Topical Studies
What the Bible says about Insecurity
(From Forerunner Commentary)
These are signs of a “ripe” society, indicating profound instability. When an earthquake strikes, a person feels profoundly unstable because he is not sure if the building will collapse and kill him. A similar type of instability occurs when society is rocked by crime, violence, immorality, and injustice. Amos describes the insecurity, bitterness, and death that result from failing to hold to God's absolute standards.
Within living memory, most Americans could leave their houses unlocked. But when society became unstable, they had to start locking their doors. Until the middle of the last century, Americans infrequently read about violence on the streets. Now society is so unstable that violence fills the news reports, and this constant source of worry produces more instability.
In such a nation, all kinds of unstable factors constantly increase as everyone runs here and there in confusion. The confusion results from the lack of absolute standards of what is right and wrong, moral and immoral, ethical and unethical. Thus, everybody does his own thing. Violence, divorce, deviance, suicide, and mental illness increase. We see this in our societies every day.
John W. Ritenbaugh and Richard T. Ritenbaugh
Prepare to Meet Your God! (Part Seven): The Prophesied Blow FallsRelated Topics: Amos, Book of | Amos, Prophecies of | Bitterness | Confusion | Crime | Divorce | Earthquakes | Ethical Standards | Immortality | Injustice | Insecurity | Instability | Standards of Morality | Standards of Right and Wrong | Suicide | Violence
It is not hard to determine that he feared the loss of his wealth, for that is where his security was. However, it kept him from loving Christ. Covetousness and idolatry reared their ugly heads and stopped him cold in his tracks because he feared the loss of what he already had, and he would not venture forth to lay hold on what Christ offered.
John W. Ritenbaugh
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