Amos 9:9 says, For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.  God said that He was going to sift the house of Israel to separate those who were really His spiritually from those who were His in name only.  Not the least of the grain, those who were true to God, would be lost in the process.  If we are truly followers of Christ, we may be shaken and sifted as God shakes and sifts the world, but we will never be cast out.  Verse ten says, All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.  All of the sinners of God's chosen people would be destroyed by the sword.  I do not believe that this means those who were occasionally guilty of falling short of God's standards, but those who had totally forgotten God and looked only to the world for guidance.  As followers of Christ, we are still capable of sin, but we will always be called back to God by the Holy Spirit.  Verse eleven states, In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:  We can look at this as the coming of Christ for the people of Amos'day, or now we can look at it as the second coming of Christ.  Jesus Christ did restore the kingdom of David and He Himself became the living tabernacle.  Verse twelve declares, That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this.  Those who would become followers of Christ when He came would be victorious over the heathen, not by their power, but by the power of God.  The kingdom of God would be expanded to include all who came to God through faith in Christ, Jew and Gentile.  Verse thirteen declares, Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.  I believe that we must see this as a promise of spiritual blessings, which will know no limit, instead of material blessings.  Though our material needs will be met as long as we are faithful to God, we are never promised the riches of the world.  Verse fourteen says, And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.  God was going to restore His people, but I believe that this is those who are His by faith, and not by fact of birth.  We do not need to check our DNA to see if we can be a part of God's restored kingdom, nor do we need to check what country we were born in.  Through Christ, we who accept Him as Savior and Lord, are all God's people and a part of His kingdom.  Verse fifteen states, And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God.  Once more, we can see this as a physical kingdom on earth or a spiritual kingdom in heaven.  I believe that since we are told that this earth will pass away at the return of Christ that this speaks of a spiritual, everlasting kingdom.  Either way, whether this was a physical or a spiritual kingdom, God will one day give His people an everlasting kingdom.  More accurately, God has already made those who follow Christ a part of His everlasting kingdom.