Amos 5:1-27 Society Is Gone, A Call For Personal Repentance
How much like the days we are living in! The nation of Israel, the Ten Tribes, are toast, but God calls for personal repentance.
Amos 4:1-5:13 Social Ills and God’s Judgment
Amos prophesied against the Northern Kingdom of the Jewish nation and recounted the judgments God brought against them in response. This looks and sounds like the times we live in now.
Amos 3:1-15 The Judgment Against Israel
Amos tells Israel of the impending judgment. He demonstrates through natural events that everything has a cause. He goes on to state that the cause for the coming judgment is their disobedience against the Law.
Amos 1:2-2:16 Judgment on Israel’s Neighbors, Judah, & Israel
Amos announces the coming judgment of God on Israel’s neighbors, Israel, and Judah. This is for immorality, idolatry, and breaking the covenant.
Introduction to Amos
We will consider the background and context of the Minor Prophet Amos. We will also compare his culture with ours and try to make connections between the two Amos is a political book, thus any comparison will necessarily be, in part, political.
