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1.9.2 Teachings of Prophet Amos

Christian Religious Education · Grade 10 · 8 lessons in the design

What this covers

  • Amos on social justice and responsibility
  • Amos on hypocritical religion
  • Social evils today and how they can be corrected
  • Israel's election: Amos 3:2 and 9:7
  • Judgement against Israel and other nations
  • The day of the Lord
  • Remnant and restoration

What you will be able to do

  • describe Prophet Amos's teachings and their relevance to Christians today
  • explain Israel's election in light of the Bible texts provided
  • discuss the teaching on the day of the Lord and its relevance to Christians today
  • interpret the meaning of remnant and restoration to the nation of Israel

Key questions

“How does Prophet Amos's message relate to Christians today?”

Lessons

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  1. Amos on social justice and on hypocritical religion
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    What Amos condemned in Israelite society and worship, and how the same evils appear today.
  2. Election, judgement, the day of the Lord, remnant and restoration
    40 min · 2 practice tasks · quiz
    What Amos taught about being chosen, the oracles against the nations, the day of the Lord, and the hope with which the book ends.
  3. Amos and the poor
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Debt slavery, dishonest scales and crushed courts as religious sins, not only social ones.
  4. Worship God rejects
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Amos 5:21-24: festivals without justice are noise; justice must roll down like waters.
  5. Social evils today, and how they can be corrected
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Listing Kenyan patterns Amos would recognise, and corrections that are more than a slogan.
  6. Israel's election: responsibility not a shield
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Amos 3:2 and 9:7 - chosen means known, therefore judged; other nations belong to God too.
  7. The day of the LORD
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Amos 5:18-20: a people who wanted a day of victory are told it will be darkness, not light.
  8. Remnant and restoration
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Amos 3:12 and 9:11-15: a tiny rescued piece, then the fallen booth of David raised - hope after judgement.