EXAMINATION CONSIDERATIONS 1. Summarize in one paragraph, the philosophy of history as taught by the Old Testament prophets. 2. Describe in detail, the circumstances of the times in which Amos took God's message to Israel. 3. What is generally accepted as the theme of the book of Amos? ASSOC... [ Continue Reading ]
PUNISHMENT PROMISED, THE HEATHEN NATIONSMOAB TEXT: Amos 2:1-3 1 Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Moab, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime: 2 but I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour th... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD AND RESPONSIBILITY OF MAN PUNISHMENT PROMISED, THE COVENANT NATIONSJUDAH TEXT: Amos 2:4-5 4 Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Judah, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have rejected the law of Jehovah, and have not kept hi... [ Continue Reading ]
PUNISHMENT PROMISED, THE COVENANT NATIONSISRAEL TEXT: Amos 2:6-8 6 Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; 7 they that pant after the d... [ Continue Reading ]
PUNISHMENT PROMISED, THE COVENANT NATIONSISRAEL TEXT: Amos 2:9-12 9 Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath. 10 Also I brought you up out of the land... [ Continue Reading ]
PUNISHMENT PROMISED, THE COVENANT NATIONSISRAEL TEXT: Amos 2:13-16 13 Behold, I will press you in your place, as a cart presseth that is full of sheaves. 14 And flight shall perish from the swift; and the strong shall not strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself; 15 neit... [ Continue Reading ]