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Nov 12, 2021 · Love of God and love of neighbor are binding and essential principles in our faith. This was the primary message I was hoping that folks heard during my July 2021 sermon in my local church. The assigned lectionary text for the week came from Amos 7—the third of three visions Amos had received from God regarding the status of the people in Israel.
Nov 13, 2019 · The book of the prophet Amos was written in approximately the 8 th century B.C. and is the oldest of what has come to be known as the minor prophets. There is not much that is known about the prophet from a personal standpoint, but we do know that he was a sheepherder from the town of Tekoa, and that he wrote “two years before the earthquake” (Amos 1:1).
Apr 26, 2024 · The early messages in the book of Amos are directed to the various nations surrounding Israel (Syria, Gaza, Tyre, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and Judah, see Amos 1:1–2:16). Then, when the prophet finally addresses Israel, he transmits the Lord’s message to the sinful nation: “You only have I known, of all the families of the earth” (Amos 3:2).
Feb 4, 2021 · God called Amos from his labors and directed him to be his personal messenger to the Northern Kingdom, Israel. Justice was the first word out of Amos’ mouth. It was directed to six nations in the region of the Middle East. God’s complaint against the nations would be seen as war crimes and human trafficking in today’s speech. See Amos 1.3 ...
Amos (/ ˈ eɪ m ə s /; Hebrew: עָמוֹס – ʿĀmōs) was one of the Twelve Minor Prophets of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament.According to the Bible, Amos was the older contemporary of Hosea and Isaiah and was active c. 760–755 BC during the rule of kings Jeroboam II of Israel and Uzziah of Kingdom of Judah and is portrayed as being from the southern Kingdom of Judah yet ...
Amos 1:3–2:5 portrays a regional destruction that did not occur until the Babylonian invasions of the early sixth century B.C.E., and Amos 2:4 condemns Judah for not following torah, a standard of Judahite behavior that begins around the time of the Babylonian exile. As stated above, the Amaziah narrative of Amos 7:10-17 is probably a later addition.
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Sep 10, 2021 · In Amos 7:9, Amos’s words from the LORD are “Then I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.” Amos doesn’t say that Jeroboam will be killed with a sword, but the LORD will come against Jeroboam’s house with the sword, meaning God is bringing judgment. The two prophets are not making contradictory claims.
