“God chooses prophets from birth; there is no school of the prophets. If a person does go to school what are they appointed over? Prophets are given territories. If nobody appoints you over a territory, then you start working witchcraft.”

1. Understanding the Prophetic Pt. 2
False Doctrine:
Titus 2:1
Titus 1:9
2 Timothy 4:2-4
Northern Kingdom Prophets – Amos, Hosea, Jonah:
Amos
“Amos didn’t start out as a prophet but a shepherd, so he knew how to tend to a
flock. He uses metaphors from his farming and shepherd experience when God
uses him to bring judgment.”
“Examples of his metaphors are a loaded cart in Amos 2:13, a roaring lion in
Amos 3:8, mutilated sheep in Amos 3:12, pampered cows in Amos 4:1, and a
basket of ripe fruit in Amos 8:1-2.”
Amos 1 & 2:
“In Amos chapter 1 and 2, he was used to pronounce God’s judgment against
Damascus, Gaza,Tyre, Edom, Ammon, & Moab. These nations were the enemies
of Israel and as a result enemies of God, however Israel and Judah were judged
with those nations because they practiced the same sins.”

2. Amos 3:
“In Amos chapter 3, God gives his reasons for judgment and he uses 7
rhetorical questions. These rhetorical questions explain how two events can
be linked together. These rhetorical questions were a sure sign that
judgment would come, and this is an example of something that prophets do,
ask rhetorical questions such as Amos 3:3 can two walk together, unless
they agree.”
Amos 4:
“Chapter 4 is about Israel not returning to God. Their women are referred to
cows of Bashan and the Hebrew meaning of Bashan is light soil. The way the
women were acting and treating their husbands is the reason they were
referred to as cows.”
“Also in chapter 4 God uses Amos to sarcastically ask the people to sin in
Bethel and Gilgal. Bethel is where God renewed His covenant to Abraham
and Jacob found in Genesis 25:10-22. Gilgal was Israel’s first campground
and the place where Joshua renewed the covenant and celebrated Passover
found in Joshua 5:2-11. In these situations it may seem that prophets are
sarcastic.”

3. “Prophets constantly challenge people to remember what God has done.”
“Many people have encountered God through prophets but don’t understand
that they have encountered Him.”
Amos 4:12
“A person should not want to meet God based on Disobedience. This is why
God has you meet His prophets first, so they can correct and check the sin
before God does.”
Amos 5:
“If you are a sinner and you haven’t repented and you are calling on the
name of the Lord, you will be dealt with because you haven’t recognized who
God is.”
“Seeking things and places that seem to represents God is not and will not
be enough.”
Amos 6 Woe to the complacent:
“God will give you an example of how not to be complacent. When it seems
like everything is going good, it’s easy to relax, but you have to know that
you’re not straight even when you think you are.”

4. Amos 7 Visions of judgment:
The locusts, fire, & plum line.
“Amos prayed to God and asked God to forgive Israel because they were so
small and He relented. Sometimes Prophets can pray and plead mercy for
sinners and God will relent.”
“A plum line is a device used to measure the straightness of a wall. If a wall
is not straight it will collapse and Israel wasn’t straight with God so they
collapsed.”
Amos 7:11-17
“Prophets speak against leaders for not living right.”
Amos 8 A Basket of ripe fruit:
“God shows Amos a basket of ripe fruit and shows him the time is ripe for
judgment.”
“If people reject the word of the Lord, when judgment comes and they look
for His word they will not find it.”

5. Amos 9
“God gives an order for judgment but declares restoration similar to that in
Jeremiah 1:5-10.”
“God chooses prophets from birth; there is no school of the prophets. If a
person does go to school what are they appointed over? Prophets are given
territories. If nobody appoints you over a territory, then you start working
witchcraft.”
Hosea
“God wanted Hosea to marry Gomer a prostitute to signify the relationship
that God had with Israel. He wanted Hosea to feel what He felt.”
“Israel had devoted themselves to corrupt purposes by worshipping graven
images and gods of the moon, stars and suns.”
“Hosea named his first son from this relationship Jezreel because this was a
place of violence. Jezreel was where Jehu ordered Ahab’s sons to be killed in
2 Kings 10:1-11. Jezebel was killed in Jezreel in 2 Kings 9:30-36, and Jezreel
was the name of one of David’s wives in 1 Samuel 25:33.”

6. How Jehu became king:
2 Kings 9:1-13
2 Kings 10:28
Hosea’s Second & Third Child:
Hosea 1:6
“Loruhamah was Hosea’s only daughter and her name means not pitied.
This name was given by God as a sign and representation of displeasure
God had in the people for following other God’s. Loammi means not my
people. In Hosea 1:9 God declared that the people were not acting like they
were His.”
Hosea 3:
“Hosea was forced to buy his wife back from people who defiled her. He
bought her for fifteen pieces of silver, a homer of barley, and a half homer of
barley. This amounts to 30 pieces of silver and this was considered the price
for a slave. Zechariah also prophesied that this was the amount Judas would
betray Jesus for in Zechariah 11:12-13 and this comes to pass in Matthew
26:15.
“The book of Hosea details how God is not pleased with Israel’s actions but
He calls them back to repentance and has blessings for them if they turn
from their wicked ways.”

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