Here is the Come, Follow Me resource guide for Amos; Obadiah. Don’t forget to download the ScripturePlus app for a guided reading plan and additional resources!
Come, Follow Me Insights
To discuss Amos and Obadiah, this week Taylor and Tyler invite Fred Woods. Fred has a PhD in the Hebrew Bible, and his insights on these two books will help you to better understand the Old Testament.Β
Daily Come Follow Me Videos
Day 1:Β Marianna Richardson – The Plumbline of the Lord
Marianna Richardson explains the use of a plumbline for a builder and how that relates to the Savior.
Day 2: Taylor Halverson – Amos Explains God’s Covenant
Taylor Halverson details the list of covenantal obligations the Lord asked His people to live up to.Β
Day 3: Casey Griffiths – Saviours on Mount Zion
Casey Griffiths teaches about a collective noun that you probably have not heard before.
Day 4: Lynne Hilton Wilson – Amos: Come, Back to Me
Lynne Hilton Wilson dives into the last two chapters of Amos.
Additional Resources
- Resource Guide for Amos; Obadiah.
- Old Testament Cultural InsightsΒ by Avram Shannon
- The Jesus Christ Focused Old Testament: Making Sense of a Monumental BookΒ by Donald W. Parry
Amos 1: Amos shows the Lordβs judgments upon Syria, the Philistines, Tyre, Edom, and Ammon.
Amos 2: The Lord will pour out judgments upon Moab, Judah, and Israel for their unrighteousness.
Amos 3: The Lord reveals His secrets unto His servants the prophetsβBecause Israel rejects the prophets and follows evil, the nation is overwhelmed by an adversary.
Amos 4: The Lord withholds rain, sends famine and pestilence, and destroys gardens and vineyards as judgments upon His people, yet they do not return unto the Lord.
Amos 5: The people of Israel are exhorted to seek the Lord and do good so that they may liveβTheir sacrifices to false gods are abhorrent.
Amos 6: Woe to them who are at ease in ZionβIsrael will be plagued with desolation.
Amos 7: Amos relates how he was called of God to be a prophetβHe prophesies the captivity of Israel.
Amos 8: Amos prophesies the downfall of IsraelβThere will be a famine of hearing the word of the Lord.
Amos 9: Israel will be sifted among all nationsβIn the last days, the people of Israel will be gathered again into their own land, and it will become productive.
Obadiah : Obadiah prophesies the downfall of EdomβSaviors will stand upon Mount Zion.