Amos indicts worship without justice and prosperity without mercy, warning that the day of the Lord brings darkness for a people who trample the poor. Yet the prophet also promises David’s booth raised and a harvest of restoration, as God gathers nations to His name and replants His people under the coming King.
Amos 7 presents two relenting visions and a third that sets God’s plumb line, then narrates a clash at Bethel where the prophet’s calling outlasts royal religion. The chapter calls readers to intercede boldly, realign to God’s standard, and speak with steady courage.
Amos 5 opens with a lament and a summons: seek the Lord and live. The chapter corrects false hopes about the day of the Lord and insists that worship and justice belong together.
Amos 4 traces a sequence of wake-up calls—famine, drought, disease, and defeat—each meant to bring Israel back. The chapter exposes worship without justice and ends with a bracing summons: prepare to meet your God.
Amos 3 shows how chosen grace heightens responsibility. The prophet traces cause and effect, exposes worship propped up by plunder, and calls God’s people to hear the Lion’s roar and return while mercy still speaks.
Hosea 10 traces how prosperity fed idolatry and how courts filled with poisonous weeds. Into the ruins, God calls his people to plow hard ground, sow righteousness, and seek him until he showers his righteousness like rain.
Abijah’s hilltop address anchors the field in God’s promise to David and in worship God commanded. Outnumbered and ambushed, Judah cries out, the priests sound the trumpets, and the Lord routes Jeroboam, teaching that reliance—expressed through obedient worship—decides the day.
Josiah reads the Book, renews the covenant, tears down rival altars, and restores the Passover “as it is written.” His unmatched devotion brings real renewal, even as God’s prior warnings still move history toward exile.
Elijah’s departure and Elisha’s inheritance show how God sustains his work across generations. Parted waters, a healed spring, and a sobering warning reveal the Lord’s present help and holy care.
At Bethel a nameless prophet cries against a rival altar, a sign splits the stone, and a deceptive invitation proves fatal. 1 Kings 13 teaches how God’s sure word governs kings, prophets, and people alike.
At Shechem the kingdom fractures under harsh words, and fear forges rival calves at Bethel and Dan. This study traces the split and calls us to serve, trust, and obey.
Judges 1 opens with prayer, promise, and hard choices. Early victories give way to compromise, revealing how faith must keep trusting when the plains glitter with iron.
Jacob blesses Joseph’s sons and gives Joseph a double share by adoption. At the crossing of hands, God’s wisdom redirects expectations and steadies hope.
God sends Jacob back to Bethel for renewal. Idols are buried, the promise is reaffirmed with kings and land, and grief and grace share the road.
Jacob leaves Laban at God’s command, idols are exposed, and a boundary heap becomes a witness. At Mizpah, the God of Bethel protects and guides the heirs home.