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Jan 25, 2013 · Acts 15:19–21 reveals that all believers are bound by God's eternal moral law, which is found in the Mosaic code alongside ceremonial and civil legislation. Before Christ, the Lord did not condemn the Gentiles for not keeping Israel's ceremonial rules, but only for violating the moral law found on the consciences of all people (Amos 1:1–2:3).
- Amos Was Written with God’s People in Mind.
- Amos Was Written with Practicality in view.
- Amos’s Use of Poetry Reveals The Intensity of God’s Relationship with The World.
While Amos 1:2–2:3 includes judgments against the nations surrounding Israel, the bulk of the book is directed at Israel (with Judah, the southern kingdom, included). Importantly, the restoration of all the nations called by God’s name in 9:11–15 brings the book full circle, as those once judged are ultimately blessed under a new affiliation. As su...
Christians often quote Amos for its emphasis on social justice, and rightly so. Yet we must learn to handle this emphasis properly. Amos’s condemnation of Israel’s life of luxury and laziness at the expense of the poor should not be treated in a way that reduces the heart of Christianity merely to social ethics. The heart of Christianity is the gos...
The book is largely a blistering declaration of God’s impending judgment on Israel and the world. In fact, Amos uses a phrase for eschatological (end-time) judgment—“the day of the Lord” (Amos 5:18–20)—that the New Testament repeatedly echoes. That this judgment is expressed in poetry surprises many readers. And this raises the question: why did Go...
May 10, 2013 · The “words of the prophets,” James says, “agree” with this (Acts 15:15). The quotation is not an exact reproduction of the LXX as we know it (neither is it an exact translation of the Hebrew in Amos 9:11-12). Rather, James–as Luke records it–may conflate several prophets in order to focus his point. Glenny suggests that Acts 15:16 ...
Michael A. Braun argued that “Acts 15:6– 29 is a crucial passage in the development of the New Testament Church, and Amos 9:11–12 played a most strategic part within the Acts passage.”7 The focus of this paper is James’s use of Amos’ prophecy at the Jerusalem council as a case study of the use of the Old Testament in the New.
- Ranko Stefanovic
- 2016
Apr 1, 2019 · New Testament quotations from Amos refer to both of these groups. When quoted by Stephen in Acts 7, the words of Amos anticipate the covenant family of Israel as the audience. Yet eight chapters later (Acts 15:16–17), James will reference the book of Amos in terms of what God is saying to all the families of the earth (i.e., the Gentiles).
Jan 8, 2022 · The gospel of the risen and ascended Lord Jesus has overcome all geographic boundaries, social differences, ethnic diversities, human prejudices, gender biases, legal obstacles, and theological barriers. 3. This abrupt but victorious ending compels readers to ask about their own role in this narrative. Acts offers a word of encouragement.
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The ending of Acts (28:16–31) is abrupt and surprising to say the least. The fate of Paul, his trial before Caesar, and whether he was able to continue travels westward are questions that Luke does not answer. As John Chrysostom noted, “The author brings his narrative to this point, and leaves the hearer thirsty for more” (Hom. Act. 55). The problem of the ending of Acts has led to ...
