Like Israel in Amos - thrown into the world we are in the world and face many trials. May we all as we are sifted by worldly trials and challenges rise upwards to Jesus as opposed to failing and falling to the earth - the result of which we read in...

Amos 9v10Waiting for response for Amos 9:10 - All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.

"Remembering with great comfort the words of the sifted Apostle..."

1 Peter 1v6-7Waiting for response for Amos 9:6-7

Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:

That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

This is quoted by James in Acts 15:13-17.Waiting for response for Acts 15:13-17 James quotes the word "Edom" as "men" therefore it should be translated as men. Men would refer to Israel here, as the heathen (Gentiles) are also mentioned, ie. the people who are not Israel. God will save all those (Israel or Gentile) who are called by his name.