阿摩司的預言及應驗

Amos began his prophecies with the consistent phrase “Thus says the LORD,” declaring God’s judgment upon Israel and seven of its neighboring nations for their repeated transgressions, stating, “for three transgressions and for four, I will not revoke the punishment.” Damascus: [Amos 1:3-5] “Thus says the LORD: ‘For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, […]

先知阿摩司

The name “Amos” means “burden” or “burden-bearer.” His ministry took place during the reigns of King Uzziah of Judah (c. 791-740 BC) and King Jeroboam II of Israel (c. 793-753 BC), “two years before the earthquake,” around 760 BC. This corresponds to the early Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BC) in China. Contemporary prophets serving […]

《阿摩司書》背景

The Book of Amos is the third book of the twelve Minor Prophets. Its author is the prophet Amos from the Southern Kingdom. He was an ordinary shepherd and fig-grower from the south, with no prominent background, yet he was sent by God to declare judgment to the Northern Kingdom (Amos 7:14-15). During the reign […]

約珥書簡介

The Book of Joel is the second book of the Book of the Twelve Prophets. Its writing date is uncertain. The author is the Southern Kingdom prophet Joel, whose name means “The LORD is God.” His name appears only once in the Old Testament. In Acts chapter 2, the Apostle Peter quotes his prophecy about […]

Agape的耶和華神

In Greek, the word “love” can be expressed with four different words. Agape is one of these words, but it was rarely used by the Greeks because this kind of love is very uncommon. Agape love is a selfless, sacrificial love of care and giving. This word doesn’t apply to everyone, but is reserved for […]

踹谷和耕田

[Hosea 10:11] “Ephraim is a trained heifer that loves to thresh; so I will put a yoke on her fair neck; I will make Ephraim pull the plow [or be ridden]. Judah shall plow; Jacob shall break the fallow ground.” “Threshing” was the ancient method of separating grain from husks. Farmers would spread harvested grain […]

基比亞的日子

Gibeah, meaning “hill,” was a small town belonging to the tribe of Benjamin’s allotted territory, located about twelve miles north of Jerusalem (Judges 19:12, 14). Because a ruffian from this town disgraced and killed a Levite’s concubine, whom he had brought back from her father’s house in Bethlehem of Judah, the other tribes of Israel […]

鷹一樣的亞述

Assyria was a nation that rose in Mesopotamia (the region between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers in modern-day Iraq), with its capital at Nineveh (near modern Mosul, Iraq). By the late 8th century BC, Assyria gradually grew powerful, conquering eastern Asia Minor, Syria, Phoenicia, Palestine, Babylonia, and Egypt. The Assyrians were active in the ancient […]

何西阿的比喻之二——薄餅

[Hosea 7:8] “Ephraim mixes himself with the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned.” The Northern Kingdom of Israel mingled with other nations, gradually losing the distinctiveness of God’s people. God’s people were meant to be a “people who live apart,” meant to solely follow and rely on God. However, the Northern Kingdom sought help […]

何西阿的比喻之一—火爐

In Hosea chapter 7, the prophet Hosea uses common household knowledge and tools of his time to illustrate the social conditions. In the short twenty years after the death of Jeroboam II, the Northern Kingdom experienced political turmoil, with four kings successively murdered and usurped (2 Kings 15:8-30). Whether they were the killers or the […]