For the people who remained pure, through God, will have a different outcome on The Day of the Lord—restoration. The people that continued to act justly, love mercy and walk humbly (Micah 6:8) will not face terror, but they will be …show more content…
Jeffery E Miller in “The Day of the Lord”, says that the greatness of God’s wrath was to be poured out on the men of the earth on this day. Israel interpreted this as God’s wrath being poured out on their enemies. They assumed that they would receive blessings from God instead of His rage because they believed they were doing what was righteous in the eyes of the Lord (Amos 5:21-22). Another reason Israel could have believed they were receiving blessing from God was because during the time of Amos, 760-750AD, the Israelites were not being threatened by their enemies. In fact, the nations surrounding Israel were going to be facing exile themselves (Amos 1:3-2:5). It is safe to assume that Israel was eager to see their enemies’ destruction so they could rise up and continue to grow as a