Amos 1-5

[wolfpurplemoon]

Apparently it gives Amos credibility as a true prophet to point out that he was a mere herdsman so therefore must have been talking to God.

Amos' predictions are all about the nations that God wants to destroy being set on fire.

We now have a list of all the terrible things that God has done to Israel and the fact that after each one they still didn't come back to him, well of course not, would you go back to an abusive father/husband?

Comments

Abuse vs Discipline

[(Anonymous)]

I dont think its fair or even correct to compare God to an abusive father or husband. A good father will discipline his child if he misbehaves. If the child still does not obey the father, is he supposed to sit by and let his child act in his own manner? No, a father disciplines his child because he loves him and doesnt want his child to develope a habit of disobeying or acting in an wrong way. Israel is the chosen people of God to love and to use to further his kingdom, so these "bad things" that you see are acts of discipline from a loving God, not the hateful acts of a murderous, hateful god.