Amos:
•Amos means “burden-bearer”.
•Probably around 755 BC.
•Messenger: Amos was a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore trees, a strong rural character (7:14-15).
•Message: A message of doom for both Israel and Judah. Each were given some rest from the threats of Assyrian invasion. In this state of comfort, moral and political corruption began to flourish. They began to adopt the worship of the gods of the Assyrians, and thus of apostasy from the One True Jehovah. In short, luxury and wealth had bred moral decay and spiritual disinterest.