The Plumb Line
“This is what he showed me: The LORD was standing beside a wall built with a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand. And The LORD said to me, ‘Amos, what do you see?’ And I said, ‘A plumb-line.’ Then The LORD said, ‘See, I am setting a plumb-line in the midst of my people Israel; I will never again pass them by; the high places of Isaac shall be made desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste, and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.’
Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent to King Jeroboam of Israel, saying, ‘Amos has conspired against you in the very centre of the house of Israel; the land is not able to bear all his words. For thus Amos has said, “Jeroboam shall die by the sword,and Israel must go into exile away from his land,” Amos 7:7-11.
In ancient times, architects faced a very difficult challenge as to how to ensure that a wall was completely vertical. One could use their eye sight, but this alone had its limitations.
The ancient Egyptians as early as the fourth century BC came up with the solution of a device that we now know as the plumb line. A cord would be dropped down a wall with a heavy weight attached to the end of it.
Because of gravity, the cord would be drawn tight, thus forming a perfect line of reference for the vertical alignment of the wall.
Even in the Hebrew scriptures we see the plumb line as a common use in the construction of walls and other structures. In Zachariah’s vision of the second temple we see:
“The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this temple; his hands will also complete it. … the seven eyes of The LORD that range throughout the earth will rejoice when they see the chosen plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel’” Zechariah 4:8-10.
However, from the eighth century BC onward, the use of the word of the plumb line became associated with the judgment of God. In this way then, the plumb line was used as an analogy to determine the uprightness of a community or nation.
We see its use brought forth as King Manasseh succeeded Hezekiah as king of Judah, as he turned from his father’s ways to worshiping idols and profaning the temple.
“I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab. I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down,” 2 Kings 21:13.
And yet again we see its use in the words of Amos again this time concerning Jeroboam II,
“This is what he showed me: The LORD was standing beside a wall built with a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand. And The LORD said to me, ‘Amos, what do you see?’ And I said, ‘A plumb line.’ Then The LORD said, ‘See, I am setting a plumb line in the midst of my people Israel; I will never again pass them by; the high places of Isaac shall be made desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste, and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword,” Amos 7:7-9.
The two issues of idolatry and social injustice were the concerns of the prophet Amos in his scathing prophecies to Israel, Judah, and some of the surrounding nations. And yet where was the plumb line to be found?
The answer, for Amos, is the two-fold pair: mishpat and tzedakah, justice and righteousness.
And truly the use of a plumb line spiritually is one of justice. For we could truly ask in this hour where is justice to be found?
We see the senseless shootings of children in our schools more and more. We see Churches ravaged by senseless bloodshed from extremists from the fringes of our society.
And one would wonder about our present political climate and how black is white and up is down now. And yet the mere mention of a man at the helm now causes a stir of emotions where sticks and guns are raised at the mere naming of him.
We are a nation caught in deep division.
How could one drop down the plumb line from above and measure the true vertical wall of corruption within the very walls of our White House?
Who can truly access its angle when some of our supposed watchmen are deceived by this man?
Do we need an actual hand to come out and draw the writing on the wall as it was done at the time of Daniel for some to know the truth?
Perhaps some are using their own plumb lines now it seems. Well, I tell you this, you better get those devices calibrated or the time will come when you won’t know when something is straight or crooked.
I believe that time has already come.
Selah,
~ Stephen Hanson
Stephen Hanson of In His Truth Ministries came to The LORD is a special way in 1975 and has prophesied regularly since. In these end-time birthing pangs we are reminded that judgment must first begin with the household of God. Will we be prepared and ready?
Amazing. Thank you.
Amen Stephen!
Yes the time is here NOW!!!
Shalom
Yes…there is other people in America that gets the same messages as you Mr Hanson!
Byron Searle blogspot and Behold I Come of Julie Whedbee! I live in South Africa…we too are going to receive a judgement…along with the rest of the world. The Noahide Laws is in place and the false Jews rule the world and is sitting behind every abomination of every continent…playing out their chess game! The true tribe of Judah is not living in Israel. There is 11 other tribes scattered across the World. Check out Ben de Nun youtube video’s…the truth will shock you to your core. Churches think to stand with Zionist’s and Israel…they are helping the devil…and will have to deny Messiah under the Noahide Laws…or lose your head..
Shalom
Amelda
South Africa
PS: False Jews are also behind all the calamity in our country.
I know Byron quite well. Usually most of his messages are spot on. Thank you for sharing. God bless you.
Hey Stephen, don’t judge a man by the controversy caused Because of him.. your limitations are to judge others’ actions as right or wrong. It is out of your “scope of practice” to judge a man’s intentions since God is the only one to know a man’s heart. The Bible is the standard, by the way. If you are discerning.., then discern the spirits, don’t judge a man. Anyways, as far as “this man in the whitehouse” goes… ask yourself if he has stood up for Israel, stood up for unborn life, proclaimed God as his savior(he has), and put a stop to a lot of immorality and wickedness…(the answer is yes)… if you have wrongly judged the president (stop beating around the bush) then check yourself to see if you are judging him based on his past, personality traits, or for him being human…
Lisa,
God has judged these things, not me.
THE MAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE WILL BRING ABOUT THE RUIN OF YOUR LAND
5/10/18
3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. 4 And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword. Rev. 6
18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. Proverbs 16:18
“Do you not know, and have you not seen and heard, that judgment is falling upon this nation? For the stage is set, and the horse of war, the red horse, will ride across the land. Those plans that have been made to circumvent treaties will spark and ignite another war.
For the man in the white house will bring about the ruin of your land. He thinks that his change in policies demonstrates strength and resolve, but I tell you that it will bring you to war! For it is in his heart to set himself up as a great king, but his pride and arrogance will be his ruin.
A wise man and ruler would listen to his advisers, but he is bent on destruction. Watch and wait and be ready when the signs are seen. For surely, you are on the edge of ruin. Those prophets who prophesied that he would be a Cyrus have been seen for what they are. For the king does everything for himself and for him alone.
Oh foolish people who lauded for a man who promised them great things! Oh foolish people who have twisted these things into your own minds! You have been weighed in the balance and have been found wanting.
You have made an idol unto yourselves. There is the sign of a ‘false peace.’ And you know full well when they say ‘peace and safety’ that sudden destruction will come upon them. I control the game, my people. I AM the God of this land. Do not think that I would let a mere man take control over everything. But my purposes are involved in this. For when everything comes to a head, and the nation falls prey to outside influences, then some will come to Me. For when the buildings fall, and the great quake tears your nation in half, then perhaps some will know that I AM God.
But it is too late to think that I will make you great oh land! For you have turned to your own gods. You have sacrificed on every hill. You have killed the innocents and your depravity has reached to my very throne. You think that I will bless a nation that has gone astray and has blasphemed my name? You will be brought to the ground, and you will see how far you have fallen! ”
Stephen Hanson
THERE IS NO CYRUS FOR THIS TIME”
9/1/16
6 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.17 They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.
18 For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it? Jeremiah 23
The Lord says,
“Cyrus was a king for that time, and there is no Cyrus for this time. There is no Cyrus who would deliver the people. It is man’s way of looking to man rather than Me. For man will always disappoint you, and the strength of man’s arm is not strong enough. “
Many think that someone is called by God to deliver a nation and bring us to a place of success and security, and yet we are under judgment. Those that have prophesied these things have said them presumptuously. They are saying them from their own imagination. They are prophesying these things because their own hearts have wanted these things. But it is not blessing that is coming but judgment.
Cyrus, who was a pagan Persian king, was chosen to bring the nation of Israel back from captivity. Indeed, the king restored the Babylonian empire to a great state of splendor, but our nation is not in a position for that to happen now because of our state of sinfulness and decay. So then if there is peace and security that is prophesied parallel to what Cyrus had done, then it certainly isn’t that, but rather the opposite. The comparison to Cyrus is a false comparison in lieu of our present state.
The prophet Daniel prayed to God that those in exile would be brought back, and God heard his cry, but only after he had humbled himself in prayer. We have not done this, and repeatedly we have gone the other way instead, and so we are not released from what is coming to our land.
If anyone is prophesying peace and plenty that is coming, then they are false. It is not a time of restoration because we haven’t repented. There is no man or woman that can deliver us at this time because the pendulum of judgment has begun.
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. 1 Thess. 5:3
God never takes a sinful nation that has broken so many of God’s laws, to then bring them peace and security. We have been warned again and again, and so then we think that God will bring in a financial harvest and security for us to reap? We have not sown to the spirit but to the flesh. God cannot bless what we have done, and He cannot just decide to not carry out His plan.
So, then God sends us someone that is the instrument of His judgment, and not the instrument for our blessing.
Amen, Stephen Hanson
“YOU HAVE LOOKED TO MAN RATHER THAN ME”
8/23/16
And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding: Daniel 2:21
I was watching a newscast of the one of the political candidates, and then the Lord began stirring within me and he said,
“He’s coming down, I tell you that Trump is coming down. His campaign will come down. For the spectacle will be over. The political fighting will come to an end. For it has been a smear campaign from the beginning. I tell you, my people, that you have looked for someone to lead this country, and there is no one who would lead this nation back. You have looked to man rather than me.
Many of you are deceived in thinking that I would pick someone who’s character is not of me. Neither of the candidates have a character that is mine, but I bring down leaders and I raise others up. It has been so since the beginning of man’s time.
But I tell you, that difficult days are ahead for you, oh land that used to be called ‘The land of the free and the home of the brave.’ For civil war will break out. The entire landscape will be changed. The war within your borders will be bloodier than those without.
Who is the one that would make a land great? Who is the one that would rescue the hurting and the lost? Who is the one that would bring justice back to a land? Has not your very flag stood as an ensign for the poor and the impoverished? And yet the wealth of a few outweighs the millions that live in poverty. Who is the one that would take care of the hurts of a nation? Who would take care of the widow and the fatherless?
No more, I say, ‘No more of this!’ You are a nation that has its eyes pinned to the television. Night and day you follow this news report or that one. And yet how many of you have spent time with me alone? Even from your pulpits you smear this person or that one. You are a nation of hypocrites!
And yet after the smoke has cleared, and another one sits in the office, life will go on as usual. And then you will know that you are living in the very last of days. ”
Stephen Hanson
“OH YOU THAT HAVE BEEN HIGH AND MIGHTY”
8/3/16
“Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.” Jeremiah 49
“Oh you that have been high and mighty, know that I will bring you down, says the Lord. Oh you, that in your pride and arrogance think that you are the answer to the world’s woes, your time has come.
But your time has not come to be seated on your great throne. Your velvet tapestries, your gold, and your luxurious things, will be your demise. And then what will you do? Will you go to your high tower and sulk?
I tell you that a great upset is coming. I tell you that a great turn around is coming. The committees will meet, and a decision will be made.
A show down is coming, and emotions will run high. ”
Stephen Hanson
“THIS NATION WILL BE BROUGHT TO IS KNEES”
3/13/16
18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. Proverbs 16:18
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not! Luke 13:34
“This nation will be brought to its knees. For the darkness will come. It will cover the land. For your days are numbered, oh land that was once called the land of the free and the home of the brave.
You have entered into a time where you cannot turn back. The glory has left the land. For your riots and civil unrest will continue. Woe to those who call violence good, and march to the boldness of the one who has dominated your TV screens for months.
Pride goeth before a fall. The peacock will fall on that day. The splendor and his arrogance will bring about his ruin.
You have been led down a road and listened to a message from a piper who has played a tune that has led many of you astray.
The violence in the streets will continue. The only way to make America great is to get on your knees.
You were once a divided nation many years ago. You were divided from north to south then. But now your divisions will spread from east to west, from rich and poor, from the strong and the weak, from the old to the young. Churches will be split right down the middle. And those who speak from the pulpits will have a message all their own.
How can you bring unity to that which is fragmented? And what is the common cause if there is so much violence and hatred? The cause is not just.
But if you would return to me then I could heal that which is broken. But how many times have I asked you to do this? You say that you would return to me and yet your hearts are taken to another.
Oh, that I would have gathered you up in my arms. Oh, that I would have comforted you. Oh, that I would have made your borders like silver and saphire. But the jewel has lost its luster. ”
Stephen Hanson
We do not the discern spirits Lisa, if we have the gift of discernment it comes from the Holy Spirit and it is a gift not of ourselves, but from GOD. We are not to judge however, we are to be fruit inspectors. This president is the USA President, and when God has Israel blinded until the return of Messiah Jesus we pray for their Salvation..but God does not condone the shedding of innocent blood or the crossing or moving of boundaries. We are not as Christians to support the building of the Third Temple that will be the throne for the Anti-Christ…be careful of your unbridled support for Israel. They are blind and you will follow them into the ditch. They have yet to Face the Time of Jacob’s Trouble when they have answer for their sins, REPENT and Call on GOD and Accept Jesus Christ as LORD and SAVIOR.