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POSITION IN THE BIBLE: • 30th Book in the Bible • 30th Book in the Old Testament • 8th of 17 books of Prophecy (Isaiah - Malachi) • 3rd of 12 minor prophets (Hosea - Malachi) • 36 Books to follow it. CHAPTERS: 9 VERSES: 146 WORDS: 4,217 OBSERVATIONS ABOUT AMOS: Amos prophesied in Bethel about 755 B.C. Amos was a farmer who became a ...
Amos 1:1–2 3:1–6:14 Amos 1:3–2:16 Amos 7:1–9:10 Amos 9:11–15 CHRIST IN AMOS THEME KEY VERSES Jesus Christ, who has all authority to judge, is also the One who restores His people. Amos 3:1–2; 4:12; 5:15, 21–24 Israel’s coming judgment for treating others with injustice SERMONS AGAINST THE NATION OF ISRAEL “Listen to this ...
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The prophet Amos lived among a group of shepherds in Tekoa, a small town approximately ten miles south of Jerusalem. Amos made clear in his writings that he did not come from a family of prophets, nor did he even consider himself one. Rather, he was “a grower of sycamore figs” as well as a shepherd (Amos 7:14–15). Amos’s connection to the simple li...
Amos prophesied “two years before the earthquake” (Amos 1:1; see also Zechariah 14:5), just before the halfway point of the eighth century BC, during the reigns of Uzziah, king of Judah, and Jeroboam, king of Israel. Their reigns overlapped for fifteen years, from 767 BC to 753 BC. Though he came from the southern kingdom of Judah, Amos delivered h...
Amos was fed up. While most of the prophets interspersed redemption and restoration in their prophecies against Israel and Judah, Amos devoted only the final five verses of his prophecy for such consolation. Prior to that, God’s word through Amos was directed against theprivileged people of Israel, a people who had no love for their neighbor, who t...
With the people of Israel in the north enjoying an almost unparalleled time of success, God decided to call a quiet shepherd and farmer to travel from his home in the less sinful south and carry a message of judgment to the Israelites. The people in the north used Amos’s status as a foreigner as an excuse to ignore his message of judgment for a mul...
Injustice permeates our world, yet as Christians we often turn a blind eye to the suffering of others for “more important” work like praying, preaching, and teaching. But the book of Amos reminds us that those works, while unquestionably central to a believer’s life, ring hollow when we don’t love and serve others in our own lives. Do you find your...
Guide to the Book of. Amos. One important aspect of the ancient TaNaK order of the Hebrew Bible is that the 12 prophetic works of Hosea through Malachi, sometimes referred to as the Minor Prophets, were designed as a single book called The Twelve. Amos is the third book of The Twelve. Amos was a shepherd and fig tree farmer (Amos 7:14 ) who ...
Amos’s prophetic ministry was punctuated by visionary experiences that illuminated his understanding of God’s judgments and Israel’s future. Amos 7:1-9 records a series of visions, including those of locusts, fire, and a plumb line, symbolizing divine judgment, destruction, and measurement. These visions served as divine revelations ...
Apr 30, 2024 · Answer. Amos was a shepherd and farmer from the Judean village of Tekoa, about five miles south of Bethlehem, who had a vision and became a prophet for the Lord. Amos prophesied during the reign of Jeroboam II in Israel and Uzziah in Judah (Amos 1:1). This would have been around 760 BC, making him a contemporary of Hosea, Joel, and Isaiah.
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Mar 20, 2024 · Amos Ultimately Points to Christ. The book of Amos encourages believers to seek justice and pursue righteousness. It inspires us to worship God with sincerity and holiness. And it prompts us to listen to God’s voice as He calls us to works of service and to be faithful as we minister for Him.
