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Amos 0001 - Lesson 7

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  1. Amos Term 1 Lesson 7 by Andrew B. Ray

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Chapter 4

The Judgment of God upon His People

  1. THE MESSAGE OF COMING JUDGMENT (Amos 4:1-3)
    1. The Audience of the Message (Amos 4:1)
      1. “Ye kine of Bashan”
      2. Kine are females, and perhaps these kine are related to the “bulls of Bashan” (Psalm 22:12) that took part in the crucifixion of our Lord.
      3. These are the women of Israel who were like unto Jezebel.
        1. They were the business sharks.
        2. They were oppressing the poor.
        3. They were crushing the needy.
      4. Notice that the women are commanding their masters.  Their masters were probably their husbands.
    2. The Judgment of the Message (Amos 4:2)
      1. The sureness of the judgment – “the Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness.”
      2. The judgment upon the “kine of Bashan” – taken away with hooks (Ezekiel 29:4; Job 41:1-2)
      3. The judgment upon their posterity – taken away with fishhooks
    3. The Insecurity of the Message (Amos 4:3)
      1. Breaches in the wall to exit by
        1. The city walls will have multiple breaches.
        2. They will walk right out into the hands of enemies.
      2. Posterity removed to palaces (Isaiah 39:7)
  2. THE COMMAND TO SIN (Amos 4:4-5)
    1. The Call to Sin (Amos 4:4)
      1. Come to Bethel, and transgress.
      2. At Gilgal multiply transgression.
    2. The Call to Worship (Amos 4:4-5)
      1. Bring your sacrifices every morning (Amos 4:4).
      2. Bring your tithes after three years (Amos 4:4).
      3. Offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven (Amos 4:5).
      4. Proclaim the free offerings (Amos 4:5).
    3. The Desires of Israel (Amos 4:5)
      1. The whole statement is not that it pleases God for His people to sin.
      2. The theme is that God knows what Israel likes, and it is sin.
      3. Israel was known to combine sinful pleasure and worship (Exodus 32:6).
  3. THE MESSAGE OF PRESENT JUDGMENT (Amos 4:6-11)
    1. Famine (Amos 4:6)
      1. Cleanness of teeth in all your cities
        1. The immediate reaction to the word cleanness is good.
        2. This, however, means that they had nothing to eat and therefore they had clean teeth.
      2. Want of bread in all your places
      3. “Yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.”
    2. Drought (Amos 4:7-8)
      1. The withholding of rain (Amos 4:7; 1 Kings 8:22-23, 35)
      2. The timing of the drought (Amos 4:7)
        1. The drought came when there were “three months to the harvest.”
        2. It appears from the words of our Lord that when there were four months men would get excited about the harvest (John 4:35).
        3. This would have given them time to labour in planting, and time to expect a great harvest only to fail miserably.
      3. The careful choosing of rain (Amos 4:7)
        1. The Lord caused it to rain upon one city.
        2. The Lord caused it not to rain upon another city.
        3. This will be common among the kingdom as well (Zechariah 14:17-18).
      4. The effects of the drought (Amos 4:7-8)
        1. The piece of land where it rained not, withered (Amos 4:7).
        2. Two or three cities wandered unto one city to drink water, but were not satisfied (Amos 4:8).
      5. “Yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD” (Amos 4:8).
    3. Blasting and Mildew (Amos 4:9)
      1. Their gardens and vineyards increased.
      2. The Lord sent palmerworms to destroy them.
      3. “Yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.”
    4. Pestilence (Amos 4:10)
      1. The Lord sent pestilence among them after the manner of Egypt.
      2. The Lord slew their young men with the sword.
      3. The Lord took away their horses.
      4. The Lord made the stink of their camps to come up into their nostrils.
      5. “Yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.”
    5. Overthrowing (Amos 4:11)
      1. The Lord has overthrown them as He overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
      2. The people were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning.
      3. “Yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.”
      4. Note:  Notice how the speaker says “I” in the beginning of the verse and then makes reference to “God” in the second person.  It is the LORD who is speaking so how can He reference to Himself in this manner unless it is the Son speaking as the LORD and He makes reference to the Father as God .
  4. THE MESSAGE OF THE LORD’S COMING (Amos 4:12-13)
    1. Preparation to be Made (Amos 4:12)
      1. The preparation of Israel is based on the certainty of God’s judgment.
      2. The context of this verse is the judgment of God upon His own people.
    2. The Greatness of the Lord (Amos 4:13)
      1. Identified by His creation
        1. He that formeth the mountains
        2. He that createth the wind
      2. Identified by His revelation – He declareth unto man his thought.
      3. Identified by His judgment
        1. He maketh the morning darkness.
        2. He treadeth upon the high places.
      4. Identified by His name
        1. The LORD
        2. The God of Hosts
Andrew Ray
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