The Ashlar Company - Masonic Shop For the good of the craft... 417-308-0380 We will beat any competitors price by 5%.
Set a price limit $
Masonic Supply ShopFront Page Masonic ArtworkArtwork Masonic AntiquesAntiques Masonic Hats, Aprons, Ties, Gloves and ApparelApparel Masonic EmblemsEmblems Masonic Lapel PinsLapel Pins Masonic RingsMasonic Rings Freemason JewelryJewelry Masonic SupplySupply
Shopping Cart FAQ Sales Favorites
Design Your Own Custom Masonic Rings

Scripture


Scripture

The reading from the Book of Amos, Chapter 7, verses 7 and 8, is one in
which a great moral lesson is taught by the Plumb Line. In all languages and
in the experience of all builders the use of the plumb line in fundamental.
Builders depend upon the plumb line to erect perpendiculars buildings
straight and true and upright. From the use of the plumb line, we get such
words as rectitude, just, true, rightness, straightness, integrity, honesty,
and many others.

"Thus he shewed me And Behold the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumb-line
With a plumb-line in His hand. And the Lord said unto me: 'Amos, what seest
thou?
And I said, 'A plumb-line.' Then said the Lord, 'Behold, I will set a
plumb-line
In the midst of my people Israel, I will not again pass by them any more.' "

The background of this Scripture from Amos is interesting. Amos was an
ordinary citizen of Judea who was moved of God to go to the Northern Kingdom
and point out the sins that were bringing that nation to ruin. He prophesied
sometime between 783 and 745 B.C. Israel was prosperous, too prosperous, for
most of the people had forgotten God and were living in a time when honor and
justice were forgotten virtues. There were the very rich and the very poor
and a condition wherein judges could be bought as bread or oil. The nation
was crooked inside and out. God was disgusted with their evils and sins.
Amos could see no hope for Israel and felt that the only remedy God had was
to destroy them utterly. So this message was one of gloom and ruin.
If you read further, you will find what God meant when He said that He
would not "pass by them any more." He meant that He would not visit them, He
would ignore them, they would be destroyed. "And the high places of Isaac
shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste and I
will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword."
The plumb-line is an instrument of testing. God had tested the morals of
Israel and found them crooked. God had tested the loyalty of Israel and found
it covered with avarice, greed, and sin. This is a lesson of judgment. We are
continually being judged by God's plumb-line......we as individuals, as a
nation, as a world, even as Masons.
 ArtworkAntiquesApparelEmblemsPinsRingsJewelrySupplyCustom RingsItems On SaleMasonic Military ProductsRing Buyers GuideAbout The FreemasonsGrand LodgesBecoming a FreemasonMasonic EtiquetteLost and FoundMasonic WallpaperFamous FreemasonsMyths about MasonsMasonic RitualsSite Seeing TourSketchley TokensFamous QuotesBlogs By MasonsGift CertificatesCipherFact CorrectionsArticlesToastsGracesPoetrySongs Encyclopedia Library Education Price MatchingHome PageMasonic CatalogContact UsAbout UsStore PolicyPrivacy PolicyTerms of UseAdministrationShopping Cart info@MasonicShop.com
The Ashlar A is a Registered Trademark of The Ashlar Company Remember, if you don't see the Ashlar "A", it's not authentic.
By Brothers, For Brothers & always For the good of the craft... © 2024 Ashlar Group, LLC