AMOS 1 : 1 ; 2 : 16

FROM THE TIME SIN ENTERED MANKIND UPTO

NOW, MAN BECAME CORRUPTED BY NATURE

AND EVERYTHING HE DOES IS AGAINST GOD AND AGAINST FELLOW

HUMAN BEINGS.

ROTTEN APPLE

CHAIN REACTIONS

WHEN SIN STARTS TO ACCUMULATE LIKE A

CHAIN REACTION , IT CAN SPREAD FROM A PERSON

TO FAMILY TO A NATION, THEN TO

NATIONS

CHAIN REACTIONS

TEMPORARY JUDGMENT

MERCY OF GOD

WHEN SIN CROSSES THE BOUNDARY OF LIFE, HE

WILL FACE THE WALL OF JUDGMENT TO BRING

HIM TO REPENTANCE

MERCY OF GOD

ETERNAL JUDGMENT

PERMANENT

IF MAN CONTINUES TO NEGLECT THE WALL OF JUDGMENT OF GOD AND

REACHES THE FINAL WALL OF JUDGMENT

HE IS JUDGED TO ETERNAL PUNISHMENT

PERMANENT

BOOK OF

AMOS

“ A TIMELY EXAMPLE FORTHE PHILIPPINES TODAY TOLEARN THE TRUTH OF HOWGOD DEALS WITH THENATIONS ”

GOD IS SHAKING THE

PHILIPPINES !

7 And I will shake all nations,and the desire of all nationsshall come: and I will fill thishouse with glory, saith theLORD of hosts.

AMOS - THE MAN NAME - Amos means

“burden-bearer"HOME - The village of

TekoaOCCUPATION –

"a sheep breeder and a tender of sycamore fruit.”

SYCAMORE TREE

ZACCHAEUS

SYCAMORE TREEA HYBRID OF FIG & MULBERRY

THE DATE

• He prophesied approx. 755 B.C.

-Uzziah, King of Judah 787 – 735 BC

-Jeroboam II of Israel 790 – 749 BC

THE DATE

• Two years before an earthquake

• This prophecy seems tohave been delivered on avisit to Bethel , about 30years before the fall ofIsrael which is 722 B.C.

THE PEOPLEHis audience is primarily the Northern Kingdom of Israel

Jeroboam’s Calf Worship200 years

since the Ten Tribes had set

up the Northern

Kingdom , with Calf

Worship as its religion and Baal worship

FINAL WARNING

Israel hardened in its Idolatryand Wickedness was nowspeeding on to its ruin, whenGod sent Amos and Hosea ina final effort to keep thenation in its mad dash fordeath.

HIS MESSAGE

1 The words of Amos, who wasamong the shepherds of Tekoa,which he saw concerning Israelin the days of Uzziah king ofJudah and in the days ofJeroboam the son of Joash,king of Israel, two years beforethe earthquake.

2 And he said: "The LORDroars from Zion and utters hisvoice from Jerusalem; thepastures of the shepherdsmourn, and the top of Carmelwithers."

LION ROARS VS.

CALFWORSHIP

Jerusalem Is Where Zion Is Vs. Bethel Which Jeroboam Made A Center For Pagan

Worship.

Carmel A Garden Spot In The North That Will Wither

THE “CHANGES” GOD IS

CALLING UPON THE NATIONS

(1)DAMASCUS

3 Thus says the LORD: "Forthree transgressions ofDamascus, and for four, I willnot revoke the punishment,because they have threshedGilead with threshing sledges ofiron.

“For Three...For Four..” Means God Had Enough

“Threshed Gilead” Gilead Located Near Damascus And

Was Taken By Extreme Cruelty

4 So I will send a fire upon thehouse of Hazael, and it shalldevour the strongholds ofBen-hadad.

Hazael & Ben- Hadad were Kings of Syria

“ I Will Send Fire” – Houses In The Cities Were Usually Crowded On The Narrow

Streets And They Have Little Water To Put It Off

5 I will break the gate-bar ofDamascus, and cut off theinhabitants from the Valley ofAven, and him who holds thescepter from Beth-eden; and thepeople of Syria shall go intoexile to Kir," says the LORD.

“I Will Break The Gate-bar Of Damascus”

- gate bars are large timber that barred the city gate from

the insideHazael & Ben- Hadad will be

led captive to Kir(Assyria – present day Iran)

SIN of

Damascus

Cruelty Toward The Inhabitants Of Gilead

(The Tribes Of Gad And Reuben)

JUDGMENT on

DAMASCUS

Destruction And Captivity By The Assyrians

9 And the king of Assyrialistened to him. The king ofAssyria marched up againstDamascus and took it, carryingits people captive to Kir, and hekilled Rezin.

PROPHETIC APPLICATION

TODAY

• Speaks Of Cruelty Treatment On People Being Captured,

• God Is Going To Judge Groups Of People Who Abducts With Cruelty

• God Is Going To Touch People Like Apostle Paul Who Came To Know The Lord On The Road To Damascus, He Was A Terrorist Of Christians Also

(2)GAZA

6 Thus says the LORD: "Forthree transgressions of Gaza,and for four, I will not revoke thepunishment, because theycarried into exile a whole peopleto deliver them up to Edom.

Philistines Would Sell Their Prisoners Of War As Slaves To Edom Which Is Of The

Descendants Of Esau.

7 So I will send a fire upon thewall of Gaza, and it shall devourher strongholds.

8 I will cut off the inhabitantsfrom Ashdod, and him whoholds the scepter fromAshkelon; I will turn my handagainst Ekron, and the remnantof the Philistines shall perish,"says the Lord GOD.

GAZA

SIN - Engaging In Slave Traffic

JUDGMENT – Total Devastation

FULFILLMENT - By The Assyrians

God Visited Gaza

26 Now an angel of the Lordsaid to Philip, "Rise and gotoward the south to the roadthat goes down from Jerusalemto Gaza." This is a desert place.

PROPHETIC - Speaks Of Slavery On People Who Are

Weak Like :

Child Slavery And Human Slavery, Prostitution,

Gaining Money & Taking Advantage On People To

Labor.

God Will Judge Business Men Who Takes Advantage On Their Laborer. God Will Judge Syndicated Groups,

Government Officials, Families And Persons Who

Will Afflict The Weak

(3)TYRE

9 Thus says the LORD: "Forthree transgressions of Tyre,and for four, I will not revoke thepunishment, because theydelivered up a whole people toEdom, and did not rememberthe covenant of brotherhood.

10 So I will send a fire upon thewall of Tyre, and it shall devourher strongholds."

TYRE

“Did Not Remember The Covenant Of Brotherhood”

The Principal Phoenician City , Master Seafarers That Turns Its

Back On Israel From A Long Standing Alliance To Sell

Israelites As Slaves

COVENANT OF

BROTHERHOOD

1 Now Hiram king of Tyre senthis servants to Solomon whenhe heard that they had anointedhim king in place of his father,for Hiram always loved David.

12 And the LORD gaveSolomon wisdom, as hepromised him. And there waspeace between Hiram andSolomon, and the two of themmade a treaty.

THE KING OF

TYRE

12 "Son of man, raise alamentation over the king ofTyre, and say to him, Thus saysthe Lord GOD: "You were thesignet of perfection, full ofwisdom and perfect in beauty.

13 You were in Eden, the gardenof God; every precious stonewas your covering, sardius,topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx,and jasper, sapphire, emerald,and carbuncle;

and crafted in gold were yoursettings and your engravings.On the day that you werecreated they were prepared.

THE ORIGIN OF

SIN

14 You were an anointedguardian cherub. I placed you;you were on the holy mountainof God; in the midst of thestones of fire you walked.

15 You were blameless in yourways from the day you werecreated, till unrighteousness wasfound in you.

THE ORIGIN OF CORRUPTED

BUSINESS TRADE

16 In the abundance of yourtrade you were filled withviolence in your midst, and yousinned; so I cast you as aprofane thing from the mountainof God, and I destroyed you, Oguardian cherub, from the midstof the stones of fire.

“ I SELL YOU SIN IN EXHANGE WITH

YOUR LIFE”

Tyre

SIN - Slave Traffic; Did Not Remember The Covenant

Of "Brotherhood" (Between Solomon And

Hiram)

JUDGMENT – Destruction

FULFILLMENT - Started By Nebuchadnezzar; Finished

By Alexander The Great

PROPHETIC:

God is going to judge people, groups, government officials, who will betray the covenant they made whether in the sight of God or in the

sight of men.

(4)EDOM

11 Thus says the LORD: "Forthree transgressions of Edom,and for four, I will not revoke thepunishment, because hepursued his brother with thesword and cast off all pity, andhis anger tore perpetually, andhe kept his wrath forever.

12 So I will send a fire uponTeman, and it shall devour thestrongholds of Bozrah."

EDOM’S SIN

10 Because of the violence doneto your brother Jacob, shameshall cover you, and you shall becut off forever.

11 On the day that you stoodaloof, on the day that strangerscarried off his wealth andforeigners entered his gates andcast lots for Jerusalem, you werelike one of them.

EDOMITES AND

ISRAELITES LIVED IN ALMOST

PERPETUAL CONFLICT

1.) Edom Refused To Allow The Israelites To Pass

Through Their Territory En Route To The Promised

Land (Numbers 11:14-17).

2.) They fought with King Solomon

(1 Kings 11:14-25),

3. Opposed King Jehoshaphat

(2 Chronicles 20:22), and

4. Rebelled against King Jehoram (2 Chronicles

21:8).

4 If Edom says, "We areshattered but we will rebuild theruins," the LORD of hosts says,"They may build, but I will teardown, and they will be called 'thewicked country,' and 'the peoplewith whom the LORD is angryforever.'"

1. SIN - Cruelty To Brethren - A Root Of Bitterness From Esau’s Descendant/ All That

Was Forbidden They Did.

2. JUDGMENT - Destruction Upon Teman (Capital) And Bozrah (Another Chief City)

3. FULFILLMENT - by the Nabateans, 400 B.C. who took Petra and destroyed Edom. Mysteriously left

Petra around 4AD

PROPHETIC:

God Will Deal With Those With Root Of Bitterness And

Resolve To Cruelty, No Mercy And Revenge

15 See to it that no one fails toobtain the grace of God; that no"root of bitterness" springs upand causes trouble, and by itmany become defiled;

(5) AMMON

13 Thus says the LORD: "Forthree transgressions of theAmmonites, and for four, I willnot revoke the punishment,because they have ripped openpregnant women in Gilead, thatthey might enlarge their border.

14 So I will kindle a fire in thewall of Rabbah, and it shalldevour her strongholds, withshouting on the day of battle,with a tempest in the day of thewhirlwind;

15 and their king shall go intoexile, he and his princestogether," says the LORD.

Ammonites Was The Descendants Of Lot By Incest To Her Daughters

AMMON

1. SIN - murder of pregnant women in Gilead (the tribes

of Gad and Reuben)

2. JUDGMENT - Destruction Of Rabbah (Capital) And

Captivity

3. FULFILLMENT - By Nebuchadnezzar, King Of Babylon

Prophetic: God Will Deal With Those

People Who Kills HOPE , Those Who Discourage The

Weak Ones,God Will Judge The

Demonic Principalities That Seeks To Stop And Destroy

Visions That God Gives.

Jesus Will Set Free And Heal Broken Hearts Of Those Coming From An

Incest Background

(6) MOAB

1 Thus says the LORD: "Forthree transgressions of Moab,and for four, I will not revoke thepunishment, because he burnedto lime the bones of the king ofEdom.

2 So I will send a fire uponMoab, and it shall devour thestrongholds of Kerioth, andMoab shall die amid uproar,amid shouting and the sound ofthe trumpet;

3 I will cut off the ruler from itsmidst, and will kill all its princeswith him," says the LORD.

MOAB

1. SIN - Burned The King Of Edom's Bones To

Lime

2. JUDGMENT - Destruction Of The Chief City Of Kerioth

3. FULFILLMENT - By The Babylonians

PROPHETIC :

God does not want us to dishonor people even

though they are already dead and wicked.

God Does Not Want Us To Dishonor People Who May Not Be Dead But Weak And

Poor.

Example : Ruth The Moabite Became Part Of The Lineage Of The Messiah Because Of The

Kindness Of Boaz

(7) JUDAH

4 Thus says the LORD: "Forthree transgressions of Judah,and for four, I will not revoke thepunishment, because they haverejected the law of the LORD,and have not kept his statutes,but their lies have led themastray, those after which theirfathers walked.

5 So I will send a fire uponJudah, and it shall devour thestrongholds of Jerusalem."

JUDAH

1. SIN - apostasy from the Law

2. JUDGMENT - Jerusalem(the capital) to be destroyedincluding the temple. Thetemple became moreimportant than God.

3. FULFILLMENT - by Nebuchadnezzar, 586 B.C.

Prophetic:

God Will Bring Back Those Christians Who

Backslide. God Will Heal Them And Restore Them

6 And he will turn the hearts offathers to their children and thehearts of children to their fathers,lest I come and strike the landwith a decree of utterdestruction."

(8) ISRAEL

6 Thus says the LORD: "Forthree transgressions of Israel,and for four, I will not revoke thepunishment, because they sellthe righteous for silver, and theneedy for a pair of sandals—

7 those who trample the head ofthe poor into the dust of theearth and turn aside the way ofthe afflicted; a man and hisfather go in to the same girl, sothat my holy name is profaned;

8 they lay themselves downbeside every altar on garmentstaken in pledge, and in thehouse of their God they drink thewine of those who have beenfined.

9 "Yet it was I who destroyed theAmorite before them, whoseheight was like the height of thecedars and who was as strongas the oaks; I destroyed his fruitabove and his roots beneath.

10 Also it was I who brought youup out of the land of Egypt andled you forty years in thewilderness, to possess the landof the Amorite.

11 And I raised up some of yoursons for prophets, and some ofyour young men for Nazirites. Isit not indeed so, O people ofIsrael?" declares the LORD.

12 "But you made the Naziritesdrink wine, and commanded theprophets, saying, 'You shall notprophesy.'

13 "Behold, I will press youdown in your place, as a cart fullof sheaves presses down.

14 Flight shall perish from theswift, and the strong shall notretain his strength, nor shall themighty save his life;

15 he who handles the bow shallnot stand, and he who is swift offoot shall not save himself, norshall he who rides the horsesave his life;

16 and he who is stout of heartamong the mighty shall fleeaway naked in that day,"declares the LORD.

ISRAEL

1. Sin-

-Social Injustice (Slave Trade And Abuse Of The Poor), -Immorality (Prostitution)-Idolatry (Worshipping Other Gods)- Rebellion Against God

2. JUDGMENT - Their Inability To Flee When

Destruction Comes Upon Them

3. FULFILLMENT - By The Assyrians In 722-721 B.C.

LESSONS FROM THE "CHANGES"

A. GOD HOLDS THE NATIONS OF MEN ACCOUNTABLE

B. APOSTASY AND CRUELTY TREATED ALIKE

C. THE STANDARDS TO WHICH NATIONS WERE HELD ACCOUNTABLE

GOD’S CALL :

WE MUST CHANGE OUR WAYS !

ONLY JESUS CAN CHANGE A PERSON

AND A NATION