Outline+due+Monday,+January+26th

I. Summary of the Prophet A. Amos' Destruction Prophecies > > 1. Amos talks maily about destruction > > > a. He talks about the destruction of Gods promises to the Isrealites > > > > 1) These promises are centered mainly on the Exodus and the settling with Joshua > > > > 2) Talks about how ods precense would leave > > > b. These sermons of destruction were mainly about the invasion of the Assyrains > B. Is one of the first peoples to talk about salvation histories > > 1. Tells how the Davidic Line will continue > > 2. Says that the Yaweh is a champion of the poor > C. Literary Form > > 1. Original Writings > > > a. Three Judgement speeches > > > b. Three collections of woe sayings > > > c. Four visions > > > d. Oracles against the nations > > 2. Secondary Writings > > > a. Judgement speech > > > b. Another visionary story > > > c. Book ends saying there will be revival of the Davidic Line II. Identity, Vocation, and Method > A. Amos the Man > > 1. Mid-aged > > 2. Came from a wealthy family, which is visible by the literary technique > > 3. Extremely poor > > 4. Was a shepard, and took on a second job of a sycamore tree dresser > > 5. Lived in Tekoa, ten miles south of Jerusalem > > > a. Prophesizes in Samaria and Bethel mainly > > 6. Name Amos means burden > B. God procliams God's work through oral speech > > 1. Angers nobles and gets expelled from northern Isreal because he says Yaweh is the Lord of the poor III. Historical Setting > A.Phrophecied before 750 B.C. > > 1.Prophecied in Israel at the great cult center of Bethel. > B.Key actors were King Jeroboam II of Israel and King Uzziah of Judah. > C.Israel was divided into the two different territories. > > 1.King Jeroboam II was the king of Israel at this time.

IV.Key Themes > A.Major themes of Amos > > 1. > > 2.aliteration > > 3.puns > > 4.chiasm. > B. The Message > > 1.God wanted to get the message across is mainly cause and effect (actions have consequences) > > 2. Also that justice is a major part of life. V. Foretelling and manifestation of Amos

>A. Amos foretelling of the experience or promise of the messiah in his messages. >>1. Amos really didn't foretell anything about the messiah, but he did foretell other things such as: >>>a. Assyria marching onto Israel >>>b. God providing the Israelites with a forty year period in which there would be trial and testing. > B. Amos being referenced back to in the New testament. >>1. There is a small reference in Acts 7:42 to Amos 5:25 >>> a. It is an exact quotation talking about sacrafices and offerings.

VI. Application of Amos

>A. What can believers and nonbelievers learn from reading Amos today. >>1. We can learn that bad things that happen to us might be from something else we did bad. >>>a. This theory is related to the beginning of Amos when he prophecied that destruction would come upon the countries that had messed with Israel. >B. What injustices in our countries miiror the situation of Amos. >>1. The terrorist attacks might mirror the situation of Amos. >>>a. The terroris attacks may have happened because it might be warning of our sins.