Perhaps no other prophet was as searing in his condemnation and as demanding in his call as was amos. He was a shepherd and tended to sycamore fig trees. Amos the ancient prophet discography rate your music. This explains gods pleading with the nations, joel 3. He was a simple shepherd, a man plucked from his profession and. Amos a prophet of israel amazing bible timeline with. Rather, he was a grower of sycamore figs as well as a shepherd amos 7. The book of amos, which is the earliest of the prophetic writings to be preserved in book form, consists of nine chapters. The author of the book of amos is identified as the prophet amos. The book of amos by the minor prophet amos 1 words 5 pages.
Amos message must not be lost on our modern generation. Although he came from a town in judah, he preached to the people of the northern kingdom of israel, about the middle of the eighth century b. Amos the ancient prophet listen and stream free music. Amos lived in the kingdom of judah but preached in the northern kingdom of. God inspires but does not dictate, as if the prophet were simply a tool like a typewriter or loud speaker. Before becoming a prophet, amos was a sheep herder and a sycamore fig farmer. The prophet amos lived among a group of shepherds in tekoa, a small town approximately ten miles south of jerusalem. Amos the ancient prophet samples, covers and remixes on whosampled. Amos is identified as the prophet amos religion essay. The book of amos is the third of the twelve minor prophets in the tanakhold testament and the second in the greek septuagint tradition. A common mistake is to assume that amos prophecies were all fulfilled by historic events such as the fall of ancient israel and judah, or the destruction of the.
Amos active 8th century bc, the first of the literary prophets of ancient israel, was the author of the biblical book bearing his name. Amos has been referred to as the classic prophet of doom because of both his message of repentance and the general. Amos meaning burden or burdenbearer was an inhabitant of the rugged region of tekoa, located in the territory of judah about 12 miles south of jerusalem. Amos the ancient prophet the tomb of ligeia snippet by. Amos the ancient prophet is a polish beatmaker who represents the worldwide underground hiphop s. In spite of withering opposition, he fearlessly indicted the nation for its hollow, meaningless piety, social injustice and general immorality. Although he hailed from judea, amos preached in the northern kingdom of the neighboring nation, israel. Tekoa was located about twelve miles south of jerusalem.
Unlike most of the other writing prophets of the old testament, amos lifelong calling was not that of a prophet but involved agriculture. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from amos the ancient prophet at the discogs marketplace. Amos 4 6 judgments from god with a brief call of repentance in chapter five. Amos the ancient prophet has a new cover image mar 02, 20 at 03. Amos declaration marks a turningpoint in the development of old testament prophecy. Amos the ancient prophet free listening on soundcloud. He spent most of his life as a herdsman shepherd and a dresser of sycamore figs 7. Amos to tell israel, however, the idolatrous high priest amasias amaziah threatened gods prophet with death unless he returned to judah. Amos, an older contemporary of hosea and isaiah, was active c. All that we know about amos is found out from the book that bears his name. Any of the, really, the whole prophets are anything but minor. Not all of the material found in these chapters came from amos himself. Stream tracks and playlists from amos the ancient prophet on your desktop or mobile device. Amos wrote during the reign of jeroboam ii 787747bc, at a time when assyria was beginning to flex its muscles and threaten judahisrael.
The book identifies the author as the prophet amos, who wrote probably between 760 and 753 bc, during the reign of jeroboam ii in israel. From approximately 780 to 750, egypt, syria, and assyria did not pose a serious threat to israel. His prophecies of doom largely came true in the form of a huge earthquake that struck the region in 760 b. Amos the ancient prophet marcin czerechowicz is polish producer beatmaker and member of the lost children of babylon group. Heavypower metal from sweden, debut fulllength album released in 2018. Amos was trying to shake the people out of their complacency, face up to the reality of impending assyrian aggression. Discover all amos the ancient prophets music connections, watch videos, listen to. Amos, the first hebrew prophet to have a biblical book named for him. Amos the ancient prophets profile including the latest music, albums, songs, music videos and more updates. Editors and copyists added comments to the prophets original oracles that they deemed appropriate in light of events that occurred after his death. Amos was apparently a peripatetic prophet who kept repeating a basic message, the summary for which is given by amaziah in 7. Jonahs preaching in nineveh must have been similar. The book of amos is gods message to his people to repent and reform, as he is angered by the israelites unfaithfulness, perversion and distortion of religion. Amos was the first prophet in the bible whose message was recorded at length.
Amos must have subsequently returned to tekoa where he assembled and edited his messages as we now see them in the book. These messages came in visions, oracles, dreams, parables, and the like. Several times he uses the phraseology, for three sins transgressions of gods law, 1 john 3. The prophet amos was similar to the prophets of the old testament in some ways and quite different in others. Amos not member of prophetic guild, oppositional prophet, not beholden to king amaziah is a priest of bethel, royal sanctuary and loyal to jeroboam and characterizes amos prophecy as conspiracy. Whereas other books of the hebrew bible such as samuel and kings contain numerous indirect prose reports of earlier prophets activities, the books of the classical prophets, beginning with amos, focus on the prophets words, usually recorded. Theyre called minor in terms of, perhaps, the length of their booksezekiel, jeremiah, isaiah, much longer books, the socalled major prophets and these books run from just a few verses to.
Amos the ancient prophet samples, covers and remixes. Amos was a herdsman who lived in the village of tekoa, before becoming a prophet during the reign of king uzziah. He was an unlearned man, a shepherd of goats and sheep, as he testifies concerning himself amos 7. Amos is part of what we call the minor prophets, but amos is anything but minor. The prophet amos ministered during the overlapping reigns of jeroboam ii in israel 793753 and uzziah in judah 792740. He began to prophesy two years before the earthquake, which some say took place in the twentyfifth year of the reign of ozias, king of judah, about the year 785 b. The prophet amos presents us with a distinct call and description of his role in communicating the word of the lord. Book of amos overview insight for living ministries.
Amos the ancient prophets stream on soundcloud hear the. Gods particular controversy with syria, with palestine, with tyre, with edom, and with ammon amos 1. Despite the fact that he lived in the southern kingdom of judah, god sent him as his prophet to the northern kingdom of. Modern warnings from an ancient prophet tomorrows world. Explore releases from amos the ancient prophet at discogs. The author also considers the books reception in ancient and modern times by interpreters as varied as rabbis, the church fathers, the reformers and liberation theologians. The ethical teaching of amos, its content and relevance. This chapter actually combines with amos 2 to form the first division of the prophecy of amos, in which the prophet thunders the warning of the impending judgment of god upon no less than eight nations, beginning with israels surrounding pagan neighbors, then resting for a moment upon judah, and by way of climax describing the utter ruin and devastation of israel itself, i. To prove that amos had said this, he quoted something the prophet really did say. He was no prophet, nor did he come from a family of prophets. Amos explained that he was not a nabi but trained in agriculture and told by yhwh to prophesize to israel.
Amos the ancient prophet lyrics, songs, and albums genius. The prophet amos was from the city of thekoue of the land of zabulon. Amos saw in them the threat of gods punishment, and by pleading for the land was able to convince god to relent. There was a bit of a hereditary sense of a son of a prophet, succeeded his father in that. His ministry occurred sometime between 760 and 755 b.
Kim myers, reflecting on amos s prophecy to ancient israel in amos 5. Hip hop wroclaw, pl amos the ancient prophet hip hop wroclaw, pl. Get all the lyrics to songs by amos the ancient prophet and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. As the roman martyrology indicates, ancient tradition tells us that this persecution at the hands of amasias and of ozias, son of amasias, led to the prophets martyrdom. About 750 bc in amos 1, the prophet amos, one of the 12 minor prophets of the old testament, gave a series of prophecies against the nations that surrounded the land of israel, including damascus, gaza, tyre, edom and ammon. In amos case, the book begins with the words of amos, but he immediately writes, the lord roars from zion verse 2 and thus says the lord verse 3. He accurately foretold the destruction of the northern kingdom of israel although he did not specify assyria as the cause and, as a prophet of doom, anticipated later old testament prophets. He has been referred to as the first of the classical prophets, 1 philip hyatt, the book of amos, interpretation, iii, no.
Throughout, the focus is on how to read the book of amos holistically to understand the organic development of the prophets message through the many stages of the book. Amos chapter 1 coffmans commentary of the new testament. But let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like. Amos the prophet greek orthodox archdiocese of america. Amos prophesied at a unique time in the history of the divided kingdom. Top 5 commentaries on the book of amos ligonier ministries. Mysteries of space and time by warrior type wizards, released 03 june 2017 1. When god had a message for the people, he gave his message through the prophets. Amos was born in the judean town of tekoa, near modern bethlehem, israel. Editors and copyists added comments to the prophet s original oracles that they deemed appropriate in light of events that occurred after his death.
Amos the prophet the historical background a wandering people at the start of what is a series looking at some of the prophets of israel, it might be helpful to do a little history which gives us a feel of the background. As the roman martyrology indicates, ancient tradition tells us that this persecution at the hands of amasias and of ozias, son of amasias, led to the prophet s martyrdom. Mays, words about the words of amos, interpretation. Jul 29, 2010 amos begins his prophecy by articulating gods anger against syria, gaza, ammon and moabmideastern nations that anciently bordered israel and judahand whose descendants remain in that general area even today. He is not mentioned in other biblical books and he does not yet appear in any nonbiblical text from that time, or in any inscription that archaeologists have uncovered. Shizen ronin 20102020 by kalki, antony of egypt, legion, kikwaakew, sunya dasa, released 15 may 2020 1. Amos 3 god explains that he sends warning before judgment. Amos the prophet the historical background a wandering. His activities probably took place during the reign of uzziah, also called azariah, king. The book of amos, written by the minor prophet amos, is found towards the end of the old testament of the bible. Amoss ministry may have been the earliest of the minor prophets. Amos made clear in his writings that he did not come from a family of prophets, nor did he even consider himself one. In reality, the prophecy made no mention specifically of.
Amos was not the first bible prophet, but he was the first prophet to have his prophecies recorded in a separate book of the bible, that being the book of amo. Amos the ancient prophet is polish producer beatmaker and member of the lost children of babylon group. The period of the prophets activity is the reign of jeroboam ii. Israel had been comfortably at peace for some fifty years, and during that time the rich had become richer and the poor quite a bit poorer. His prior professions and his claim i am not a prophet nor a son of a prophet indicate that amos was not from the school of prophets, which amos claims makes him a true prophet. The general title of this prophecy, with the general scope of it, amos 1. Kim myers, reflecting on amoss prophecy to ancient israel in amos 5. Amos a prophet of israel amazing bible timeline with world. The only time the name of amos appears in the old testment is in the book of amos. The book of amos is a prophetic book in the old testament. I am no prophet, protested amos, nor a prophets son. Amos the ancient prophet by atma, released 09 july 2018.
Amos the prophet the historical background a wandering people. Amos, herdsman of tekoa, was sent from god with a powerful message of correction for the ancient house of israel. The global message of amos the message of amos lands on the global church today with as much force and necessity as it landed on the people of god 2,700 years ago. Amos begins his prophecy by articulating gods anger against syria, gaza, ammon and moabmideastern nations that anciently bordered israel and judahand whose descendants remain in that general area even today. Few understand that god gave the prophet amos warnings not only for ancient israel and judah, but also specifically for modern jacob their combined descendants in our present day. Again, the prophet pleads with the lord, and he relents. The key idea in amos is that god is just and impartial and will judge not only the nations but also his own people for their life of ease and apathy amid human suffering.
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