Burden bearer His career took place during a
亞毛斯先知 "Burden bearer. "
亞毛斯先知 • His career took place during a period of great material prosperity for Israel, but also a period of social and religious corruption.
亞毛斯先知 • His harsh words are directed against – the king (7: 10 -11) – Priest (7: 16 -17) – The upper classes (4: 1 -3; 6: 1)
亞毛斯先知 • His vocation: – I am not a prophet, nor I belong to a prophetic brotherhood. I am merely a herdsman and a dresser of sycamorefigs… (Am 7: 14 -15)
亞毛斯先知 • The sin of Judah: Despised YHWH’s Law and not kept his commandments.
亞毛斯先知 • The sin of Israel: – They have sold the upright for silver, and the poor for a pair of sandals…(2: 6 -8) They forgot their history…
亞毛斯先知 • The Lord does nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets (3: 7) • He will “visit” his chosen people (3: 2; 14) – The visit of God is seen as his intervention among men to bless or to punish.
亞毛斯先知 • The punishment of the Lord is a famine not hunger food, nor thirst for water, but famine for hearing YHWH’s word (8: 11)
亞毛斯先知 • The way to survive is to “seek out” for the Lord (5: 4; 6; 14 -15)
亞毛斯先知 • The Lord will take pity on the remnant of Joseph (5: 15) and will rebuild the hut of David (9: 11)
亞毛斯先知 • Doxology – 4: 13 – 5: 8 (may be not in Chinese bible) – 9: 5
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