UNSEEN BATTLE SERIES · BIBLE CARD 30 OF 39
Amos
Amos — “Burden-bearer”
MINOR PROPHETS
- Author / Era
- Amos · approx. 760–750 BC
- Setting
- A shepherd from Tekoa in Judah sent north to confront wealthy, comfortable Israel.
- Key Figures
- Amos, Amaziah the priest, the wealthy of Samaria
- Watch For
- How sharp the edge is — Amos hammers economic exploitation as religious betrayal.
- Connects To
- James 5:1–6 · Matthew 23 · Acts 15:16–18
Key Verse
“But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.”— Amos 5:24
Points to Christ: The Restorer of the Fallen Tent
Amos 9:11–12 — the verse the early church used to welcome the Gentiles.
For the Fire Pit
God sent the shepherd, not the seminary graduate, to confront a wealthy priesthood. Sometimes the truest prophet is the one with manure on his sandals.
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