THE BOOK OF AMOS Lesson 14, Chapter 9 End We have arrived at the final chapter of Amos, and so today we will conclude our study of this eye-opening record of revealed prophecy that God, in His mercy, has left to us. It is hard for me not to be hyperbolic in urging you to […]

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THE BOOK OF AMOS Lesson 13, Chapter 8 Last week in Amos chapter 7 we began studying a series of 4 visions that the Prophet received from The Lord. Because of the place in the Amos manuscript where someone several hundred years ago decided to arbitrarily divide chapter 7 from chapter 8 (remembering that originally […]

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THE BOOK OF AMOS Lesson 12, Chapter 7 The 2 main roles of a biblical Prophet were 1) to be an intercessor who is to speak for and defend the people of Israel, and 2) a messenger from Yehoveh who is to announce a warning or a coming judgment. In Amos chapter 7 we find […]

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THE BOOK OF AMOS Lesson 11, Chapter 6 continued 2 We’ll open today by continuing with our detour that re-examines the crucial biblical term elohim; a word that is typically…nearly universally… translated into English as God (singular) or gods (plural). Over the many years of study and teaching, I have come to the conclusion that […]

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THE BOOK OF AMOS Lesson 10, Chapter 6 continued We’ll continue in Amos chapter 6; however, early in this lesson we are going to make a major pivot to a challenging topic that can be a little harrowing to venture into, but it is one that needs to be addressed openly and intellectually honestly, and […]

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THE BOOK OF AMOS Lesson 9, Chapters 5 and 6 When we read the Bible, and especially when we read the Prophets, we are faced with a choice of perspective: to think of these Scriptures as perhaps an interesting, but not particularly relevant, history lesson concerning ancient Israel. Or, we can think of them as […]

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THE BOOK OF AMOS Lesson 8, Chapter 5 We are about halfway through the Book of Amos. Surprisingly, if there is an overriding theme to Amos’s prophecy at this point, it must be the matter of social injustice. I want to pause for a few minutes to highlight this, because it can be so easily […]

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THE BOOK OF AMOS Lesson 7, Chapters 3 and 4 We concluded our Amos study last time at chapter 3 verse 13. There, using the typical biblical metaphor of God behaving as a fierce lion, Amos explained how the wealthy and elite of Samaria…the capital city of the Northern Kingdom of Ephraim/Israel…would be judged for […]

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THE BOOK OF AMOS Lesson 6, Chapters 2 and 3 After spending the last 2 lessons in Amos addressing the mysterious and fascinating matter of the Nephilim, giants, fallen angels, demons and the like, and that apparently the Amorites that Amos spoke of in chapter 2 verse 9 were led by, or perhaps even consisted […]

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THE BOOK OF AMOS Lesson 5, Chapter 2 continued 2 In our previous lesson, we parked ourselves for a time at verse 9 of Amos chapter 2 that reads: CJB Amos 2:9 9 "I destroyed the Emori (the Amorites) before them; though tall as cedars and strong as oaks, I destroyed their fruit above and […]

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