The Correction of the Lord:
A word to the people of America
(Part Two of a two part prophetic word)
(Be sure to read Part One)
So what is the solution to this judgment that is coming?
Amos 5:4-5
4 For thus says the Lord to the house of (America): “Seek Me and live; 5 But do not seek Bethel, Nor enter Gilgal, Nor pass over to Beersheba; For Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, And Bethel shall come to nothing.
The first thing we need to do is seek God. Then, and only then, we shall live. Next, the Lord tells us not to seek Bethel, nor enter Gilgal, nor pass over to Beersheba. What was the significance of Bethel, Gilgal, and Beersheba? All three of these cities were very special religious places to the Israelites. All three cities were places where the Israelites went to observe the feasts of the LORD. Bethel was the place where God told Abraham to go and settle. It was the place where Jacob had his dream of the ladder to heaven. Gilgal was where the Israelites first stayed when they came into the Promised Land. They set up an altar to the LORD there. They were circumcised in Gilgal to renew their covenant after coming into the Promised Land. It was also the place where they ate the food of the Promised Land for the first time. The Israelites also celebrated the first Passover in the Promised Land in Gilgal. Beersheba was the place that was known to the Israelites that “God was with them”. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob were all told in Beersheba that God was this them. Abraham’s account is in Genesis 21:22-24 and Isaac’s is in Genesis 26:23-24, and Jacob’s is in Genesis 46:1-4
So what happened to make God use them in this passage and tell us not to seek them? The answer lies in what became of those cities.
