Introduction Amos was not a prophet by trade. Instead he called himself “a herdsman who also took care of sycamore fig trees” (Amos 7:14; 1:1). From Tekoa in Judah, Amos was called by God to give a specific message to the northern kingdom of Israel. The message is dated “two years before the earthquake” during […]
Chapter eleven continues the break in the judgment timeline as John was told about the coming of two unique witnesses. (There is nothing in chapter eleven to indicate that he saw them in a vision but was rather told about them.) These two witnesses will “prophesy for 1,260 days” (Revelation 11:3). This period is also
Chapter twelve records the final pieces of Jesus’ public ministry. The Passion Week that the Synoptics unpacked in multiple chapters each, John limited to this one chapter, because his focus would be on Jesus’ time with his disciples, which the other writers mostly panned. It was also John who helped solidify the chronology of the
