‘Prepare to meet your God’: Amos in Advent

Amos 1-2

  • The God who roars (1:1-2)
  • Eight Oracles of Judgement (1:3-2:16)
  • Reasons for Judgement (3:1-6:14)
    • Privilege and accountability (3:1-2)
    • Causes and warnings (3:3-8, 4:6-11)
    • Opulence and oppression (3:15, 4:1, 5:7, 10-15, 6:4-6)
    • False religion and complacency (3:14, 5:5-6, 18-26, 6:1)
  • Five Visions (7:1-9:10)
  • A promise (9:8b-15) and its fulfilment (Acts 15)
  • Amos and Advent