Book of Amos
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The prophets Amos was sent to the city of Bethel, in the northern kingdom of Israel.
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"Amos was not a well-to-do man of the upper class. He was a simple shepherd. He lived in Tekoa 12 miles southeast of Jerusalem about 800 years before Christ. He describes God's call on his life in Amos 7:15, "The Lord took me from following the flock, and the Lord said to me, 'Go, prophesy to my people Israel.'" " [1]
Notes
- ↑ Piper, John: Prepare to Meet Your God (sermon), 1991.
