Book of Amos

The Book of Amos & Obadiah

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The book of Amos was to announce God’s holy judgment on the Kingdom of Israel (the Northern Kingdom), call them to repentance, and to turn from their self-righteous sins and idolatry. God raised up the prophet Amos, as an act of His great mercy to a people who repeatedly shunned and disobeyed Him. • Chapter 1-3, Amos came as the days of the wicked Northern Kingdom were winding down. The people were religious but it was sadly superficial. Amos announces that the neighboring nations would be punished. There were many of these wicked nations including Damascus, Gaza, Edom, and Tyre. • In chapters 4-8, Amos warns that Israel will be destroyed, and gives examples of this judgment. Amos comes, announces God’s coming judgment to the Northern Kingdom and uses the phrase, “the day of the Lord” referring to God intervening to punish and judge the wicked city, which would eventually be exile by the Assyrians. “Seek good and not evil, that you may live; and thus may the LORD God of hosts be with you, just as you have said!” (5:14). • In chapter 9, Amos tells of the restoration and hope of Israel, “In that day I will raise up the fallenbooth of David, and wall up its breaches; I will also raise up its ruins And rebuild it as in the days of old”(9:11). The book of Obadiah is a book of Prophetic Oracles. The prophet Obadiah wrote it. Its authorship is difficult to date but was possibly written about 853-841 B.C. or 605-586 B.C. The key personalities are the Edomites. The purpose of Obadiah is to show that God will judge all those who are against His children, His chosen people; Edom is used as the example of this truth. Obadiah is only one chapter (the shortest book in the Old Testament) yet it tells of God’s prophet Obadiah as he announces God’s powerful and authoritative judgment on the nation of Edom. This is the fateful end of the nation of Edom. They had been in conflict with Israel since ancient times, in reality Edom is the descendants of Esau, Jacobs’s brother. • In verses 1-9, Obadiah declares the wickedness of the Edomites and gives examples of their pride,“In the loftiness of your dwelling place, who say in your heart, ‘Who will bring me down to earth?” He proclaims God’s judgment on Edom, “Will I not on that day,” declares the LORD, “Destroy wise men from Edom and understanding from the mountain of Esau?” (vs 8). • Verses 10-14 tell of the transgressions and offenses of Edom. Implying that they should have acted like a brother who would stand for them, since they descended from the brothers; Jacob and Esau.“Because of violence to your brother Jacob, You will be covered with shame, And you will be cut off forever” (vs. 10). • In verses 15-21, we read about the victory of Israel in the end, “Esau’s house will be as stubble” and “The house of Jacob will be afire” (vs. 18). Edom was utterly nonexistent by the 1st century A.D. Find me and more of my videos at: https://www.facebook.com/mission777 https://twitter.com/christmission81?l... https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaaS... christianity bbc, case for christ, the history of christianity, history of the jews, christianity history, jesus christ, history of christianity, spiritual documentaries, religious films,