1. Left Column (must be completely filled) :  Left Column (must be completely filled) : What did you do this weekend?  Right Column (make comments concerning…) When, where and how God was (was not) involved in your weekend? Because? 10/1/2016

2. AMOS 4 “Burden” or “Burden-bearer” 4 From Tekoa (1:1); lived in Judah; 760-750 BC –6 miles south of Bethlehem –11 miles from Jerusalem 4 Shepherd and sycamore-fig husbandry 4 Announced judgment on Israel –Probably ministered from Bethel (7:10-13) 4 Judah is addressed, too. (2:4-5) 10/1/2016

3. Theme and Message 4 Social Justice an expression of true piety (5:24) 4 Rituals are not required, but obedience is. 4 Israel had a unique, but not an exclusive, claim on God. 4 Shows the final mercy of God in spite of the Israel’s sinfulness 4 God’s grace prevails 10/1/2016

4. If someone was to tell you that the end is near, how would you evaluate whether what they were saying was true or not? 10/1/2016 4

5. Outline I. Superscription (1:1) II. Introduction to Amos’s Message (1:2) III. Judgment on the Nations (1:3-2:16) IV. Oracles against Israel (3:1-5:17) A.Judgment on The Chosen People (ch. 3) B.Judgment on an Unrepentant People (ch. 4) C.Judgment on Unjust People (5:1-17)) V. Announcement of Exile (5:18-6:14) A.Woe Against Israel’s Perverted Religion (5:18- 27) B.Woe Against Israel’s Pride (6:1-7) C.Judgment on Unjust Nations (6:8-14) VI. Visions of Divine Retribution (7:1-9:10) A.Judgment Relented (7:1- 6) B.Judgment Unrelented (7:7-9:10) VII. Restored Israel’s Future (9:11-15) 10/1/2016

6. PROPHECIES: Short Term & Long Term (remember: replace “Israel” or “Judah” with “God’s people”; replace “other nations-named” with “unbelievers”) 4 1:3-2:4YHWH’s judgment on the nations 4 2:6-16; 4:2-3; 5:27 Fall of Israel to Assyria (722 BC) 4 2:4-5Judgment on Judah (586 BC) 4 8:9-10Messianic or Last Days? 4 8:11-14Famine 4 9:8-15YHWH will restore Israel 10/1/2016