Found insideThis important volume focuses on the contribution of excavated material to the interpretation of biblical texts. ), But there was a special reason as to the Prophet Amos; for he was sent on purpose severely to reprove the ten tribes: and, as we shall see, he handled them with great asperity. Then God says, “Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. Which he saw — Received by revelation; concerning Israel — Namely, the kingdom of the ten tribes, to which this prophecy chiefly refers; although the prophet briefly denounces God's judgments . We reject the notion that he was a wealthy owner of flocks and orchards for he later described himself as "a dresser of sycamore trees" (Amos 7:14), in language which, according to Keil indicates that he lived upon this fruit, an article of diet widely associated with the very poorest people. All this wonderful truth we have—this revelation, this glory that God has given us—will flow out from Jerusalem, because God has chosen Jerusalem! Yet blasphemy against the Spirit of God is exactly what most if not all of those people are guilty of when they disparage revelation that clearly came through the Spirit of God! The Is. And he said, "I see the evil that you are going to do to the people of God. Though scholars have not been able to pinpoint at exact date of an earthquake, there is archaeological The promise of judgment and the reality of an earthquake within a few years would have authenticated Amos' message of judgment to the original audience. God’s people will be in a place of safety by that point. (16) There is an incongruity in our language in saying, “The words of Amos, which he saw. God was impressing on our minds that we shouldn’t worry about the physical Supreme Court; it’s the spiritual Supreme Court that should concern us. Dathius renders it, Effata , oracles. NASB (UPDATED) TEXT:6:12-14 12 Do horses run on rocks? God is going to roar! The, prophecy against the Syrians, whose capital was Damascus, was. So God promises the judgment. It is condemned for disobeying that law and going its own way (4-5). And in each of them He declares. Wonderful prosperity and blessings will flow all over this Earth as we teach them under Christ’s direction about the gospel that is the Family of God administering the government over this world. Shortly before I was fired from the Worldwide Church of God (wcg), I gave a Bible study on the book of Amos. I don’t know how God worked that out with those men. Jess Bravin, a Wall Street Journal reporter, contacted the pcg in November 2000 about writing a story on the case. Found inside – Page 102... come upon them — a famine , verse 6 , a drought , verse 7 , a blight , verse 9 , pestilence and defeat in war , verse 10 , and an earthquake , verse 11. Yet the hatred that Esau had for Jacob never ceased in the descendants. You didn’t even have to explain it or go into detail—just say “the earthquake” and people knew what you were talking about. The prophet Amos, a humble agricultural labourer was inspired to prophecy, "in the days of King Uzziah of Judah … two years before the earthquake." (Amos 1:1) Well over 200 years later, the memory of that earthquake remained. It’s almost like it has disappeared! Some of those woes are among the most disturbing visions in the Bible. When Elijah the prophet had fled from Jezebel and had hid in the cave down in the Sinai, the word of the Lord came to Elijah the prophet saying, "Elijah, what are you doing here?" Acts & Facts. Nebuchadnezzar also subdued the Edomites. And you have also the area of Ammon, and the Ammonites, was directly east from Jerusalem, across the great African rift in the area that today is Ammon. That comes through the Holy Spirit of God. It is south and east of the area of the Dead Sea. The accompanying map displays the site intensity (Modified Mercalli Intensity from archaeology or literature) and lines of equal intensity of shaking (isoseismals). The tradition of the Jews is that it happened just at the time when Uzziah presumptuously invaded the priest's office and went in to burn incense, 2 Chronicles 26:16. The words of Amos — This person and the father of Isaiah, though named alike in our translation, were as different in their names as in their persons. Isaiah 22 has another detail also found in Amos: “Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle” (verse 2). It was a very wealthy, prosperous, and powerful kingdom. Found insideThe Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781472453983, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivative 4.0 license. He put a seal of approval on everything we accomplished in that court battle. See Jeremiah 25:30. But he says, that he was among the shepherds of Tekoa. He forced them to make a deal on January 16, so that they would know that the victory revolved around His end-time Elijah! On Jan. 16, 2001, our multipurpose building, the John Amos Field House, was dedicated—exactly two years before the earthquake struck. Through a process known as scaling, the damage areas of smaller historic earthquakes of known magnitude are used to scale upward to estimate the area of damage and magnitude of the regional earthquake. Times really haven't changed that much, have they? Found inside – Page 159This , no doubt , was first fulfilled by the terrors of the earthquake . Then Amos goes on , in briefer and simpler verse than his more trained brethren ... It describes the destruction and desolation wreaked upon the population by the radiation fallout of nuclear bombs dropped on cities. The Misnic doctors o speak of it as famous for oil, where the best was to be had; near to it was a wilderness, called the wilderness of Tekoa; and Jerom p says, that beyond it there was no village, nor so much as huts and cottages, but a large wilderness, which reached to the Red sea, and to the borders of the Persians, Ethiopians, and Indians, and was full of shepherds, among whom Amos was; whether he was a master herdsman, or a servant of one, is not said. Biblical quake confirmed by scientists based on archaeological evidence. We also printed No Freedom Without Law,The Royal Book of Revelation, Repentance Toward God and Who Is ‘That Prophet’?The latter was a good one to come out then because, if you want to understand Amos, you need to understand that he was a forerunner type of this end time. The commentaries do not establish the start of these visions in the right place, nor do they end them in the right place. Bible > Amos > Chapter 1 > Verse 1 Amos 1:1 These are the words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa--what he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, in the days when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel. He is talking about the people of God. They don’t understand it, and that makes it one of the most depressing books you could ever read. How wonderful! When the article came out that day, one of our members in Tyler, Texas, went around trying to find that edition of the Wall Street Journal to buy, but it was sold out. Amos boasts not here, in speaking of his own words, that he adduced anything as from himself, but avows himself to be only the minister of God; for he immediately adds that he received them by a vision. The Revised Standard Version translates Amos 9:1 thus: “Not one of them shall escape.” This is heavy truth. Uzziah and Jeroboam ruled in the eighth century B.C., and scholars believe that Amos had a relatively short ministry in the middle of that century—around 760-755 . God wasn’t about to let people stop that, even if they did let Satan take over their church. What is God going to do to them? This special print edition of the Fall 2014 issue of Popular Archaeology Magazine contains compelling accounts of some recent discoveries and developments in the fields of archaeology and anthropology, including discoveries that have ... The first two verses of the book constitute a prologue. I’m going to raise the tabernacle of David, and I’m going to make everything flow from that. He is going to stop them forever! He therefore makes that stroke of leprosy and the earthquake to be at the same time. That this is true "is affirmed by the succeeding clause, `which he saw. (August 10, 2021 / JNS) Archeologists have uncovered in the City of David National Park in Jerusalem the first evidence of the capital being hit with an earthquake that was mentioned in the Bible, reported i24News.. It was then necessary to set over them a teacher who would not treat them courteously, but exercise towards them his native rusticity. That had to be when the earthquake came. 1:1; 2:13; 8:8; 9:1-6), p.198. Amos 5:10 They hate the one who rebukes in the gate, And they abhor the one who speaks uprightly. God by this prophet gave warning of it two years before, that God by it would shake down their houses, Amos 3:15; Amos 3:15. Verse Amos 9:1. Amos 1 :: New International Version (NIV) The words of Amos, one of the shepherds of Tekoa—the vision he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash [fn] was king of Israel. Worldwide, the deadliest-known earthquake in history was the 1556 Shaanxi earthquake in China. As a federally recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit ministry of the USA, all gifts to ICR are completely tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by U.S. law. Finally, Israel was condemned. Amos Chapter One Commentary by Ron Beckham Audio Bible Stu dy - Amos 1:1-5. ( A) —the vision he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, ( B) when Uzziah. Verse Amos 1:1. That is frightening when you understand God, because every one of these verses is about nuclear fire. A warning of two years, and time for repentance, were given, “before the earthquake” should come, the token and beginning of a further shaking of both kingdoms, unless they should repent. Fatalities numbered at just under 1 million. "The words of Amos ..." Both Ecclesiastes and Jeremiah have similar beginnings; and therefore it is not necessary to attribute these words to "some later editor." 10. iv. In Schunck, K., and M. Augustin, eds.. The Companion Bible states that in the original manuscripts, the word Lord in Amos 9:1 is combined with “eth”—which means God Himself. The father of Isaiah, אמוץ Amots; the prophet before us, עמוס Amos. -Twenty-fourth year of Uzziah, king of Judah. God was giving us a test: He wanted to know how much we valued the revelation He had given Mr. Armstrong. Two years before the earthquake - This earthquake must plainly have been one of the greatest, since it was vividly in people’s memories in the time of Zechariah, and Amos speaks of it as “the earthquake.” The earthquakes of the east, like that of Lisbon, destroy whole cities. It deceived its treaty partners, and bought and sold slaves as it would any other merchandise (9-10). We couldn’t be doing this Work withoutit! To avoid this, Newcome has paraphrased the passage thus, — “Which had come to him in a vision.” There would be no necessity for this, had we a suitable term for “words,” which in Hebrew has the same latitude of meaning with λογος in Greek. But in time, Tyrus also turned against Israel. If you get in the way and try to stop God and what He is doing through the Holy Spirit, then you can expect a deadly earthquake. -Year since the first Olympic games were celebrated in Elis by the Idaei Dactyli, 667. Zechariah 14:5 refers back to this earthquake, so verse 1 is important for verifying that a future literal earthquake will take place at the end of the present age. The time this earthquake happened, sacred history does not mention. We will have to make some changes to that booklet.). In other words, "You're not doing anything down here. Amos' Earthquake impacted Hebrew literature immensely. "The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake" (Amos 1:1). Zechariah's 14th-chapter reference to the 'Amos' earthquake is in the context of a further prophecy, as yet unfulfilled. Josephus mentions this earthquake, Antiq. Found insideThe implication is that this introductory verse, able to reference the earthquake, is separated from the prophetic ministry of Amos by at least two years, ... 378. That’s why we had the earthquake! Earthquake imagery appears in later prophets as well (cf. In one, a little before the birth of our Lord , “some ten thousand were buried under the ruined houses.” This terrific earthquake (for as such Zechariah describes it) was one of the preludes of that displeasure of God, which Amos foretold. The Israelites were all stubbornness, and wholly untamable. Verse 3 shows a Church split. The words "son of Joash" given in the identification of Jeroboam distinguish him as Jeroboam II. Found inside – Page 38An Exegetical and Theological Exposition of Holy Scripture Billy K. Smith, Frank Page. “extremely violent and unparalleled.” 12 The earthquake is mentioned ... “But I will send a fire upon Teman …” (verse 12). The Book of Amos is generally considered one of the older surviving books of the Hebrew Scriptures, with most scholars dating it to before the Torah was compiled, or at least heavily redacted in the time of King Josiah. About sixty years before the ministry of Christ, a small group of Levites copied Scripture onto scrolls at the small village of Qumran in the desert northwest of the Dead Sea. What does the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and a future deep impact from a comet have in common? There was a hatred constantly simmering and kindling among the Edomites. About sixty years before the ministry of Christ, a small group of Levites copied Scripture onto scrolls at the small village of Qumran in the desert northwest of the Dead Sea. There is a duality in these books. We must understand that! A verse by verse exposition and commentary on the book of the prophet Amos, part of the New European Christadelphian commentary series. Isaiah began his prophecy at the death of Uzziah. Amos 5:10 They hate the one who rebukes in the gate, And they abhor the one who speaks uprightly. Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam II was king of Israel. 11), and an earthquake under King Uzziah is testified to in Zech. Israel will become a place of death. Edom is condemned for savagely attacking Israel without any thought for the blood relation between the two nations (11-12). God says repeatedly in the book of Amos that when you receive that revelation, it is God speaking! Joel repeats the motto of Amos: "The Lord also will roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem," and adds the seismic theophany imagery "the heavens and the earth shall shake" (Joel 3:16; compare Amos 1:2). Verse Amos 1:1. They were very rich in the material things, but they were very poor in spiritual things. You can read all about this Church conflict in the book of Amos. Based on this method, the earthquake in question was at least magnitude 7.8, but more likely was 8.2.5 This magnitude 8 event of 750 B.C. This means they have lost their eternal lives—already! Do you think they’re going to experience an earthquake? The, earthquake, which the prophet takes for his era, is perhaps, Josephus ascribes it to Uzziah's invasion of the priestly. That makes Amos' earthquake the largest yet documented in the Holy Land in the last 4,000 years. Some interpreters believe that the earthquake in view is the one that happened during the reign of Uzziah (Zech. We're still having problems because Jordan was driven from the west bank, and in the 1967 war, and there's still that endeavor to again take control of the west bank. 1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.. 2 And he said, The Lord will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither. The Bible is often regarded as a book of stories based on a primitive people's understanding of the world around them. Or does one plow them with oxen? Bible Verses about Earthquakes. Amos spoke of the land being shaken (8:8), houses being smashed (6:11), altars being cracked (3:14), and even the Temple at Bethel being struck and collapsing (9:1). By February, the Church’s court case had become front-page news. Found inside – Page 158The first was the earthquake two years after Amos prophesied (see 1:1); Zechariah ... figurative earthquake; but once the big temblor hit, these verses were ... "The Lord God of hosts, the One who touches the land so that it melts, and all those who dwell in it mourn, and all of it rises up like the Nile and subsides like the Nile of Egypt;" This verse is similar to Amos 8:8, a verse that can be viewed as a reference to earthquakes. Judgment on Israel’s neighbours (1:1-2:5). That earthquake, according to Josephus, made a breach in the temple, ruined the gardens and palace of the king, and occurred simultaneously with the smiting of Uzziah with leprosy. He gained the attention of his audience by first announcing God’s judgment on Israel’s neighbours. God will surely punish them. How much do you love God’s truth? The time when these prophecies were delivered. Amos 7:7-9 2 And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall . And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion ( Amos 1:2 ), When Jesus Christ comes again, according to Joel, Hosea speaks about it, and now Amos also speaks about it, "He will roar from Zion.". Uzziah also so reigned over the tribe of Judah, that nothing adverse prevailed there. God's people were very busy making money, accumulating things, and practicing their religion. Found insideAMOS1 2 Amos describes what he saw concerning Israel (verse 1). ... Israel2 (verse 1); he saw these things two years before a major earthquake struck Israel ... The six nations previously mentioned did not have God’s law so they are not condemned by that law. He still didn't understand it and gave the Lord the same lame answer. Violators of solemn covenants, innovators, and corrupters of the true worship are likewise guilty and will suffer the judgment of God. ], This introductory verse has been called "the most complete superscription to be found in all of prophetic literature." Hazael said, "What's going on? because they did pursue their brothers with a sword, they had no pity, and in their anger they tore perpetually, and their wrath never ceased: So I will send a fire upon Teman [which was, of course, the capital of Edom], and it shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. Deuteronomy 29:23 states this: “The whole land brimstone and salt, and a burnt-out waste, unsown, and growing nothing, where no grass can sprout …” (rsv). We shall see in chapter seven, that though Amos sprang from the tribe of Judah, he yet dwelt in the kingdom of Israel: for the priest, after he had slandered him before the king, bade him to go elsewhere, and to eat his own bread, and not to disturb the peace of the country. “But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle …” (verse 14). It starts in Amos 8:11 and continues to the end of the book. The time also is to be observed, when he is said to have seen these prophecies; it was in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, two years before the earth-quake, and in the days of Jeroboam, the son of Joash. In its ongoing effort to catch up to the Bible, science has finally discovered evidence of the catastrophic earthquake that the prophets Amos and Zechariah described. Then beginning in Amos 2:4, God talks about this same fire consuming Judah, and similar punishment coming on Israel! Really wasn't doing much of anything. And satiety, as it ever happens, made them ferocious; hence he was not well received; but his authority is hereby more confirmed to us; for he did not flatter the people in their prosperity, but severely reproved them; and he also predicted what could not be foreseen by human judgment, nay, what seemed to be altogether improbable. Our God, whose special residence is there, will issue out warrants, given at that court, as it were, for the executing of judgments on the land. These are the words of Amos, who was among the herdmen [or a shepherd] at Tekoa ( Amos 1:1 ), Now Tekoa is a little valley going down toward the Dead Sea from the area of Bethlehem. The story appeared in the Feb. 21, 2001 edition above the fold on the front page. -Twenty-eighth and last year of Caranus, the founder of the kingdom of Macedon. [Note: See my comments above under "writer" and "date" in the Introduction section of these notes. "And the Valley in the Hills shall be stopped up, for the Valley of the Hills shall reach only to . AMOS 1:1In the Bible Verse Meaning 1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. Jeremiah 25:9; Jeremiah 25:21; Jeremiah 27:3; Jeremiah 27:6. The Lord has spoken! Amos 5:1 is addressed to the house of Israel. The violence of the earthquake will destroy even the foundations, that is, the floor plan including thresholds and entryways, which usually survive when everything else has disappeared.” They’re saying this was a major earthquake! They will never rise again—their fate is the second death! The Institute for Creation Research launched its 2021 multistate science expedition last week as a nine-member team left the ICR headquarters in Dallas,... Why does ICR focus on scientific research? The announcement of judgment was longer for Israel than for any other nation. Then what comes after that? People are being slain—killed spiritually. So during the time of Uzziah, who was a prosperous king in Judah, reigned for fifty-two years. 3. p Proem. Amos 1:1 The words of Amos, who was among the sheepbreeders of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. The commentaries say the last vision is only the first four verses of Amos 9. In my booklet on Amos, The Lion Has Roared, I wrote, “I said several times to our Church members, before we won the court case, that a PCG victory would wound all of the Laodiceans in the head. Lowland pastures and fertile hill country alike will dry up under the force of God’s action (1:1-2).The words that God uses to introduce each announcement of judgment - ‘for three sins and for four I will not turn away from punishment’ - show that the nation has sinned again and again, and can no longer escape punishment. Without that book, you can’t understand who Israel is and who the Gentiles are! But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza [or of Gaza], which shall devour the palaces thereof: And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod [the coastal fortress], and him that holds the sceptre from Ashkelon [another coastal city], and I will turn my hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord GOD ( Amos 1:7-8 ). 2. and Kimchi interprets it, he was a great man among the herdsmen; and so it was a piece of self-denial to leave his business, and go to prophesying; but rather he was a servant, and kept cattle for others, which best agrees with Amos 7:14; and so is expressive of the grace of God in calling so mean a person to such a high office. Note, Those whom God has endued with abilities for his service ought not to be despised nor laid aside for the meanness either of their origin or of their beginnings. To some extent, even we were shaken by what God did, but in a good way. Armstrong International Cultural Foundation, The United States and Britain in Prophecy. Bible Verses about Earthquakes. Though scholars have not been able to pinpoint at exact date of an earthquake, there is archaeological God continues in Amos prophesying the extermination of almost all Israel, except those who are taken as slaves. Amos 1:1 Context. God says, “I gave you that in spite of the courts so you can proclaim and publish it. The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. So Amos saw these visions from the Lord and he saw them concerning the Northern Kingdom of Israel. This town stood on a comparatively high elevation from which its residents could see the Mount of Olives to the north as well as the surrounding countryside in every direction. I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother ( Amos 1:11 ). Earthquake evidence is seen prominently at Hazor, Israel's largest ancient city. Now He doesn't name three indictments towards each. Amos 1:1. 2. Verse 6 says, “Seek the Lord, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph …”—that’s Ephraim (Britain) and Manasseh (America). -Eleventh year of Agamestor, perpetual archon of the Athenians. Found inside – Page 229These two verses are not part of the message Amos spoke in Israel but have ... “Two years before the earthquake” places this written document at least two ... B. n De Bello Jud. That is what will happen to large portions of the Earth. David Allan Hubbard, Joel and Amos (Tyndale OT Commentaries), asserts that these two terms fit an earthquake better than an invasion.
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