SUMMARY OF AMOS 1
Amos, one of the shepherds of Tekoa, a prophet, pronounces judgment on Israel and their neighbors, Damascus, Gaza, Tyre, Edom, and Ammon. God will destroy Israel’s neighbors and dry up their fields.
SUMMARY OF AMOS 2
Amos pronounces judgment on Moab and Judah. Judah is because they have rejected God’s laws and decrees and been led astray by false gods. The Lord will judge Israel for how they treat the poor and do not honor him.
BSF Study Questions People of the Promise: Kingdom Divided Lesson 13, Day 2: Amos 1-2
3a) Israel, Damascus, Gaza, Tyre, Edom, Ammon, Moab, Judah
b) The foreign nations took slaves and fought one another. For Israel and Judah, because they turned from God and worshipped other gods.
c) The other nations’ sins centered around cruelty to other nations and crimes against humanity, as well as crimes against God’s people. Israel and Judah turned from God and His ways.
4a) It’s everywhere. Sin against others. Cruelty to others. Murder, rape, assault, you name it. And, people everywhere are turning from God, including His people.
b) To turn towards him, not away from him.
Conclusions BSF Study Questions People of the Promise: Kingdom Divided Lesson 13, Day 2: Amos 1-2
Lots of judgments here. Great reminder that God is just, and we will all be held accountable for our actions once we reach heaven.
End Notes BSF Study Questions People of the Promise: Kingdom Divided Lesson 13, Day 2: Amos 1-2
Fun fact: Amos the prophet is only mentioned in this book, not in any other books of the Bible.
Amos means “burden,” and Amos was definitely burdened as he was the bearer of bad news for all.
Amos was a farmer and not of the school of prophets. He was a live during Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, which would be between 760 B.C. and 750 B.C.
Remember, the kingdom of Judah to the south had good kings. The kingdom of Israel to the north had nothing but bad kings.
Here, Assyria had defeated Israel’s enemy, Syria, so Israel was prosperous.
Amos pronouces judgment on nations for sin upon sin.
- Israel was judged because they disobeyed God.
- Damascus was judged for coming against God’s people.
- Gaza was judged because they came against God’s people.
- Tyre was judged because they sinned against God’s people.
- Edom was judged because they attacked Judah.
- Ammon was judged because they attacked Israel.
- Moab was judged because of their cruelty to Edom.
- Judah was judged because they despised and disobeyed God’s laws.
Fire expresses judgment in the New Testament, but it also can be a purifying of the spirit with fire.
Israel took advantage of the poor. There was sexual immorality. There was idolatry.
God’s people were now a burden to him. They would not succeed without His strength.
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