Hosea 11, God is a loving Father. Hosea 14, God shows mercy on all who repent.
Joel- Timeline unknown. (800’sBC? 400’sBC? -no mention of kings, or Assyria, or Babylon?)
Distinctive Feature: “Locusts” as punishment. “Apocalyptic” view, End Times, “the day of the Lord” mentioned 5X.
Joel 3:1 “Spirit” poured out, quoted by Peter in Acts 2:17-21 at Pentecost.
Joel 3:5 “Everyone shall be rescued who calls on the name of the Lord.” (Again, realize the Catholic Church’s understanding of salvation, and what it entails to call on the name of the Lord!)
Amos-Timeline 760-750BC (Just before Hosea, and just before the Northern Kingdom fell in 722. Also same audience-the Northern Kingdom. Amos was a shepherd. Social justice theme.
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