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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 [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.

97:4.3 Said [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos Amos]: "He who formed the mountains and created the wind, seek him who formed the seven stars and 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 [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."

97:4.4 [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 [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]].