3. Amos 2:4-8 June 7, 2015 AMOS RAILS AGAINST INJUSTICE Judgment On Israel & Judah

4. ONE IN THE BOND OF LOVE

5. AMOS Ministered Primarily To Israel (Northern) From 760BC To 750BCMinistered Primarily To Israel (Northern) From 760BC To 750BC –Born & Raised In Judah Near Bethlehem at Tekoa Tekoa Was One Of The Cities Built By Rehoboam (Son of Solomon) To Protect JerusalemTekoa Was One Of The Cities Built By Rehoboam (Son of Solomon) To Protect Jerusalem –Shepard And/Or Worked In Sycamore-fig Grove Kings:Kings: –Israel – Jeroboam II – 793BC-753BC –Judah – Uzziah – 792BC – 740BC Dominant Empire Was AssyrianDominant Empire Was Assyrian –Capital – Nineveh –Jonah 800BC – 750BC Preached To Nineveh

7. AMOS Political Situation In IsraelPolitical Situation In Israel –With The Defeat Of Damascus, By Assyria, Jeroboam II Had Been Able To Restore The Traditional Borders Of Israel. Both Elisha & Jonah Had Spoken About This DevelopmentBoth Elisha & Jonah Had Spoken About This Development –Enjoying Great Prosperity As A Result Of The Security With Prosperity Came Religious Complacency & IdolatryWith Prosperity Came Religious Complacency & Idolatry –People Had Begun To Gloat Over Their New-found Power & Security Felt They Had A Special Place Under God’s ProtectionFelt They Had A Special Place Under God’s Protection Looked Forward To The “Day Of The Lord”Looked Forward To The “Day Of The Lord” –“God’s Darkness Would Engulf The Other Nations, Leaving Israel To Bask In God’s Light”. Morally The People Were Decaying Because They Were Losing Their Dependence On Their GodMorally The People Were Decaying Because They Were Losing Their Dependence On Their God –They Were Experiencing What British Poet Oliver Goldsmith said in 1770 – “ Where Wealth Accumulates, Men Decay….”

8. AMOS Chapter 1:2-2:3Chapter 1:2-2:3 –Announces Judgement On Six (6) Gentile Nations SyriaSyria PhilistiaPhilistia TyreTyre EdomEdom AmmonAmmon MoabMoab Chapter 2:4-5Chapter 2:4-5 –Announces Judgement On Judah Chapter 2:6-8Chapter 2:6-8 –Announces Judgement On Israel

9. Amos 2:6-8 Amos 2:4-5

10. “I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth – that God governs in the affairs of men” Benjamin Franklin (Constitutional Convention)

11. Judah Judah Jerusalem Amos 2:4-5 (ESV) 4 Thus says the LORD: “For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have rejected the law of the LORD, and have not kept his statutes, but their lies have led them astray, those after which their fathers walked. 5 So I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem.” Judgement On The Kingdom Of Judah

12. Judah Judah Jerusalem Amos 2:4-5 (ESV) 4 Thus says the LORD: “For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have rejected the law of the LORD, and have not kept his statutes, but their lies have led them astray, those after which their fathers walked. 5 So I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem.” Judgement On The Kingdom Of Judah

13. Israel Amos 2:6-8 (ESV) 6 Thus says the LORD: “For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals— 7 those who trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth and turn aside the way of the afflicted; a man and his father go in to the same girl, so that my holy name is profaned; 8 they lay themselves down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge, and in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined. Judgement On The Kingdom Of Israel

14. Israel Amos 2:6-8 (ESV) 6 Thus says the LORD: “For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals— 7 those who trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth and turn aside the way of the afflicted; a man and his father go in to the same girl, so that my holy name is profaned; 8 they lay themselves down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge, and in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined. Judgement On The Kingdom Of Israel

15. Amos 2:4-8 June 7, 2015 AMOS RAILS AGAINST INJUSTICE Judgment On Israel & Judah

16. DISCUSSION

17. Amos 2:4-8 June 7, 2015 AMOS RAILS AGAINST INJUSTICE Judgment On Israel & Judah

22. AMOS Ministered To Primarily Israel (Northern) From 760BC To 750BCMinistered To Primarily Israel (Northern) From 760BC To 750BC –Born & Raised In Judah Near Bethlehem at Tekoa Tekoa Was One Of The Cities Built By Rehoboam (Son of Solomon) To Protect JerusalemTekoa Was One Of The Cities Built By Rehoboam (Son of Solomon) To Protect Jerusalem –Shepard And/Or Worked In Sycamore-fig Grove Kings:Kings: –Israel – Jeroboam II – 793BC-753BC –Judah – Uzziah – 792BC – 740BC Dominant Empire Was AssyrianDominant Empire Was Assyrian –Capital – Nineveh –Jonah 800BC – 750BC Preached To Nineveh Political Situation In IsraelPolitical Situation In Israel –With The Defeat Of Damascus, By Assyria, Jeroboam II Had Been Able To Restore The Traditional Borders Of Israel. Both Elisha & Jonah Had Spoken About This DevelopmentBoth Elisha & Jonah Had Spoken About This Development –Enjoying Great Prosperity As A Result Of The Security With Prosperity Came Religious Complacency & IdolatryWith Prosperity Came Religious Complacency & Idolatry –People Had Begun To Gloat Over Their New-found Power & Security Felt They Had A Special Place Under God’s ProtectionFelt They Had A Special Place Under God’s Protection Looked Forward To The “Day Of The Lord”Looked Forward To The “Day Of The Lord” –God’s Darkness Would Engulf The Other Nations, Leaving Israel To Bask In His Light.