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May 24, 2018 · An existing answer provides some bare essentials for a traditional understanding of "Amos's earthquake", that is, the earthquake that came two years after Amos's preaching and therefore (it is often argued) in some way confirmed his ministry.
- What Does Amos Mean by "Restore" in Amos 9:11-15
(K.J.) Amos is saying that God is going to cause to rise up...
- What Does Amos Mean by "Restore" in Amos 9:11-15
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- Amos as A “Literary-Predictive Text”
The book opens with a claim that Amos prophesied during the overlapping reigns of King Uzziah of Judah and King Jeroboam II of Israel: This would have been in the 760sB.C.E. This was a high point of Israel’s power, but Amos predicts that Israel will be destroyed because of their ethical failings. This takes place years later when the kingdom of Isr...
What then of the prophet Amos, the historical individual? Some of the book’s portions could go back to a historical prophet Amos. Nevertheless, the late date of many of the passages surveyed above suggests the book as a whole is not the work of a “prophet,” i.e., a mantic diviner who functioned as such, but is a literary construct. Our knowledge of...
The book of Amos is not “prophecy” per se, but rather is a “literary-predictive text”—a text written as prophecy to explain a historical development in terms of divine will. The book is thus both an indictment and an autopsy of fallen Israel, part of the general biblical understanding of Israel’s catastrophes as being due to the Israelites’ own rel...
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- Amos 1 God Punishes Israel’s Neighbors. Amos begins his messages to Israel by explaining to them that God is shouting loudly from his Temple on Mount Zion.
- Amos 2 God Judges Judah and Israel. Amos says that God will punish his people because they refuse to obey his commandments and follow his instructions. He says that God will destroy the fortresses in Judah and he explains why God is so angry with Israel.
- Can Two People Walk Together? In chapter 3 verse 1 in the book of Amos there is a famous verse which asks the question “Can two people walk together, except they be agreed?”
- Amos 3 Witnesses against Israel. Amos tells the people of Israel that God usually sends a warning for people before he exercises judgment against them. He lets the people know that God has sent prophets to turn the people back to God.
Jun 7, 2018 · He likens His plan to the operation of a sieve in verse 9:9. The House of Israel will be shaken in a sieve among the nations and none of the sinners will be able to escape. Those who remain will be a remnant in which the Lord can rebuild, which begins the transition of the chapter into restoration.
Jun 22, 2004 · 1. The LORD God showed Amos a vision of coming judgment through fire which would destroy the sources of water (or all) and the farm land (or the people) of Israel 7:4. 2. Amos pleaded for the LORD God to relent and He changed His mind deciding that this too would not come to pass upon Israel 7:5-6
Affirming that the eagerly expected "Day of Jehovah" will be darkness and disaster on disaster inevitable (Amos 5:18-20), it again emphasizes Jehovah’s desire for righteousness rather than worship (Amos 5:21-26), and closes with the threat of captivity beyond Damascus. "Jehovah God of Hosts is His Name," as at the close of 3.
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Amos was a shepherd and fig tree farmer (Amos 7:14) who lived right near the border between northern Israel and southern Judah. The north had seized its independence about 150 years earlier (1 Kgs. 12) and was currently being ruled by Jeroboam II, a successful military leader.