AMOS
Justice · Hypocrisy Exposed · Judgment · Restored Tent
Expanded Museum Poster · Timeline Theme Table
1 · Core Story & Meaning
Amos confronts comfortable religion and economic injustice, warning that worship without justice is noise; judgment comes, but restoration is promised.
Core Sentence · Amos in One Line
God rejects hollow worship and demands justice—then promises restoration beyond the shaking.
Amos
├─ nations accountable
├─ Israel’s injustice exposed
├─ visions of judgment
└─ restored Davidic tent promised
Emotionally: moral clarity → shock → sobering → hope.
Four Major Movements
How the book actually flows:
1. ORACLES (1–2): nations judged
2. CHARGES (3–6): injustice + complacency
3. VISIONS (7–9a): judgment images
4. HOPE (9b): restoration promise
This is the “museum walk path” you can follow as a clean narrative rail.
2 · Key Scenes & Emotional Gestures
Four scenes that carry the book’s emotional and spiritual load-bearing moments.
Scene · Justice Rolls Down (Amos 5)
Worship cannot replace righteousness.
Songs ≠ justice
└─ God wants right living
Moral clarity with teeth.
Scene · Plumb Line (Amos 7)
Measured and found crooked.
Plumb line
└─ standard exposed
Accountability made visible.
Scene · Summer Fruit (Amos 8)
Ripe for judgment.
Basket
└─ time is up
A chilling metaphor.
Scene · Restored Booth (Amos 9)
Hope after the shaking.
Fallen tent
└─ raised
Future restoration beyond rubble.
3 · Timeline of Themes by Story Order
Rows follow story order (top = early, bottom = late). Columns track our six museum themes.
| Story Order |
Section Block |
Creation |
Fall |
Covenant |
Promise |
Faithfulness |
Exile |
| 1 · Amos 1–2 |
Nations Judged |
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violence condemned |
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God judges all |
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| 2 · Amos 3–4 |
Privilege → Accountability |
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stubbornness |
covenant responsibility |
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| 3 · Amos 5–6 |
Justice Demand & Woe to the Comfortable |
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hypocrisy |
justice required |
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| 4 · Amos 7–8 |
Visions of Imminent Judgment |
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standard exposed |
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collapse near |
| 5 · Amos 9:1–10 |
Judgment Thorough |
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justice advances |
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| 6 · Amos 9:11–15 |
Restoration Promise |
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renewed kingdom |
fruitful future |
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Amos is the museum’s ‘justice plaque’: worship and ethics cannot be separated.