We look into the prophecy of Amos

For the next two months we will dive into the prophetic message of Amos. This Thursday we will look over chapter 1, for which the following questions might come in handy:

1. According to verse 1, the message to Israel came in visions. How is it that Amos saw this message in a vision? What did Amos see?
2. The time of Amos' message was sometime during the years 783 - 743 B.C., approximately one hundred years after Elijah, two hundred years after David, 500 years after the Exodus, and 1100 years after Abraham. Who were our cultural forebears
   1. one hundred years ago, about 1910 A.D.?
   2. two hundred years ago, about 1810 A.D.?
   3. five hundred years ago, about 1510 A.D.?
   4. eleven hundred years ago, about 910 A.D.?
3. What kind of terrain was Mount Carmel, mentioned in v. 2?
4. The words of verses 3 - 15 contra Damascus, Gaza, Tyre, Edom and Ammon mention threshing sleds and fire falling on cities. In what other parts of the Bible have we studied threshing and fire troubles?
5. Where is Edom? Where is Ammon? Are they near Tyre and Sidon?

Let's look into these questions on Thursday morning, with the expectation that they will help us become doers of the Word.

Image: a threshing sledge from Cyprus.

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