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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]].

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 [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."[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 [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.'[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 [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. "[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 [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.

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