19-Dec: Amos 2-5; 1 Peter 1-3
Amos 2: Judgment on Israel – Judgement of Moab, Judah, Israel: even the bravest warriors will flee naked…
Amos 3: Witness against Israel – Witnesses summoned against Israel.
Amos 4: Israel has not returned to God, even after famine, draught, blight, locusts, sword etc. – Israel has not returned to God, You boast about your sacrifices, I sent plagues and overthrew you.
Amos 5: A lament and call to repentance: the day of the Lord: darkness, not light: exile. – A lament and call to repentance, Seek me and live, Seek good and not evil, The Day of the Lord, Away with the noise of your songs.
1 Peter 1: Greetings from Peter, the Hope of eternal life, a call to holy living, new life will last forever, it comes from the eternal, living word of God.
1 Peter 2: Living stones for God’s house, respecting people in authority, slaves.
1 Peter 3: Wives, husbands, all Christians, suffering for doing good. Wives w/beauty from inside, a gentle spirit, Husbands honor your wives, so prayers are heard, all Christians full of sympathy, the Lord turns His face from those who do evil, suffering for doing good, Christ suffered and died, He preached in Hades, baptism, Christ on His throne,