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97:4.1 A great step in the [[transition]] of the [[tribal]] [[god]]—the god who had so long been served with [[sacrifices]] and [[ceremonies]], the [[Yahweh]] of the earlier [[Hebrews]]—to a [[God]] who would punish [[crime]] and immorality among even his own people, was taken by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos Amos], who appeared from among the southern hills to denounce the [[criminality]], [[drunkenness]], [[oppression]], and immorality of the northern tribes. Not since the times of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] had such ringing [[truths]] been [[proclaimed]] in [[Palestine]].

97:4.1 A great step in the [[transition]] of the [[tribal]] [[god]]—the god who had so long been served with [[sacrifices]] and [[ceremonies]], the [[Yahweh]] of the earlier [[Hebrews]]—to a [[God]] who would punish [[crime]] and immorality among even his own people, was taken by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos Amos], who appeared from among the southern hills to denounce the [[criminality]], [[drunkenness]], [[oppression]], and immorality of the northern tribes. Not since the times of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] had such ringing [[truths]] been [[proclaimed]] in [[Palestine]].

97:4.2 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos Amos] was not merely a restorer or reformer; he was a [[discoverer]] of new [[concepts]] of [[Deity]]. He [[proclaimed]] much about [[God]] that had been announced by his predecessors and courageously attacked the [[belief]] in a [[Divine]] [[Being]] who would countenance [[sin]] among his so-called [[chosen people]]. For the first time since the days of [[Melchizedek]] the ears of man heard the denunciation of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_standard double standard] of [[national]] [[justice]] and [[morality]]. For the first time in their [[history]] [[Hebrew]] ears heard that their own [[God]], [[Yahweh]], would no more tolerate [[crime]] and [[sin]] in their lives than he would among any other people. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos Amos] envisioned the stern and just God of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel Samuel] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah Elijah], but he also saw a God who thought no differently of the [[Hebrews]] than of any other [[nation]] when it came to the punishment of wrongdoing. This was a direct [[attack]] on the [[egoistic]] [[doctrine]] of the "[[chosen people]]," and many [[Hebrews]] of those days bitterly resented it.

97:4.2 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos Amos] was not merely a restorer or reformer; he was a [[discoverer]] of new [[concepts]] of [[Deity]]. He [[proclaimed]] much about [[God]] that had been announced by his predecessors and courageously attacked the [[belief]] in a [[Divine]] [[Being]] who would countenance [[sin]] among his so-called [[chosen people]]. For the first time since the days of [[Melchizedek]] the ears of man heard the denunciation of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_standard double standard] of [[national]] [[justice]] and [[morality]]. For the first time in their [[history]] [[Hebrew]] ears heard that their own [[God]], [[Yahweh]], would no more tolerate [[crime]] and [[sin]] in their lives than he would among any other people. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos Amos] envisioned the stern and just God of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel Samuel] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah Elijah], but he also saw a God who thought no differently of the [[Hebrews]] than of any other [[nation]] when it came to the punishment of wrongdoing. This was a direct [[attack]] on the [[egoistic]] [[doctrine]] of the "[[chosen people]]," and many [[Hebrews]] of those days bitterly resented it.

97:4.3 Said [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos Amos]: "He who formed the [[mountains]] and created the [[wind]], seek him who formed the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleiades_(star_cluster) seven stars] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion Orion], who turns the [[shadow]] of [[death]] into the morning and makes the day dark as night." And in denouncing his half-[[religious]], timeserving, and sometimes immoral fellows, he sought to portray the inexorable [[justice]] of an unchanging [[Yahweh]] when he said of the evildoers: " Though they dig into [[hell]], thence shall I take them; though they climb up to [[heaven]], thence will I bring them down." " And though they go into [[captivity]] before their enemies, thence will I direct the sword of [[justice]], and it shall slay them. " [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos Amos] further startled his hearers when, pointing a reproving and accusing finger at them, he declared in the name of [[Yahweh]]: " Surely I will never forget any of your [[works]]. " "And I will sift the house of [[Israel]] among all nations as wheat is sifted in a sieve."

97:4.3 Said [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos Amos]: "He who formed the [[mountains]] and created the [[wind]], seek him who formed the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleiades_(star_cluster) seven stars] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion Orion], who turns the [[shadow]] of [[death]] into the morning and makes the day dark as night." And in denouncing his half-[[religious]], timeserving, and sometimes immoral fellows, he sought to portray the inexorable [[justice]] of an unchanging [[Yahweh]] when he said of the evildoers: " Though they dig into [[hell]], thence shall I take them; though they climb up to [[heaven]], thence will I bring them down." " And though they go into [[captivity]] before their enemies, thence will I direct the sword of [[justice]], and it shall slay them. " [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos Amos] further startled his hearers when, pointing a reproving and accusing finger at them, he declared in the name of [[Yahweh]]: " Surely I will never forget any of your [[works]]. " "And I will sift the house of [[Israel]] among all nations as wheat is sifted in a sieve."

97:4.4 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos Amos] proclaimed [[Yahweh]] the "God of all nations" and warned the [[Israelites]] that [[ritual]] must not take the place of [[righteousness]]. And before this [[courageous]] teacher was stoned to [[death]], he had spread enough leaven of [[truth]] to save the [[doctrine]] of the supreme [[Yahweh]]; he had insured the further [[evolution]] of the [[Melchizedek]] [[revelation]].

97:4.4 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos Amos] proclaimed [[Yahweh]] the "God of all nations" and warned the [[Israelites]] that [[ritual]] must not take the place of [[righteousness]]. And before this [[courageous]] teacher was stoned to [[death]], he had spread enough leaven of [[truth]] to save the [[doctrine]] of the supreme [[Yahweh]]; he had insured the further [[evolution]] of the [[Melchizedek]] [[revelation]].

97:4.5 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosea Hosea] followed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos Amos] and his [[doctrine]] of a [[universal]] [[God]] of [[justice]] by the [[resurrection]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Mosaic] [[concept]] of a God of [[love]]. Hosea preached [[forgiveness]] through [[repentance]], not by [[sacrifice]]. He [[proclaimed]] a gospel of loving-kindness and [[divine]] [[mercy]], saying: "I will betroth you to me forever; yes, I will betroth you to me in righteousness and judgment and in loving-kindness and in mercies. I will even betroth you to me in faithfulness."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Hosea#Chapter_.2] " I will love them freely, for my anger is turned away."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Hosea#Chapter_.14]

97:4.5 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosea Hosea] followed [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos Amos] and his [[doctrine]] of a [[universal]] [[God]] of [[justice]] by the [[resurrection]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Mosaic] [[concept]] of a God of [[love]]. Hosea preached [[forgiveness]] through [[repentance]], not by [[sacrifice]]. He [[proclaimed]] a gospel of loving-kindness and [[divine]] [[mercy]], saying: "I will betroth you to me forever; yes, I will betroth you to me in righteousness and judgment and in loving-kindness and in mercies. I will even betroth you to me in faithfulness."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Hosea#Chapter_.2] " I will love them freely, for my anger is turned away."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Hosea#Chapter_.14]

97:4.6 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosea Hosea] faithfully continued the [[moral]] [[warnings]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos Amos], saying of God, "It is my desire that I chastise them."[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/] But the [[Israelites]] regarded it as cruelty bordering on [[treason]] when he said: "I will say to those who were not my people, `you are my people'; and they will say, `you are our God.'[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Hosea#Chapter_.2] " He continued to preach [[repentance]] and [[forgiveness]], saying, "I will heal their backsliding; I will love them freely, for my anger is turned away."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Hosea#Chapter_.14] Always [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosea Hosea] proclaimed [[hope]] and [[forgiveness]]. The burden of his [[message]] ever was: " I will have mercy upon my people. They shall know no God but me, for there is no savior beside me. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Hosea#Chapter_.2]

97:4.6 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosea Hosea] faithfully continued the [[moral]] [[warnings]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos Amos], saying of God, "It is my desire that I chastise them."[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/] But the [[Israelites]] regarded it as cruelty bordering on [[treason]] when he said: "I will say to those who were not my people, `you are my people'; and they will say, `you are our God.'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Hosea#Chapter_.2] " He continued to preach [[repentance]] and [[forgiveness]], saying, "I will heal their backsliding; I will love them freely, for my anger is turned away."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Hosea#Chapter_.14] Always [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosea Hosea] proclaimed [[hope]] and [[forgiveness]]. The burden of his [[message]] ever was: " I will have mercy upon my people. They shall know no God but me, for there is no savior beside me. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Hosea#Chapter_.2]

97:4.7 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos Amos] quickened the [[national]] [[conscience]] of the [[Hebrews]] to the [[recognition]] that [[Yahweh]] would not condone [[crime]] and [[sin]] among them because they were supposedly the [[chosen people]], while [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosea Hosea] struck the opening notes in the later [[merciful]] chords of [[divine]] [[compassion]] and loving-kindness which were so exquisitely [[sung]] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah Isaiah] and his associates.

97:4.7 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos Amos] quickened the [[national]] [[conscience]] of the [[Hebrews]] to the [[recognition]] that [[Yahweh]] would not condone [[crime]] and [[sin]] among them because they were supposedly the [[chosen people]], while [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosea Hosea] struck the opening notes in the later [[merciful]] chords of [[divine]] [[compassion]] and loving-kindness which were so exquisitely [[sung]] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah Isaiah] and his associates.

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[[Category:Paper 97 - Evolution of the God Concept Among the Hebrews]]

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