Amos Chapter 1
We begin a new series this week on the book of Amos. Amos was a prophet whose primary ministry was to the northern kingdom of Israel. The timeframe centered 787 B.C during the reign of Jeroboam the Second. He warned of impending judgment against not only the northern kingdom, but also Judah and neighboring gentile nations. Though the northern kingdom was at the pinnacle of its power and influence, slightly more than fifty years later, it would vanish as a nation. God judged it by Assyria.
David Parham
1/2/20252 min read
Amos Chapter 1
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Memory verses for this week: 2 Pet 2:9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
Introduction: We begin a new series this week on the book of Amos. Amos was a prophet whose primary ministry was to the northern kingdom of Israel. The timeframe centered 787 B.C during the reign of Jeroboam the Second. He warned of impending judgment against not only the northern kingdom, but also Judah and neighboring gentile nations. Though the northern kingdom was at the pinnacle of its power and influence, slightly more than fifty years later, it would vanish as a nation. God judged it by Assyria.
There are 4 major divisions in the book of Amos.
1. The Pending judgment on nations neighboring Israel and Judah, (Amos1:1- 2:3).
2. The Judgment against Israel and Judah, (Amos 2:4-16).
3. God’s controversy with the ‘whole family of Israel’, (Amos 3:1- 9:10).
4. The glory of the coming kingdom of God in Israel (Amos 9:11-15).
The Book of Amos begins with pronouncements of judgment upon the gentile nations which bordered Israel and Judah. Specifically, these are Damascus in Syria, Philistia, Tyrus in Lebanon, Edom, and Ammon.
I. Judgement is Coming
Amo 1:1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
Amo 1:2 And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.
Not a great deal is known about Amos other than that he was a shepherd by trade and he had grown up in Tekoa. Tekoa was a city south of Jerusalem by about ten miles. Though from Judah, his ministry was directed primarily toward the northern kingdom of Israel.
At the time of his ministry, Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam II was king in the north. An earthquake is mentioned here. I believe Zechariah 14:5 refers to the same earthquake.
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