Amos 9:11-15 — Conclusion: Promise of Millennial Restoration and Blessing
RESTORATION TO THE PROMISED LAND AND REVERSAL OF FORTUNES CHARACTERIZE FUTURE MILLENNIAL BLESSING
Amos 9:1-10 — Vision of the Lord Beside the Altar — Israel Doomed with No Escape
THE AWESOME ALL-POWERFUL GOD JUDGES WITH THOROUGHNESS AND FINALITY REGARDLESS OF CLAIMS OF SPECIAL PRIVILEGE
Amos 8:1-14 — Vision of the Perishing Summer Fruit — Israel Destined for Imminent Judgment
THE ROTTEN NATION OF ISRAEL CONDEMNED TO ITS DESERVED JUDGMENT WITH NO MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR RECOVERY
Amos 7:10-17 — Historical Interlude — Confrontation at Bethel: Dealing with Opposition
GOD’S MESSENGER MUST STAND UP TO OPPOSITION BY RELYING ON DIVINE AUTHORITY
Amos 7:7-9 — Vision of the Plumb Line — Israel Measured and Found Crooked
FAILURE TO CONFORM TO GOD’S STANDARD (RIGHTEOUSNESS) CONDEMNS ISRAEL TO CERTAIN JUDGMENT WITH NO MORE DELAY
Amos 6:1-14 — Third Message of Condemnation Against Israel — Part 3 — Rebuking the False Security of the Leaders
PROSPERITY MUST NOT PROVIDE A PLATFORM FOR PRIDEFUL FALSE SECURITY ON THE PART OF LEADERS WHO FAIL TO PURSUE JUSTICE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS
Amos 5:18-27 — Third Message of Condemnation Against Israel — Part 2 — The Day of the Lord Will Be Darkness not Light
RIGHTEOUSNESS BEFORE RITUAL -- GOD DESIRES JUSTICE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS RATHER THAN VAIN RELIGIOUS SHOW
Amos 5:1-17 — Third Message of Condemnation Against Israel — Judgment Will Be Severe — Part 1
FUNERAL LAMENT: JUDGMENT DESERVED FOR FAILING TO SEEK AFTER GOD AND RIGHTEOUSNESS
Amos 4:1-13 — Second Message of Condemnation Against Israel — Judgment Could Have Been Avoided by Repentance
JUDGMENT MUST FOLLOW WHEN GOD’S PATIENCE AND FORBEARANCE WITH HIS STUBBORNLY REBELLIOUS PEOPLE HAVE REACHED THEIR LIMIT
Amos 3:1-15 — First Message of Condemnation Against Israel — Judgment Should Be No Surprise
THE FACT OF ISRAEL’S GUILT IN THE PRESENT – ISRAEL STANDS GUILTY OF IDOLATRY, VIOLENCE AND MATERIALISM
Amos 2:4-16 — Oracles of Judgments Against Judah and Israel
THE CLIMAX OF GOD’S JUDGMENT IS DIRECTED AGAINST HIS OWN PEOPLE – ESPECIALLY ISRAEL