Illustrated Bible Survey: An Introduction by Ed Hindson & Elmer L. Towns

Author:Ed Hindson & Elmer L. Towns [Hindson, Ed]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Biblical Studies, Prophecy
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Published: 2013-11-01T00:00:00+00:00

Date:

760 BC

Recipients:

Judah and Israel

Key Word:

Rebellion (Hb. pashaʿ )

Key Verse:

“For the Lord says to the house of Israel: Seek Me and live!” (5:4).

Background and Date

Amos was from the small village of Tekoa in Judah (2 Sam 14:2; 2 Chr 11:6), which was just a few miles south of Bethlehem, but God called him to travel north to Israel. He delivered a scathing message that denounced the sins of the northern kingdom and warned of the judgment God was preparing to send. Amos prophesied around 760 BC when the Lord sent him to warn northern Israel that their time of unprecedented prosperity was about to come to an abrupt halt. It would be replaced by a time of national calamity as the Lord judged the people for their sins. Two years after Amos preached in Israel, the Lord sent an earthquake to demonstrate His displeasure (1:1). Archaeological evidence from Hazor and several other ancient Israelite cities appears to confirm this event. This quake was of such a magnitude that it was remembered by the prophet Zechariah some 200 years later (Zech 14:5).

Ruins of a Byzantine chapel at Tekoa over what was probably the tomb of Amos, a prophet whose hometown was Tekoa.

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