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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.
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May 9, 2024 · Date of Writing: The Book of Amos was likely written between 760 and 753 B.C. Purpose of Writing: Amos is a shepherd and a fruit picker from the Judean village of Tekoa when God calls him, even though he lacks an education or a priestly background. Amos' mission is directed to his neighbor to the north, Israel.
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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...
Amos is the third book of The Twelve. 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.
Feb 26, 2024 · 1) The Roar from Zion (Amos 1:2) Amos begins with a vivid image of the Lord roaring from Zion, a powerful declaration of God’s imminent judgment against the nations surrounding Israel and Judah. This prophecy sets the tone for the entire book, emphasizing the universality of God’s judgment against injustice, regardless of nationality.
Aug 21, 2023 · Amos responds that he is compelled to prophesy because God called him. Chapter 8 – The Basket of Ripe Fruit. Amos has a vision of a basket of ripe fruit, symbolizing that Israel is ripe for punishment. He condemns the merchants who cheat and oppress the poor. Amos speaks of a coming famine, not of food, but of the word of God.
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Jan 14, 2013 · We do not know very much about Amos. All the biographical information we do have comes from his book, particularly today's passage, which tells us he was "among the shepherds of Tekoa" (Amos 1:1). Unlike most of the other writing prophets of the Old Testament, Amos' lifelong calling was not that of a prophet but involved agriculture.
