Nowhere to Hide, No Need to Hide

This final vision of Amos is different from the others we have seen. Boice says it is "the most unsettling of all." The vision is different, but the message is the same. While people commonly stereotype the OT prophets as prophets of doom, they in fact are messengers of God's grace and Amos ends on that note. The contrast in chapter 9, as it is throughout the Old and New Testaments, is between those obstinate sinners who have nowhere to hide and repentant sinners who have no need to hide...