Title Amos Chapter 7
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Chapter 7 About the vision that Amos saw, "God has seen me..."
Although the story of the priest Amaziah is inserted, he shows four visions.
(1) You will be judged by grasshoppers and locusts. (Raquesh) The latest sowing.
"I will send locusts when the late-sown shoots come up" means that there is no alternative crop.
Meaning, it is a time when there is no possibility of a big wave, and the dry season is 6 months after summer.
Sometimes that means cutting off food. When you eat all the vegetables on the ground
Pray for the people of Israel. (Selah) After Israel made the golden calf
Moses showed mercy when he said that he would start a new nation from you after destroying all Israel.
See supplication, asking for forgiveness. Because of Israel's weakness, Moses
Can you stand, that is, can you survive such a judgment?
Hearing their prayers, God changed his heart and said, "It will never happen.
"He said.
(2) Judgment by fire - It refers to the total annihilation. Amos spoke about the harshness of judgment and this
After another appeal based on Israel's weakness, God withdrew.
(3) Plumbing illusion (Homat Anak) Tin (Prime line of a pendulum attached to a thread)
A wall made → A wall erected with a plumb line (a tool for measuring whether it is straight or not). God here
you make the final decision. Putting a plumb line in the center of Israel is a strict measure
will measure the fault of Israel and take action without further ignoring it.
it means all Isaac's high places (sanctuaries - blessed places to serve God) will be desolate
... (Bamot... Mikrash) Repeating the same content in parallel to Israel
It is said that the service itself is illegal) Consider the position of the sanctuary in Israel
How serious are these words?
It is the content of the judgment that God will carry out on Israel in the future, which will devastate the sanctuary.
He said that he would destroy the highest leader of the church with the sword. Jeroboam I -
At the time of the division of the church, Northern Israel set up priests arbitrarily. Then Amaziah
It would not be a legitimate priesthood and would be illegal. Gilgal - where Joshua's camp stopped
Where (Jinyoung Bon). 7:14 Institution vs Charisma, by institution
Those who see it as a contrast between the one who built it and the one who was built up according to God
have. Since the king and priest were hereditary, it can be said that they became an institution. But
Seonji-jik was viewed as a person with a gift. In liberalism as well as in conservatism
Those who emphasize charisma think that institutions and charisms are at odds with each other.
Are institutions and gifts actually mutually exclusive? (Dichotomous Thinking) Rather, nature
What is wonderful is that institutions and gifts must be in harmony and unity, shouldn't they? In 1 Corinthians 14
The use of this gift of God has nothing to do with man's temperance. 'God is a God of order
'He who prophesies', 'he who prophesies must be judged by him who prophesies'
In this way, an analogy is established. In 1 Corinthians 12, he gives to each one as he pleases.
At the end of chapter 12, saying that he is given, this gift is changed to an office. therefore
In the most ideal state, gifts (the sovereign working of the Holy Spirit) and institutions (human
It is a combination of self-control). However, there is a certain contrast here.
"I am ..." → Shepherd, it could also refer to a rancher who owns a large flock of sheep.
All. (Navia... Bauquer) It's not necessarily about a lowly job.
Therefore, Amos' social position is ambiguous. From a literary point of view,
It seems closer to seeing him as a learned figure.
" (Boles Shakhmim)" → ; Mulberry cannot be used as a high-quality wood
and wood used by the lower classes. ; If you make a hole in the mulberry tree, it will ripen faster
Ham = the stinger of the mulberry tree In the end, this saying means “I am just an ordinary person.
Because God called me like that, I could not disobey God and act as a prophet.
The significance of Amos contrasting his prophetic
What is beauty? It means that the system itself has lost its function. therefore
The appearance of Amos is an emergency measure. Institutions should be the framework in which the gifts work
In spite of that, it was not. Roman Catholicism before and after the Reformation
Just as God took emergency measures through the Reformation when it lost its function.
Therefore, in Amos' anti-institutional attitude, giving a feeling of being against religion,
It should not be taken as implying a separation of institutions and charisms.
There is a unique aspect when comparing the royal office and the prophetic office, but the king and the priest are God.
It is a measure taken when openly rebelling or rebelling before the words of In any case, a nominal sacrificial
When Amaziah, who was a child, disobeyed the Word of God, the judgment was "The Word of God"
For the saying "Do not spread the word", "The law and righteousness shall flow like a river."
to prophesy to Israel. “Your wife will become a prostitute, and you
Declaring death in the land of undeath, that is, the destruction of families and individuals,
It is possible to enlarge the body.
Here, the dirty land - the land is your land, the promised land - securing the right to life. here
Land is more than physical land. meaning to leave the homeland
As such, it begins with the individual and extends to Israel as a whole.