Interesting Facts About Amos - Bible Charts
Interesting Facts About Amos
MEANING: "Burden" or "Burden Bearer." AUTHOR: Amos TIME WRITTEN: Possibly around 755 B.C. POSITION IN THE BIBLE: ? 30th Book in the Bible
? 30th Book in the Old Testament ? 8th of 17 books of Prophecy
(Isaiah - Malachi) ? 3rd of 12 minor prophets
(Hosea - Malachi) ? 36 Books to follow it. CHAPTERS: 9 VERSES: 146 WORDS: 4,217 OBSERVATIONS ABOUT AMOS:
I Amos prophesied in Bethel about 755 B.C. I Amos was a farmer who became a prophet. I The only time the name of Amos appears in the Old
Testment is in the Book of Amos. I Amos was from Tekoa in Judah. Tekoa was located about
twelve miles south of Jerusalem. I Astronomical calculations indicate that a solar eclipse
occurred in Israel on June 15, 763 B.C. Therefoe the event would have been fresh in the mid of the people when Amos wrote in Amos 8:9 - "And it shall come to pass in that day, says the Lord God, That I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in broad daylight." I Amos ministered: ? After: - Obadiah - Joel - Jonah
? Just before:
- Hosea
- Micah
- Isaiah
I During the time of Amos:
? It was a period of optimism in Israel.
? There was great prosperity.
? Economic circumstances were almost ideal.
? Military circumstances were almost ideal.
? Assyria, Babylon, Syria, and Egypt were relatively
weak.
? It was three decades before Israel would fail to Assyria.
I The key to the Book of Amos is God's judgment of Israel.
I The sins of Israel are great.
? Empty ritualism in religion.
? Arrogance
? Oppression of the poor by the rich. ? Greed
? Idolatry
? Materialism
? Deceit
? Callousness
? Self-righteousness
I Although the people have repeatedly broken every aspect
of their covenant relationship with Jehovah, God's
mercy and love for them is demonstrated by His
sending Amos to warn the people of their fate should
they refuse to repent.
I Seven times in the Book of Amos, God says, "I will send
fire."
I God promises to:
? Reinstate the Davidic line.
? Renew the land.
? Restore the Temple.
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