Amos

Amos

1. home- Tekoa in Judah

2. shepherd/ dresser of sycamore trees

3. Date

   • During Uzziah, and Jeraboam II 760 BC
     • earthquake
   • Assyria is declining, permitting resurgence of political power

4. Purpose

   • to declare universal justice of God and the "day of the lord"
   • Israel became decadent
     • abused those in need
       • made worship a mockery

5. Amos' mission

   • go to Israel and prophesy
   • Strategized, indicted the surrounding area first
     • Damascus (Syria)
       • Gaza (Philistia)
         • Tyre (Phoenicia)
           • Edom
             • Ammon
               • Moab
                 • Judah
                   • Israel
                     • sold righteous for silver/ needy for Sandals
                     • trampled heads of poor into dust
                     • turn aside afflicted
                     • Incestuous adultery
                     • laying down beside alters
                     • What God did/ will do
                       • destroyed amonites
                       • sent prophets
                       • crush them like road kill
                       • 3 Visions
                         • locust
                           • fire
                             • plumb line