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.

May 9, 2024 · The book of Amos is classified as a Minor Prophet in the Christian Bible and part of the Twelve in the Tanakh—the Minor Prophets were once considered a single collection in the Jewish canon. Although Amos, the author, hailed from Judah, the prophecies contained in this book are spoken to the northern kingdom of Israel (Amos 1:1).

Apr 30, 2024 · Amos recorded his prophecies in a book bearing his name. He dates his book to “two years before the earthquake” (Amos 1:1). Amos was distinctive as a prophet for a couple reasons. First, by his own testimony he was “neither a prophet nor the son of a prophet” when the Lord called him into service (Amos 7:14).

Sep 26, 2024 · Who wrote the book of Amos? Who was the author of Amos? What are the Major Prophets and Minor Prophets? What is the core message of the Minor Prophets? Who is Amos in the Bible? Why does Amos keep repeating “for three sins . . . even for four” in chapters 1–2? What is the meaning of the symbolism in Amos? What was the significance of the ...

Jan 4, 2022 · The phrase “for three sins . . . even for four” is a common phrase in Amos (1:3, 6, 9, 11, 13; 2:1, 4, 6). Used a total of eight times in the book, these words play a special role in the way Amos communicates sin and judgment. “Three sins” represents fullness or completeness; “four” represents an overflow or a sin that is the ...

Jan 4, 2022 · The book of Amos is filled with imagery related to sin and judgment. Included are images of iron teeth (1:3), murdered pregnant women (1:13), burning bones (Amos 2:1), destroyed roots (2:9), and hooks (4:2). How are we to understand these violent themes? First, we must understand the context of these descriptions.

Sep 26, 2024 · The people of Amos’s day claimed to follow God with their words (see Amos 5:14), but their actions and devotions revealed a different truth. Wholehearted pursuit is the key to life with God: “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart” (Jeremiah 29:13; see also Deuteronomy 4:27–29).

Feb 15, 2023 · We typically understand a famine as a lack of food or water, but Amos 8:11 speaks cryptically of a famine of the hearing of the Word of God: “‘The days are coming,’ declares the Sovereign Lord, ‘when I will send a famine through the land—not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the Lord.’”

Jan 4, 2022 · Jeremiah, Amos, Zephaniah, and Zechariah all prophesied judgment on Gaza because of the sin of the Philistines. Amos 1:6–7 records God’s judgment on Gaza: “For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they carried into exile a whole people to deliver them up to Edom.

Jan 4, 2022 · Book of Amos - Bible Survey What was the significance of the horns of the altar (Amos 3:14)? What is the Pride of Jacob (Amos 8:7)? Why does Amos keep repeating “for three sins . . . even for four” in chapters 1–2? Will the sun really be turned to darkness and the moon to blood (Joel 2:31)?