Notes on Amos 7:7-17
Thursday/June/2013 19:08 Filed in: Bible
This is an interesting face-off. Here we have the representative of official state-sanctioned religion confronting a rough, working class prophet. Read More...Comments
Notes on Amos 7:1-6
Wednesday/June/2013 09:35 Filed in: Bible
Here we see the prophet at prayer. Most often, in the book of Amos, we hear the prophet's voice denouncing the nations and predicting their coming doom. Here we see him at prayer for the nation — pleading for them to be spared. Read More...Notes on Amos 3:9-15
Thursday/March/2013 15:47 Filed in: Bible
The prophet calls the surrounding nations to witness against YHWH's Chosen People. Read More...Notes on Amos 3:3-8
Tuesday/February/2013 11:40 Filed in: Bible
The opening verses of chapter 3 identify the people against whom Amos is prophesying: "the whole family that [God] brought up out of the land of Egypt." Now, in verses 3-8, Amos talks about his own role as a prophet. Read More...Notes on Amos 3:1, 2
Friday/February/2013 16:12 Filed in: Bible
It is amazing how self-critical the Hebrew Scriptures are. They do not glorify the nation or it's heroes. The nation's critics were remembered — they were remembered as prophets who told them, in advance, of the danger that lay ahead for them. Read More...