Jeroboam II becomes king of Israel | Amos becomes a prophet to Israel | Hosea becomes a prophet to Israel | King Shallum of Israel is assassinated | Amos's ministry ends | Isaiah becomes a prophet to Judah | 793 B.C | 760 | 753 | 752 | 750 | 740 |
Vital statistics Purpose: | To pronounce God's judgment upon Israel, the northern kingdom, for its complacency, idolatry, and oppression of the poor. | Author: | Amos | Original audience: | The people of Israel (the northern kingdom) | Date written: | Probably during the reigns of Jeroboam II of Israel and Uzziah of Judah (approximately 760-750 B.C.) | Setting: | The wealthy people of Israel were enjoying peace and prosperity. They were quite complacent and were oppressing the poor, even selling therm into slavery. Soon, however, Israel would be conquered by Assyria, and the rich would themselves become slaves. | Key verse: | "Instead, I want to see a mighty flood of justice, an end less river of righteous living" (5:24) | Key people: | Amos, Amaziah, Jeroboam II | Key places: | Bethel, Samaria | Special features: | Amos uses striking metaphors from his shepherding and farming experience-a loaded wagon (2:13), a roaring lion (3:8), a mutilated sheep (3:12), fat cows (4:1), and a basket of ripe fruit (8:1, 2). |
The Rulers and Prophets of Amos's Time
840 | 830 | 820 | 810 | 800 | 790 | 780 | 770 | 760 | 750 | 740 | 730 | 720 | 710 | 700 | 690 | 680 | Kings of Assyria | | | | | | | 755-745 Ashurnirari | | | | | | | | | | Ashurdan III 773 -755 | Tiglath-pileserIII 745-727 | 705Sennacherib 781 | | | | | Kings of Israel (Northern Kingdom) | | | 793 Jeroboam II 753 | Menahem 752 742 | Northern ten tribes taken captive by King Shalmaneser V of Assyria in 722 | | | | | 752 Pekah 732 | 732 Hoshea 722 | | | | Jehoash (Joash)798 782 | | | | Zechariah | | | | | | | | | Shallum one month | | | | | | | | | | | | 742 Pekahiah 740 | | | | | Hosea and His Contemporary Prophets (Northern Kingdom) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | AMOS 767 755 | | | | | | | | | | | Jonah 784 772 | 765 Hosea 714 | | | | | | | | | Kings of Judah (Southern Kingdom) | | | 790 Uzziah or Azariah 739 | 735 Ahaz 715 | | | | | | 796 Amaziah 767 | | 750 Jotham 731 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Prophets to Judah (Southern Kingdom) | | | | | | | | 739 Isaiah 681 | | | | | | | | | 733 Micah 701 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 825 Joel 809 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 840 | 830 | 820 | 810 | 800 | 790 | 780 | 770 | 760 | 750 | 740 | 730 | 720 | 710 | 700 | 690 | 680 |
Personality Profile: Amos |
1:1 Name means: “Burden bearer.”
Home: Tekoa (Amos 1:1), a town about 10 miles south of Jerusalem.
Occupation: Sheep breeder (1:1), sycamore cultivator (7:14), and prophet during the reign of Jeroboam II (c. 793–753 a.d.).
Best known today as: A prophet who denounced the northern kingdom of Israel for its idolatry, injustice, corruption, and oppression of the poor. Amos’ warnings of the Lord’s judgment came to pass when Assyria overran Israel a generation later. |
Word in life study Bible . 1997, c1996 (electronic ed.) (Am 1.5). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
Amos
Served as a prophet to Israel (the northern kingdom) from 760-750 B.C. CLIMATE OF THE TIMES
| Israel was enjoying peace and economic prosperity. But this blessing had caused her to become a selfish, materialistic society. Those who were well-off ignored the needs of those less fortunate. The people were self-centered and indifferent toward God.
| MAIN MESSAGE
| Amos spoke against those who exploited or ignored the needy. | IMPORTANCE OF MESSAGE
| Believing in God is more than a matter of individual faith. God calls all believers to work against injustices in society and to aid those less fortunate.
| CONTEMPORARY PROPHETS
| Jonah (793-753 B.C.), Hosea (753-715 B.C) |
The Blueprint
1. ANNOUNCEMENT OF JUDGMENT (1:1-2:16)
2. REASONS FOR JUDGMENT (3:1-6:14)
3. VISIONS OF JUDGMENT (7:1-9:15)
| Amos speaks with brutal frankness in denouncing sin. He collided with the false religions leaders of his day and was not intimidated by priest or king. He continued to speak his message boobly. God requires truth and goodness, justice and righteousness, from all people and nations today as well. Many of the conditions in Israel during Amos's time are evident in today's society. We need Amos's courage to ignore danger and stand against sin. |
Amos Overview
Five Visions of Amos
- Vision of Locusts (7:1-3)
- Vision of Fire (7:4-6)
- Vision of the Plumb Line (7:7-9)
- Vision of the Ripe Fruit (8:1-14)
- Vision of the Lord (9:1-10)
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