{"id":77049,"date":"2020-07-07T18:24:03","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T15:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=77049"},"modified":"2020-07-07T18:35:12","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T15:35:12","slug":"the-amos-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/the-amos-show\/","title":{"rendered":"The Amos Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[],"acf":{"old_id":"77049","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":48616,"related_cahpter":"519","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"The city gates turn silent. People are confused, wondering if they heard correctly.\u00a0","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When I was working toward my MA in Bible Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, I took a course about the prophet Amos. It was the first prophetic text I studied in a course and I was excited to uncover the layers of the text. I was fortunate to have Dr. Nili Wazana as my professor. Throughout the course, Wazana took us on a journey to discover the beauty of this prophetic text, the meaning of it, and the tragedy of the person Amos, who tried and failed to warn the people of Israel of the ramifications of their actions. In our turbulent days, there is nothing more fitting than going back to the Prophet of Social Justice and reading his words.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chapters 1 and 2 in the book of Amos, can not really be divided into two separate parts. The opening of the book of Amos is a work of beauty where Amos demonstrates his skills in public speaking. I can just imagine him standing at the gates of Beit-El, leaning on his shepherd\u2019s staff, looking at the people coming in and out of the city, and then he starts, with a loud and clear voice: \u201cThus said the LORD: For three transgressions of Damascus, For four, I will not revoke it\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBut these are our enemies!\u201d the people of Israel would exclaim to each other. \u201cGod will punish our enemies!\u201d others would say \u201cWhat wonderful news!\u201c.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His crowd grows as he describes the punishment and predicts the destruction of each one of the nations that surround Israel. The people are excited, pushing each other to get a better look and hear the wise words of the Prophet Amos. But then, as his listeners are about to rejoice because of the incredible news that they are hearing, Amos reaches his main idea \u201cThus said the LORD: For three transgressions of Israel, For four, I will not revoke it.\u201d The city gates turn silent. People are confused, wondering if they heard correctly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And they did. Amos then goes on to describe in detail throughout the book all of the wrongdoings that the people are perpetrating. Namely, social sins that will lead ultimately to the destruction of the Kingdom of Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That was probably quite a show.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","image":false,"embedded_video":"","video_duration":"","show_fb_comments":true,"credit_media":""},"tile":{"top_caption":"The Amos Show","main_caption":"\"For three transgressions of Israel, For four, I will not revoke it.\u201d The city gates turn silent. 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