Majoring on the Minors - Amos

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Majoring on the Minors: 

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Majoring on the Minors 3 What Do You Know About Amos?

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Majoring on the Minors 4 What Do You Know About Amos?

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Majoring on the Minors 5 5 Questions: What was Amos’ occupation?

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Majoring on the Minors 6 5 Questions: 2. What does God sound like in Amos?

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Majoring on the Minors 7 5 Questions: 3. The phrase: “For three transgressions and for four..” occurs 8 times in Amos. What does it mean?

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Majoring on the Minors 8 5 Questions: 4. The phrase: “yet you did not ______ __ __ ” occurs 5 times in Amos. Can you fill it in?

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Majoring on the Minors 9 5 Questions: 5. What is the worst famine possible?

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Majoring on the Minors 11 5 Questions: What was Amos’ occupation? A Shepherd.

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Majoring on the Minors 12 The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa , which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash , king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. (Amos 1:1 ESV)

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Big Picture: 

Exile & Restoration of Jerusalem 586–430 BC Divided Kingdom 931–586 BC Moses & the Exodus 1526–1406 BC Abraham to the Sojourn in Egypt 2200–1526 BC The Conquest & the Judges 1406–1051 BC United Kingdom 1051–931 BC Early Church AD 30–100 Intertestamental Period 430 BC –6 to 4 BC Life of Jesus 6 to 4 BC – AD 30 Creation to Abraham Big Picture

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900 BC 850 BC 800 BC Divided Kingdom Kings of Israel Nadab (910-909) Baasha (909-886) Elah (886-885) Tibni (885-880) Ahab (874-853) Ahaziah (853-852) Joram (Jehoram) (852-841) Jehu (841-814) Jehoahaz (814-798) Kingdom divides (931) Jeroboam I (931-910) Kings of Judah Rehoboam I (931-913) Abijah (913-911) Asa (911-870) Jehoshaphat (873-848) Jehoram (Joram) (853-841) Ahaziah (841) Queen Athaliah (841-835) Joash (835-796) Elijah (c. 870-845) Elisha (c. 845-800) Zimri (885) Omri (885-874)

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800 BC 750 BC 700 BC Divided Kingdom Kings of Israel Kings of Judah Jehoash (798-782) Jeroboam II (793-753) Menahem (752-742) Pekahiah (742-740) Pekah (752-732) Hoshea (732-722) Israel falls to the Assyrians (722) Amaziah (796-767) Uzziah (Azariah) (792-740) Jotham (750-732) Ahaz (735-716) Hezekiah (716-687) Amos (c. 765-754) Isaiah (c. 760-673) Hosea (c. 758-725) Micah (c. 738-698) Zechariah (753) Shallum (752) Jonah (c. 781 )

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Majoring on the Minors 17 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words. For thus Amos has said , “‘ Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel must go into exile away from his land.’”(Amos 7:10-11 ESV) Amos Accused

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Majoring on the Minors 18 And Amaziah said to Amos, “O seer, go, flee away to the land of Judah, and eat bread there, and prophesy there, but never again prophesy at Bethel, for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom.”(Amos 7:12-13 ESV) Amos Challenged

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Majoring on the Minors 19 Then Amos answered and said to Amaziah, “I was no prophet, nor a prophet's son, but I was a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore figs. But the LORD took me from following the flock, and the LORD said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’ Now therefore hear the word of the LORD. “You say, ‘Do not prophesy against Israel, and do not preach against the house of Isaac.’ Amos Answers

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Majoring on the Minors 20 Therefore thus says the LORD : “Your wife shall be a prostitute in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided up with a measuring line; you yourself shall die in an unclean land, and Israel shall surely go into exile away from its land.’” (Amos 7:14-17 ESV)

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Majoring on the Minors 21 5 Questions: 2. What does God sound like in Amos? A Lion.

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Majoring on the Minors 22 And he said : “ The LORD roars from Zion and utters his voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the top of Carmel withers.”(Amos 1:2 ESV)

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Majoring on the Minors 23 5 Questions: 3. The phrase: “For three transgressions and for four..” occurs 8 times in Amos. What does it mean? “Time’s Up”

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Majoring on the Minors 24 Amos 1:3-5 Amos 1:6-8 Amos 1:9-10 Amos 1:11-12 Amos 1:13-15 Amos 2:1-3

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Majoring on the Minors 25 Amos 1:3-5 Amos 1:6-8 Amos 1:9-10 Amos 1:11-12 Amos 1:13-15 Amos 2:1-3 Amos 2:4-5

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Majoring on the Minors Amos 2:4-5 Amos 2:6 – 9:15

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Majoring on the Minors 27 Thus says the LORD: “For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals - those who trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth and turn aside the way of the afflicted;

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Majoring on the Minors 28 those who trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth and turn aside the way of the afflicted; a man and his father go in to the same girl, so that my holy name is profaned; they lay themselves down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge,and in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.(Amos 2:6-8)

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Majoring on the Minors 29 God’s Case Against Israel: Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O people of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt: “ You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.(Amos 3:1-2 ESV)

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Majoring on the Minors 30 God’s Case Against Israel: Injustice - 2:6-7a; 4:1; 5:11-15; 8:4-6

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God’s Case Against Israel: Injustice - 2:6-7; 4:1; 5:11-15; 8:4-6 Incest / ritual prostitution 2:7-8

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God’s Case Against Israel: Injustice - 2:6-7; 4:1; 5:11-15; 8:4-6 Incest / ritual prostitution 2:7-8 Rejecting God’s Word - 2:4; 11-12; 5:10; 7:12

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Majoring on the Minors 33 God’s Case Against Israel: Injustice - 2:6-7; 4:1; 5:11-15; 8:4-6 Incest / ritual prostitution 2:7-8 Rejecting God’s Word - 2:4; 11-12; 5:10; 7:12 Empty Ritualism - 3:13-15; 4:4-5; 5:21-23

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Majoring on the Minors 34 God’s Case Against Israel: Injustice - 2:6-7; 4:1; 5:11-15; 8:4-6 Incest / ritual prostitution 2:7-8 Rejecting God’s Word - 2:4; 11-12; 5:10; 7:12 Empty Ritualism - 3:13-15; 4:4-5; 5:21-23 Pride - 4:6-12; 5:18-20; 6:1-8

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4. The phrase: “yet you did not return to me ” occurs 5 times in Amos. Can you fill it in? Majoring on the Minors 35 5 Questions: 4. The phrase: “yet you did not ______ __ __ ” occurs 5 times in Amos. Can you fill it in?

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4. The phrase: “yet you did not return to me ” occurs 5 times in Amos. Can you fill it in? Majoring on the Minors 36 5 Questions: 4. The phrase: “yet you did not return to me ” occurs 5 times in Amos. Can you fill it in?

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Majoring on the Minors 37 5 Questions: 5. What is the worst famine possible? The unavailability of God’s Word

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God Will Restore His Glory! Behold , the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the surface of the ground, except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob ,” declares the LORD.(Amos 9:8 ESV)

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Majoring on the Minors 39 What’s Your Deeper “Yes”? Adjust your expectations Redefine prosperity Don’t go hungry

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