Amos 1 - 5

Amos, a sheep rancher, brings messages of God's coming judgment to the nation of Israel and other nations in the world.  Because of the sins of the nations, God would break them and cause them to cease being influential in the global community.  Syria, Philistia, Tyre, Edom, Ammon, Moab, Judah and Israel would all feel God's punishing force.  The perversions and atrocities committed by these people would not be forgotten or overlooked.  They had stretched God's patience to the limit and would now be punished.  God is still holy and would act in ways that declare His holiness.  Israel had not responded to correction in the past, so she would also be punished now.  Meanwhile, God was still offering forgiveness and calling His people to repent of their sin.  He begs for His people to once again seek Him before the Day of His Judgment arrives.