Did Amos prophesy that Paul will bring the gentiles to Jesus? ~ Cross reference of Acts 15:16 to Amos 9:11

If you read Acts 15:1 Luke states that some Jews from Judea came to Antioch and preached that "“Unless you are circumcised, according to the custom taught by Moses, you cannot be saved”. I think the Jerusalem Church believed that to be a follower of Jesus one needs to convert to Judaism. In a simple sense you still worship the ONE TRUE G-D of the universe and keep his laws.

Probably this bothered Paul as he was teaching the gentiles that you don't have to be circumcised or keep the law anymore but all you need to do is believe that Jesus died for you and rose from the grave and you will be saved.

This bring him to Jerusalem, James calls out how Cornelius & his family accepted Jesus as lord and were saved, now Paul is being used to bring many more gentiles to believe in Jesus. He quotes Amos to say that Amos prophesied that the gospel of Jesus will be preached to gentiles and they will accept Jesus as their lord and savior and be saved.

Let us see if Amos prophesied all these things 700 years before this event in Acts 15.

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This post is not intended to offend anyone's faith but for those people who are Seeking the truth of THE ONE TRUE G-D of the universe to who we owe all our love, gratitude & devotion.

My encouragement to you is that you read the whole chapter of Tanakh that the Greek text quotes so you get the context and understand what G-d actually said.

G-d Bless and Seek THE Truth.

Acts 15:12 The whole assembly became silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul telling about the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them. 13 When they finished, James spoke up. “Brothers,” he said, “listen to me. 14 Simon[a] has described to us how God first intervened to choose a people for his name from the Gentiles. 15 The words of the prophets are in agreement with this, as it is written: 16 “‘After this I will return and rebuild David’s fallen tent. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it, 17 that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord, even all the Gentiles who bear my name, says the Lord, who does these things’[b] 18 things known from long ago.[c]

Amos 9:11 On that day, I will raise up the fallen Tabernacle of David, and I will close up their breaches, and I will raise up its ruins, and build it up as in the days of yore. 12 In order that they inherit the remnant of Edom and all the nations because My Name is called upon them, says the Lord Who does this.

• Amos was a prophet for Israel[Northern Kingdom] around the same time when Isaiah was prophesying for Judah.
• In Amos 8 G-d is talking about how he will bring destruction of Israel [ 10 northern tribes] because of all the oppression that the poor and needy were being put through.
• Amos 8:2 And He said: What do you see, Amos? And I said, "A basket of late figs." And the Lord said to me: The end has come to My people Israel. I will no longer pardon them.
• Amos 8:4 Hearken to this, you who swallow up the needy, and to cut off the poor of the land.
• Amos 8:6 To purchase the poor with money, and the needy in order to inherit them, and the refuse of the grain we will sell."
• In Amos 9 G-d talks about how the fall of Israel will happen.
• Amos 9:1 I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: Strike the lintel, and the sideposts shall quake, and break to pieces those who are at the head of all of them, and their remnant I will slay by the sword; no one of them shall flee, and no one of them shall escape.2 If they dig down into the grave, from there My hand shall take them, and if they ascend to the heavens, from there I will bring them down. 3 And if they hide at the peak of Carmel, from there I will search [them out] and I will take them, and if they hide from before My eyes in the land of the sea, from there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them. 4 And if they go into captivity before their enemies, from there I will command the sword and it shall slay them, and I will place My eye upon them for evil and not for good.
• Amos 9:9 For, behold I command, and I will scatter the house of Israel among all the nations; as it is shaken in a sieve, and not a coarse particle falls to the earth.
• In Amos 9:8 G-d says this will be the fate of Israel but Judah [2 southern tribes] he will protect.
• Amos 9:8 Behold the eyes of the Lord God are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from upon the face of the earth; but I will not destroy the house of Jacob, says the Lord.
• The passage that James quotes says nothing about gentiles being saved and coming to believe in Jesus but that Judah will defeat Edom and all the nations and these nations will come to know that the G-d of Israel is the ONE TRUE G-d of the universe.
• • Amos 9:11 On that day, I will raise up the fallen Tabernacle of David, and I will close up their breaches, and I will raise up its ruins, and build it up as in the days of yore. 12 In order that they inherit the remnant of Edom and all the nations because My Name is called upon them, says the Lord Who does this.
• G-d is so merciful, he makes a promise that one day he will being the 10 northern tribes back from captivity
• Amos 9:14 And I will return the captivity of My people Israel, and they shall rebuild desolate cities and inhabit [them], and they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine, and they shall make gardens and eat their produce. 15 And I will plant them on their land, and they shall no longer be uprooted from upon their land, that I have given them, said the Lord your God.