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Major Lessons from the Minor Prophets

Major Lessons from the Minor Prophets. Amos  Hosea  Zephaniah  Zechariah. Theme of Amos.

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Major Lessons from the Minor Prophets

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  1. Major Lessonsfrom the Minor Prophets Amos  Hosea  Zephaniah  Zechariah

  2. Theme of Amos Thus the Lord GOD showed me: Behold, a basket of summer fruit.  And He said, "Amos, what do you see?" So I said, "A basket of summer fruit." Then the LORD said to me: "The end has come upon My people Israel; I will not pass by them anymore.” Amos 8:1-2 Israel was ripe for God's judgment of doom

  3. Outline of Amos • Judgment on Eight Nations, "For three transgressions and for four“ (1:3‑‑2:16) • On Damascus (1:3‑5) • On Gaza of Philistia (1:6‑8) • On Tyre (1:9‑10) • On Edom (1:11‑12) • On Ammon (1:13‑15) • On Moab (2:1‑3) • On Judah (2:4‑5) • On Israel (2:6‑16)

  4. Outline of Amos II. Three Sermons Pronouncing the Judgment of Israel (3:1‑‑6:14) • Sermon to the "whole family" of Israel ‑ A sermon of present warning (3:1‑15) • Sermon to the "cows of Bashan" ‑ Past judgments have gone unheeded (4:1‑13) • Sermon of "lamentation" and "woe" ‑ The future judgment of God on Israel would be overwhelm­ing (5:1‑‑6:14) III. Five Visions of the Judgment of Israel (7:1‑‑9:10) • Locust (7:1‑3) • Fire (7:4‑6) • The plumb line (7:7‑9) [Historical Parenthesis] (7:10‑17) • The summer fruit (8:1‑14) • The door posts of the sanctuary (9:1‑10) IV. Promises of a Bright Future for Spiritual Israel (9:11‑15)

  5. A Sermon of Lamentation and WoeFuture judgments would be overwhelm­ing (5:1‑‑6:14) Woe to those secure in luxury (6:1-14) • Woe is pronounced on the rulers of Jerusalem and Samaria who lived in false security. (6:1-2) • Were they any different from neighboring cities? • By denying their impending doom they were actually hastening it (6:3) • They enjoy lives of ease and luxury “but are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph” (6:4-6) • Prosperity may lead to false security, mixed-up priorities, and doom (Deut. 8:11-20; Luke 12:15-21; 1 Tim. 6:6-19) • The Lord had “sworn by Himself” that He would utterly destroy Israel (6:8-11; Heb. 6:13-17)

  6. A Sermon of Lamentation and WoeFuture judgments would be overwhelm­ing (5:1‑‑6:14) Woe to those secure in luxury (6:1-14) • Israel had wasted her strength in vain and useless pursuits, all the while boasting that she had gained power by her own strength (6:12-14) • “Lo-debar” (NKJV, ESV) literally means “thing of nought” (ASV) or “nothing” (NKJV margin) • “Taken Karnaim” literally means “taken horns”. • God would raise up a nation that would afflict Israel from “the entrance of Hamath to the Valley of the Arabah"  (beyond the northern and southernmost borders)

  7. “And they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath to the Valley of the Arabah.” (Amos 6:14)

  8. Five Visions of Israel’s Judgment (Amos 7:1‑‑9:10) • Locust (7:1‑3) • Fire (7:4‑6). • The plumb line (7:7‑9) [Historical Parenthesis] (7:10‑17) • The summer fruit (8:1‑14) • The door posts of the sanctuary (9:1‑10)

  9. Five Visions of Israel’s Judgment (Amos 7:1‑‑9:10) • Locust (7:1‑3) • The king had taken the first harvest and now the second crop was about to be destroyed by locusts (1 Sam. 8:14) • The Lord heard the prayer of Amos and disaster was averted (cf. James 5:16)

  10. Locust invasions can be devastating still today. • "One swarm covering one square kilometers contains 50 million locusts, and this swarm can eat the equivalent of 100 tons per day.“ • A 2003-2005 desert locust plague in Africa caused $2.5 billion in crop damage. Joe Palca, NPR, 8/19/19 A desert locust sits on a child's arm in Yemen. Mohammed Huwais /AFP/Getty Images

  11. The largest locust swarm recorded in modern history took place over the U.S. Plains States in the 1870s. "[It] was about the size of the state of California" "You had swarms flying overhead for four days, and whenever they landed they pretty much ate everything. It was really devastating.“ -- Arianne Cease, Global Locust Initiative

  12. The Plague of 1874 In her novel On the Banks of Plum Creek,Laura Ingalls Wilder recalls her family’s hardship during the locust plague. “You could hear the millions of jaws biting and chewing,” she wrote. Later, she describes the scene as family members come back inside after a brief excursion: “Grasshoppers went into the house with them. Their clothes were full of grasshoppers. Some jumped into the hot stove where Mary was starting supper. Ma covered the food till they had chased and smashed every grasshopper. She swept them up and shoveled them into the stove.” Specimens of the now extinct Rocky Mountain Locust, photographed in the 1870s (Wikimedia)

  13. Five Visions of Israel’s Judgment (Amos 7:1‑‑9:10) • Locust (7:1‑3) • Fire (7:4‑6). • Amos sees a vision of fire devouring land and sea, but again Amos prays and the Lord relents. • The plumb line (7:7‑9) • Amos sees the Lord with a plumb line, and the Lord proclaims, “I am setting a plumb line In the midst of My people Israel; I will not pass by them anymore.”

  14. Five Visions of Israel’s Judgment (Amos 7:1‑‑9:10) Historical Parenthesis (7:10‑17) • Amaziah, the priest of Bethel informs Jeroboam II that Amos is prophesying his death and Israel’s captivity (7:10-11). • Amaziah tells Amos to flee from Israel and never prophesy there again (7:12-13). • Amos responds with humility & firmness (7:14-17). • He was just a simple sheep breeder and tender of fruit trees when the LORD to called him to prophesy. • Amos regards the Lord’s words, not those of Amaziah! • Amos prophesies shame for Amaziah’s wife, death by the sword for his children, his land being divided by others, and Amaziah’s death coming in a defiled land!

  15. Sheep near Tekoa • A sycamore fig tree. • Close up of the fruit. Photos by Leon Mauldin

  16. Five Visions of Israel’s Judgment (Amos 7:1‑‑9:10) The summer fruit (8:1‑14) • Israel was ripe for judgment – they would be “thrown out in silence” like a basket of summer fruit (8:1-3) • Their greed, dishonesty, & oppression of the poor spelled the announcement of their doom (8:4-6) • The Lord assures them that their works would be punished – as with an earthquake, a flood, and a dark eclipse (8:7-10) • Every happy thing would be filled with bitterness and sorrow, as if an only child had died. • The Lord would send a famine of hearing His words (8:11-14; cf. Lam. 2:8-9; Isa. 55:6)

  17. Five Visions of Israel’s Judgment (Amos 7:1‑‑9:10) The door posts of the sanctuary (9:1‑10) • The doorposts of God’s house are to be so shaken that it will be felt to the ground (9:1-4). • None who deserve punishment shall get away, even if they flee to Sheol, heaven, Carmel or the depths of the sea. • God has power over the natural world (9:5-6). • His power over the nations to bring up and break down is equally evident (9:7-10) • Although the Lord typically destroys the sinful nation, He will not utterly destroy Israel. • They will be sifted through the nations as grain through a sieve; the good will be preserved, but all the heedless will die by the sword.

  18. "For surely I will command and will sift the house of Israel among all nations, as grain is sifted in a sieve; Yet not the smallest grain shall fall to the ground.” (Amos 9:9)

  19. Promises of a Bright Future for Spiritual Israel(Amos (9:11‑15) The fulfillment of Amos 9:11-15 is clearly revealed in Acts 15:12-21. • The tabernacle of David represents the spiritual Kingly house of David. • Christ was raised to sit on David’s throne. • Gentiles are included in His dominion! • Amos describes the abundant spiritual blessing and fruitfulness of the Messiah’s kingdom in figurative language. • The Kingdom is rebuilt! • Plowing and reaping occur simultaneously. (i.e. Sowing the seed of the kingdom and receiving its fruit). • Captives return to inhabit everlasting abodes and drink sweet blessings.  

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