Amos — Book Overview
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
The book of Amos opens not with a gentle whisper, but with a tectonic roar. We are introduced to a prophet who is not a polished courtier from the capital, but a blue-collar sheepherder from the backcountry. And the message he brings is not one of placid assurance, but of imminent, bone-shattering judgment. The prophet Amos is a shepherd from Tekoa, a man of the outdoors, sent by God to preach against the sophisticated, cosmopolitan rot of the northern kingdom of Israel. They had developed a religion that was aesthetically pleasing and morally bankrupt. For eight and a half chapters, the prophet has been a relentless herald of God's judgment. He has pronounced doom on the surrounding nations, and then, like a skilled archer, he has turned his bow directly on Israel.
This overview explores the whole book. Read the explanations sampled in this summary: