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Feb 14, 2017 · Amos 4:6-13 tells us how, in an effort to bring Israel to her senses, God sent a series of calamities, including famine, drought, blight, pestilence, disease, and violence. Nevertheless, Israel wouldn't turn back to God. This list of calamities is strongly reminiscent of the curse list in Deuteronomy 28, suggesting a covenant context for Amos….
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Oct 9, 2024 · The number seven is a prominent and recurring theme throughout the Book of Revelation, symbolizing completeness and divine perfection. From the seven churches and seven spirits to the seven seals, trumpets, and bowls of judgment, this number serves as a framework for the unfolding of apocalyptic events. Each "seven" contributes to the overall ...
What the Bible says about Time of Calamity. ( From Forerunner Commentary ) Hosea 4:11-12. A crucial key to understanding the application to us, in both Hosea and Amos, is that they prophesied in Israel (the ten northern tribes) during a time similar to today—that is, in the last generation before a major national calamity fell on them, a ...
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.
{Amos 1:2; Amos 3:3-8; Amos 7:1-9} To sum up:-The Book of Amos consists of three sections, which seem to have received their present form towards the end of Jeroboam’s reign; and which, after emphasizing their origin as due to the immediate influence of Jehovah Himself on the prophet, follow pretty much the same course of the Divine dealings ...
3 days ago · This is also why the Lord choose the small and seemingly insignificant nation of Israel to dwell within, which He stated a few times in Scripture. Then, He chose a small band of rogue people, the church, to build His next dwelling place. He seems to always give the greatest significance to the small, the weak, and the insignificant.
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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 ...