God calls Israel to pay attention because He is about to ROAR! “Hear this word that the Lord has spoken against you, O people of Israel” (verse 3:1a). God chose ONE family out of ALL the earth with which to bring about His work of salvation. He will see to it that His chosen family […]
Uh oh. God’s not done yet. He turns His attention to Israel too. And this time He has a LOT to say about their sins. Israel’s neighbors and Judah were given the same preamble and narrow focus on their most egregious sin. God’s address to Israel starts out the same as everyone else’s but God […]
God has just shared Israel’s neighbors’ judgments. Now He turns to His attention to her sister kingdom of Judah. It’s Judah’s turn for judgment by fire. Amos is a prophet to the northern kingdom of Israel. I’m sure they were very pleased to hear God’s judgment on their neighbors. I bet there were even some […]
God pronounces judgment on all of Israel’s neighbors for three and four offenses. Curious that He doesn’t name them all, but their judgment is firm. God pronounces judgment on six of Israel’s neighbors and ALL of them have fire as part of their judgment. Every judgment starts out with the same phrase: “For three transgressions […]
We meet Amos, a man who has no pedigree as a prophet, who God uses anyway. Though he is from the land of Judah, he will be a prophet to the kingdom of Israel. Amos should give hope to all of us ordinary people. Even to the lowest of societies’ ranks. We have learned well […]
