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Conditions which characterized them at this time: Wealthy, enjoying great luxury Morally, religiously, and politically corrupt HIS MESSAGE... In Am 1:2, we see a vivid picture of the Lord as a lion whose roar to the north reaches all the way to Mt. Carmel This describes what God is doing through Amos, proclaiming a fiery message of condemnation and judgment against Israel and the surrounding nations "The people of Israel were now at the summit of worldly prosperity, but were rapidly filling up the measure of their sins. The mission of Amos was, therefore, rather to threaten than to console. He rebukes, among other things, the corruption of their manners, which kept pace with their prosperity; he charges the great men with partiality as judges, and violence towards the poor; and he foretells, as a punishment from God, the captivity of the ten tribes in a foreign country..." - The Bible Handbook, Angus and Green [With verse 2 as a good preview of the nature of Amos' prophecy, let's now survey the first main section of the book of Amos...] THE "ORACLES" OF SIN AND JUDGMENT UPON THE NATIONS (1:3-2:16) DAMASCUS - Am 1:3-5 SIN - cruelty toward the inhabitants of Gilead (the tribes of Gad and Reuben) JUDGMENT - destruction and captivity Hazael was the murderer of Ben-Hadad I, and usurper of his throne - 2Ki 8:7-15 Ben-Hadad II was the son of Hazel - cf. 2Ki 13:3,22-25 FULFILLMENT - by the Assyrians - cf. 2Ki 16:1-9 GAZA (PHILISTIA) - Am 1:6-8 SIN - engaging in slave traffic JUDGMENT - total devastation FULFILLMENT - by the Assyrians TYRE - Am 1:9-10 SIN - slave traffic; did not remember the covenant of "brotherhood" (between Solomon and Hiram? - cf. 1Ki 5:12) JUDGMENT - destruction FULFILLMENT - started by Nebuchadnezzar; finished by Alexander the Great EDOM - Am 1:11-12 SIN - cruelty to brethren - cf. Ob 1:10-12 JUDGMENT - destruction upon Teman (capital) and Bozrah (another chief city) FULFILLMENT - by the Nabateans, ca 400 B.C. AMMON - Am 1:13-15 SIN - murder of pregnant women in Gilead (the tribes

DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)2 Kings 21:13I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab; and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)2 Chronicles 18:1Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance; and he joined affinity with Ahab. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)2 Chronicles 18:2After certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. Ahab killed sheep and cattle for him in abundance, and for the people who were with him, and moved him to go up with him to Ramoth Gilead.(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)2 Chronicles 18:3Ahab king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Will you go with me to Ramoth Gilead? He answered him, I am as you are, and my people as your people; and we will be with you in the war.(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)2 Chronicles 18:19Yahweh said,'Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?' One spoke saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner.(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)2 Chronicles 21:6He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab; for he had the daughter of Ahab as wife: and he did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh.(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)2 Chronicles 21:13but have walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and have made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to play the prostitute, like as the house of Ahab did,

94:20) Nangisubmitir dagiti politiko a Poro iti aplikasion iti Parliamento a mangpasardeng iti trabaho dagiti Saksi ni Jehova.94:20) Poro politicians tabled a motion in Parliament banning the work of Jehovah’s Witnesses.* Kas pagarigan, ti grupo a Poro ikagkagumaanna a “kontrolen dagiti espiritu ken siguraduenna a makagunggona ti pannakibiangda iti ar-aramid dagiti tattao.” —Initiation, 1986.* The Poro society, for example, strives “to control the spirits and ensure that their intervention in the affairs of men is beneficial.” —Initiation, 1986.“Idi nagkedked dagiti agad-adal iti Biblia a makiraman kadagiti dinedemonio a ritual, nakapungtot ti panguluen dagiti Poro,” kinuna ni James Mensah, maysa a misionero a nasanay iti Gilead nga agserserbi met iti Sierra Leone.“When the Bible students refused to share in demonic rites, the Poro headman was furious,” explains James Mensah, a Gilead-trained missionary who also served in Sierra Leone.Kas iti kaaduan a lallaki a Kisi, kamengda iti Poro, maysa a nalimed a grupo a mangan-annurot iti espiritismo.Like most Kisi males, the men belonged to the Poro, a secret society steeped in spiritism.Masuruan dagiti baro a miembro ti Poro kadagiti sekreto ti espiritismo, panagkulam, ken ritual a panangsugat iti bagi tapno agpiglat.New members of the Poro are taught spiritual secrets and powers of witchcraft, and ritual scars are carved on their bodies.Ti dua a kadakkelan a grupo ket ti Poro (para kadagiti lallaki) ken ti Sande (para kadagiti babbai).Two of the largest secret societies are the Poro (for men) and the Sande (for women).Sinugsogan ti kangatuan a lider ti Poro dagiti miembrona.The paramount