Amos is a country preacher and the only prophet who worked between prophecies taking care of sycamore trees, raising sheep and selling produce in the markets. Amos is a true prophet of God who was chosen out of the Southern Kingdom of Judah to deliver the prophetic word of God to the northern Kingdom.

The children of Israel had fallen into immorality. There was a huge disparity between the rich and the poor. The wealthy hypocrites treated the poor with very little respect. Amos 2:6 says, “thus saith the Lord; … I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes”.

These fake religious Children of Israel were looking for the coming Kingdom of God to rule over the current regime, known as the Day of our Lord. Yet, they gave the devout Nazarites wine to drink and told them to stop prophesying. God had given Amos three different visions found in chapter 7, all of which meant that God was going to take down Israel and put them back into captivity by the hand of Assyria. Because of these warnings and decrees, King Jeroboam ousted Amos from the promised land. When questioned by the King, Amos reported that Israel’s ultimate demise were the words of Yahweh. And you already know, the words of our Lord are true and will not return void. God warned them earlier in chapter 5:

• Vs. 5 Seek me and live; vs. 8 He turns the shadow of death into morning, vs. 14 seek good and not evil, that you may live vs. 15, it may be that the Lord God of host will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph

In this lesson you will learn about the character of God and the words Amos delivered.