Northern Wealth

The old testament prophet Amos lived in Israel in 800 B.C. The problem in Israel at the time was that the rich people didn’t share with the poor people and didn’t care for the needs of others. Amos taught about how all people, whether king, peasant, or slave, should be treated the same. He taught that every human being has dignity and that they should all be treated with that same kind of respect and dignity they deserve. Amos prophesied that if people didn’t change this soon there would be grave consequences. He caused so much trouble that he was banned from the temple. Amos wasn’t seen as a prophet until what he said came true.

Reflect on several ways in which the contemporary nation state of Israel may be viewed by various Christian communities.

In 588 B.C a horrible act was started by the Babylonian Empire. The Babylonian captivity had started and was exiling the Hebrews from their land. This was a very hard time for the Jews. The exile had brought a significant amount of change to how Judaism was practiced. Before they got exiled by the Babylonians their life revolved around the temple in Jerusalem, which the Babylonians have destroyed. The Hebrews believed that this was an act of god like when they were slaves in Egypt and then freed. They believed that they have to still keep their beliefs till god saves them again. Since they didn’t have a temple to go to where they made animal sacrifices they shifted their minds to the religious side. This is what led to the rise of

The Civil War was a time of one country divided among itself because of the freedoms of slaves. When Abe Lincoln was first elected that was the South’s turning point but the attack on Fort Wagner was the beginning battle to a war between States. One result of the Civil War was that Congress put into action the 13th amendment, banning slavery. The North were fighting for the freedom of slaves while on the other hand the South opposed this and fought to keep slavery legal. The North had many things the South hadn’t such as an abundance of factories,

What does it mean to form a more just society for the common good? I will be examining Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” as well as Gustavo Gutierrez’s essay, “The Option for the Poor Arises from Love of Christ.” Dr. King examines the facets of social injustice through a letter that he wrote while imprisoned for a nonviolent public protest. King’s letter is in response to a letter from eight fellow clergymen. In the letter from the clergymen they criticize King’s due process in seeking justice and his social injustice movement, so King responds with what I believe to be one of the greatest examples of a man who personifies what it means to form a more just society for the common good. He does not only speak on his behalf, but he speaks out all of humanity. Likewise, Gustavo Gutierrez examines specifically the poor in a similar manner, but believes that these “poor” people have found the ultimate meaning in life and we should all seek to have that same spiritual connection to God, for it would make our society a better place. The preferential option for the poor is seeking a deeper connection to God by bringing justice to light. Gutierrez and Dr. King both exemplify men who have truly set an example on how to form a more just society for the common good of humanity.

Some of the North’s advantages were that their population was 22.3 million and the south's population was 9.1 million and 4 million were slaves.The North's industry manufactured a lot of its war material but in the south, one of their disadvantages were they were not advanced because not a lot of their war materials were manufactured. The North had way better railroads that were integrated gauge but the south only had inferior railroads & track. And when it came to who had clothing and shoe factories it was the North the south had barely any. But the South defended their homeland which gave them a good reason to fight and they were really good soldiers . They also had many of the best officers. Some of the disadvantages of the North was

To begin with, the Economic Differences for the North was based on manufacturing. Tons of immigrants from Europe started working in factories and producing goods used by people in the north. Many factories started producing textiles which is clothes with the cotton grown in the South. The North favored a loose interpretation of the United States Constitution, and they wanted to grant the federal government increased powers. After the American Revolution, slavery began to decrease in the North,and it was becoming way more popular in the South.Seven of the most Northern states abolished slavery.

Expressing disappointment towards the church leaders, he states that they should do more, to help the minority stand on their two feet, and not feel discriminated against. This is because following the teachings of God, every human being is equal. Therefore, the church must help structure society closest to how The Bible shows. King fought for this same equality. However, being verbally reprimanded and going to jail for voicing his rights, he shows what happens when you go against the norm of society. The church is there to break those norms, and construct new ideals in accordance with the word of God.

The North had smaller farms and therefore required fewer employees. What about manufacturing, shipbuilding, fishing, whaling, and fur trading? These people didn’t work for free. Our text also states that in the South, plantation owners, with slave families, did not have to purchase new slaves, as (and horrific as this sounds) bred their own. There is one factor, of the higher costs of the South, which I agree with you and that is moral costs to our

Nave, who wrote the original Nave's Topical Bible to refer to the Amorites as "giants."The Amorite king, Og, was illustrated as the last "of the remnant of the Rephaim" (Deut. 3:11). The terms Amorite and Canaanite seem to be used more or less interchangeably, Canaan being more basic and Amorite a specific component among the Canaanites who inhabited the land. The Biblical Amorites seem to have originally occupied the region expanding from the heights west of the Dead Sea (Gen. 14:7) to Hebron (13:8; Deut. 3:8; 4:46-48), embracing "all Gilead and all Bashan" (Deut. 3:10), with the Jordan valley on the east of the river (4:49), the land of the "two kings of the Amorites," Sihon and Og (Deut. 31:4; Josh. 2:10; 9:10). Sihon and Og were both independent kings. These Amorites seem to have been related to the Jerusalem region, and the Jebusites may have been a subgroup of them.

After Solomon died, the kingdom was divided into two: the Northern Kingdom, called Israel and the Southern Kingdom, called Judah. Common elements of two nations are that both the kings of Israel and Judah practiced idolatry. One of the most terrible king of Israel is king Ahab who ignores the God and spread idol worship of Baal. Although many of the kings served idols, a few kings of Judah served the God faithfully. One of the good kings of Judah is king Jehoshaphat who worshiped the God and educate his people do so too.

The nation of Israel was set apart as holy to the LORD. But they When the children of Israel demanded a king, they did so to be like the other nations. The first three kings were Saul, (outwardly tall, handsome and strong—a seemingly good choice for a king, but inwardly arrogant, proud and unrepentant—not God’s choice), David (a man after God’s own heart who repented of his sins and as such was God’s choice), and Solomon (the wisest man who ever lived, but because of covenant disobedience became the catalyst for the division and ultimate exile of Israel.

The main point of this article is social ethics as it pertains to the prophets, and we must understand what the author means by social justice as he mentions it several times in the section dealing with social ethics. Bratcher means that social justice is the failure to function socially in a way that defends the weak and powerless in

In the years just after World War II, Zionism (the desire to rebuild a Jewish national presence in the Promised Land) became a popular Jewish cause all around the world. Many Jews who were not practicing Judaism at all with religion became involved with the establishment of the State of Israel. Even today, many years after the successful founding of the State of Israel, there are Jews whose only real tie to Judaism is their belief in Zionism and their support for the State of Israel. They are joined by many Jews who are members of synagogues and support a modern Jewish religious movement, but who also find their prime identity as Jews in the Zionist cause.

Over thousands of years, the religion of Judaism has evolved. With years of suffering, persecution, and dispersion the Jews’ religion stays constant. When researching the religion, the history is extremely strong, and the doctrine of the religion dates back thousands of years. With such a vast history, one might want to examine the change into modern society.