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<p>For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ <a href="https://www.douglasjacoby.com/amosgmp3/" target="_blank"><strong>website.</strong></a></p><p><strong>The Day of the Lord</strong></p><ul><li>They were not prepared to meet their God (4:12)! And yet they longed for the Day of the Lord, which would be their undoing. Amos is correcting a misconception (Day of Lord) probably developed at Bethel (5:5-6, 7:13).</li><li>“In fleeing from the lion of the present, such persons will bump into the bear of the future” (Craigie 164).<ul><li>As mentioned earlier, lions inhabited Palestine until about 1300 AD.</li><li>Bears (2 Samuel 17:8, Proverbs 17:12, Hosea 13:8) survived until the beginning of the 20th century.</li></ul></li><li>“The desperate, more detailed pictures of the Day in the prophets (<i>e.g.</i> Is. 13:6-16; Joel 2:1-2, 30-31; Zp. 1:7-16) take their dark colours from Amos’ palette” (Hubbard 180).</li><li>Yet why the stern, dark, severe, judgment?</li></ul><p><strong>The Lord's demand for righteousness</strong></p><ul><li>“I cannot stand” || Revelation 3:16. God will no longer take any pleasure in aroma of their sacrifices, which is sickening, not pleasing.</li><li>Sacrifice without obedience is meaningless ritual (1 Samuel 15:22-23, Psalm 51:16-17, Isaiah 1:10-17, Hosea 6:6, Micah 6:6-8, Jeremiah 7:21-26, Malachi 1:6-14).</li><li>These were not "solemn assemblies," but noisy festivals. Archaeologists have discovered in Egypt evidence of harps (v.23; see Psalm 33:2) of 10+ strings. Some stood 10-12’ high!</li><li>The best-known verse in Amos is v.24.</li><li>Righteousness mustn't just stop and start like a desert stream (wadi); it must be consistent, continuous.<ul><li>God's people should be righteous <i>all</i> the time, not just on special occasions.</li><li>Justice is one of the fundamental attributes of God.</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>Exile is certain!</strong></p><ul><li>Concerning the "good old days," Israel exhibited <i>general </i>devotion, despite periods of complaint, rebellions, especi