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Amos

Corinne Tabor Religious Studies English

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Amos

home- Tekoa in Judah
shepherd/ dresser of sycamore trees
Date
- During Uzziah, and Jeraboam II 760 BC
  - earthquake
- Assyria is declining, permitting resurgence of political power
Purpose
- to declare universal justice of God and the "day of the lord"
- Israel became decadent
  - abused those in need
    - made worship a mockery
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

Description: Religious Studies Mind Map on Amos, created by Corinne Tabor on 02/04/2020.
Created by: Corinne Tabor · Apr 2020
Updated: Apr 2, 2020
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